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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]
The South China giant salamander (Andrias sligoi) is a species of very large salamander endemic to southern China, mainly in the Pearl River basin south of the Nanling Mountains. It may be the largest species of salamander and the largest amphibian in the world. It is extremely endangered and nearly extinct in the wild. [3]
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 ]
A giant salamander, the largest living amphibian. The largest living amphibian is the South China giant salamander (Andrias sligoi). Formerly considered conspecific with the Chinese giant salamander (A. davidianus), the maximum size of this nearly human-sized river-dweller is 64 kg (141 lb) and almost 1.83 m (6.0 ft). [1]
The largest South China giant salamander, which researchers said is likely the largest amphibian ever recorded, lived during the first half of the 20th century and was housed at the London Zoo for ...
A Chinese giant salamander in the Shanghai Aquarium. Cryptobranchids are large and predominantly nocturnal salamanders that can reach a length of 1.8 m (5.9 ft), though most are considerably smaller today. [ 1 ]
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.