California newt

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California newt - newt that is similar to Taricha granulosa in characteristics and habitat

Taricha torosa

Pacific newt - any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America

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Using California newt (Taricha tarosa) as a model, Kaplan (1985) also showed that larvae from larger eggs completed metamorphosis earlier at a larger body size under abundant food conditions.

Maternal influences on offspring development in the California Newt, Taricha torosa.

Facultative oviposition of Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) in response to water reduction of aquatic habitats

clarkii has been linked to diminishing numbers of California newt (Taricha torosa), a species of special concern (Kats et al.

Removal efforts and ecosystem effects of invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambanis clarkii) in Topanga Creek, California

Great Homed Owl death from predation of a toxic California newt. The Wilson Bulletin 112:563-564.

Otter predation on Taricha granulosa and variation in tetrodotoxin levels with elevation

California newt adults feed preferentially on worms over conspecific young, and there is no evidence for adult adaptations specifically for cannibalism (Elliott et al., 1993; Kerby and Kats, 1998).

Neuroecology, chemical defense, and the keystone species concept

We have taken advantage of a major chaparral wildfire to examine if fire indirectly impacts the feeding ecology of the California newt (Taricha torosa).

Modified interactions between salamander life stages caused by wildfire-induced sedimentation

Other animals (e.g., California newt and the eastern salamander) also possess tetrodotoxin in lethal quantities (3) (Table 1).

Tetrodotoxin poisoning associated with eating puffer fish transported from Japan - California, 1995

Ledson Marsh serves as a breeding ground for many local amphibians, including California red-legged frogs (Rana draytoni), California newts (Taricha torosa) and rough-skinned newts (T.

Sex-biased predation on newts of the genus Taricha by a novel predator and its relationship with tetrodotoxin toxicity