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The California giant salamander is endemic to Northern California and lives up to 6,500 feet (2,000 m) primarily in damp, coastal forests including coast Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii) and California coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in both montane and valley-foothill riparian habitats. They tend to be common where they ...
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.
Shasta black salamander Aneides klamathensis: Klamath black salamander Aneides lugubris: Arboreal salamander Aneides niger: Santa Cruz black salamander Aneides vagrans: Wandering salamander Batrachoseps altasierrae: Greenhorn Mountains slender salamander Batrachoseps attenuatus: California slender salamander Batrachoseps bramei: Fairview ...
Scientists have determined that a giant salamander previously housed at the London Zoo not only represents a newly discovered species — it's also likely the largest amphibian known to man.
The Coastal Giant Salamander is endemic to the Pacific Northwest, found in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia. [9] Cope's Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon copei) is a species of Pacific Giant Salamanders. [10] It is endemic to the Pacific Northwestern portion of the United States. It is found on the Olympic ...
The Cope's giant salamander (Dicamptodon copei) is a species of salamander in the family Dicamptodontidae. [4] It reaches between 12.4–19.1 cm (4 + 7 ⁄ 8 – 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). The salamander resembles Pacific giant salamander larvae, but it never transforms to a terrestrial stage. It is smaller overall with a narrower head and shorter limbs.
The Idaho giant salamander (Dicamptodon aterrimus) is one of three closely related species to this taxon: D. ensatus, (California giant salamander), D. copei (Cope's giant salamander) and D. tenebrosus (coastal giant salamander) also known as the (Pacific giant salamander). [7] The Idaho giant salamander is the darkest and most intricately ...