Andrias

For the journal titled Andrias, see ISSN 0721-6513.

Andrias japonicus

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: A. davidianus – A. sligoi – A. japonicus

Name

Andrias Tschudi, 1837

Type species: Salamandra scheuchzeri Holl, 1831

Synonyms

• Proteocordylus Eichwald, 1831
• Andrias Tschudi, 1837
• Megalobatrachus Tschudi, 1837
• Sieboldia Gray, 1838
• Sieboldtia — Agassiz, 1838
• Hydrosalamandra Leuckart, 1840
• Tritogenius Gistel, 1848
• Tritomegas Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Megalobranchus — Van der Hoeven, 1855
• Sieboldiana — Ishikawa, 1904
• Plicagnathus Cook, 1917

References

• Tschudi, 1837, Neues Jahrb. Mineral. Geogn. Geol. Petrefactenkunde, Stuttgart, 5: 545.
• Amphibian Species of the World 5.2 Andrias access date 28 July 2008
• Turvey, S.T. et al. (2019). Historical museum collections clarify the evolutionary history of cryptic species radiation in the world's largest amphibians. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5257

Vernacular names

English: Giant salamanders
日本語: オオサンショウウオ属
polski: Salamandry olbrzymie
русский: Исполинская саламандра
ไทย: ซาลาแมนเดอร์ยักษ์

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