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Dicamptodon copei
Cope's Giant Salamander
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Photographer: Robert C. Stebbins
Organization: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Collection: AmphibiaWeb
ID: 1111 1111 1111 0628 (2001-08-14)Copyright © 1974 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Sep 1, 1974
this photo depicts an animal that was captive or collected
photo location Berkeley, CA
animal's place of origin
near Spirit Lake, Skamania County (Washington, US)family
Dicamptodontidae
order
Caudata
class Amphibia
notes This photograph was taken in the laboratory by R. C. Stebbins, the collector of the specimen, which is now housed in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (RCS 11918, MVZ 116631). This is an unusual and rare specimen -- a fully metamorphosed terrestrial stage of what is normally a neotenic perennibranchiate form. The habitat was destroyed by the eruption of nearby Mt. St. Helens a few years later.camera 35 mm
contributor's ID # MVZ A 611From the collection of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Herp 116631 View all photos for this specimen
photo category: Animal - Amphibian
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
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Cope's Giant Salamander (AW )
Cope's Giant Salamander (photographer)
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