Scientific name Cryptobranchoidea Rank Suborder | Phylum Chordata Higher classification Salamander | |
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Mass Chinese giant salamander: 25 – 30 kg Length Chinese giant salamander: 1.2 m Clutch size Chinese giant salamander: 400 – 500 Lower classifications Giant salamander, Asiatic salamander | ||
The Cryptobranchoidea are a suborder of salamanders found in the eastern United States, China, Taiwan, and Japan. They are known as primitive salamanders, in contrast to Salamandroidea, or advanced salamanders.
Some species of the fully aquatic Cryptobranchidae family are known as giant salamanders due to their large size.
Description
This suborder contains only two families at present. Other families became extinct in the past and are only known as fossils.
References
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