The captured giant salamander is 4.5 feet long and weighs 114 pounds. That's not even particularly big for the species Andrias davidianus, which is the largest amphibian yet living. The species ...

This is exactly what Chinese media sources say happened last week when a fisherman discovered a Chinese giant salamander in a cave outside the city of Chongqing (map). The gentle giant weighs 114 ...

Giant Chinese salamander is at least five distinct species, all heading toward extinction Date: May 21, 2018 Source: Cell Press Summary: With individuals weighing in at more than 140 pounds, the ...

But the Chinese giant salamander, which recently arrived at the Zoological Society of London's London Zoo, is the face of a new effort to save the world's largest amphibians by, in part ...

The monsters are called amphiumas, aquatic salamanders so different from other members of the salamander family, such as the reknowned hellbender, that they get their own small genus.

A giant salamander called the "hellbender" is on its way to becoming an endangered species. It needs very clean water to survive and that's getting harder to find. The giant salamander called the ...