Coastal Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus)

Created: January 28th, 2015 - 03:26 PM
Last Modified: January 28th, 2015 - 04:08 PM Entered by: Heather Stewart
Record 214895

Country: United States		State: Oregon	County: Benton County	Time: 2014-06-14 09:06:00
Qty: 12	Age: Varying	Sex: --	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: Creek down the side of Marys Peak
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Overcast		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Only one of the Dicamptodon was an adult. All of them were found using a flashlight to look into the water in the seep. I tried taking insitu photographs but it didn't work with the glare from the water.

I have included some photographs of the habitat the Dicamptodon were found in. In the same area there was also a fair number of Rhyacotriton variegatus.

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Heather Stewart on Jan 31, 2015 at 12:58 PM

I only uploaded one of photograph of one of the juveniles since there were so many and they looked the same. I uploaded several of the larger Dicamptodon because it was so much larger but not as large as they get, I was hoping someone could confirm whether it was a large juvenile or small neotenic adult.

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Jan 28, 2015 at 07:58 PM

Awesome Finds/Entry Heather thank you for contributing..

How many different salamanders are vouchered here?