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title: "Tritão-comum"
description: "Lissotriton vulgaris — Anfíbios. The smooth newt, European newt, northern smooth newt or common newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) is a species of newt."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/smooth-newt
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Tritão-comum

> Lissotriton vulgaris — Anfíbios. The smooth newt, European newt, northern smooth newt or common newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) is a species of newt.

- Scientific name: *Lissotriton vulgaris*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfíbios)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 27855
- Wikidata: [Q215247](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215247)
- iNaturalist taxon: [556656](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/556656)

## Names

- en: Smooth Newt
- de: Teichmolch
- es: Tritón Común
- fr: Triton ponctué
- nl: Kleine watersalamander
- pt: Tritão-comum
- pl: Traszka zwyczajna

## Countries with the most observations

GB (5084), DE (3637), DK (3178), AT (1813), IT (1730), RU (1590), NL (957), CZ (701), PL (686), FI (640), SE (505), FR (358)

## Summary

The smooth newt, European newt, northern smooth newt or common newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) is a species of newt. It is widespread in Europe and parts of Asia, and has also been introduced to Australia. Individuals are brown with a spotted underside that ranges in colour from orange to white. They reach an average length of 8–11 cm (3.1–4.3 in), with males being larger than females. The newts' skins are dry and velvety when they are living on land, but become smooth when they migrate into the water to breed. Males develop a more vivid colour pattern and a conspicuous skin seam (crest) on their back during the breeding…

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

## Photo

![Tritão-comum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/smooth-newt/medium.jpg)

Photo: bitsandbugs · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/243339229

## Machine access

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