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Basic information
Taricha torosa
California Newt
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderSalamanders
FamilyTrue salamanders and newts
GenusTaricha
- Czech name
- Taricha kalifornská
- English name
- California Newt
- Alternative names
- Coast Range Newt, Coastal Range newt
- Synonyms
- Amblystoma rubrum, Cynops torosus, Diemictylus torosus, Diemyctylus torosus, Molge torosa, Notophthalmus torosus, Pleurodeles californiae, Salamandra beecheyi, Taricha klauberi, Taricha laevis, Taricha torosa klauberi, Taricha torosa torosa, Triton ermani, Triton torosa, Triton torosus, Triturus klauberi, Triturus torosus, Triturus torosus klauberi
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 197 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 21.8 years
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 3–3 years
- Clutch size
- 7–122 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf6552 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 54XQS · COL26.9