The Japanese giant salamander is a rare species found in a few regions across the country. 00:23 Working to protect it is this man living in Tottori Prefecture: ...

Washington (CNN)-- The Japanese giant salamander may hold the key to solving an extinction threat in the amphibian community, and researchers at the National Zoo in Washington are hoping a gift of ...

The researchers from Kyoto University were looking for purebred Japanese giant salamanders, a species that has become increasingly difficult to find. Chinese salamanders have been introduced by ...

USA, Oita Prefecture--H ome to Kyushu’s only natural habitat of the Japanese giant salamander, officials here are offering the public a real-life 3-D look at the elusive amphibian species. The ...

Skeletons and 3-dimensional convex hull models of the animals featured in this study: Japanese Giant Salamander (A, B); Chinese Giant Salamander (C, D); Tiger Salamander (E, F); California Newt (G ...