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Kosswig's newt
Lissotriton kosswigi
Amphibianstrong against insects, arachnids
Rare
Toxic skin
While active with another amphibian in play, any card that hits it loses 6 HP, without being knocked out (12 with two others).
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Wikapialpha version
Kosswig's newt
Lissotriton kosswigi
Amphibianstrong against insects, arachnids
Rare
While active with another amphibian in play, any card that hits it loses 6 HP, without being knocked out (12 with two others).
Lissotriton kosswigi
Photo: © Wouter Beukema (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped
Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
Kosswig's smooth newt (Lissotriton kosswigi) is a newt species found in northwestern Anatolia, east of the Bosphorus.
Günther Erich Freytag described the species in 1955 as Triturus vulgaris kosswigii, a subspecies of the smooth newt (now Lissotriton vulgaris). After genetic data had suggested the smooth newt was a complex of distinct lineages, Dubois and Raffaëlli, in 2009, recognised several subspecies, including Kosswig's smooth newt, as distinct species. This was followed by subsequent authors. Molecular phylogenetics suggested that the closest relative of Kosswig's smooth newt is the Greek smooth newt (Lissotriton graecus) from the Balkans.
The species differs from other species in the smooth newt species complex mainly in the male secondary characters during breeding season. The male dorsal crest is less than 1 mm high, but high at the tail base, has smooth edges, and ends in a long filament. The well-developed dorso-lateral folds give the body a square shape. The toe flaps are well developed.
Paedomorphic adults have been reported for Kosswig's smooth newt.
Due to a limited range, a fragmented population and a continuous decline to the extent and quality of its habitat, the species is listed as vulnerable.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Kosswig's smooth newt, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Rare.
Every Rare card has 130 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
DEF 53