Chinese giant salamander
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The Chinese giant salamander 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 ri
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At Shanghai Ocean Aquarium
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Hellbender
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The hellbender, 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 mem
Chinese giant salamander
…A. sligoi), the Jiangxi giant salamander (Andrias jiangxiensis), the Qimen giant salamander (Andrias cheni), and the far smaller North American hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis). A 2018 study of mitochondrial DNA revealed that there are five wild clades of the Chinese giant salamander, as well as…
Hellbender
Hellbender total range
The small eyes and loose skin are characteristic of hellbenders.
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