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Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis), family Cryptobranchidae, found in freshwater streams in the eastern US
Top - 2 males fighting over a den site.
Bttm - the same 2 males, with a female trying to get in (beneath them) and mate with the winner (presumably).
photographs by Anton Sorokin
An Eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) also known as the snot otter, devil-dog, lasagna lizard, grampus, mud devil, or Allegheny alligator, in Tennessee, USA
by Kevin Stohlgren
This is an Ozark Hellbender having a little jaunt around her enclosure! She’s part of the breeding efforts at my zoo for this highly endangered subspecies of the largest amphibian in North America!
Hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, eating a northern water snake, Nerodia sipedon.
Source: David Herasimtschuk.
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Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis), family Cryptobranchidae, found in freshwater streams in the eastern US
The smallest of the “Giant Salamanders” in the family Cryptobranchidae, this aquatic salamander is nonetheless quite large, growing to a length of up to 29 inches.
While only considered “Vulnerable” nationally, this species is considered endangered in some states. (The USFWS is has proposed that the species be listed as ENDANGERED under the Endangered Species Act.)
The other subspecies of hellbender is the Ozark Hellbender (C. a. bishopi), which is endangered.
photographs by Anthony Brais
Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), family Cryptobranchidae, found in freshwater streams in the eastern US
The smallest of the “Giant Salamanders” in the family Cryptobranchidae, this aquatic salamander is nonetheless quite large, growing to a length of up to 29 inches.
While only considered “Vulnerable” nationally, this species is considered endangered in some states. (The USFWS is now proposing that the species be listed as ENDANGERED under the Endangered Species Act.)
photograph by David Herasimtschuk Freshwaters Illustrated
Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), family Cryptobranchidae, found in freshwater streams in the eastern US
The smallest of the “Giant Salamanders” in the family Cryptobranchidae, this aquatic salamander is nonetheless quite large, growing to a length of up to 29 inches.
While only considered “Vulnerable” nationally, this species is considered endangered in some states. (The USFWS is now proposing that the species be listed as ENDANGERED under the Endangered Species Act.)
photograph by Steph Haan-Amato & Kat Diersen
Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), family Cryptobranchidae, PA, USA
The smallest of the “Giant Salamanders” in the family Cryptobranchidae, this aquatic salamander is nonetheless quite large, growing to a length of up to 29 inches.
While only considered “Vulnerable” nationally, this species is considered endangered in some states. (The USFWS is now proposing that the species be listed as ENDANGERED under the Endangered Species Act.)
photograph by Jonathan Hoeflich
