| Specimen ID | 164481 |
| Group | Amphibians-Salamanders |
| Genus | Taricha |
| Species | granulosa |
| Common Name | Rough-skinned Newt |
| State | AK |
| County | Sitka |
| Locality | Sitka High School (area around) on Baranof Island |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Baranof Island |
| HUC8 Number | 19010212 |
| HUC10 Name | Sitka Sound-Frontal Pacific Ocean |
| HUC10 Number | 1901021212 |
| HUC12 Name | Katlian Bay-Frontal Sitka Sound |
| HUC12 Number | 190102121202 |
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| Collection Year | 2005 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | released pet |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 14431 |
| Author: | Miller, A. |
| Date: | 2005 |
| Title: | Poisonous newts establish beachhead in Southeast city. |
| Publisher: | Anchorage Daily News |
| Volume: | 2005 |
| Issue: | June 11 |
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| Comments | Last fall, a Sitka High School student collected about 50 roughskin newts on neighboring Kuiu Island and brought them back for a school project. The small, poisonous creatures later were kept in science classroom terrariums, but many escaped when a terrarium was knocked over while being cleaned outside the school in September. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | locale |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
