This page contains samples from our picture files on the California Newt. These images are intended to communicate the sense of awe and wonder I have for these amazing beings.
The California newt prefers dry climate and lives close to ponds, lakes and other water areas.
The food they eat consists of insects, slugs, worms, snails, bugs and even their own eggs and larvae.
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Taricha torosa account on The San Diego Natural History Museum Field Guide
A page on the California Newt with several photos, from the North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations.
California Newt, Taricha torosa
The California Newts (Taricha torosa) are large salamanders reaching total lengths almost up to 8 inches.
California newt - Taricha torosa
Newts and salamanders (Caudata) are a group of amphibians that include about 10 subgroups and 470 species. Newts and salamanders have a long, slender body, a long tail, and usually two pairs of limbs.
Impact of chaparral wildfire-induced sedimentation on oviposition of stream-breeding California newts (Taricha torosa). Oecologia. 110(4): 546-549. [30067] 42. Gilbert, Perry W. 1941. Eggs and nests of Hemidactylium scutatum in the Ithaca region.
The California newt Taricha torosa lays a clump of 7 to 30 eggs on underwater plants or exposed roots. The eggs are protected by a toxic gel-like membrane. Lungless salamanders such as the spiny salamander Plethodon sp.
Kutchta, Shawn R. - 2007
Contact zones and species limites: hybridization between lineages of the California Newt, Taricha torosa, in the southern Sierra Nevada
Herpetologica, 63(3):332-350 ...
 See also: Salamander, Newt, Siren, Tiger, Tiger Salamander
  
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