found: Work cat.: Dicamptodontidae WWW site, Mar. 17, 1999("The salamander family Dicamptodontidae contains four extant species placed in the single genus, Dicamptodon plus extinct species ... Dicamptodon and its fossil relatives formerly were placed in the salamander family Ambystomatidae and later moved ... to the family Dicamptodontidae ... The family Dicamptodontidae is part of the salamander suborder Salamandroidea ... The family Rhyacotritonidae formerly was recognized as the subfamily Rhyacotritoninae of the family Dicamptodontidae, but was given family-level status by Good and Wake following evidence that the Dicamptodontidae as formerly recognized was not monophyletic. The family Dicamptodontidae as currently recognized contains what formerly was considered the subfamily Dicamptodontinae (Dicamptodon plus the extinct genera ...) prior to removal of Rhyacotriton to a separate family.")
found: Checklist to the Amphibians and Reptiles in Oregon WWW site, Mar. 17, 1999(Pacific Giant Salamanders (Dicamptodon tenebrosus) part of the Dicamptodontidae (Giant Salamanders))
found: Frank, N. Complete guide to scientific and common names of reptiles and amphibians of the world, 1995:p. 28 (Dicamptodontidae, American giant salamanders)
found: Petranka, J. Salamanders of the U.S. and Canada, 1998:p. 145 (Family Dicamptodontidae, Pacific giant salamanders)
