Yukihiro Fukuda / Male Japanese giant salamander (Andria japonicus) emerging from a nest hole in order to breathe, Japan, August

Yukihiro Fukuda / Male Japanese giant salamanders (Andrias japonicus) eating the eggs of another pair, Hino River, Tottori-ken, Japan, September.

Cyril Ruoso / Artificial banks to create a paddy field. This can be a issue for Japanese giant salamanders as it disrupts their habitat. Honshu, Japan, August 2010.

Cyril Ruoso / Professor Matsu's team studying cases of hybridisation between Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) and introduced Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) with specimen just caught in t...

Roland Seitre / Possible South China giant salamanders (Andrias sligoi) for sale as food, Canton market, Guangzhou, China. Species originally identified as Andrias davidianus but the individuals were seen within the...

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) with larvae ready to leave the nest, Hino-river Tottori-ken Japan, March

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) larva, Hino-river Tottori-ken Japan, April

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) with larvae which has just left the nest, Hino-river Tottori-ken Japan, March

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) larva leaving the nest, Hino-river Tottori-ken Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) larva with head covered in sand leaving nest, Hino-river Tottori-ken Japan, March

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) larvae gathered at the entrance of the nest, Hino-river Tottori-ken Japan, March

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) larvae gathered at the entrance of the nest, Hino-river Tottori-ken Japan, March