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Chinese giant salamanders for sale in a restaurant in Hongqiao Town (虹桥镇) in Zhejiang, China for 880 CNY/jin, or about 215 EUR/kg or US$127/lb. Such prices make them an attractive target for poaching. [41] In the past, the Chinese giant salamander was fairly common and widespread in China. [1]
Despite Boulenger's classification, the species was later synonymized with the Chinese giant salamander (A. davidianus), and eventually forgotten.However, a study published in 2018 found that the Chinese giant salamander actually consisted of numerous clades restricted to different river basins, with many of them being distinct enough to be considered separate species.
The Qimen giant salamander (Andrias cheni) is a species of giant salamander in the family Cryptobranchidae. [1] It is endemic to Anhui Province, China, where it inhabits streams and caves in the Huangshan Mountains. The species name honors Pihui Chen, a herpetologist at Anhui Normal University.
Chinese giant salamanders are heavily endangered, with Turvey telling the CBC that all three species "are on the very, very edge of extinction" and that some may already be extinct.
Andrias davidianus (Chinese giant salamander) – (Simplified Chinese: 娃娃鱼; pinyin: wáwáyú) (may actually be a species complex of 5 different species) Andrias sligoi (South China giant salamander) [5] [6] Andrias japonicus (Japanese giant salamander) – (Japanese: オオサンショウウオ) Andrias jiangxiensis (Jiangxi giant ...
The giant salamander was identified using DNA by staff at the Zoological Society of London and the Natural History Museum. Newly discovered giant salamander is ‘world’s largest amphibian ...
The Jiangxi giant salamander (Andrias jiangxiensis) is a species of very large salamander endemic to Jiangxi Province in China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is the only Chinese Andrias species known to have a genetically pure wild population.
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