So, I was going to the local post office today to pick up my new head lamp and on the way I couldn't restrain myself from flipping a pile of planks a couple of hundred meters from my house. This was what I saw between the two layers:
1 adult male and 9 juvenile smooth newts.
While considerable variation in colour is of course normal one individual was obviously significantly outside of the normal range - very light, with practically see through skin and a bright orange stripe down its back. I guess it must be hypomelanistic but I'm really awfully ignorant of terminology and genetics in regards to abnormalities of pigmentation.
The venter was unspotted. Even at this size normal specimens have black spots. Here is a comparison with two of the other individuals of similar size:
By now the cute little thing was pretty warm and wouldn't sit still any more and I was in a hurry so my pics aren't all that I could have hoped for but here's a few more nonetheless.