The salamander also has a multitude of pointed teeth, called the vomerine teeth, which is evidence of the amphibian’s “high preying capabilities,” the officials said. Japanese giant ...

Washington (CNN)-- The Japanese giant salamander may hold the key to solving an extinction threat in the amphibian community, and researchers at the National Zoo in Washington are hoping a gift of ...

"So the Japanese giant salamander is a twenty-three-million-year-old creature." 03:16 "And they kind of look like a not-so-mini dinosaur when you see them in the wild." ...

Skeletons and 3-dimensional convex hull models of the animals featured in this study: Japanese Giant Salamander (A, B); Chinese Giant Salamander (C, D); Tiger Salamander (E, F); California Newt (G ...