Bert Willaert / Portrait of a Marbled newt (Triturus marmoratus), Portugal, April.

Bert Willaert / Male Alpine Newt (Ichthyosaura / Triturus alpestris) in aquatic phase. Belgium. Captive.

MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Red spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) juvenile / eft, dorsal view, Concord, Massachusetts, USA, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Red spotted / Eastern Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens) swimming; from a vernal pool, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA, April, digital composite. meetyourneighbours.net project

Stephen Dalton / Palmate Newt (Triturus helveticus) male. Sussex, UK, April.

Laurent Geslin / Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris) swimming in garden pond, viewed from below, with woman and child watching. Switzerland, April 2010. Model released

Dan Burton / Two little boys enjoying a pond safari day at the Arundel Wetlands trust, Sussex, UK, where children go netting and catch species of animals and insects in the ponds. Model released July 2010

Fabio Liverani / Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus carnifex) underwater view of female swimming near surface, Traversari lake, Campigna National Park, Emilia Romagna and Tuscany regions, Italy

Fabio Liverani / Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus carnifex) split level view of female swimming near surface, Traversari lake, Campigna National Park, Emilia Romagna and Tuscany regions, Italy

Fabio Liverani / Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus carnifex) underwater view of female swimming on surface, Traversari lake, Campigna National Park, Emilia Romagna and Tuscany regions, Italy

Laurent Geslin / Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris) breathing at the surface of a garden pond, with mother and child observing, viewed from underwater, Switzerland. April 2010.

Laurent Geslin / Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris) crossing an urban road at night during the breeding season, Switzerland.