Torrent salamander

The torrent salamanders or Cascade salamanders are a family of salamanders (Rhyacotritonidae) with only one genus, Rhyacotriton. The torrent salamanders are endemic to the United States in the Pacific Northwest (including northwestern California).[1]

Torrent salamanders
Rhyacotriton variegatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Suborder: Salamandroidea
Family: Rhyacotritonidae
Tihen, 1958
Genus: Rhyacotriton
Dunn, 1920
Species

 Rhyacotriton cascadae (blue)
 Rhyacotriton kezeri (green)
 Rhyacotriton olympicus (red)
 Rhyacotriton variegatus (yellow)

Species

The genus Rhyacotriton includes four species:

Taxonomy

Originally the genus Rhyacotriton was placed in the family Ambystomatidae, later in the family Dicamptodontidae, and finally in 1992 it was placed into a family of its own. At the same time the only species Rhyacotriton olympicus was split into four species due to genetic analysis.

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References
  1. Tree of Life: Rhyacotritonidae
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