What is Rough-skinned newt?
{{Taxobox | name = Rough-skinned Newt | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | trend = stable | image = Taricha granulosa (Rough-skinned newt).JPG | image_width = 240px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Caudata]] | familia = [[Salamandridae]] | genus = ''[[Taricha]]'' | species = '''''T. granulosa''''' | binomial = ''Taricha granulosa'' }} [[File:Rough-skinned newt.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Showing something of its red underside]] [[File:Taricha granulosa.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The rough-skinned newt]] The '''rough-skinned newt''' (''Taricha granulosa'') is a [[North America]]n [[newt]] known for its strong poison. Juveniles live on land for four or five years after [[metamorphosis]]. Adults are [[wikt:amphibious|amphibious]], and live in water and on land. Eggs are laid in water.<ref name=herps/> They can be found especially after there has been a lot of [[rain]].<ref name=herps/> == Toxicity == Many [[newts]] make [[toxin]] in their skin to avoid [[predation]], but the rough-skinned newt is especially [[poison]]ous. Toxicity is generally experienced only if the newt feels [[wikt:threaten|threatened]], although sometimes skin irritation can be experienced after touching it. The toxin that the rough-skinned newt makes can either [[paralysis|paralyze]] or [[death|kill]] a human. Recently, a drunk 29-year-old man in Coos Bay, [[Oregon]], died after swallowing a rough-skinned newt for a dare.<ref name=herps/> === Toxin resistance === Throughout much of the newt’s range, the common [[garter snake]] (''Thamnophis sirtalis'') is resistant to the newt's toxin. In several populations, these snakes successfully prey upon the newts. Toxin resistant garter snakes are the only known animals today that can eat a ''T. granulosa'' newt and survive. This is an example of [[co-evolution]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Passing the New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment in Science|author=American Book Company, Liz Thompson|page=106|publisher=American Book Company|isbn=1