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Red-bellied Newt
Taricha rivularis (Twitty, 1935)

Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Western Red-bellied Newt (Taricha rivularis: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Red-bellied Newt (Taricha rivularis: Conant, Roger, Fred R. Cagle, Coleman J. Goin, Charles H. Lowe, Wilfred T. Neill, M. Graham Netting, Karl P. Schmidt, Charles E. Shaw, Robert C. Stebbins, and Charles M. Bogert. 1956. Common names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Copeia 1956(3):172-185);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1935 Twitty, Victor Chandler. Two new species of Triturus from California. Copeia 1935():73-80

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