Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Rhyacotritonidae > Rhyacotriton > Rhyacotriton olympicusRhyacotriton olympicus (Olympic Torrent Salamander; Olympic Salamander)Synonyms: Ranodon olympicus; Rhyacotriton olympicus olympicus The Olympic torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus) is a species of salamander in the Rhyacotritonidae family. This is a small salamander (up to 10 cm total length) that lives in clear, cold, mountain streams. It is medium to dark brown and may have a few small light spots on the sides and small dark spots on the tail; it is bright yellow on the belly, usually with some dark spots. Torrent salamanders typically have short snouts and relatively large eyes. As in other torrent salamanders, adult males have square-edged lobes behind the cloaca. These salamanders live at the edges of clear, cold, mountain streams; they can be abundant under gravel at stream edges and in the spray zones of waterfalls. During rainy seasons, they are occasionally found under objects on land away from streams. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 59 EDGE Score: 5.48 |
Adult Length [1] | 4.606 inches (11.7 cm) | Litter Size [1] | 10 | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Maximum Longevity [1] | 10 years | | Female Maturity [1] | 4 years 6 months | Male Maturity [1] | 4 years 6 months |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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