Sonoma Mountain Ecology Notes

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Newt Forensics

This California Newt (Taricha toroso) was found desiccated in a patch of dry bare ground. Their breeding season is coming to an end and ponds are drying down quickly. Is this an adult coming to a natural end of its life cycle or is drought implicated?

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