Idaho Giant Salamander - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

• Kingdom Animalia (animals)

• Eumetazoa (metazoans)

• Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)

• Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)

• Phylum Chordata (chordates)

• Craniata (craniates)

• Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)

• Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)

• Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)

• Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)

• Tetrapoda (tetrapods)

• Class Amphibia (amphibians)

• Subclass Lissamphibia (amphibians)

• Order: Caudata (salamanders)

• Family: Dicamptodontidae (Pacific giant salamanders)

• Genus: Dicamptodon (Pacific giant salamander)

• Species: Dicamptodon aterrimus (Idaho giant salamander)