| Columbia Torrent Salamander | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Rhyacotritonidae |
| Genus: | Rhyacotriton |
| Species: | R. kezeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhyacotriton kezeri Good & Wake, 1992 |
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The Columbia Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton kezeri) is a species of salamander in the Rhyacotritonidae family. It is endemic to the United States.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and freshwater springs. It is a small salamander (up to 10 cm total length) that lives in clear, cold mountain streams. It is threatened by habitat loss.