South China giant salamander

South China giant salamander
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this 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 Boulenger, 1924

The South China giant salamander (Andrias sligoi) is a species of very large salamander endemic to southern China, mainly in the Pearl River basin south of the Nanling Mountains. It may be the largest species of salamander and the largest amphibian in the world. It is extremely endangered and nearly extinct in the wild.[3]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Andrias sligoi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023. IUCN: e.T179010130A186541067. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T179010130A186541067.en.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Turvey, S. T.; Marr, M. M.; Barnes, I.; Brace, S.; Tapley, B.; Murphy, R. W.; Zhao, E.; Cunningham, A. A. (2019). "Historical museum collections clarify the evolutionary history of cryptic species radiation in the world's largest amphibians". Ecology and Evolution. 9 (18): 10070–10084. doi:10.1002/ece3.5257. PMC 6787787. PMID 31624538.