Sonoma Mountain Ecology Notes

Celebrating and Caring for the Land

California Giant Salamander

Dicamptodon ensatus is a California endemic member of the Ambystomatidae family, one of the largest amphibians on the continent. Like many other salamanders they have 4 toes on their front feet and 5 on the back feet and are one of the few salamanders that are able to vocalize, usually in protest to being hassled.

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