Taricha granulosa (Skilton, 1849)
Salamandra (Triton) granulosa Skilton, 1849, Am. J. Sci. Arts, Ser. 2, 7: 202. Type(s): Not known to exist, originally two or more specimens in the "Cabinet of A.J. Skilton, and of the Troy Lyceum of Natural History". Type locality: "Oregon"; restricted to near "Oregon City", Clackamas County, Oregon, USA, by Fitch, 1938, Copeia, 1938: 149.
Triturus granulosus — Twitty, 1935, Copeia, 1935: 76.
Triturus similans Twitty, 1935, Copeia, 1935: 76. Holotype: MVZ 18149, by original designation. Type locality: "Robinson Creek, Ukiah, [Mendocino County,] California", USA. Synonymy by Fitch, 1938, Copeia, 1938: 149; Riemer, 1958, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 56: 385-386; and Pimentel, 1959, Herpetologica, 15: 13.
Triturus granulosus granulosus — Bishop, 1941, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 451: 18.
Triturus granulosus twittyi Bishop, 1941, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 451: 16. Holotype: UMMZ 89763, by original designation. Type locality: "Saratoga, [Santa Clara County,] California", USA. Subspecies status distinct from Taricha granulosa granulosa rejected by Riemer, 1958, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 56: 385-386.
Triturus granulosus similans — Myers, 1942, Copeia, 1942: 79.
Triturus granulosus mazamae Myers, 1942, Copeia, 1942: 80. Holotype: CAS-SU 7465, by original designation. Type locality: "near Crater Lake on the higher slopes of Mount Mazama, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County, Oregon", USA.
Triturus granulosus mazamae — Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 74.
Taricha granulosa — Wahlert, 1952, Copeia, 1952: 30. Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 26.
Taricha granulosa granulosa — Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 26.
Taricha granulosa mazamae — Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 26.
Taricha granulosa similans — Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 27.
Taricha torosa granulosa — Pimentel, 1958, Herpetologica, 14: 168.
Taricha torosa mazamae — Pimentel, 1958, Herpetologica, 14: 168.
Taricha torosa twittyi — Pimentel, 1958, Herpetologica, 14: 168.
Taricha torosa simulans — Pimentel, 1958, Herpetologica, 14: 168. Incorrect subsequent spelling of the subspecies name.
Taricha (Taricha) granulosa — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 67.
English Names
Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa: Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 26; Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 175; Stebbins, 1966, Field Guide W. North Am. Rept. Amph.: 38; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 23; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 31).
Rough-skin Newt (Triturus granulosus: Stebbins, 1951, Amph. W. North Am.: 14).
Roughskin Newt (Taricha granulosa: Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 9; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 36; Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 10; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 15).
Oregon Newt (Triturus granulosa granulosa: Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 70).
Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa granulosa: Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 26).
Northern Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa granulosa: Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 175).
Northern Roughskin Newt (Taricha granulosa granulosa: Stebbins, 1966, Field Guide W. North Am. Rept. Amph.: 38; Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 9; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 36;Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 10; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 15).
Crater Lake Newt (Taricha granulosa mazamae: Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 74; Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 26; Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 175; Stebbins, 1966, Field Guide W. North Am. Rept. Amph.: 38; Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 9; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 36; Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 10; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 15).
Twitty's Newt (Taricha granulosa twittyi) [no longer recognized]: Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 77; Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 26).
Southern Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa twittyi) [no longer recognized]: Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 175).
Mendocino Newt (Taricha granulosa similans: Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 26; Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 175).
Distribution
Southern Alaska to California (Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties), in the humid coastal forests; introduced in the vicinity of Moscow (Latah County, Idaho) and Saunders County, Montana, likely are introduced.
Comment
Reviewed by Nussbaum and Brodie, 1981, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 272: 1-4. See discussion of systematics by Petranka, 1998, Salamand. U.S. Canada: 474. Stebbins, 2003, Field Guide W. Rept. Amph., Ed. 3: 165-166, provided a brief account, figure, and map. Wiseman, 2009, Herpetol. Rev., 40: 360-361, provided a southern record in the Sierra Nevada of California and commented on the range.
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