Two species of giant salamanders live in Asia, one in Japan and one in China. A similar huge amphibian, the Eastern hellbender, lives in the eastern United States.
Order: Urodela
Family: Cryptobranchidae
Genus and Species: Andrias japonicus ...
Asian giant salamanders
Asian giant salamanders are the largest salamanders in the world, and species are found in China and Japan. These impressive animals grow to around 1.5m long.
Scientific name: Andrias ...
Pacific Giant Salamander
Sighting:
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Humboldt County, California ...
Giant salamanders have an interesting life history. They lay large clutches of sizable, yolky eggs under rocks in the headwaters of clear water streams.
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus)
Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
Bolitoglossa (Bolitoglossa walkeri)
Chunky salamander (Pseudoeurycea cephalica)
Valdina farms salamander (Eurycea troglodytes) ...
The Coastal Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus) was originally described in 1852 by Baird and Girard as Amblystoma tenebrosum. See Amphibian Species of the World.
There are no currently recognized subspecies.
Taxonomic Etymology ...
This page contains samples from our picture files on the Chinese Giant Salamander. These images are intended to communicate the sense of awe and wonder I have for these amazing beings.
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.
Giant Salamanders (Family Cryptobranchidae)
Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
Giant Salamanders (Family Proteidae) ...
Giant Salamander
Measuring about two feet in length, the hellbender (also known as a "snot otter"!) is one of the largest species of salamanders in the world. The hellbender's only close relatives are the giant salamanders of China and Japan.
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.
9 Chinese Giant Salamander
Humans are eating the world's largest amphibian into extinction
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California Giant Salamander
Dicamptodon ensatus
This species, like others in the mole salamander family, spends most of its adult life underground. The adults are active and will bite and twist their bodies around if handled.
Coastal (Pacific) Giant Salamander, Dicamptodon tenebrosus
The Coastal (Pacific) Giant Salamander is the largest terrestrial salamander found in the United States and Canada.
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), ...
Size: largest-Japanese giant salamander Andrias japonicus, head-to-tail length 6 feet (1.8 meters); smallest-Thorius arboreus, head-to-tail length 0.6 inches (1.7 centimeters); most salamanders are 2 to 6 inches (5 to 15 centimeters) ...
The giant salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) of the NW United States grows to 12 in. (30 cm) in length. The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) of E United States and the so-called Congo eel (Amphiuma means) are large aquatic species.
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, ...
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, ...
There are more than 700 different species of recognised salamander worldwide from the smaller species of newt to the Chinese Giant salamander which can grow to nearly 2 meters long.
Super-Sized Salamander: The Chinese giant salamander is the largest living amphibian. It can reach 6 feet in length and weigh up to 66 pounds.
The zoo also needed room for its red pandas and some new animals they are adding. Along with Japanese giant salamanders, the new exhibit will be home to fishing cats, a giant sloth, and four other species.
December 19, 2011 " A new study on the endangered Ozark Hellbender giant salamander is the first to detail its skin microbes, the bacteria and fungi that defend against ... > full story ...
The Mexican axolotl actually stays in a permanent Laval form of the tiger salamander. In China and Japan the giant salamander may reach a length of over 5 ft. long.
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In this picture I am holding an Andrias japonicus, or Japanese Giant Salamander, while visiting my home country.
North America has the hellbender and the mudpuppy which can reach the length of a foot or more. In Japan and China the giant salamander is found, which reaches 5 feet (1.5m) and weighs up to 30 kilograms].
 See also: Salamander, Lizard, Snake, Newt, Tiger
  
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