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California Giant Salamander

Dicamptodon ensatus

Description:

10 inches long, head 2 inches wide.

Habitat:

California coastal woodlands. Likes burrowing into decomposing wood and leaves.

Notes:

Found this monster of a salamander amongst rotten wood at the bottom of our woodpile.

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8 Comments

Darwin26
Darwin26 12 years ago

Precious, Gollum,
thanks for sharing.

DSEads
DSEads 12 years ago

awesome shot

Noe and Pili
Noe and Pili 12 years ago

It looks great!, I have seen another amphibian of the same family and similar size in the south of Spain, an Iberian Ribbed Newt:

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/630...

peter
peter 12 years ago

Congrats Danny, your photo is spotting of the day!

"The adult Coastal Giant Salamander can reach up 12 inches (30.5 cm) in total length!"

http://facebook.com/projectnoah/posts/14...
http://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/75...

danny.thorpe
danny.thorpe 12 years ago

These giant salamanders can also bark when really agitated. This fella was found on a cool spring morning, so he was really lethargic. We put him back after this photo just as he was starting to wake up.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Nice and clear shot..!!

danny.thorpe
danny.thorpe 12 years ago

Indeed! Scared the bejesus outta me when I was cleaning out the woodpile!

Yasser
Yasser 12 years ago

wow! that's a big fella!

danny.thorpe
Spotted by
danny.thorpe

Santa Cruz, California, USA

Spotted on Mar 27, 2011
Submitted on Jun 1, 2011

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