Pacific giant salamander
A Pacific giant salamander (Dicamptodon) is a member of the family and genus of large salamanders.
| Pacific giant salamanders Temporal range: Paleocene to recent,
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| File:Dicamptodon tenebrosus 2.JPG | |
| Dicamptodon tenebrosus | |
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Dicamptodon |
The salamanders may grow up to 30 cm (12 in) long, and are found in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Apart from their large size, they are like the mole salamander family (Ambystomatidae).[1]
Most salamanders are silent but the Pacific giant salamander can make noise. The adults can live on land or in water.
The genus has four species: Cope's giant salamander (D. copei), the Idaho giant salamander (D. aterrimus), the coastal giant salamander (D. tenebrosus), and the California giant salamander (D. ensatus).[2]
Pacific Giant Salamander Media
- Coastal Giant Salamander, Dicamptodon tenebrosus.jpg
Dicamptodon tenebrosus
- Dicamptodon and its urine imaged with blue excitation light and a yellow long pass filter - 41598 2020 59528 Supp Fig3.png
A Pacific giant salamander and its fluorescent urine imaged with blue excitation light
- Dicamptodon copei larva.jpg
Dicamptodon copei larva, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.
- Dicamptodon ensatus 3.jpg
Dicamptodon ensatus — California Giant Salamander. * * At Purisima Creek Open Space Preserve, S.F. Bay Area, California.
References
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. et al 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the AMNH #297 [1] Archived 2016-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
Other websites
- 16x16px Data related to Dicamptodon at Wikispecies
- 16x16px Media related to Dicamptodon at Wikimedia Commons
- Tree of Life: Dicamptodontidae Archived 2019-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Dicamptodon at CalPhotos
