Taricha sierrae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Caudata Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Taricha sierra (Twitty, 1942)

Type locality: "Cherokee Creek, in the hills above Chico, Butte County, California", USA.

Holotype: CAS-SU 2425.

Twitty, 1942, Copeia, 1942: 65.
Collins, 1991: Viewpoint: a new taxonomic arrangement for some North American amphibians and reptiles. SSAR Herpetological Review 22(2): 42–43.
Kuchta, S.R., 2007: Contact zones and species limits: Hybridization between lineages of the California newt, Taricha torosa in the southern Sierra Nevada. Herpetologica, 63 (2): 332–350

Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Taricha sierrae
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Taricha sierrae. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Taricha sierrae (Not Evaluated) Downloaded on 9 August 2008.

English: Sierra Newt