Giant Salamander
Aquatic life, including crabs, fish, frogs and giant salamanders
Pollution, habitat destruction, over-harvesting
Their size
Hellbenders are called hellbender salamander, devil dog, water dog, mud dog, grampus, mud devil, Allegheny alligator and leverian water newt. Chinese giant salamanders are called infant fish because they make a noise like a baby’s cry. The Japanese giant salamander is called the giant pepper fish, or Ōsanshōuo because of the smell it gives off.
Giant salamander, hellbender, Japanese giant salamander, Chinese giant salamander, South China giant salamander, Pacific giant salamander
East Asia, eastern United States, Canada
Up to 50 years, though oldest specimen lived 72 years
Up to 6.5 feet