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Andrias matthewi, or Matthew's giant salamander, [4] is an extinct species of giant salamander from the Miocene of North America. It belongs to the genus Andrias, which contains the living Asian giant salamanders. It is the largest salamander known to have ever existed, with a maximum estimated length of 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in). [5]
A 30-year-old giant salamander in a German zoo. Both sexes maintain a territory, averaging 40 m 3 (1,400 cu ft) for males and 30 m 3 (1,100 cu ft) for females. [6] The reproductive cycle is initiated when the water temperature reaches 20 °C (68 °F) [6] and mating occurs between July and September. [27]
Both males and females grow to an adult length of 24 to 40 cm (9.4 to 15.7 in) from snout to vent, with a total length of 30 to 74 cm (12 to 29 in), making them the fourth-largest aquatic salamander species in the world (after the South China giant salamander, the Chinese giant salamander and the Japanese giant salamander, respectively) and the ...
The male was collected as an egg in 2013, raised at the zoo and released into the wild as a 3-year-old, Lipps wrote. ... Meet Ohio's giant salamander that inspired a sold-out ODNR T-shirt. Show ...
The biggest of those species is the South China giant salamander. The newly named amphibians, usually found in China's Pearl River system , can grow as large as six feet in length .
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 ...
Captain James Cook's memoirs and Māori folklore's tell of man-eating snake-like ... Japanese giant salamander For the ... beast said to be legend over 200-years old.
The South China giant salamander (Andrias sligoi), can reach a length of 1.8 m (5.9 ft). [1] The Japanese giant salamander ( Andrias japonicus ) reaches up to 1.44 m (4.7 ft) in length, feeds at night on fish and crustaceans , and has been known to live for more than 50 years in captivity.