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| Crater Lake newt | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | Taricha |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | T. g. mazamae
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| Trinomial name | |
| Taricha granulosa mazamae (Myers, 1942)[2]
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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.[3] Similar newts have been found in Alaska,[4][5] but their identity is unclear.[2]
The Crater Lake newt population is under threat due to predation from crayfish and rainbow trout that have been introduced into the lake.[6]