🦎Chinese giant salamander
De Chinese reuzensalamander (Andrias davidianus) is een salamander uit de familie der reuzensalamanders (Cryptobranchidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1871 als Sieboldia davidiana gepubliceerd door Charles Émile Blanchard. De Chinese reuzensalamander is de grootste salamander ter wereld. Het dier bereikt een maximale lichaamslengte tot 180 centimeter. De meeste exemplaren blijven aanzienlijk kleiner. De soort is endemisch in rotsige berggebieden in China, waar ze in beekjes en kleine rivieren leeft. De soort staat als ernstig bedreigd op de Red List van de IUCN.
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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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