Triturus marmoratus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The marbled newt (Triturus marmoratus) is a mainly terrestrial newt native to western Europe. They are found in the Iberian Peninsula and France, where they typically inhabit mountainous areas. The marbled newt is typically found in habitats characterized by hilly and forestry terrain, away from open and exposed areas. Marbled newts live in temporary habitats, such as ponds, that are subject to change depending on the climate conditions of the region. When rainfall is high and the temperature is lower, typically in the fall and winter months, adult marbled newts stay in the ponds. However, these shallow ponds are subject to drought in warmer spring and summer months, which forces the marbled newts to remain on land. Due to this constant change in the habitat conditions, marbled newts have the ability to adapt to different climatic conditions and habitat changes.
The characteristics of the marbled newt's habitat have also been found to affect the maturity of both males and females. Newts found in Mediterranean regions have been found to mature earlier than those in regions of France and Portugal. Due to the harsher conditions associated with the climate... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AOAO Sapporo | 🇯🇵 Japan |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Marbled Newt sighting in Porto on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 7 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Marbled Newt in Porto on a given day, against under 5% in September and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Marbled Newt sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Porto, in our data
Porto is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Marbled Newt sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Salamandridae
The closest relatives of the Marbled Newt that you can see in Porto (family Salamandridae, True Salamanders and Newts) are Fire Salamander (about 20%) and Bosca's newt (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Marbled Newt is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Porto (38 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
