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| Torrent salamanders | |
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| Rhyacotriton variegatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Suborder: | Salamandroidea |
| Family: | Rhyacotritonidae Tihen, 1958 |
| Genus: | Rhyacotriton Dunn, 1920 |
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Rhyacotriton cascadae (blue) | |
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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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