Crater Lake newt

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.^[3] Similar newts have been found in Alaska,^[4][5] but their identity is unclear.^[2]

Crater Lake newt
Conservation status
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Salamandridae
Genus:	Taricha
Species:	T. granulosa
Subspecies:	T. g. mazamae
Trinomial name
Taricha granulosa mazamae (Myers, 1942)[2]

The Crater Lake newt population is under threat due to predation from crayfish and rainbow trout that have been introduced into the lake.^[6]