Torrent Salamanders
Rhyacotriton
The torrent salamanders or Cascade salamanders are a family (Rhyacotritonidae) with only one genus (Rhyacotriton) of salamanders. Originally the genus Rhyacotriton was placed in the family Ambystomatidae, later in the family Dicamptodontidae, and finally in 1992 it was placed into a family of its own. At the same time the only species Rhyacotriton olympicus was split into four species due to genetic analysis. The torrent salamanders are limited to the western USA, namely the states California,...
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Southern Torrent Salamander
speciesRhyacotriton variegatus
Cascade Torrent Salamander
speciesRhyacotriton cascadae
Columbia Torrent Salamander
speciesRhyacotriton kezeri
Olympic Torrent Salamander
speciesRhyacotriton olympicus
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 27693.