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| | Caudate Families (Newts & Salamanders) |
 | | Salamandroidea differs from Cryptobranchoidea in that the angular and prearticular bones in the lower jaw are fused (in extant species), and all species are internal fertilizers (Larson, 2004). | | | All species are found in western North America, from California to southern Canada, and the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Idaho. | | | The genus Dicamptodon was formerly included in Ambystomatidae, and removed based on genetic information. |
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http://www.livingunderworld.org/caudata/families
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| | The family Dicamptodontidae is part of the salamander suborder Salamandroidea, which contains all of the internally fertilizing salamanders (Duellman and Trueb, 1986). | | | Dicamptodons are commonly known as Pacific giant salamanders because they are found along the Pacific coast of western North America, and they attain relatively large sizes (body length approaching 6 inches excluding the tail). | | | Good, D. Hybridization and cryptic species in Dicamptodon (Caudata: Dicamptodontidae). |
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http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Dicamptodontidae&contgroup=Caudata
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| | Herpbreeder.dk |
| | Good, D.A. Hybridization and cryptic species in Dicamptodon (Caudata: Dicamptodontidae). | | | .::::: Caudatas of the World - Dicamptodontidae - Dicamptodon :::::. |
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http://herpbreeder.com/worldspecies/Caudata/Dicamptodontidae/dicamptodon.htm
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| | Amphibian Species of the World - Dicamptodontidae Tihen, 1958 |
| | Amphibian Species of the World - Dicamptodontidae Tihen, 1958 | | | Type genus: Dicamptodon Strauch, 1870, by original designation. | | | Sever, 1992, J. Morphol., 212: 305-322, provided evidence that Dicamptodon was the sister-taxon of the Ambystomatidae rather than to Rhyacotriton and suggested that they be placed in separate families, although he did not formally propose the name or diagnosis. |
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http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?f_id=250
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| | ASIH 1997 Joint Meetings - Live Herp Display |
| | The high rainfall and cool climate of the west coast supports a number of endemic taxa of amphibians, including the primitive, yet specialized tailed frog (Ascaphus truei, Ascaphidae); the torrent salamanders (4 species of Rhyacotriton, Rhyacotritonidae); and the impressive giant salamanders (4 species of Dicamptodon, Dicamptodontidae). | | | Many species of native herps from the Northwest will be displayed. | | | A variety of reptiles and arid-adapted amphibians inhabit the Great Basin east of the Cascade divide. |
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http://artedi.fish.washington.edu/asih/display.htm
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| | eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail |
| | Q: Hello, I found a large "scorpion like” insect in my garage. | | | Family: Dicamptodontidae, Giant Salamanders view all from this family | | | Brown above, with fine dark spots or mottling. |
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http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesRECNUM.asp?recnum=AR0208
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| | MavicaNET - Dicamptodontidae |
| | Luettelo / Luonto / Elämä / Animals (Animalia) / Sammakkoeläimet (Amphibia) / Tailed Amphibians (Caudata) / Dicamptodontidae | | | Genera and species of the Pacific Giant Salamanders [Caudata: Dicamptodontidae] | | | Provides examples from classic literature, search by definition of Dicamptodontidae. |
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http://www.mavicanet.com/lite/fin/40339.html?sortby=6
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| | Representative Publications |
| | Testing hypotheses of speciation timing in Dicamptodon copei and Dicamptodon aterrimus (Caudata: Dicamptodontidae). |
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http://www.wsu.edu/~storfer/reppublications.html
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| | Grzimeks Animal Life Encyclopedia |
| | For example, salamanders in the families Dicamptodontidae and Rhyacotritonidae formerly were placed in the Ambystomatidae. | | | New evidence may reveal that a group of species or genera that were once believed to be members of one family are actually more closely related to another group or are not related to the family with which they formerly were associated. | | | Most salamanders live in the Northern Hemisphere; they are absent in the Australo-Papuan and Ethiopian regions. |
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http://www.wordtrade.com/science/lifescience/grzimeksanimallifeencyclopedi.htm
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| | Caudata |
| | Some extinct species known only from fossils are grouped into the families Batrachosauroididae, Karauridae, Prosirenidae and Scapherpetontidae. | | | A few Mesozoic fossil salamanders (genera Comonecturoides, Galverpeton and Hylaeobatrachus, each containing a single species) have not been assigned to taxonomic families or suborders. | | | These families are grouped into four taxonomic suborders as follows: Cryptobranchoidea (Cryptobranchidae, Hynobiidae), Karauroidea (Karauridae), Salamandroidea (Ambystomatidae, Amphiumidae, Batrachosauroididae, Dicamptodontidae, Plethodontidae, Prosirenidae, Proteidae, Rhyacotritonidae, Salamandridae, Scapherpetontidae) and Sirenoidea (Sirenidae). |
