Dicamptodontidae


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Noun1.Dicamptodontidae - large and small highly aquatic salamanders
family Dicamptodontidae
amphibian family - any family of amphibians
Caudata, order Caudata, order Urodella, Urodella - salamanders; newts; congo snakes
genus Dicamptodon - type genus of the Dicamptodontidae
dicamptodon, dicamptodontid - salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year
genus Rhyacotriton, Rhyacotriton - olympic salamanders
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Hybridization and cryptic species in Dicamptodon (Caudata: Dicamptodontidae).
Discovery of Cope's Giant Salamanders (Dicamptodon copei) East of the Oregon Cascade Range crest
Families not included by Baker and his students included the Hynobiidae, (previously described by Yamagiwa, 1924), Dicamptodontidae (briefly described later by de Marco, 1952), and the Rhyacotritonidae (about which no current data exist).
Clinton L. Baker
Because of this and the overall size of the vertebra (see below) SEKI-20167 does not belong to Ambystoma (mole salamanders, Ambystomatidae) or Diacamptodon (giant salamanders, Dicamptodontidae [Dicamptodontinae of Frost et al.
A mid-Holocene fauna from Bear Den Cave, Sequoia National Park, California
These manuscripts covered morphological aspects of all salamander families except for the Dicamptodontidae and Rhyacotritonidae.
The urogenital system of the male Rhyacotriton and the evolution of the male urogenital duct system in salamanders
Characters of the diapophyses and parapophyses (presented above) and the overall size of the vertebrae omit the fossils from the Rhyacotritonidae, Ambystomatidae, Dicamptodontidae, and Salamandridae.
Late Pleistocene salamander (Caudata; Plethodontidae) from Santa Rosa Island, Northern Channel Islands, California

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