Amphibians > Lungless Salamanders
The Arboreal Salamander (Aneides lugubris) is an extraordinary, high-climbing lungless salamander endemic to the scenic oak woodlands and coastal ranges of California. Famous for its remarkable climbing prowess—scaling towering coast live oaks up to sixty feet above...
Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Southern Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton variegatus) is an ancient, cold-water amphibian endemic to the coastal rainforests of southern Oregon and northern California. The southernmost member of the endemic family Rhyacotritonidae, it lives in freezing, mossy...
Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Cascade Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton cascadae) is a small, cold-adapted amphibian endemic strictly to the volcanic Cascade Mountain Range of Washington and Oregon. Specialized for living in the splash zones and cold gravel trickles of mountain waterfalls, it...
Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Olympic Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus) is a primitive, cold-adapted amphibian found nowhere on Earth outside the mist-shrouded temperate rainforests of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. As the type species of the ancient North American family...
Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Columbia Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton kezeri) is a charming, hyper-specialized amphibian belonging to the ancient, endemic Pacific Northwest family Rhyacotritonidae. Inhabiting cold, moss-covered gravel seepages and waterfall splash zones in old-growth coastal...
