Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Salamandridae > Taricha > Taricha granulosa

Taricha granulosa (Rough-skinned Newt)

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Wikipedia Abstract

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

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
34
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 18.4
EDGE Score: 2.97
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Attributes

Adult Length [2]  9 inches (21.6 cm)
Gestation [3]  23 days
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  12 years
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams, Temporary Pools
Adult Weight [3]  12 grams
Diet [1]  Carnivore
Female Maturity [3]  3 years 6 months
Male Maturity [3]  3 years 6 months

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No

Predators

Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Megalodiscus americanus[5]
Ophioxenos microphagus[5]

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Brodie, Edmund D., III, et al. "Sex-biased predation on newts of the genus Taricha by a novel predator and its relationship with tetrodotoxin toxicity." The American Midland Naturalist 165.2 (2011): 389+. Academic OneFile. Web. 15 July 2014.
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0