Pacific Newts
Taricha
The genus Taricha consists of four species of newts in the family Salamandridae. Their common name is Pacific newts, sometimes also western newts or roughskin newts. The four species within this genus are the California newt, the rough-skinned newt, the red-bellied newt, and the sierra newt, all of which are found on the Pacific coastal region from southern Alaska to southern California, with one species possibly ranging into northern Baja California, Mexico.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
California Newt
speciesTaricha torosa
Rough-skinned Newt
speciesTaricha granulosa
Sierra Newt
speciesTaricha sierrae
Red-bellied Newt
speciesTaricha rivularis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 27816.