California newt
orange-bellied newt
Taricha torosa latin

Due to their toxicity, California newts have few natural predators.

Banana slugs and, in season, California newts are common.

California newts are commonly found in ponds and lakes.

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However, rough-skinned newts have small eyes with dark lower eyelids, while California newts have large eyes and light lower eyelids.

California newts are native primarily on the California coastline and in southern Sierra Nevada, because they prefer less humid climates than the rough-skinned newts.

For example, tenajas at the Santa Rosa Plateau in southern California allow western pond turtles, California newts and red-legged frogs to survive through dry summer months.

The California newt (Taricha torosa) is a species of newts.

California newt (Taricha torosa)

San Francisco garter snakes are one of the few animals capable of ingesting the toxic California newt (Taricha torosa) without incurring sickness or death.

The Sierra newt was formerly regarded as a subspecies (Taricha torosa sierrae) of the California newt (Taricha torosa).