| Specimen ID | 164482 |
| Group | Amphibians-Salamanders |
| Genus | Taricha |
| Species | granulosa |
| Common Name | Rough-skinned Newt |
| State | AK |
| County | Sitka |
| Locality | waters of two small islands in Sitka Sound |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Baranof Island |
| HUC8 Number | 19010212 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 1985 |
| Year Accuracy | Estimated |
| 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 | Kuiu Island, where the Sitka newts apparently originated, is just east of the southern half of Baranof Island. Mooney said roughskin newts have been found on two small islands in Sitka Sound since the 1980s after someone apparently introduced them there. "They've been confined there probably because they can't get through the salt water very easily," he said. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | state |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