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http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Caudata&contgroup=Living_Amphibians
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| | ACA's FROGS.ORG: Species Info for |
| | The Pacific Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) is an amphibian of the Dicamptodontidae family (Pacific Giant Salamanders) of the Caudata order (Salamanders and Newts, sometimes called Urodela), and it does not have any identified subspecies which occur in the United States. | | | Land dwelling adults live under logs, rocks, and forest litter but are sometimes seen crawling on the surface or even climbing in bushes or trees to 8 ft (2.4 m). | | | Typically species with this rank exhibit 20 to 100 occurrences or between 3,000 and 10,000 individuals." |
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http://www.frogs.org/amphibianet/species.asp?Genus=Dicamptodon&Species=ensatus
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| | Nine major groups of salamanders are currently recognized as taxonomic families (Ambystomatidae, Amphiumidae, Cryptobranchidae, Dicamptodontidae, Hynobiidae, Plethodontidae, Proteidae, Salamandridae and Sirenidae); earlier results of this project suggest that the Dicamptodontidae as currently recognized incorrectly groups two very different evolutionary lineages. | | | The evolutionary relationships of the salamander families to each other and the relationships of the major lineages contained within each family constitute the focus of this work. | | | The evolutionary relationships and historical diversification of a group of organisms constitute essential knowledge for understanding the group's diversity, value as a natural resource and need for conservation. |
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http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/yguan/NSFAbstracts/Abstracts/BIO/DEB.BIO.a9106898.txt
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| | Amphibians of Washington - Herpetology - Burke Museum |
| | In fact, three entire families of amphibians (Dicamptodontidae, Rhyacotritonidae, and Ascaphidae) are endemic to the northwest; most of these salamanders are highly specialized for living in the clear, cold streams of Pacific Northwest forests. | | | We invite you to explore the diversity of northwestern amphibians as shown below in our checklist. |
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http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/herpetology/amphibians.php
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| | Amphibian Species of the World - Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850 |
| | Edwards, 1976, J. Morphol., 148: 319, first recognized that the Ambystomatidae as then recognized was not monophyletic and considered the ambystomine ambystomatids to be more closely related to the Plethodontidae than to the Rhyacotritonidae and Dicamptodontidae of this list. | | | See comments under Dicamptodontidae and Rhyacotritonidae and discussion under Caudata. | | | Mus., 58: 24, for a discussion of the formation of the family-group name and the equal validity of the forms Ambystomidae and Ambystomatidae. |
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http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=20786
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| | Syst. Biol. 44(2) Abstracts |
| | Abstract.---Phylogenetic relationships were examined within the salamander family Salamandridae using 18 species representing 14 salamandrid genera and six outgroup taxa from the families Ambystomatidae, Dicamptodontidae, Plethodontidae, and Proteidae. | | | Mitochondrial DNA sequences encoding the 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA and the intervening valine transfer RNA provided 431 phylogenetically informative nucleotide sequence positions from a multiple alignment of approximately 1,000 bases per species. |
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http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/systbiol/issues/44_2/44_2abstracts.html
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| | ZOOLOGY 451 - LECTURE EXAM 2, 2003 |
| | mole (Ambystomatidae), giant (Dicamptodontidae), or torrent salamander (Rhyacotritonidae) |
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http://courses.washington.edu/vertebra/451/exams/451-exam2key-03.htm
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| | Dicamptodontidae Family |
| | Although not a useful distinguishing character, the family Dicamptodontidae has an endemic |
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http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/amph/main/dicafam.htm
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| | Caudata - Definition of Caudata by Webster Dictionary |
| | Ambystomatidae, Amphibia, Amphiumidae, animal order, caudate, class Amphibia, Cryptobranchidae, Dicamptodontidae, family Ambystomatidae, family Amphiumidae, family Cryptobranchidae, family Dicamptodontidae, family Plethodontidae, family Proteidae, family Salamandridae, family Sirenidae, order Caudata, order Urodella, Plethodontidae, Proteidae, Salamandridae, Sirenidae, urodele, Urodella |
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http://www.webster-dictionary.net/definition/Caudata
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| | ipedia.com: Salamander Article |
| | Later Paracelsus suggested that the salamander was the elemental of fire. | | | Salamanders Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Urodela Families Cryptobranchidae Hynobiidae Ambystomatidae Amphiumidae Dicamptodontidae Plethodontidae... |
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