Idaho giant salamander | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Ambystomatidae |
Genus: | Dicamptodon |
Species: | D. aterrimus
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Binomial name | |
Dicamptodon aterrimus (Cope, 1867 [1868])
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The Idaho giant salamander (Dicamptodon aterrimus) is a species of salamander. There are 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).[2]