Chinese giant salamander

“The Japanese giant salamander is the second largest salamander, growing to 1.5 metres!”

This is a Chinese giant salamander, the world’s largest salamander. It can grow up to six feet long. It is highly endangered due to water pollution and harvest for the Chinese traditional medicine market. (by Andy Loves Hong Kong)

Researchers in China have discovered a 115-lb, 4.5 foot long, Chinese giant salamander in an underground cave. They estimate it to be 200 years old.

The Manduriacu glass frog’s tiny habitat lies within a mining concession—and it needs urgent protection to survive, conservationists say.

The Chinese giant salamander is one of the world's largest amphibians and salamanders. It is fully aquatic and endemic to rocky mountain streams and lakes.

Unfortunately animal dads frequently get a bad rap. The male of the species is often the "lone wolf" type, who does not live with the females or take part in the raising of young. Of course there are several exceptions to this. One particularly interesting one comes from an underwater habitat in Japan. Japanese giant salamander (Y. de Hoev. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) The Japanese giant salamander is a humongous amphibian. This ancient salamander can grow up to 5 ft long! The…

The Japanese giant salamander
, aka Ōsanshōuo (pepper fish), is the second largest salamander in the world, after the Chinese giant salamander. These giants inhabit the fast flowing rocky streams of Japan. They like highland mountainous regions but have also been found on some smaller south Japanese islands. Due to habitat destruction, at the handsof damns, and invasive species, these amazing creatures are now #amphibian #giant #Japan #Japanese #Japanesegiantsalamander #large #largest

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