Chinese giant salamander

The Chinese giant salamander is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) is the largest salamander in the world, reaching a length of 180 cm (6 ft), although it rarely - if ever - reaches that size today. More

Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) can reach a length of 1.8 metres (5.9 ft). More

Chinese giant salamander on leaves Chinese giant salamander on leavesPrint factsheet Facts - Also known as: Chinese salamander Kingdom Animalia Phylum More

The Chinese giant salamander is the largest living species of amphibian, reaching a maximum length of 1.8 metres. It lives in cool, fast-flowing streams and mountain lakes and predominantly feeds on fish and crustaceans. More

Chinese Giant Salamanders grow up to 59 inches (150 cm) in length, but individuals just reaching sexual maturity may be as small as 14 inches (35 cm). A. davidianus bodies are flattened without external gills but typical lateral skinfolds for improved oxygen absorption. The appearance of A. More

The Chinese giant salamander is the largest salamander in the world, and is fully aquatic, with many adaptations for this lifestyle. It grows up to 1.8 metres in length, though most individuals found today are considerably smaller (2). More

The Chinese Giant Salamander (Andrias davidianus) is the largest salamander species in the world. It averages about 1m in length and the largest cited is 1.8m (Sparreboom 2000). But beyond its monstrous size, it is also a very unique salamander species in a number of ways. More

Map of Where Chinese Giant Salamanders Are Located Bibliography * TEN - Treasure Sites * U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Endangered Species * Encyclopedia of Endangered Species. More

The Chinese giant salamander is the largest salamander species in the world. Adults can grow up to 5.5 feet in length but some can be as small as 1.17 feet. More

A Chinese giant salamander, the world's largest amphibian, which can reach lengths of up to 1.8m. More

The Chinese giant salamander is now classified as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List.. More

Chinese Giant Salamander on the critically endangered list, with biologists indicating that immediate action must be taken to save these gentle creatures if we want future generations to enjoy them. More

The Chinese giant salamander feeds on insects, frogs and fish. It has a very poor eyesight, and therefore depends on special sensory nodes on its forehead to detect even the slightest movement in the water. The female lays c. More

The Chinese Giant Salamander is the largest species of all amphibians in the world, growing up to 2m. They reside in limpid mountain streams and rivers between 100-1500m above sea level, needing cool, well-oxygenated water ranging from 3-23ºC to survive. More

January 22, 2008—A man holds a Chinese giant salamander, one of ten species to garner conservation attention as part of the EDGE Amphibians program announced today by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). More

The Chinese Giant Salamander is very similar to the Japanese Giant Salamander and differs from the latter by the arrangement of tubercles on the head and throat. The tubercles of A. davidianus are mostly in pairs, and much smaller and fewer than those of A. japonicus. More

An old preparation of the Chinese Giant Salamander in exhibition room XXVII Distribution of the Chinese Giant Salamander The genus Andrias comprises the largest and most original tailed amphibians on earth: The Chinese and the Japanese Giant Salamanders are More

Chinese giant salamander which reaches 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) and weighs up to 65 kg (140 lb). Most, however, are between 10 centimetres (3.9 in) and 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length. More

are the Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus), which can grow to 1.8 metres (5.9 feet) in length, and the Japanese giant salamander... More