#1930 · 🐸 amphibians

Rough-skinned Newt

🇳🇱 Ruwe salamander ·Taricha granulosa

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Andy Purviance · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Humboldt County, CA, USA:© Kim Cabrera · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. Freeland, WA 98249, USA:© Rand Workman · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Lake Merced, San Francisco, CA, US:© Elliot Janca · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 95409, Santa Rosa, CA, US:© morthort · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. S Fork Rd, Alsea, OR, US:© Colton Veltkamp · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Rolf Lake:© Zandra · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Washington, US:© Jen · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Windfall Lake Trail, Juneau, AK, US:© Jenifer Shapland · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The rough-skinned newt or roughskin newt ( Taricha granulosa ) is a North American newt known for the strong toxin exuded from its skin.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 26,827iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
26,827 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Avery Judd Skilton in 1849 (177 years ago).