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title: "Tritão-marmoreado-pigmeu"
description: "Triturus pygmaeus — Anfíbios. The southern marbled newt or pygmy marbled newt (Triturus pygmaeus) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pygmy-marbled-newt
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tritão-marmoreado-pigmeu

> Triturus pygmaeus — Anfíbios. The southern marbled newt or pygmy marbled newt (Triturus pygmaeus) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae.

- Scientific name: *Triturus pygmaeus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfíbios)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `freshwater` (Lagos e rios), `farm` (Quinta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1441
- Wikidata: [Q1934196](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1934196)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27719](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27719)

## Names

- en: Pygmy Marbled Newt
- de: Zwerg-Marmormolch
- es: Tritón pigmeo
- fr: Triton pygmée
- nl: Kleine marmersalamander
- pt: Tritão-marmoreado-pigmeu

## Countries with the most observations

ES (837), PT (546)

## Summary

The southern marbled newt or pygmy marbled newt (Triturus pygmaeus) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is found in Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Previously thought to be a subspecies of the marbled newt (Triturus marmoratus), it was raised to species level after genetic studies revealed…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_marbled_newt

## Photo

![Tritão-marmoreado-pigmeu](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pygmy-marbled-newt/medium.jpg)

Photo: Pablo Galván Mateos · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248471422

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pygmy-marbled-newt?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).