What newt species is this?

[keithp]

 

[Mark]

I'd say Triturus but which one is difficult to tell from that photo. I'd guess carnifex. Got any other shots?

 

[mp2952]

check out the gallery. i saw a few pics that looked like it.

 

[rigsby]

looks to me like a crested newt ( triturus )

 

[caudataman]

with only that picture to work with I'd guess T. karelini...

 

[keithp]

Only this picture a friend had this picture and wanted to know what species it was, so I could find a site on the species. He thought it was a salamander, I said its a newt, but without a site about it I cant explain it to him well.

The great and italian crested can hybridize, so mabye this is a hybrid?

 

[Jennewt]

Here is a caresheet for all the crested newts:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Triturus/Triturus_sp.shtml

It's one of them, but hard to say which one. Did it come from a "pet" source? If so, it's probably wild-caught and unlikely to be a hybrid.