🦎Chinese giant salamander
La salamandra gigante china (Andrias davidianus) es una especie de anfibio urodelo de la familia Cryptobranchidae, en la que también se incluyen la salamandra gigante del Japón (Andrias japonicus) y la salamandra gigante americana (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis). Incluida su cola esta especie llega a medir hasta 1,8 m de largo, con lo cual llega a ser el anfibio más grande del mundo. Posee una cabeza proporcionalmente grande, ojos pequeños y una piel de tonalidades oscuras y arrugada. Viven en las corrientes frías de aguas montañosas, donde se alimenta de insectos, peces y otros anfibios. Es una especie poco habitual, y se encuentra amenazada por la contaminación, porque se caza como alimento y también porque es utilizada en medicina tradicional.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.
- Body mass
- 4.1 kg
- Body length
- 0.9 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 20 years
Everything we know about the Chinese giant salamander
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4.1 kgAmphiBIODetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length0.9 mAmphiBIODetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan20 yearsmaximum recordedAmphiBIODetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation55 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 500AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Chinese giant salamander yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAmphibia
- ›orderCaudata
- ›familyCryptobranchidae
- ›genusAndrias
- ›speciesAndrias davidianus
- classAmphibians · Amphibia
- orderSalamanders & newts · Caudata
- familyCryptobranchidae
- genusAndrias
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibians · Amphibia
- superorderBatrachia
- orderSalamanders & newts · Caudata
- superfamilyCryptobranchoidea
- familyCryptobranchidae
- genusAndrias
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