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The Giant Salamanders
Giant Salamanders THE GIANT SALAMANDERS Families; Cryptobranchidae -hellbenders Proteidae - waterdogs, water dogs, water-dogs, mudpuppies (Genus Necturus) Amphiumidae - amphiuma Sirenidae ... The females lack cloacal sperm receptacles, which are present in all other families of salamanders. HELLBENDER(Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) "Ugly, slimy, and large". Hellbenders were once thought to be poisonous ...
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Cryptobranchidae (Fitzinger, 1826) Giant Salamanders
Cryptobrachidae (Fitzinger, 1826) Giant Salamanders The family Cryptobranchidae is comprised of three paedomorphic, fully aquatic species, commonly known as the giant salamanders ...
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Dicamptodontidae (Tihen, 1958) Pacific Giant Salamanders
Giant Salamanders Site Search: About Terms of Use Works ... salamanders, caudata, caudate, dicamptodontidae, dicamptodon aterrimus, dicamptodon copei, dicamptodon ensatus, dicamptodon tenebrosus, idaho giant salamander, copes giant salamander, california giant salamander, pacific giant salamander Dicamptodontidae (Tihen, 1958) Pacific Giant Salamanders Dicamptodontids are large (10in-13in) salamanders ...
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Student Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Program (SPARC)
Brown watersnake Common snapping turtle Cottonmouth Corn snake Giant salamanders Green Anole Green snake Kingsnake Marbled salamander Scarlet kingsnake Pine Barrens Treefrog Pond salamanders Yellow bellied slider Softshell turtle BACK TO TOP ...
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EDGE of Existence :: Evolutionarily Distinct & Globally Endangered
The amphibians have already survived several mass extinction events. Almost ... unclear. `Modern' amphibians -- the Lissamphibia, the group that contains all living frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and caecilians -- evolved from some of the large ancestral amphibians at about the same ...
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EDGE of Existence :: Chinese Giant Salamander
Facts Found in China The Chinese giant salamander is the world's largest amphibian species and can live for over 50 years. The giant salamanders diverged from all other amphibian species ... fragmented range. Environmental education programme to inform people about the plight of the Chinese giant salamander and encourage the sustainable management of its populations in the wild. Improved reserve ...
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Ravenswood Media Newsletter - December 2007
Their closest relatives are the truly giant salamanders of China and Japan. Hellbenders are entirely aquatic and their mottled, brownish-red bodies are ...
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Ravenswood Media Newsletter - December 2007
Their closest relatives are the truly giant salamanders of China and Japan. Hellbenders are entirely aquatic and their mottled, brownish-red bodies are ...
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Froglog 49-5
(Andrias davidianus) on Mount Qinling, northwest China. The 1 km2 reserve contains 47 giant salamanders, of which 40 have been rescued from elsewhere ... sharing of ideas on these key wildlife issues. The site focuses on Jefferson or mole salamanders in a local forest but as many of the elements are common to other species ...
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San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Salamander & Newt
Weight: largest—giant salamanders, up to 140 pounds (63 kilograms) Life span: ... the giant salamander Andrias sp. and the hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, spend all the stages of their life cycle in water. Lungless salamanders have eggs that hatch directly into small salamanders, skipping ...
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