Pacific giant salamander
| Pacific giant salamanders Temporal range: Paleocene to recent,
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| Dicamptodon tenebrosus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Ambystomatidae |
| Genus: | Dicamptodon Strauch, 1870 |
| Type species | |
| Salamandra ensata Eschscholtz, 1833
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| Synonyms | |
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Chondrotus Cope, 1887 | |
The Pacific giant salamanders are members of the genus Dicamptodon. They are large salamanders endemic to the Pacific Northwest in North America. They are included in the family Ambystomatidae, or alternatively, in their own monogeneric family Dicamptodontidae.