Lexic.us

Definition of Taricha

1. Noun. Pacific newts.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taricha

Literary usage of Taricha

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark: 194 Essays from the Pages of by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"Taricha granulosa, rough-skinned newt (William Clark, Fort Clatsop, Oregon, March 12,1806.) There is a species of water lizard of which I only saw one just ..."

2. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark V-2 of 3 by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"is, the descriptions offered in the journals do not allow fora more precise identification. SALAMANDERS 1. Taricha granulosa, rough-skinned newt (William ..."

3. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphibia in the Collection of the British by John Edward Gray (1850)
"Taricha. Head broad, crown flat, granular. Tongue roundish, attached ... Taricha TOROS A. Slack, with scattered, elevated, roundish, granular tubercles. ..."

4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1858)
"Taricha. Tubercular. Head and skull depressed, broad. ... Ribs enclosed. 1. Taricha TOROSA. BM Skull, Esch. Zool. Atlas, t. 21. f. 15. California. ..."

5. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim (1883)
"BOOK IF we are right in identifying the little bay—Dalmanutha—with the m neighbourhood of Taricha;a, yet another link of strange coincidence ' connects the ..."

6. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1900)
"Girard adopted for the animal the generic name Taricha, proposed by Gray ('50). In his description he is at fault, or at least only partially right, ..."

7. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1897)
"Page 75, 14th line, for "Tric/ia" read Taricha. " 81, 3d line, for " carbondioxide " read carbon dioxide. " 89, last line, for " fig. 2 " read fig. 3. ..."

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