Chinese giant salamander
Andrias davidianus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Andrias davidianus
- Class
- Amphibian
- Order
- Salamander
- Family
- Giant salamander
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Size
- Medium (1–2 m)
- Active
- By night
- Continent
- Asia
- Habitat
- Rivers and lakes
- Conservation status
- Critically endangered
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its Chinese name means baby fish, supposedly after a cry that resembles a crying infant.
- Its wrinkled skin folds take in oxygen from the water, so it rarely needs to surface.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q61312 · All animals · All entries