ARTICLE IN TELUGU ABOUT RARE SPECIES - Salamanders

Salamanders are any of the approximately 655 extant and all the extinct species of amphibians within the order Caudata. The present-day species are often grouped together under the term Urodela.

1. Scientific name: Caudata
2. Rank: Order
3. Mass: 25 – 30 kg (Chinese giant salamander, Adult)
4. Clutch size: 400 – 500 (Chinese giant salamander)
5. Length: 115 cm on average (Chinese giant salamander, Adult), 12.4 – 19.1 cm (Cope's giant salamander, Adult)
6. Lower classifications: Proteidae,Cryptobranchoidea, Salamandridae,Sirenidae, Lungless salamander