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The Crater Lake newt or Mazama newt, Taricha granulosa mazamae, is a subspecies of the rough-skinned newt. Its type locality is Crater Lake, Oregon. [2] Similar newts have been found in Alaska, [3] [4] but their identity is unclear. [1] The Crater Lake newt population is under threat due to predation from crayfish and rainbow trout that have ...
This category contains articles about taxa in the newt genera (subfamily Pleurodelinae) of the family Salamandridae which also includes the true salamanders. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
Taricha granulosa – rough-skinned newt; Taricha granulosa mazamae – Crater Lake newt (Crater Lake, Oregon) T. granulosa egg in Washington. It is now believed that the Taricha granulosa mazamae subspecies is no longer valid, as specimens that look similar to T.g.m. have been found in areas of Alaska as well.
Oregon's Crater Lake is the deepest lake in America and has crystal-clear waters. But it didn’t used to be a lake at all. ... the Mazama newt, a subspecies of rough-skinned newt more common in ...
Swift action may be required to save a newt that lives only at Crater Lake and the lake's famously pure waters. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Crater Lake — a volcanic caldera lake within Crater Lake National Park, ... Crater Lake National Park; Crater Lake newt; D. Clarence Dutton; H. John Wesley Hillman; L.
Crater Lake Institute Director and limnologist Owen Hoffman states that "Crater Lake is the deepest, when compared on the basis of average depth among lakes whose basins are entirely above sea level. The average depths of Lakes Baikal and Tanganyika are deeper than Crater Lake; however, both have basins that extend below sea level." [20] [22]
Crater Lake is often referred to as the seventh-deepest lake in the world, but this former listing excludes the approximately 3,000-foot (910 m) depth of subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica, which resides under nearly 13,000 feet (4,000 m) of ice, and the recent report of a 2,740-foot (840 m) maximum depth for Lake O'Higgins/San Martin ...