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LIFE15 NAT/ES/000757

Project of conservation of an only species to the world

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Antecedents

Presentation

 

Life Tritó Montseny

Tritó del Montseny. Foto: Daniel Guinart

The Life Tritó Montseny project was born from the need to protect the Montseny newt (Calotriton Arnoldi) 

The Montseny brook newt

Tritó del Montseny. Foto: Daniel Guinart

The Montseny brook newt is a species of amphibian urodel that finds exclusively in this massís, Montseny Natural Park and Biosphere Reserve

Discovering the species

Tritó del Montseny. Foto: Daniel Guinart

The Montseny brook newt does not surpass never the 12 cm of length. Present a small and flat head, how the rest of the body and has short extremities

Distribution and habitat

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This species is endemical of the Montseny massís and also is endemical of the system of torrents of the Tordera river

Threats

Museu d'Art de Cerdanyola

As the red list of the IUCN, the Montseny brook newt is a species in critical danger of extinction. It is necessary to implement a strategy of conservation

Ecology and biology

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The Montseny Brook newt is a specialist of the life in the streams and has specific characteristics to live in these habitats

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