Idaho giant salamander

Idaho giant salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Dicamptodon
Species:
D. aterrimus
Binomial name
Dicamptodon aterrimus
(Cope, 1867 [1868])

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]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Dicamptodon aterrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T59078A64037881. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T59078A64037881.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008