Due to its clear waters, it is home to the Japanese giant salamander.

The largest of them is the Japanese giant salamander and two are shown wrestling for territory.

The Japanese giant salamander has lived for as long as 52 years in captivity.

The Japanese giant salamander, being restricted to streams with clear, cool water, is entirely aquatic and nocturnal.

Specifically, the Japanese giant salamander travels up stream into the mountains to spawn and lay eggs.

The well-known Japanese mythological creature known as the kappa may be the Japanese giant salamander.

The Firefly, Japanese giant salamander, and Rhacophorus arboreus still live there.

Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus).

The TV program "River Monsters" devoted a scene to catching one of these Japanese giant salamanders.

There are over 40 amphibian species including the Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), one of the world's largest amphibians.

The Japanese giant salamander is threatened by pollution, habitat loss (among other changes, by the silting up of the rivers where it lives), and overcollection.

She has been hungry enough to attempt eating an endangered species (ie, The Japanese Giant Salamander).

There are Asiatic black bears, Japanese macaques, mountain hawk eagle and Japanese giant salamanders.

There are about 170 varieties of animals including giraffes, lions, black rhinoceroses, lesser pandas, woylies, Japanese giant salamanders and macaws.

Japanese Giant Salamander (Andrias japonicus)

Japan has over 90,000 species of wildlife, including the brown bear, the Japanese macaque, the Japanese raccoon dog, and the Japanese giant salamander.

The Shiogama-reisen Cold Spring is designated as the source of the river, and is a protected natural habitat of the Japanese giant salamander.

The shipment to Leiden contained the first specimens of the Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) to be sent to Europe.

The Japanese giant salamander has been the subject of legend and artwork in Japan, for example, in the ukiyo-e work by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

The Japanese giant salamander, while protected by the Japanese government since 1952, is considered near threatened by the IUCN.

Fauna include the Asiatic Black Bear, Japanese Macaque, mountain hawk eagle and the Japanese giant salamander.

Mount Dōgo is one of the remaining homes of the Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), the second largest salamander species in the world.

The designation of the park protects the habitat of the Japanese giant salamander (Special Natural Monument), Japanese macaque, and Tanuki.

It is one of only two extant species in the genus Andrias, the other being the slightly smaller, but otherwise very similar Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus).

It has been suggested that the kappa legends are based on the Japanese giant salamander or "hanzaki", an aggressive salamander which grabs its prey with its powerful jaws.

Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus).

There are over 40 amphibian species including the Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), one of the world's largest amphibians.

The shipment to Leiden contained the first specimens of the Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) to be sent to Europe.

Mount Dōgo is one of the remaining homes of the Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), the second largest salamander species in the world.

It is one of only two extant species in the genus Andrias, the other being the slightly smaller, but otherwise very similar Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus).