Southern Torrent Salamander
Rhyacotriton variegatus
Stebbins and Lowe, 1951
rai-uh-koh-TRY-ton — vehr-ee-uh-GAW-tus
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.10.09.45.12)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
California Mountain Salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus variegatus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Southern Olympic Salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus variegatus: Conant, Roger, Fred R. Cagle, Coleman J. Goin, Charles H. Lowe, Wilfred T. Neill, M. Graham Netting, Karl P. Schmidt, Charles E. Shaw, Robert C. Stebbins, and Charles M. Bogert. 1956. Common names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Copeia 1956(3):172-185);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1920
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Dunn, Emmett R. Notes on two Pacific Coast Ambystomidae. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Cambridge, Massachusetts 7:55–59
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1951
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Stebbins, Robert C. and Charles H. Lowe, Jr. Subspecific differentiation in the Olympic salamander Rhyacotriton olympicus. University of California Publications in Zoology 50:465–484
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1955
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Stebbins, Robert C. Southern occurrence of the Olympic Salamander Rhyacotriton olympicus. Herpetologica 11:238-239
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1968
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Anderson, James D. Rhyacotriton and R. olympicus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (68):1-2
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1996
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Diller, Lowell V. and Richard L. Wallace. Distribution and habitat of Rhyacotriton variegatus in managed, young growth forest in north coastal California. Journal of Herpetology 30(2):184-191
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2006
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Wagner, R. Steven, Mark P. Miller, and Susan M. Haig. Phylogeography and genetic identification of newly-discovered populations of Torrent Salamanders (Rhyacotriton cascadae and R variegatus) in the central cascades (USA). Herpetologica 62(1):63-70
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