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Rarest Species of Newt or True Salamander — All 111 Answers Ranked by Rarity

111 newt or true salamander species are accepted answers for “Name a species of newt or true salamander”. Tiannan crocodile newt is the rarest species of newt or true salamander in this ranking, with 108 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Wanggao warty newt is the second-rarest with 168 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.56× the figure for Tiannan crocodile newt. Fire salamander is the most common species of newt or true salamander in this ranking, with 66,232 monthly Wikipedia views, 613.3× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 111 answers: 401,573. Tiannan crocodile newt is under 0.1% of that total. 23 answers are Epic or Legendary: Tiannan crocodile newt (Legendary), Wanggao warty newt (Legendary), Paramesotriton longliensis (Legendary), and 20 more.

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Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

111 answers to “Name a species of newt or true salamander”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views
1 Tiannan crocodile newt on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 108
2 Wanggao warty newt on Wikipedia Legendary 0.991 168
3 Paramesotriton longliensis on Wikipedia Legendary 0.982 183
4 Pachytriton moi on Wikipedia Legendary 0.973 185
5 Pachytriton wuguanfui on Wikipedia Legendary 0.964 192
6 Taliang knobby newt on Wikipedia Legendary 0.955 200
7 Pachytriton feii on Wikipedia Legendary 0.941 207
8 Spot-tailed warty newt on Wikipedia Legendary 0.941 207
9 Pachytriton archospotus on Wikipedia Epic 0.927 208
10 Wenxian knobby newt on Wikipedia Epic 0.918 209
11 Paramesotriton zhijinensis on Wikipedia Epic 0.909 222
12 Pachytriton changi on Wikipedia Epic 0.900 227
13 Pachytriton xanthospilos on Wikipedia Epic 0.891 244
14 Hainan knobby newt on Wikipedia Epic 0.882 245
15 Chenggong fire belly newt on Wikipedia Epic 0.873 251
16 Tylototriton pseudoverrucosus on Wikipedia Epic 0.864 276
17 Tylototriton notialis on Wikipedia Epic 0.855 280
18 Lissotriton maltzani on Wikipedia Epic 0.845 282
19 Tylototriton broadoridgus on Wikipedia Epic 0.836 284
20 Dayang newt on Wikipedia Epic 0.827 288
21 Pachytriton inexpectatus on Wikipedia Epic 0.818 289
22 Black knobby newt on Wikipedia Epic 0.809 290
23 Paramesotriton yunwuensis on Wikipedia Epic 0.800 293
24 Tylototriton umphangensis on Wikipedia Rare 0.791 311
25 Tylototriton dabienicus on Wikipedia Rare 0.782 322
26 Lyciasalamandra atifi on Wikipedia Rare 0.773 329
27 Paramesotriton maolanensis on Wikipedia Rare 0.764 334
28 Lyciasalamandra fazilae on Wikipedia Rare 0.755 347
29 Pachytriton granulosus on Wikipedia Rare 0.745 351
30 Paramesotriton guangxiensis on Wikipedia Rare 0.736 373
31 Tylototriton ngarsuensis on Wikipedia Rare 0.727 398
32 Lyciasalamandra billae on Wikipedia Rare 0.718 400
33 Tylototriton ngoclinhensis on Wikipedia Rare 0.709 407
34 Fuding fire belly newt on Wikipedia Rare 0.700 422
35 Caucasian smooth newt on Wikipedia Rare 0.691 433
36 Tylototriton panhai on Wikipedia Rare 0.682 442
37 Spotted paddle-tail newt on Wikipedia Rare 0.673 449
38 Kosswig's smooth newt on Wikipedia Rare 0.664 479
39 Anatolian banded newt on Wikipedia Rare 0.655 518
40 Tylototriton uyenoi on Wikipedia Rare 0.645 522
41 Lyciasalamandra flavimembris on Wikipedia Rare 0.636 559
42 Tylototriton vietnamensis on Wikipedia Rare 0.627 567
43 Lyciasalamandra antalyana on Wikipedia Rare 0.618 602
44 Schmidtler's smooth newt on Wikipedia Rare 0.609 626
45 Chinhai spiny newt on Wikipedia Rare 0.600 641
46 Tylototriton shanorum on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.591 680
47 Salamandra longirostris on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.582 711
48 Algerian ribbed newt on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.573 720
49 Greek smooth newt on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.564 756
50 Southern marbled newt on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.555 830
51 Pleurodeles poireti on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.545 847
52 Southern crested newt on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.536 855
53 Paramesotriton labiatus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.527 863
54 Tylototriton ziegleri on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.518 902
