Andrias davidianus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptobranchoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Cryptobranchoidea

Familia: Cryptobranchidae
Genus: Andrias
Species: Andrias davidianus

Name

Andrias davidianus (Blanchard, 1871)

Type locality: "Thibet orientale".
Holotype: MNHNP 7613.

Synonyms

Sieboldia davidiana Blanchard, 1871
Sieboldia davidi David, 1875
Megalobatrachus sligoi Boulenger, 1924
Megalobatrachus japonicus davidi Chang, 1935
Megalobatrachus japonicus davidianus Pope & Boring, 1940
Megalobatrachus davidianus Liu, 1950
Andrias scheuchzeri davidiana Westphal, 1958
Andrias davidianus Brame, 1967
Cryptobranchus davidianus Naylor, 1981

References

Blanchard, 1871, C. R. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci., Paris, 73: 79.
Brame, 1967, Herpeton, California, 2: 5.
Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Andrias davidianus
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Andrias davidianus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Andrias davidianus (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 28 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Chinese Giant Salamander
日本語: チュウゴクオオサンショウウオ
polski: Salamandra olbrzymia chińska
русский: Китайская исполинская саламандра
ไทย: ซาลาแมนเดอร์ยักษ์จีน

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