Directory of Cryptobranchidae Resources

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Family of aquatic amphibians found in brooks and ponds in the United States, China, and Japan.

Resources in This Category

• Andrias japonicus: Japanese Giant Salamander

  http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Andrias/A_japonicus.shtml
  Provides a number of photographs of this threatened species..

• BBC News: Close Encounters with Japan's Living Fossil

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8497330.stm
  Article with photographs and video about the Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus.

• Chinese Giant Salamander: Andrias davidianus

  http://www.arkive.org/chinese-giant-salamander/andrias-davidianus/
  Photographs, video clips and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

  http://people.wcsu.edu/pinout/herpetology/calleganiensis/
  Information on this large salamander, the hellbender, its taxonomy, description, range, habitat, biology and status.

• Giant Salamander

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptobranchidae
  Article from Wikipedia on the Asian giant salamanders, their description, reproduction, taxonomy and fossil history.

• Hellbender: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

  http://www.arkive.org/hellbender/cryptobranchus-alleganiensis/
  Photographs, videos and classification information from ARKive.

• Japanese Giant Salamander: Andrias japonicus

  http://www.arkive.org/japanese-giant-salamander/andrias-japonicus/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

 

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