AmphibiaWeb - Andrias japonicus


Andrias japonicus (Temminck, 1836) Japanese Giant Salamander	family: Cryptobranchidae genus: Andrias

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Conservation Status (definitions)

IUCN Red List Status Account	Near Threatened (NT)
CITES	Appendix I
National Status	Fully protected in Japan since 1952; classified as rare (Kato and Ota 1993).
Regional Status	None
	Access Conservation Needs Assessment Report .

	View distribution map in BerkeleyMapper.
	View Bd and Bsal data (8 records).