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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.
Unlike other Chinese giant salamander species, Andrias cheni was not extensively poached until recently, as it was previously avoided by local people due to its "ugly" appearance. However, the illegal trade in the species soared since the mid-1990s, and the wild population is now considered critically endangered . [ 2 ]
In it, researchers detail the realization that Chinese giant salamanders — previously thought to be one species — are actually a group of three related species. The biggest of those species is ...
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.
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 ...
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 Chinese salamander (Hynobius chinensis) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae endemic to China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.