Andrias davidianus

Basic information
Scientific name	Andrias davidianus	Click to magnify
Common names	Chinese Giant Salamander
Higher taxon	Cryptobranchidae, Caudata, Amphibia
Natural range	The mountain streams of China, from Qinghai to southern Shanxi and south to Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong, 100-1500 m elevation.
Habitat	Mountain streams.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Wide area of Kamogawa and a part of Katsuragawa River Systems, Kyoto.
Origin	Unknown.
Date	Unknown. The established population possibly originate from the imported salamanders for food in 1972.
Route	Unknown. The established population possibly originate from the imported salamanders for food in 1972.
Impact	Serious introgressive hybridization with the native population of A. japonicus has occurred in Kaomogawa River. A study clarified that most of the giant salamanders in Kamogawa River were hybrid. Native organism(s) affected: Japanese giant salamander Andrias japonicus
Regulation in Japan	There is no legal control for eradication. This species is protected by CITES (Appendix I) and a Chinese law.
Introduced range in other countries	Unknown.

Reference	Notes
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2012. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed on 2010-05-06). Frost (2009) Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.3 (12 February, 2009). http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/ . AMNH, New York, USA. etc.