AMPHIBIANS 



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The largest living Amphibian is the Giant Salamander 

 {Megalobatrachus maximus) from Japan and China, which is 

 commonly 3 feet long, and is said to attain a still greater size. 



Fig. 153.— The Olm [Proteus anguineiis) 



It is a clumsy-looking creature, with a huge flattened head, broad 

 rudder -like tail, and short, unfinished -looking limbs. The body 

 is covered with a dark leathery skin, raised into numerous warts, 

 and exhibiting a thick wavy fold on each side. This creature 

 is a representative of a group of forms known as " Fish Newts ", 

 in which the trunk is long and the limbs weak, while other 



