What is California newt?
{{Speciesbox | name = California newt | image = Taricha_torosa,_Napa_County,_CA.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | genus = Taricha | species = torosa | authority = ([[Martin Rathke|Rathke]], in [[Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz|Eschscholtz]], 1833) | synonyms = ''Triton torosa'' <small>Rathke, 1833</small><br> ''Triton Ermani'' <small>Wiegmann in Erman, 1835</small><br> ''Salamandra beecheyi'' <small>Gray, 1839</small><br> ''Pleurodeles californiae'' <small>Gray, 1850</small><br> ''Taricha laevis'' <small>Baird & Girard, 1853</small><br> ''Amblystoma rubrum'' <small>Reid, 1895</small> }} The '''California newt''' (''Taricha torosa'') is a [[species]] of [[newt]]s. They are also called the '''orange bellied newt'''. They can grow to 8 inches (20 cm) in length. They have [[toxic]] [[skin]]. Because of this, the only [[predator]] of the California newt are [[garter snake]]s. California newts lives in [[California]]. == Subspecies == *[[Sierra newt]] *[[Coastal Range newt]] == Other websites == {{wikispecies|Taricha torosa}} {{Commons category|Taricha torosa}} * [http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/herps/tari-tor.html San Diego Natural History Museum] * [http://www.californiaherps.com/salamanders/pages/t.t.torosa.html California Newt facts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729074032/http://www.californiaherps.com/salamanders/pages/t.t.torosa.html |date=2012-07-29 }} * [http://www.mister-toad.com/photos/salamander/taricha_torosa_03.html California Newt mating] * [http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Taricha/T_torosa.shtml Caudata Culture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401071230/http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Taricha/T_torosa.shtml |date=2010-04-01 }} [[Category:Newts]] [[Category:Animals of North America]] {{biology-stub}}