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The largest living amphibian is the 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus), but this is dwarfed by the extinct 9 m (30 ft) Prionosuchus from the middle Permian of Brazil. The study of amphibians is called batrachology, while the study of both reptiles and amphibians is called herpetology.
Giant salamander is the world's largest living amphibian and is known as 'the living fossil' because it has remained largely unchanged for 170 million years. Surprising catch: Wu Shuying (right), 51, said her husband was fixing a blocked pipe when they saw the critically endangered animal trapped inside the tube in their home in Wuhan, China