By J. Alan Holman
This e-book discusses the Pleistocene amphibians and reptiles in Britain and the ecu continent eastward via present-day Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Yugoslavian republics, and Greece.
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The smooth newt is more terrestrial than most other species of European newts and tends to be a lowland form that lives in a wide variety of moist A BESTIARY 33 habitats. It usually breeds in still, shallow, well-vegetated bodies of water. Smooth newts are the most common salamanders found in the Pleistocene of Britain. On the continent, many Pleistocene remains identified as Triturus sp. probably represent smooth newts. Identification of Pleistocene Fossils The skull of Triturus vulgaris has an interrupted frontal-squamosal arch with no closed fenestrae.
Pictus, and D. sardus) have been identified from the Pleistocene of Europe. The genus has not been identified from the Pleistocene of Britain. 40 PLEISTOCENE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES IN BRITAIN AND EUROPE Discoglossus sp. : Painted Frog Pleistocene Localities France: Upper Pleistocene—10, 14; Middle Pleistocene—1. Spain: Pliocene/Pleistocene Boundary—1; Lower Pleistocene—1, 3, 5; Middle or Upper Pleistocene—1; Pleistocene undcsignatcd—1. Italy: Lower Pleistocene—7, 5; Middle Pleistocene—2, 5; Upper Pleistocene—20; Pleistocene undesignated—6.
They are usually found in or near cold, running water at relatively high altitudes. Osteological characters arc: premaxillae fused; maxilla ends anterior to posterior border of eye; nasals separated; operculum unossified; second basibranchial and epibranchials rarely present; ribs not of the protruding type; and caudosacral ribs absent (Wake and Ozeti, 1969). Euproctus sp. : European Mountain Salamander Pleistocene Locality Spain: Upper Pleistocene—11. , 1768: Fire Salamanders This genus contains moderately large, mainly terrestrial salamanders with a smooth skin and no costal grooves.