Lissotriton boscai
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Boscá's newt (Lissotriton boscai, formerly Triturus boscai), also known as the Iberian newt, is a species of newt in the family Salamandridae. The species is found in Portugal and western Spain. The specific name boscai is in honor of Spanish herpetologist Eduardo Boscá.
The female is up to 94 millimetres (3.7 in) long and the male up to 75 millimetres (3.0 in). There are glandular ridges along the back and the skin is granular in texture when the newt is living out of water. The body is brownish, yellowish, or dull green with dark spotting. The belly is orange. Unlike some of its congeners, this species is not especially showy during the breeding season. The male develops a brightly colored protuberance at the tip of the tail.
This newt is mostly aquatic, living in shallow ponds and streams lined with vegetation. It can be found in disturbed and artificial water bodies, such as ditches. It is known from oak woodland habitat, scrub, sandy coastal strips, and farms and plantations.
Populations are stable and the species is not considered to be threatened, but in some areas it experiences losses due to... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aquarium of Gijón | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bosca's newt sighting in Monfragüe National Park on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 10 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Bosca's newt in Monfragüe National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to September, the lowest months. That is one of Monfragüe National Park's wettest months, with about 100 mm of rain against almost none in July.
Between 6 and 9 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bosca's newt sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Monfragüe National Park, in our data
Monfragüe National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bosca's newt sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Salamandridae
The closest relatives of the Bosca's newt that you can see in Monfragüe National Park (family Salamandridae, True Salamanders and Newts) are Pygmy Marbled Newt (about 30%), Spanish Newt (about 30%) and Fire Salamander (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bosca's newt is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Monfragüe National Park (60 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
