#1918 · 🐸 amphibians

California Newt

🇳🇱 Californische salamander ·Taricha torosa

NTnear threatened 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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

what is it?

The California newt or orange-bellied newt ( Taricha torosa ), is a species of newt endemic to California, in the Western United States. Its adult length can range from 5 to 8 in (13 to 20 cm). Its skin produces a potent toxin.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 47,541iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

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.
47,541 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Martin Heinrich Rathke in 1833 (193 years ago).