Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Triturus sierrae Twitty, 1942, Copeia, 1942: 65. Holotype: CAS-SU 2425, by original designation. Type locality: "Cherokee Creek, in the hills above Chico, Butte County, California", USA.

Triturus torosus sierrae — Stebbins, 1951, Amph. W. North Am.: 28.

Taricha sierrae — Wahlert, 1952, Copeia, 1952: 30.

Taricha torosa sierrae — Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 26.

Taricha sierrae — Collins, 1991, Herpetol. Rev., 22: 43. Kuchta, 2007, Herpetologica, 63: 332.

Taricha (Taricha) sierrae — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 67.

English Names

Sierra Newt (Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 93; 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.: 39; 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; Stebbins, 2003, Field Guide W. Rept. Amph., Ed. 3: 167; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 23; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 16; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 31).

Distribution

Sierra Nevada of California north of the Main Fork of the Kaweah River, Tulare County, California, USA.

Comment

Kuchta, 2007, Herpetologica, 63: 332-350, most recently recognized Taricha sierrae as a species and discussed the evidence that lead to this conclusion and the hybrid zone with Taricha torosa.

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