donsilcock
Contributor
These rather strange but quite unique creatures live in rivers across western and south-western Japan.
As its common and Latin names (Andrias japonicus) suggests… They are an endemic species of Japan that are both protected under Japanese federal legislation and formally nominated as a special natural monument because of their cultural and educational significance.
The Japanese giant salamander is indeed quite large, reaching up to 1.5m in length and 25kg in weight. Which together with their large mouth and rather strange features gives them a fairly formidable presence - at least when you first come face to face with them!
They are not the easiest creatures to find or photograph and a local guide is basically essential as you are very much in rural Japan where very few people speak English...
I have used the last several months of being hunkered down in Sydney to completely update my website and wanted to share the updates to the Japanese giant salamander pages.
Here is the link to Guide to the Japanese Giant Salamander
As its common and Latin names (Andrias japonicus) suggests… They are an endemic species of Japan that are both protected under Japanese federal legislation and formally nominated as a special natural monument because of their cultural and educational significance.
The Japanese giant salamander is indeed quite large, reaching up to 1.5m in length and 25kg in weight. Which together with their large mouth and rather strange features gives them a fairly formidable presence - at least when you first come face to face with them!
They are not the easiest creatures to find or photograph and a local guide is basically essential as you are very much in rural Japan where very few people speak English...
I have used the last several months of being hunkered down in Sydney to completely update my website and wanted to share the updates to the Japanese giant salamander pages.
Here is the link to Guide to the Japanese Giant Salamander