Taricha

The genus Taricha consists of four species of highly toxic newts in the family Salamandridae. Their common name is Pacific newts, sometimes also western newts or roughskin newts. The four species within this genus are the California newt, the rough-skinned newt, the red-bellied newt, and the Sierra newt, all of which are found on the Pacific coastal region from southern Alaska to southern California, with one species possibly ranging into northern Baja California, Mexico.

== Species == Genus Taricha contains the following species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || Taricha granulosa (Skilton, 1849) || Rough-skinned newt || West Coast of the United States and British Columbia from south to Santa Cruz, California, and north to Alaska |- |120px || Taricha rivularis (Twitty, 1935) || Red-bellied newt ||northern California |- |120px || Taricha sierrae (Twitty, 1942) || Sierra newt || Sierra Nevada |- |120px || Taricha torosa (Rathke, 1833) || California newt ||coastal counties of California and in the southern Sierra Nevada |- |}