Andrias davidianus
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. It has also been introduced to Kyoto Prefecture in Japan, and possibly to Taiwan. It is considered critically endangered in the wild due to habitat loss, pollution, and overcollection, as it is considered a...
5 branches of this group, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Chinese Giant Salamander
speciesAndrias davidianus
Jiangxi giant salamander
speciesAndrias jiangxiensis
South China Giant Salamander
speciesAndrias sligoi
Qimen Giant Salamander
speciesAndrias cheni
Yaoluoping Giant Salamander
speciesAndrias yaoluopingensis
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1688535.