Need Identification

**warmstr** · 05-31-2009, 11:19 AM

hi
I just got a group of 4 newts.
I was told these are warty newts but i could really use the sci name.
I believe that these are all females.
plz help me identify them

**Dragoness** · 06-03-2009, 01:13 PM

They are all female, males have a large crest. Check out this article on Wikipedia: Great Crested Newt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Latin name is: Triturus cristatus, If you have warty newts, which it looks like you do.

**Ahura** · 08-24-2009, 04:32 AM

They look like Japanese Fire Belly Newts to me.

**uniweb2** · 10-17-2009, 09:00 AM

yes, they look very similar to japanese FBN to me... they have the same coloring and the ridge on their back, and obviously the belly, but I'm not an expert on amphibians.