NEWTS. ato 
Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Greece, Turkey, and parts 
of Russia. It feeds upon almost any aquatic animal smaller 
than itself. 
This Newt has palatine teeth; a small, elliptical tongue, having 
its sides free; a rounded, convex snout; a rounded body, which, 
Fig. 91.—A MALE GREAT WARTY OR CRESTED NEWT (Molge cristata). 
in the case of the male during the breeding season, is ornamented 
by a very deeply-toothed crest running along the back and tail 
(there is a considerable sinking in of the crest at the junction of the 
tail and body); the female, in place of a crest, has a longitudinal 
groove ; the fingers (4) and toes (5) free; the tail about as long 
Fic. 92.—A FRMALE GREAT WARTY OR CRESTED NEWT (Molge cristata). 
as the head and body; a crest on the lower part of the tail (of 
the male) during the breeding season, as well as on the upper 
part; the skin more or less tuberculate both above and below; 
pores on the head and parotoid region, and a fold on the throat. 
The colour of this Newt is very variable. The following is the 
