Chinese giant salamander
Andrias davidianus
Critically endangeredPhoto: Petr Hamerník · CC BY-SA 4.0
Amphibiancarnivore
The Chinese giant salamander is a giant amphibian that lives in rocky streams and lakes in central China. It spends its entire life in water and is one of the largest salamanders in the world. Sadly, it is critically endangered due to habitat loss and overcollection.
- It is fully aquatic and never leaves the water.
- Found mainly in the Yangtze river basin in China.
- Critically endangered due to habitat loss and overcollection.
FreshwaterMountainAsia
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Amphibian
- Scientific name
- Andrias davidianus
- Habitat
- Freshwater, Mountain
- Regions in this directory
- Asia
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- giant
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered (CR)
