Cascade Torrent Salamander
Rhyacotriton cascadae
Good and Wake, 1992
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:
Mountain Salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus: 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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1920
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Dunn, Emmett R. Notes on two Pacific Coast Ambystomidae. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Cambridge, Massachusetts 7:55–59
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1968
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Anderson, James D. Rhyacotriton and R. olympicus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (68):1-2
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1992
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Good, David A., and David B. Wake. Geographic variation and speciation in the torrent salamanders of the genus Rhyacotriton (Caudata: Rhyacotritonidae). University of California Publications in Zoology 126(1–91):
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2006
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Wagner, R. Steven, Mark P. Miller, and Susan M. Haig. Phylogeography and genetic identification of newly-discovered populations of Torrent Salamanders (Rhyacotriton cascadae and R variegatus) in the central cascades (USA). Herpetologica 62(1):63-70
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