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Both males and females grow to an adult length of 24 to 40 cm (9.4 to 15.7 in) from snout to vent, with a total length of 30 to 74 cm (12 to 29 in), making them the fourth-largest aquatic salamander species in the world (after the South China giant salamander, the Chinese giant salamander and the Japanese giant salamander, respectively) and the ...
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 ...
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 slender salamander Batrachoseps campi: Inyo Mountains slender salamander Batrachoseps diabolicus
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.
Red Hills salamander: Phaeognathus hubrichti: 2000 [2] Arizona: Arizona tree frog: Hyla eximia: 1986 [3] California: California red-legged frog: Rana draytonii: 2014 [4] Colorado: Western tiger salamander: Ambystoma mavortium : 2012 [5] Georgia: American green tree frog: Hyla cinerea: 2005 [6] Idaho: Idaho giant salamander: Dicamptodon ...
The largest South China giant salamander, which researchers said is likely the largest amphibian ever recorded, lived during the first half of the 20th century and was housed at the London Zoo for ...
Most salamanders lack vocal cords, but a larynx is present in the mudpuppy (Necturus) and some other species, and the Pacific giant salamanders and a few others have a large larynx and bands known as plicae vocales. [27] The California giant salamander can produce a bark or rattle, and a few species can squeak by contracting muscles in the ...
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 ...