California Giant Salamander air expulsion sound (small adult)
Common Name
California Giant Salamander
Scientific Name
Dicamptodon ensatus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Caudata
Family
Dicamptodontidae
Genus
Dicamptodon
Subject
Amphibians; Places; Nature sounds
Spatial Coverage
Sonoma County (Calif.); California
Creator
Rice, Jeff; Nafis, Gary
Media Rights Management
Audio file copyright 2010, the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library, Westernsoundscape.org, and Gary Nafis. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works
Compressed from .wav format into .mp4 delivery format
Contributing Institution
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112; Ecological and animal data provided by NatureServe. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available http://www.natureserve.org/explorer
Description
Sound of a small adult California Giant Salamander
Photo Rights Management
Photo copyright 2010, Jeff Rice. All rights reserved
Note
The salamander was approximately three inches in length from snout to vent; accompanying photo shows the salamander that was recorded; co-recordist Gary Nafis writes that the salamander was held "with my thumb and two fingers grasping the sides of its body, firmly, but without squeezing so hard I was merely pushing air out of its lungs. The salamander squirmed from side to side and opened its mouth slightly. After about 10 seconds it made the chirping sound that you can hear here. This species is capable of making a fairly loud sound, but this one was very quiet..." (see full description at: http://www.californiaherps.com/)
