Common Scalenewt

The Peshorta is Italian and Sicilian as Pescerta for Albanerpeton, which is pesce for fish, and lacerta for lizard, which means "fish lizard".

Albanerpeton are distinct from frogs, salamanders, and caecilians, forming their own family of Lissamphibia, Albanerpetontidae. Membership of species in the family is determined by the diagnostic character states of the frontals and premaxillary synapomorphies, both of which can be used to further diagnose less inclusive clades in the genus.

These less inclusive clades are the gracile-snouted clade and robust-snouted clade, made up of three and four species, respectively, though only three of the robust-snouted clade have been fully described. The gracile-snouted clade is defined by a triangular to slit-shaped suprapalatal pit. The robust-snouted clade is defined by robust premaxillae, a short pars dorsalis that is sutured dorsally with the nasal, a short premaxillary lateral process on the maxilla, and an internasal process on the frontals that are both narrow and similar to spines.

The features of the reconstructed skull consist of a robust, box-like unit composed of coossification of the parasphenoid, otic capsules, and occipital elements, with no trace of fusion or sutural points of contact among these components. Additionally, the anterior three-quarters of the dorsal surface are open, but the furthest posterior portion, the tectum synoticum, is fused. The ventral surfaces of Albanerpeton neurocrania are fully ossified, solid bone.

Albanerpeton uses adhesive tongues to capture fast-moving, elusive prey.

In 2018, Andrea Villa investigated fossil herpetofauna and the paleoenvironment in Northern Italy's town of Rivoli Veronese. The investigation supported the hypothesis that Albanerpeton favored a moist environment and confirmed the former presence of a humid, forested landscape on Po Plain's northern side in the Gelasian, supporting the genus’ preference for humid environmental conditions and also further extending the genus’ temporal range to the Gelasian period.

Albanerpeton aren't typically hostile; therefore, the only danger they present is if you touch them with bare hands. Albanerpeton bites may be slightly painful, but not significantly so because they can't even pierce human skin with their teeth, which aren't sharp enough to cause severe puncture wounds.

Albanerpeton is found in North America and Europe, first appearing in Cretaceous-aged strata to the last of its order, surviving until the late Pliocene in southern Europe and into the Early Pleistocene (Gelasian) of northern Italy. It likely became extinct when the region developed its present Mediterranean-type climate, having preferred one that was cold and humid. The only lissamphibian became extinct because of climate change.

• Movement Pattern: Not a Migrant

• Population Trend: Stable

• Population: 

  • Earth (Holocene): 0

  • Reinachos: 100,000

• Locomotion: Terrestrial/Arboreal

• Habitat: Taiga; Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests; Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Salt Flats; Stone Forest; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Mushroom Forests; Mushroom Fields; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Graveyard Vale; Mountain; Volcano; Warm Ghost Town; Cold Ghost Town; Ruined Skyscraper.

• Earth: 

  • Extinct: Hungary; Italy

  • Extinct & Introduced: Albania; Austria; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czechia; Denmark; France; Germany; Greece; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Montenegro; Netherlands; North Macedonia; Poland; Romania; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Sweden; Switzerland

You can tame it with meat, bugs, or eggs.

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• Italian: Rospantico

• French: Rospotiqué

• Spanish: Róspotique

• German: Röspotiche

• This is the first Allocaudata drawing of this century and not revamped until 2024.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanerpeton

• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018PPP...490..393V/abstract

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0753396999800081?via%3Dihub

• https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4816420.html

• https://www.worldcat.org/title/annales-de-paleontologie/oclc/780552432

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Albanerpeton-889063531

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Albanerpeton-inexpectatum-2024-1098500595