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Chinese Giant Salamander
Andrias davidianus
Amphibianstrong against insects, arachnids
Legendary
Torrent giant
While active, it takes 8 less damage.
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Wikapialpha version
Chinese Giant Salamander
Andrias davidianus
Amphibianstrong against insects, arachnids
Legendary
While active, it takes 8 less damage.
Andrias davidianus
Reconstruction: © Wikapi (original image) · original illustration · cropped
Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) is the largest salamander and the largest amphibian in the world. It is fully aquatic, and is endemic to rocky mountain streams and lakes in the Yangtze river basin of central China. It has also been introduced to Kyoto Prefecture in Japan, and possibly to Taiwan. It is considered critically endangered in the wild due to habitat loss, pollution, and overcollection, as it is considered a delicacy and used in traditional Chinese medicine. On farms in central China, it is extensively farmed and sometimes bred, although many of the salamanders on the farms are caught in the wild. It has been listed as one of the top-10 "focal species" in 2008 by the Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered project.
The Chinese giant salamander is considered to be a "living fossil". Although protected under Chinese law and CITES Appendix I, the wild population has declined by more than an estimated 80% since the 1950s. Although traditionally recognized as one of two living species of Andrias salamander in Asia, the other being the Japanese giant salamander, evidence indicates that the Chinese giant salamander may be composed of at least five cryptic species, further compounding each individual species' endangerment.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Chinese giant salamander, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. One of the 10 Legendary amphibians: that’s what makes this card Legendary.
Every Legendary card has 175 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
DEF 57