Five new complexes were obtained from solution of transition metal salts (M=Co(II), Cu(II)) with 4-amino-3,5-bis(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole (abpt) in different molar ratios. X-ray structural elucidation revealed low-dimensional compounds with the metal ions assembled in monomers, dimers or chains. Two similar polymorphs were obtained for the monomer synthesized from Cu(II) chloride. Temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements were conducted for the non-monomeric compounds, and efficient super-exchange interaction was found for the mostly planar dinuclear Co(II) complex.