Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Coastal Giant Salamander, pacific giant salamander
Description
Habitat
Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 703 meters (2,308 feet).[1]
Ecology:
Larvae and paedomorphic
adults
usually inhabit clear, cool or cold,
well-oxygenated streams
and often take cover
under stones
(Parker
1991); aquatic
stages also occur in some mountain lakes
and ponds
.
Metamorphosed adults are found in humid forests
under rocks and logs
,
etc.
, near mountain streams or rocky shores
of mountain lakes (Stebbins
1985). Eggs
are attached to logs or rocks in creeks
(Nussbaum and
Clothier 1973, Jones et al.
1990).[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
- 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Caudata
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
()
- Family:
Ambystomatidae
()
- Gray, 1850
- Genus:
Dicamptodon
()
- Strauch, 1870
- Specific name:
tenebrosus
- (Baird and Girard, 1852)
- Scientific name: - Dicamptodon tenebrosus (Baird and Girard, 1852)
- Specific name:
tenebrosus
- (Baird and Girard, 1852)
- Genus:
Dicamptodon
(
- Family:
Ambystomatidae
(
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
(
- Order:
Caudata
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Amblystoma tenebrosum • Ambystoma nothagenes Kraus • Salamandra texana Matthes
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dicamptodon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. aterrimus (Rocky Mountain Salamander) · D. copei (Cope's Giant Salamander) · D. ensatus (California Giant Salamander) · D. tenebrosus (Pacific Giant Salamander)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 299, p. 334.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Geoffrey Hammerson 2004. Dicamptodon tenebrosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Hammerson, G. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 25823
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-550242
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 550242
- IUCN ID: 205251
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AAAAH01040
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1652
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 670.780 based on 39 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Geoffrey Hammerson 2004. Dicamptodon tenebrosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
