Coastal giant salamander

Coastal giant salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Dicamptodon
Species:
D. tenebrosus
Binomial name
Dicamptodon tenebrosus
(Baird and Girard, 1852)
Synonyms

Amblystoma tenebrosum Baird and Girard, 1852

Dicamptodon tenebrosus next to 120mm flashlight

The coastal giant salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus) is a species of salamander in the family Dicamptodontidae (Pacific giant salamanders). It is endemic to the Pacific Northwest of North America.[1][2] There are three closely related species to this taxon: D. ensatus (California giant salamander), D. copei (Cope's giant salamander), and D. aterrimus (Idaho giant salamander).[3]

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Dicamptodon tenebrosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T59081A78906025. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T59081A78906025.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Dicamptodon tenebrosus (Baird and Girard, 1852)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  3. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Dicamptodon Strauch, 1870". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 September 2015.