Giant salamander (redirect from Cryptobranchidae)
The Cryptobranchidae (commonly known as giant salamanders) are a family of large salamanders that are fully aquatic. The family includes some of the largest...
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Salamandroidea, the advanced salamanders. It has two living subdivisions, Cryptobranchidae (Asian giant salamanders and hellbenders), and Hynobiidae, commonly...
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Certain primitive salamanders in the families Sirenidae, Hynobiidae and Cryptobranchidae practice external fertilisation in a similar manner to frogs, with...
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(Giant salamanders) Family Common names Example species Example image Cryptobranchidae Giant salamanders Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) Hynobiidae...
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Hellbender (category Cryptobranchidae)
is the largest salamander in North America. A member of the family Cryptobranchidae, the hellbender is the only extant member of the genus Cryptobranchus...
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Qimen giant salamander (category Cryptobranchidae)
salamander (Andrias cheni) is a species of giant salamander in the family Cryptobranchidae. It is endemic to Anhui Province, China, where it inhabits streams...
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List of amphibians and reptiles of West Virginia (section Family Cryptobranchidae (giant salamanders))
89 species of amphibians (class Amphibia) and reptiles (class Reptilia) are known to inhabit the state of West Virginia. The ranges of some 34 salamander...
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Chinese giant salamander (category Cryptobranchidae)
given the moniker of "living fossil" for being part of the family Cryptobranchidae which dates back 170 million years. It is one of only five to six known...
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Russia. They are closely related to the giant salamanders (family Cryptobranchidae), with which they form the suborder Cryptobranchoidea. About half of...
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This is a checklist of amphibians found in Northern America, based mainly on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. The...
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salamander Axolotl Siren Mudpuppy Amphiuma Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) Giant salamander (Cryptobranchidae) Cayenne caecilian Rubber eel...
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Ozark hellbender (category Cryptobranchidae)
to help protect the subspecies. Two distinct members of the family Cryptobranchidae, also known as "giant salamanders," are found in the United States...
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South China giant salamander (category Cryptobranchidae)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Urodela Family: Cryptobranchidae Genus: Andrias Species: A. sligoi Binomial name Andrias sligoi (Boulenger...
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salamanders are recognised by Amphibian Species of the World. Family Cryptobranchidae – giant salamanders, 4 species Family Hynobiidae – Asiatic salamanders...
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gills into adulthood. In the original description it was placed in Cryptobranchidae, which contains modern giant salamanders. A redescription published...
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Japanese giant salamander (category Cryptobranchidae)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Urodela Family: Cryptobranchidae Genus: Andrias Species: A. japonicus Binomial name Andrias japonicus...
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tails. Within this, the only subgroups that externally fertilize are Cryptobranchidae (giant salamanders) Sirenidae, and Hynobiidae. The females release...
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Andrias scheuchzeri (category Cryptobranchidae)
dynamics and palaeoclimatic significance of Eurasian giant salamanders (Cryptobranchidae) — indications for elevated Central Asian humidity during Cenozoic...
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Neill, 1964 Amphiuma tridactylum Cuvier, 1827 Order: Caudata. Family: Cryptobranchidae Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801)...
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Digenea: Liolopidae) parasitic in Andrias japonicus (Amphibia: Caudata: Cryptobranchidae) in Japan: Life cycle and systematic position inferred from morphological...
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Pristimantis Genus Psychrophrynella Genus Strabomantis Salamanders Family Cryptobranchidae - Giant salamander Genus Andrias Genus Cryptobranchus - Hellbender...
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Jiangxi giant salamander (category Cryptobranchidae)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Urodela Family: Cryptobranchidae Genus: Andrias Species: A. jiangxiensis Binomial name Andrias jiangxiensis...
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Chinese name Protection class in China IUCN Red List CITES App'x Caudata Cryptobranchidae Andrias davidianus Chinese giant salamander 大鯢 II 02 I Caudata Hynobiidae...
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(S4) Eastern hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis Cryptobranchidae Imperiled (S2) Common mudpuppy Necturus maculosus maculosus Proteidae...
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Andrias (category Cryptobranchidae)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Urodela Family: Cryptobranchidae Genus: Andrias Tschudi, 1837 Type species Andrias japonicus Temminck...
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Andrias matthewi (category Cryptobranchidae)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Urodela Family: Cryptobranchidae Genus: Andrias Species: †A. matthewi Binomial name †Andrias matthewi...
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Eoscapherpeton (category Cryptobranchidae)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Urodela Family: Cryptobranchidae Genus: †Eoscapherpeton Nessov, 1981 Type species Eoscapherpeton asiaticum...
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scientists found new sex-related loci in a 56 Gb genome of the family Cryptobranchidae. Their results support the hypothesis of female heterogamety of this...
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green tree frog, Zhangixalus schlegelii LC IUCN (endemic) Family: Cryptobranchidae Genus: Andrias Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus CR IUCN (introduced)...
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cryptobranchid Andrias in size. However, Piceoerpeton is unrelated to the Cryptobranchidae; instead it appears to be a member of the extinct family Scapherpetontidae...
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