Animals / Amphibian

Japanese giant salamander

Andrias japonicus · Cryptobranchidae

The Japanese giant salamander is a species of fully aquatic giant salamander endemic to Japan, occurring across the western portion of the main island of Honshu, with smaller populations present on Shikoku and in northern Kyushu. 5 m), it is the third-largest salamander in the world, being surpassed only by the very similar and closely related Chinese giant salamander and the South China giant salamander.

Where the Japanese giant salamander lives

Recorded in Japan (Asia).

Most records fall in Tottori, Kyōto, Hyōgo, Gifu, Okayama and Ōsaka.

See the Japanese giant salamander’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Vulnerable (VU). At risk: it could become endangered. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 294 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.