The Chinese Giant Salamander or 'baby fish'?

Question

Ive just seen a picture of it on the telly and it looks remarkably human. Are salamanders the missing link?

Answer 1

Scientists believe that amphibians are indeed a link between modern land dwelling animals and our ancient ancestors who began in the seas. Amphibians are not able to live on land all of the time and need to submerge in water occasionally to wet their thin skin. Land living animals developed a thicker skin that was able to retain the moisture needed to survive but amphibians are still around.



The hellbender and Asian giant salamanders (family Cryptobranchidae) are aquatic amphibians found in brooks and ponds in the eastern United States, China, and Japan. They are the largest living amphibians known today.

Answer 2

P.S.D is wrong in a way. amphibians hold clues to many of the ways creatures changed from water dwelling to land dwelling animals but arent the missing links other animals such as mud skippers (which are fist with primative lungs) also hold such clues.



there are no direct surviving missing links just different evolutions.



and btw the hellbender maybe america's largest amphibian but the chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) is the world largest closely followed by the japanese gaint salamander (Andrias japonicus)

Answer 3

I seriously doubt they are.