Andrias scheuchzeri

Andrias scheuchzeri Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Late Pliocene, 28–2.58 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype, TSMNH 8432, at Teylers Museum, Scheuchzer's Homo diluvii testis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Cryptobranchidae
Genus:	Andrias
Species:	†A. scheuchzeri
Binomial name
†Andrias scheuchzeri Tschudi, 1837
Synonyms
Cryptobranchus scheuchzeri (authority unknown) Homo diluvii testis Scheuchzer, 1726 Salamandra scheuchzeri Holl, 1831

Andrias scheuchzeri is an extinct species of giant salamander belonging to the genus Andrias, which also contains the closely related living Asian giant salamanders. It is known from Oligocene to Pliocene aged deposits primarily from Central Europe, but possibly as far east as Western Siberia and eastern Kazakhstan.