A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



There is no record up to the present time 

 of the occurrence of the natterjack toad in 

 the county. 



3. Great Crested Newt. Molge cristata, Linn. 



Common in stagnant water in ditches and 

 pools. 



4. Common Newt. Molge vulgaris. Linn. 



A common species which not only fre- 

 quents stagnant water, but is often found in 

 damp underground places, in abandoned 



quarries, and in heaps of earth or other 

 similar places during the winter. 



5. Palmated Newt. Molge palmata, Schneid. 

 The palmated newt is local rather than rare 

 in the county. It is very common on the 

 oolitic hills of Gloucestershire and the near 

 parts of Warwickshire, though comparatively 

 rare in the alluvial or low-lying tracts of the 

 county, the writer having only very occa- 

 sionally seen it in the valley of the Avon. 

 At present there is no record of its occurrence 

 in the north of Warwickshire. 



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