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Torrent salamanders
Rhyacotriton variegatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Suborder: Salamandroidea
Family: Rhyacotritonidae
Tihen, 1958
Genus: Rhyacotriton
Dunn, 1920
Species

 Rhyacotriton cascadae (blue)
 Rhyacotriton kezeri (green)
 Rhyacotriton olympicus (red)
 Rhyacotriton variegatus (yellow)

The torrent salamanders or Cascade salamanders are a family of salamanders (Rhyacotritonidae) with only one genus, Rhyacotriton. The torrent salamanders have highly reduced lungs and are endemic to the United States in the Pacific Northwest (including northwestern California).[1][2]

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  2. ^ Plasticity of lung development in the amphibian, Xenopus laevis

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