California newt
The California newt (Taricha torosa) is a species of newts. They are also called the orange bellied newt. They can grow to 8 inches (20 cm) in length. They have toxic skin. Because of this, the only predator of the California newt are garter snakes. California newts lives in California.
| California newt | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | Taricha |
| Species: | T. torosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Taricha torosa (Rathke, in Eschscholtz, 1833) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Triton torosa Rathke, 1833 | |
Subspecies
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