Columbia torrent salamander

Columbia torrent salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Rhyacotritonidae
Genus: Rhyacotriton
Species: R. kezeri
Binomial name
Rhyacotriton kezeri
Good & Wake, 1992

The Columbia torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton kezeri) is a species of salamander in the Rhyacotritonidae family, endemic to the United States.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and freshwater springs. It is a small salamander (up to 10 cm total length) that lives in clear, cold, mountain streams. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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