Taricha torosa

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Found in a variety of habitats similar to those used by the Rough-skinned Newt, though in the Sierra Nevada and the mountains of southern California they also inhabit fast moving streams . California Newts also seem to prefer less humid habitats than the Rough-skinned Newts.

Ecology: Breeding occurs in ponds , reservoirs , and streams , and terrestrial individuals occupy various adjacent upland habitats such as grassland, woodland, and forest (Storer 1925, Petranka 1998, Stebbins 2003, Kuchta 2005). Eggs are attached to sticks , undersides of stones , or vegetation in flowing or nonflowing water; fast-moving streams and rivers are used more often in Sierra Nevada foothills and in southern California mountains than elsewhere in the range . (Ref. 309921).

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     3.8     Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.2     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.6     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     5.8     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     15     Artificial/Aquatic & Marine   
  
•     15.2     Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)   
  
•     15.5     Artificial/Aquatic - Excavations (open)   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Taricha torosa (Rathke in Eschscholtz, 1833) • Taricha torosa sierrae • Taricha torosa sierrae (Twitty, 1942) • Triton torosa Rathke • Triturus sierrae Twitty

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

Taricha sierrae formerly was recognized as a subspecies of Taricha torosa.

Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA data (Tan and Wake 1995) revealed the following clusters in T. torosa: (1) northern Sierra Nevada (Shasta to Nevada counties); (2) central Sierra Nevada (El Dorado to Fresno counties); (3) southern Sierra Nevada (Tulare to Kern counties) (independently derived relative to 1 and 2, above); (4) southern coastal California (San Diego and Orange counties); (5) central coastal California (Los Angeles to central and northern California). This study and additional allozyme data (Kuchta and Tan 2006) provided the basis for a phylogeographical history of T. torosa. Among other things, the data are consistent in indicating that populations in the southern Sierra Nevada are more closely related to T. torosa torosa than to T. t. sierrae.

In the interests of taxonomic stability , Kuchta and Tan (2006) refrained from advocating changes in the taxonomic status of Taricha torosa torosa and Taricha torosa sierrae, pending completion and publication of ongoing studies.

Kuchta (2007) examined genetic and morphological variation in Taricha torosa and concluded that T. torosa and T. sierrae are distinct evolutionary lineages that should be recognized as distinct species.[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Taricha

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:

T. granulosa (Rough-Skin Newt) · T. granulosa granulosa (Rough-Skinned Newt) · T. granulosa mazamae (Crater Lake Newt) · T. rivularis (Western Red-Bellied Newt) · T. sierra (Sierra Newt) · T. torosa (Coast Range Newt) · T. torosa sierrae (California Newt) · T. torosa torosa (California Newt)

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Further Reading

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• Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 311, p. 368.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 146, p. 158.
• Breviora. 1955 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url p. 10, expl. of plates, pag 12.
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• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 93 1943 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 237.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 195, p. 196, p. 198, p. 286.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 114, p. 154.
• Catalogue of the Batrachia Gradientia s. Caudata and Batrachia Apoda in the collection of the British Museum, 2d ed., LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees1882 url p. 20.
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• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 22.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• Geoffrey Hammerson 2008. Taricha torosa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Hammerson, G. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 25983
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-173622
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173622
• IUCN ID: 245379
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AAAAF02030
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7208

Footnotes

1. Geoffrey Hammerson 2008. Taricha torosa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]

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