Crater Lake newt | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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)[1]
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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.[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]