All Things Oregon – Mazama Newt

by Christy Solo – Editor

This week’s All Things is all about the most Oregonian newt there is. The Mazama newt (Taricha granulosa mazamae).

If you’ve attended a Ranger Talk at the Sinnott Memorial Overlook in Rim Village at Crater Lake, you may already have learned a bit about our endangered endemic.

Mazama newts are a subspecies of rough-skinned newt. While rough-skinned can be found all over our area, the Mazama subspecies can…