Columbia Torrent Salamander

Columbia Torrent Salamander
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Family:	Rhyacotritonidae
Genus:	Rhyacotriton
Species:	R. kezeri
Binomial name
Rhyacotriton kezeri Good & Wake, 1992

The Columbia Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton kezeri) is a species of salamander in the Rhyacotritonidae family. It is endemic to the United States.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and freshwater springs. It is a small salamander (up to 10 cm total length) that lives in clear, cold mountain streams. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Source

• Hammerson, G. 2004. Rhyacotriton kezeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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