Taricha sierrae
(Twitty, 1942)
tah-REE-ka — see-EH-ree
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.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Sierra Newt (Taricha torosa sierrae: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1942
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Twitty, Victor Chandler. The species of Californian Triturus. Copeia 1942(2):65-76 + 5 plates (3 in color)
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1942
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Myers, George S. Notes on Pacific coast Triturus. Copeia 1942(2):77-82
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1964
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Davis, William C. and Victor Chandler Twitty. Courtship behavior and reproductive isolation in the species Taricha (Amphibia, Caudata). Copeia 1964(4):601-610
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1974
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Hedgecock, Dennis and Francisco J. Ayala. Evolutionary divergence in the genus Taricha (Salamandridae). Copeia 1974(3):738-747
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1981
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Nussbaum, Ronald A. and Brodie, Edmund D., Jr. Taricha. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (271):1-2
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1991
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Collins, Joseph T. Viewpoint: A new taxonomic arrangement for some North American amphibins and reptiles Herpetological Review 22(2):42-43
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2007
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Kuchta, Shawn. Contact zones and species limits: hybridization between lineages of the California newt, Taricha torosa, in the southern Sierra Nevada. Herpetologica 63:332–350
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2014
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Crother, Brian I. The bold taxonomic hypotheses of Collins (1991): 23 years later. Herpetological Review 45(2):268-272
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