Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Oregon slender salamander (Batrachoseps wrightorum) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. The Oregon slender salamander is endemic to the Northwestern United States. [14] Its natural habitat is temperate forests of moist Douglas fir, maple, and red cedar woodlands in Oregon, to 3,000 feet (910 m). [14]
The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), also known as the hellbender salamander, is a species of aquatic giant salamander endemic to the eastern and central United States. It is the largest salamander in North America. A member of the family Cryptobranchidae, the hellbender is the only extant member of the genus Cryptobranchus.
The genus Dicamptodon was formerly thought to contain two species, Cope's giant salamander (D. copei) on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, and the Pacific giant salamander (D. ensatus) which consisted of three geographic populations, an Idaho isolate, a group in northern California, and a group in Oregon and Washington. [9]
The coastal giant salamander can reach up to 33 cm (13 in) in total length as a terrestrial adult, and 35.5 cm (14.0 in) in paedomorphic forms, [4] making it the largest terrestrial salamander in North America. [5] The coastal giant salamander has stout limbs with four toes on the front feet and five toes on the back feet.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The largest species are in the genus Andrias, native to east Asia. The South China giant salamander ( Andrias sligoi ), can reach a length of 1.8 m (5.9 ft). [ 1 ] The Japanese giant salamander ( Andrias japonicus ) reaches up to 1.44 m (4.7 ft) in length, feeds at night on fish and crustaceans , and has been known to live for more than 50 ...
Cope's giant salamander (Dicamptodon copei) is a species of salamander in the family Dicamptodontidae, the Pacific giant salamanders. [2] [3] It is native to Washington and Oregon in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. [1] [3]
These salamanders are mostly terrestrial and eat invertebrates, although some species are known to eat smaller salamanders. They can be found throughout the US and some areas of Canada in damp forests or plains. This family contains some of the largest terrestrial salamanders in the world, the tiger salamander and the coastal giant salamander ...