The Pacific Giant Salamander, Dicamptodon ensatus, and its close relatives, are the largest and most massive of the salamanders that have a terrestrial stage.
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has designated the Pacific giant salamander as a threatened species. In British Columbia, it is on the Red List. This means it is protected by the B.C.
Pacific Giant Salamander
Sighting:
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Humboldt County, California ...
Pacific Giant Salamander - Dicamptodon tenebrosus. Larvae are common and easily found in most perennial streams on the preserve; in Fox Creek they are the most abundant vertebrate (Parker 1994). Adults are less often encountered.
Genus Dicamptodon - Pacific Giant Salamanders
Idaho Giant Salamander - Dicamptodon aterrimus
Cope's Giant Salamander - Dicamptodon copei
California Giant Salamander - Dicamptodon ensatus
Coastal (Pacific) Giant Salamander - Dicamptodon tenebrosus ...
Other animals reported to have ingested voles include trout (Salmo spp.), Pacific giant salamander (Dicampton ensatus), garter snake (Thamnophis spp.), yellow-bellied racer (Coluber constrictor), gopher snake (Pituophis melanoleucas), ...
Shrews are preyed on by owls, snakes, and Pacific giant salamanders. Domestic cats, opossums, foxes, and similar-size mammalian predators kill but may not eat shrews, presumably because, when frightened or agitated, ...
They are divided into about ten subgroups including mole salamanders, amphiumas, giant salamanders and hellbenders, Pacific giant salamanders, Asiatic salamanders, lungless salamanders, mudpuppies and waterdogs, torrent salamanders, ...
 See also: Giant Salamander, Salamander, Mole, Newt, Diver
  
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