Olympic torrent salamander

Description

The Olympic torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus) is a species of salamander in the Rhyacotritonidae family.This is a small salamander (up to 10 cm total length) that lives in clear,cold,mountain streams.It is medium to dark brown and may have a few small light spots on the sides and small dark spots on the tail;it is bright yellow on the belly,usually with some dark spots.Torrent salamanders typically have short snouts and relatively large eyes.As in other torrent salamanders,adult males have square-edged lobes behind the cloaca.These salamanders live at the edges of clear,cold,mountain streams;they can be abundant under gravel at stream edges and in the spray zones of waterfalls.During rainy seasons,they are occasionally found under objects on land away from streams.