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GKEAT WATER NEWT. 



Great Water Newt, at the end of the first and second years. 



(Triton cristatus.) 



THE Great Water Newt, or Common Warty 

 Newt, is only a small reptile of its kind after all, 

 since it seldom exceeds a length of six inches. 

 Though not so common as the smooth newt, it 

 is by no means a rare British species, and is 

 generally to be found in ponds and large ditches, 

 where it subsists upon water insects and small 

 animals, occasionally making a meal of its cousin 

 the little eft or smooth newt. On the Continent 

 this triton is the most common species, extend- 



