Trinity Alps Giant Salamander
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The Trinity Alps Giant Salamander is a giant salamander that is reported to live in the Trinity Alps. It is often considered a cryptid, as no specimen has ever been recovered and it is not a widely recognized species. Although the salamander is larger than most salamander species inside the United States, it is comparable in size to the Hellbender and the Giant Salamanders of Asia. It was first reported in the 1800s and has not been reported frequently since the early 1900s.
A member of the Giant Salamander family (Cryptobranchidae), known as the Hellbender is found in the eastern United States, and in fact the Cryptobranchid family may have had its origins in North America.[1]
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- ^ Naylor, Bruce G. (Feb. 10, 1981). "Cryptobranchid Salamanders from the Paleocene and Miocene of Saskatchewan". Copeia 1981 (1): 76-86.
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- JSTOR copy of Cryptobranchid Salamanders from the Paleocene and Miocene of Saskatchewan. An abstract and the first page are available. The balance of the work is only available to participating libraries.
