Triturus cristatus

species of amphibian
Taxon taxon Q138539
Triturus cristatus
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Summary

Triturus cristatus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,318 views/month, #1,477 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Naturparktier des Jahres[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Triturus[6]
  • Taxon name: Triturus cristatus[7]
  • Commons category: Triturus cristatus[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Triturus cristatus[9]
  • Commons gallery: Triturus cristatus[10]
  • Original combination: Triton cristatus[11]
  • Taxon synonym: Triton lobatus meridionalis[12]
  • Short name: T. cristatus[13]
  • Taxon common name: Great crested newt[14], čolek velký[15], Stor vandsalamander[16], Nördlicher Kammmolch[17], Northern Crested Newt[18], Tritón crestado[19], Triton crêté[20], Kamsalamander[21], Storsalamander[22], Traszka grzebieniasta[23], Tritão-de-crista[24], Större vattensalamander[25], นิวต์หงอนเหนือ[26], นิวต์หงอนใหญ่[27]
  • Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: endangered[28]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[29]

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Identifiers

Triturus cristatus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 27718[30]. Triturus cristatus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8323[31]. Triturus cristatus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1018157[32]. Triturus cristatus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2431885[33]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 668401[34] and 1100639[35].

Why It Matters

Triturus cristatus has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

FAQs

What awards did Triturus cristatus receive?

Honors received include Naturparktier des Jahres[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . naturpark-holsteinische-schweiz.de. Retrieved . naturpark-holsteinische-schweiz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [28] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 668401, 1100639
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'arz', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 1100639, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 5w ago · Anti-Strange-Ipek-Action · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sealifebase id → 66855
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sealifebase id: 66855, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270952|batch #270952]]"
  3. 16w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Vulnerable
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: Vulnerable, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
  4. 19w ago · Michail Angelos Georgoulas · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Great crested newt'}, {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'čolek velký'}, {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Stor vandsalamander'} +23
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: Λοφιοφόρος τρίτωνας"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Status in the red list of threatened species in the czech republic → endangered
    Taxon rank → species
    Parent taxon → Triturus
    Instance of → taxon
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 14284, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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