South China giant salamander
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South China giant salamander | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Cryptobranchidae |
Genus: | Andrias |
Species: | A. sligoi |
Binomial name | |
Andrias sligoi (Boulenger, 1924) | |
Synonyms | |
Megalobatrachus sligoi |
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The South China giant salamander (Andrias sligoi) may be the largest species of salamander and the largest amphibian in the world. It is endemic to southern China, mainly in the Pearl River basin south of the Nanling Mountains. It is extremely endangered and may no longer exist in the wild.[3]