55 Corsican brook salamander on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.509 913
56 Bosca's newt on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.500 934
57 Balkan crested newt on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.491 935
58 Lyciasalamandra helverseni on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.482 979
59 Chuxiong fire-bellied newt on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.473 984
60 Tam Dao salamander on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.464 1,002
61 Tylototriton anguliceps on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.455 1,012
62 Anatolian crested newt on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.445 1,014
63 Neurergus strauchii on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.436 1,028
64 Chinese warty newt on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.427 1,047
65 Salamandrina perspicillata on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.418 1,069
66 Striped newt on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.409 1,108
67 Red-tailed knobby newt on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.400 1,140
68 Southern banded newt on Wikipedia Familiar 0.391 1,160
69 Triturus macedonicus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.382 1,182
70 Italian newt on Wikipedia Familiar 0.373 1,213
71 Ommatotriton ophryticus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.364 1,235
72 Carpathian newt on Wikipedia Familiar 0.355 1,273
73 Laos warty newt on Wikipedia Familiar 0.345 1,282
74 Sardinian brook salamander on Wikipedia Familiar 0.336 1,306
75 Lanza's alpine salamander on Wikipedia Familiar 0.327 1,314
76 Caucasian salamander on Wikipedia Familiar 0.318 1,326
77 Luschan's salamander on Wikipedia Familiar 0.309 1,440
78 Hong Kong warty newt on Wikipedia Familiar 0.300 1,511
79 Montseny brook newt on Wikipedia Familiar 0.291 1,535
80 Tylototriton himalayanus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.282 1,605
81 Notophthalmus meridionalis on Wikipedia Familiar 0.273 1,634
82 Spectacled salamander on Wikipedia Familiar 0.264 1,690
83 Neurergus crocatus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.255 1,727
84 North African fire salamander on Wikipedia Familiar 0.245 1,746
85 Corsican fire salamander on Wikipedia Familiar 0.236 1,784
86 Kurdistan newt on Wikipedia Familiar 0.227 1,857
87 Anderson's crocodile newt on Wikipedia Familiar 0.218 1,983
88 Pyrenean brook salamander on Wikipedia Familiar 0.209 2,007
89 Sword-tail newt on Wikipedia Common 0.200 2,050
90 Gold-striped salamander on Wikipedia Common 0.191 2,263
91 Near Eastern fire salamander on Wikipedia Common 0.182 2,347
92 Italian crested newt on Wikipedia Common 0.173 2,741
93 Sierra newt on Wikipedia Common 0.164 3,264
94 Chinese fire belly newt on Wikipedia Common 0.155 3,781
95 Neurergus kaiseri on Wikipedia Common 0.145 3,787
96 Danube crested newt on Wikipedia Common 0.136 3,947
97 Red-bellied newt on Wikipedia Common 0.127 3,975
98 Tylototriton shanjing on Wikipedia Common 0.118 4,271
99 Japanese fire-bellied newt on Wikipedia Common 0.109 5,235
100 Tylototriton verrucosus on Wikipedia Common 0.100 5,613
101 Marbled newt on Wikipedia Common 0.091 6,401
102 Palmate newt on Wikipedia Common 0.082 9,402
103 Alpine salamander on Wikipedia Common 0.073 16,543
104 Alpine newt on Wikipedia Common 0.064 17,015
105 Iberian ribbed newt on Wikipedia Common 0.055 19,671
106 California newt on Wikipedia Common 0.045 20,554
107 Northern crested newt on Wikipedia Common 0.036 24,323
108 Smooth newt on Wikipedia Common 0.027 25,262
109 Rough-skinned newt on Wikipedia Common 0.018 34,282
110 Eastern newt on Wikipedia Common 0.009 51,305
111 Fire salamander on Wikipedia Common 0.000 66,232

FAQ

What is the rarest species of newt or true salamander?

Tiannan crocodile newt is the rarest species of newt or true salamander in this ranking, with 108 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many species of newt or true salamander are there?

There are 111 species of newt or true salamander in this ranking, from Tiannan crocodile newt (rarest) to Fire salamander (most common).

What is the most common species of newt or true salamander?

Fire salamander is the most common species of newt or true salamander in this ranking, with 66,232 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.