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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.
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. It has also been introduced to Kyoto Prefecture in Japan, and possibly to Taiwan.
Giant salamanders are obligate paedomorphs with partial metamorphosis, [2] but Asiatic salamander goes through a full metamorphosis. The only known exceptions are the Longdong stream salamander , which has been documented as facultatively neotenic, and the Ezo salamander , where a now assumed extinct population from Lake Kuttarush in Hokkaido ...
The South China giant salamander is highly endangered by overharvesting due to its status as a delicacy and use in traditional Chinese medicine, and it is unknown if any wild populations survive today. A large commercial trade in the species and its relatives was already established by the late 20th century, and very large-scale farms now exist ...
The genus Dicamptodon was formerly thought to contain two species, Cope's giant salamander (D. copei) on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, and the Pacific giant salamander (D. ensatus) which consisted of three geographic populations, an Idaho isolate, a group in northern California, and a group in Oregon and Washington. [9]
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.
Bahasa Indonesia; עברית ... South China giant salamander; U. Ulanurus; Z. Zaissanurus This page was last edited on 21 March 2013, at 07:24 (UTC). Text is ...
The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), also known as the hellbender salamander, is a species of aquatic giant salamander endemic to the eastern and central United States. It is the largest salamander in North America. A member of the family Cryptobranchidae, the hellbender is the only extant member of the genus Cryptobranchus.