Editing Northern crested newt (section)

==Habitat==

[[File:TriturusCristatusBreedingPond.JPG|thumb|right|alt=A large pond with abundant vegetation and trees surrounding it|Large ponds with abundant vegetation are the preferred breeding habitats.]]
[[File:Natura 2000 - Focus on Great Crested Newts.webm|thumb|right|Great crested newts and their conservation in Wales, video by [[Natural Resources Wales]]]]

Outside of the breeding season, northern crested newts are mainly [[forest]]-dwellers. They prefer deciduous woodlands or [[grove (nature)|groves]], but conifer woods are also accepted, especially in the far northern and southern ranges. In the absence of forests, other cover-rich habitats, as for example [[hedgerows]], [[scrubland|scrub]], swampy meadows, or [[quarries]], can be inhabited.{{r|1=JehleThiesmeier2011|p1=47–48,76|2=EdgarBird2006|3=Kuzmin1999}}

Preferred aquatic breeding sites are stagnant, mid- to large-sized, unshaded water bodies with abundant [[aquatic plant|underwater vegetation]] but without fish (which prey on larvae). Typical examples are larger [[ponds]], which need not be of natural origin; indeed, most ponds inhabited in the United Kingdom are human-made.{{r|JehleThiesmeier2011|p=48}} Examples of other suitable secondary habitats are ditches, channels, gravel pit lakes, or garden ponds. Other newts that can sometimes be found in the same breeding sites are the [[smooth newt]] (''Lissotriton vulgaris''), the [[palmate newt]] (''L. helveticus''), the [[Carpathian newt]] (''L. montadoni''), the [[alpine newt]] (''Ichthyosaura alpestris'') and the marbled newt (''Triturus marmoratus'').{{r|1=JehleThiesmeier2011|p1=44–48|2=EdgarBird2006}}

The northern crested newt is generally a lowland species but has been found up to {{cvt|1,750|m|ft|abbr=on}} in the [[Alps]].{{r|1=Sparreboom2014|p1=343|2=IUCN}}