Rhyacotriton kezeri Good and Wake, 1992
Rhyacotriton kezeri Good and Wake, 1992, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 126: 16. Holotype: MVZ 197300, by original designation. Type locality: "junction of Highway 26 and Luukinen Road (at the Nehalim River Bridge), Clatsop County, Oregon", USA.
English Names
Oregon Olympic Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 34).
Columbia Torrent Salamander (Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 9; Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 30; Stebbins, 2003, Field Guide W. Rept. Amph., Ed. 3: 162; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 22; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 15; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 31).
Distribution
Coast ranges from the vicinity of the Chehalis River, Grays Harbor County, Washington, south to the Little Nestucca River and the Grande Ronde Valley in Polk, Tillamook, and Yamhill counties, Oregon, USA.
Comment
Stebbins, 2003, Field Guide W. Rept. Amph., Ed. 3: 162-163, provided a brief account, figure, and map. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 641.
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- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For information aggregation from other sites and some original accounts see AmphibiaWeb report
- For further information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
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