The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) is the largest amphibian in the world. It reaches a maximun length of 1.8 metres. The Chinese salamander has a broad head and mouth, wrinkly skin and is usually dark coloured with light colours underneath and black patches on its upper side.The Chinese giant salamander feeds on insects, frogs, and fish. It has very poor eyesight, and therefore depends on special sensory nodes that run in a line on the creature's body, from head to tail. The giant salamader is known to vocalize, making barking, whining, hissing, or crying sounds.Some of these vocalizations bear a striking resemblance to the crying of a young human child, and as such it is known in the Chinese language as "infant fish" it is considered critically endangered due to habitat loss, pollution, and over-collecting, as it is considered a delicacy and used in traditional Chinese medicine.
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