Andrias sligoi (Boulenger, 1924)

South China giant salamander 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Possibly extinct in the wild (Turvey et al., 2019; Nishikawa et al., 2024)

Distribution & Habitat

China

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Boulenger, E. G. (1924). On a new giant salamander, living in the Society’s gardens. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1924: 173-174.

Other references:

Nishikawa, K., Matsui, M., Yoshikawa, N. et al. (2024). Discovery of ex situ individuals of Andrias sligoi, an extremely endangered species and one of the largest amphibians worldwide. Sci Rep 14: 2575. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52907-6

Turvey, S. T. et al. (2019). Historical museum collections clarify the evolutionary history of cryptic species radiation in the world’s largest amphibians. Ecol. Evol. 9: 10070-10084.

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