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== Diet == | == Diet == | ||
With the Japanese Giant Salamander living its entire life in the water the diet consists of freshwater fish, frogs, and crabs. Due to the slow metabolism of the salamander the species can go without eating for days.<ref name="natlzoo">{{cite web|url=https://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/GiantSalamanders/|website=Smithsonian National Zoological Park|access-date=2016-06-13|title=Japanese Giant Salamander|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624015515/http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/GiantSalamanders/|archive-date=2016-06-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> | With the Japanese Giant Salamander living its entire life in the water the diet consists of freshwater fish, frogs, and crabs. Due to the slow metabolism of the salamander the species can go without eating for days.<ref name="natlzoo">{{cite web|url=https://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/GiantSalamanders/|website=Smithsonian National Zoological Park|access-date=2016-06-13|title=Japanese Giant Salamander|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624015515/http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/GiantSalamanders/|archive-date=2016-06-24|url-status=dead}Retrieved 5/9/2022}</ref> | ||
== Behavior == | == Behavior == | ||
Revision as of 19:05, 10 May 2022
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Cryptobranchidae |
| Genus: | Andrias |
| Species: | A. japonicus |
| Source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System[1] | |
Description
Diet
With the Japanese Giant Salamander living its entire life in the water the diet consists of freshwater fish, frogs, and crabs. Due to the slow metabolism of the salamander the species can go without eating for days.[2]
Behavior
Conservation
Due to the species being highly endemic, the biggest threat to the Japanese Giant Salamander is habitat loss.
References
- ↑ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Report", ITIS USGS Open-File Report 2006-1195: Nomenclature", USGS, n.d.. Retrieved 5/1/2022.
- ↑ {{cite web|url=https://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/GiantSalamanders/%7Cwebsite=Smithsonian National Zoological Park|access-date=2016-06-13|title=Japanese Giant Salamander|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624015515/http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/GiantSalamanders/%7Carchive-date=2016-06-24%7Curl-status=dead}Retrieved 5/9/2022}