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Amphibia    Caudata    Ambystomatidae  

Cope's Giant Salamander
Dicamptodon copei Nussbaum, 1970
dee-kamp-TOE-daan — KOPE-ai

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.10.03.08.47.26)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Oregon Washington

First instance(s) of published English names:
Pacific Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1969 Anderson, James D. Dicamptodon and D. ensatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (76):1-2
1970 Nussbaum, Ronald A. Dicamptodon copei, n. sp., from the Pacific Northwest, USA (Amphibia: Caudata: Ambystomatidae). Copeia 1970(3):506-514
1983 Nussbaum, Ronald A. Dicamptodon copei. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (334):1-2
2006 Steele, Craig A. Speciation, phylogeography, and gene flow in Giant Salamanders (Dicamptodon). Dissertation. Washington State University, Pullman?, Washington. 137pp.

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