| Olympic Torrent Salamander | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Rhyacotritonidae |
| Genus: | Rhyacotriton |
| Species: | R. olympicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhyacotriton olympicus (Gaige, 1917) |
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The Olympic Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus) is a species of salamander in the Rhyacotritonidae family. It is a small salamander (up to 10 cm total length) that lives in clear, cold mountain streams. It is endemic to the United States. The Olympic torrent salamander occurs in the Olympic Mountains of Washington.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.