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Crater Lake newt
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Taricha
Species:
Subspecies:
T. g. mazamae
Trinomial name
Taricha granulosa mazamae
(Myers, 1942)[1]

The Crater Lake newt or Mazama newt, Taricha granulosa mazamae, is a subspecies of the rough-skinned newt. Its type locality is Crater Lake, Oregon.[2] Similar newts have been found in Alaska,[3][4] but their identity is unclear.[1]

The Crater Lake newt population is under threat due to predation from crayfish and rainbow trout that have been introduced into the lake.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Myers, G. S. (1942). "Notes on Pacific coast Triturus". Copeia. 1942 (2): 77–82. doi:10.2307/1439122. JSTOR 1439122.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Taricha granulosa (Skilton, 1849)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008) Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa), Globaltwitcher, ed. N. Stromberg [1] Archived 2009-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Nate Nelson (2000–2002). "Taricha granulosa Rough-skinned Newt". Caudata Culture. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. ^ "2015 OPB Article about the problem". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-19.