Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Ambystomatidae > Dicamptodon > Dicamptodon aterrimus

Dicamptodon aterrimus (Idaho Giant Salamander)

Synonyms: Amblystoma aterrimum; Ambystoma aterrimum; Chondrotus aterrimus

Wikipedia Abstract

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).
View Wikipedia Record: Dicamptodon aterrimus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
30
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
51
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 57.76
EDGE Score: 4.07
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  10 inches (25 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
North Central Rockies forests Canada, United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness Area   Idaho, United States      
Selway - Bitterroot Wilderness Area   Idaho, United States      

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0