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The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) is one of the largest salamanders and one of the largest amphibians in the world. [4] It is fully aquatic, and is endemic to rocky mountain streams and lakes in the Yangtze river basin of central China.
The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) is one of the largest salamanders and one of the largest amphibians in the world. It is fully aquatic and is endemic to rocky mountain streams and lakes in the Yangtze river basin of central China .
Capable of growing nearly 6 feet in length (1.8 meters) and living as long as your grandparents, the mighty Chinese giant salamander once had the world at its wet, stubby feet. It’s a “living fossil,” having seen the dinosaurs come and go, and it is currently the largest amphibian on the planet.
Chinese giant salamanders are known as “s it-and-wait" predators. They wait for their prey to come to them. Their tiny eyes have poor vision, but the salamanders detect prey another way. They feel vibrations from animals in the water. When prey gets close enough, all they have to do is open wide.
Armed with more advanced tools for genetic analysis, they discovered that there were at least five species of Chinese giant salamander, and could be as many as eight.
The giant salamanders of China—hulking amphibians that were once widespread across the country—are facing a dire conservation crisis. Prized for their meat and purported medicinal properties,...
A critically endangered Chinese giant salamander, Andrias davidianus, at Atlanta Zoo. There are at least three species of Chinese giant salamanders, new research shows.
A living fossil, this goliath been around since the age of the dinosaurs, but it’s now critically endangered, due to habitat loss, water pollution and poaching. Wild animals are caught to supply salamander farms, which sell the animals as a luxury food item.
Chinese giant salamanders are not only the largest amphibians in the world, but also the longest living. These mysterious giants are fascinating creatures to learn about… but they are highly elusive and understudied. Here we have put together 15 known facts about Chinese giant salamanders.
Researchers have found that there is not one, but at least five species of Chinese giant salamander, and possibly up to eight. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatG...