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Japanese Giant Salamander

Educational resources on Japanese Giant Salamander

Japanese Giant Salamander or Andrias japonicus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to B1+2cd. IUCN Profile of the Japanese Giant Salamander

Academic web links for the Japanese Giant Salamander.


Giant Salamanders on Asia Trail - National Zoo| FONZ: Asia Trail. Japanese Giant Salamander. Order: Urodela Family: Cryptobranchidae
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/GiantSalamanders/ id=spl-1

Asia Trail: Giant Salamanders - National Zoo| FONZ: The Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) is the largest species, reaching
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/2003/2/GiantSalamander.cfm id=spl-2

Mizuki's links: The Japanese Giant Salamander (Andrias japonicus) is the largerst amphibian together
http://www.people.memphis.edu/~biology/herp/Mizukilinks.html id=spl-4

Classification Key - Amphibians: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis. 4a. Japanese Giant Salamander..
http://faculty.fmcc.suny.edu/mcdarby/Pages/ClassificationKey/ClassificationAmphibia.htm id=spl-5

ADW: Andrias: Classification: ...pictures. Species Andrias japonicus (Japanese giant salamander). Home - About Us -
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Andrias.html id=spl-6

ADW: Cryptobranchidae: Classification: ...pictures. Species Andrias davidianus (Chinese giant salamander). pictures. Species
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Cryptobranchidae.html id=spl-7

Nat'l Academies Press, Amphibians: (1974), Appendix A Status of: Species - Megalobatrachus japonicus japonicus (Japanese giant salamander)
http://www.nap.edu/openbook/030902210X/html/131.html id=spl-8

LISSAMPHIBIA: Some aquatic species are rather large. Cryptobranchus (hell bender) is 60 cm;
http://users.tamuk.edu/kfjab02/Biology/Vertebrate%20Zoology/b3405_ch11.htm id=spl-9







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