Idaho giant salamander

Idaho giant salamander
Scientific 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).

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