dicamptodon การใช้
- In 2006, a large study of amphibian systematics placed " Dicamptodon " back within Ambystomatidae, based on cladistic analysis.
- Among amphibians the California giant salamander ( " Dicamptodon ensatus " ) is found here, which point marks the southern extent of its range.
- The salamander " Dicamptodon copei " ( Nussbaum, 1970 ), the dinosaur " Cope's Pine Street home is recognized as a national landmark.
- The genera " Dicamptodon " and " Rhyacotriton " were formerly included in this family, but are now usually placed into their own families Dicamptodontidae and Rhyacotritonidae.
- The "'coastal giant salamander "'( " Dicamptodon tenebrosus " ) is a species of salamander in the Dicamptodontidae family ( Pacific giant salamanders ).
- Less commonly seen are the black salamander ( " Aneides flavipunctatus " ) and California giant salamander ( " Dicamptodon ensatus " ) and the threatened California red-legged frog ( " Rana draytonii " ).
- Near-endemics, those that occur in the Olympics as well as other parts of a limited range, include the Cope's giant salamander ( " Dicamptodon copei " ), and the Van Dyke's salamander ( " Plethodon vandykei ", ) both found primarily in the Olympics and other mountainous areas of western Washington; the tailed frog ( " Ascaphus truei " ), of Pacific Northwest mountain streams, and the mountain beaver ( " Aplodontia rufa " ) of the coastal Pacific Northwest.