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Ambystomatidae
Amphiumidae
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Andrias japonicus
Japanese Giant Salamander
Range
Japan: southwestern portion of the Island of Honshu northeast to the Prefecture of Gifu, Shikoku, and on the Island of Kyushu only in the Prefecture of Oita
IUCN Red Book
Near threatened
CITES
Appendix I
Japan's Red List
Near threatened
First described
Temminck, 1836
Andrias japonicus
habitat