Identificaciones de cnddb_brian

I was standing quietly in 8 inches of cystal clear, icy cold water when a newt came by (underwater).

California Newt (Taricha torosa) Endemic in California. It "is a large-bodied salamander. Terrestrial adults have a light brown to dark brown dorsum with a yellowish to orange belly. The skin is dry with small bumps or warts and costal grooves are not visible. The eyes are large and the lower eyelids are yellow. Adult males in the breeding season develop smooth or slimy skin, a lighter body color, enlarged tail fins, and swollen cloacal glands. Adults are 6.9 - 8.7 cm snout to vent length (12.5 - 20 cm total length).
The eyelids and snout have conspicuous light coloring. Taricha torosa, the Coast Range newt, is yellowish to dark brown dorsally and pale yellow to orange ventrally. The eyelids and snout are not as conspicuously colored as in T. sierrae.
Taricha torosa may be distinguished from close relatives, which co-occur (T. granulosa and T. rivularis), by the Y-shaped pattern of the vomerine teeth, the light-colored lower eyelids, relatively large eyes, and lack of a tomato red belly."

Amphibiaweb: https://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-scientific_name=Taricha+torosa&rel-scientific_name=contains&include_synonymies=Yes

California Newt (Taricha torosa) Endemic in California. Newts are amphibians. They are related to salamanders (in a subfamily called Pleurodelinae). Their skin tends to be rougher than the skin of salamanders. The California newt has warty, slate-gray skin on its back and bright orange-yellow skin underneath. It is very similar in appearance to the rough-skinned newt and they are often indistinguishable without dissection, but in general, the California newt has orange skin around the bottom of its eye while the Rough-skinned has gray skin at the bottom of its eye. The California newt also has eyes that protrude beyond the edge of the jaw line when viewed from above, while the eyes of the rough-skinned do not protrude, giving its head a more bullet-like appearance.

CaliforniaHerps: A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of California
Distribution of the Four Species of Newts in California, Showing Overlapping Ranges: https://californiaherps.com/identification/salamandersid/newts.html
(includes eye position, eyelid color, photo comparisons)

https://californiaherps.com/salamanders/pages/t.torosa.html

Amphibians Amphibiaweb: https://amphibiaweb.org/site.html

Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of California: https://californiaherps.com

https://www.herpmapper.org/taxon/Taricha_torosa