Karelini or cristatus?

Hi, this is my newt i am not pretty segure about her species.

Your newt seems to be T. cristatus.

According to CC and other people on here, a yellow throat w spots is indicative of karelinii.

Here is an old photo of one I raised for comparison

fishkeeper said:

According to CC and other people on here, a yellow throat w spots is indicative of karelinii.

Here is an old photo of one I raised for comparison

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SO??????????

Joseph is saying that T. karelinii have a yellow throat with dark spots while T. cristatus usualy have a dark throat.

Take a look at the Caudata Culture page for Triturus newts as they have descriptions on how to tell them apart as well as care information. I will post the distinguishing features here:

• The throat of T. karelinii is yellow or orange with black spots, similar to the belly colouration. The other species have a predominantly dark throat, usually with white spots.
• T. cristatus and T. dobrogicus have much white stippling on the flanks- the other two species have little or no stippling.
• T. carnifex females almost always have a bright yellow vertebral stripe- a stripe is very rarely present in T. cristatus females. If present, it is less bright (more orange or brown) in T. karelinii and T. dobrogicus.
• T. dobrogicus is much more slender than the other species, and the breeding male has an extremely high crest.

Using that information you should be able to make the identification yourself. I believe that your newt is T. karelinii because of the throat, but I am not an expert on these animals.

I will also be deleting your post in the Eurasian newts forum as it is a double post.

Thanks a lot, its a bad news for me, beacuse this is probably one of the few karelinis in Argentina.
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