Elusive and strangely endearing, the eastern hellbender salamander is found in rivers and streams throughout Pennsylvania. You may recognize the eastern hellbender by its nicknames, including mud devil and devil dog. The hellbender is the largest salamander in North America and can grow up to two feet in length.

2019年4月25日 · Very few of us have seen a living specimen of Pennsylvania’s new state amphibian, the eastern hellbender. When hellbender researchers want to find some of North America’s largest...

The eastern hellbender is a giant salamander that may look like a monster with its long, lizard-like body, wrinkled skin, two pairs of short legs, and flattened body. However, this harmless creature is a vital part of the river ecosystem in the eastern United States.

2015年8月11日 · When someone told me, in college, that there were salamanders in Pennsylvania capable of being a foot and a half long, I thought I would be calling a bluff. But those salamanders are real and incredible and they’re called eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis). Hellbenders are the largest amphibian in North American.

The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), also known as the hellbender salamander, is a species of aquatic giant salamander endemic to the eastern and central United States. It is the largest salamander in North America.

1. Eastern Hellbender source: USFWS Midwest Region. Scientific name: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis. The Eastern Hellbender averages 11.5 to 24 inches in length but can grow up to 27 inches, making it the state’s largest salamander and one of the big 3 giant salamanders in the world. Despite their size, they are quite harmless and an endangered ...

2024年4月17日 · The largest salamander in the Americas, at anywhere from 12 to 29 inches, the eastern hellbender should live in rivers and streams throughout Pennsylvania and Appalachia.

2025年1月2日 · The eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) is Pennsylvania’s official amphibian, under legislation signed into law April 23, 2019, by then-Gov. Tom Wolf. It’s one of 22...

2018年3月12日 · Salamanders exist across Pennsylvania, 22 species of them. They range from the giant hellbender, which can grow to 20 inches in length, to the 2.5-inch northern dusky salamander, from the...

2011年8月20日 · The Eastern Hellbender Salamander is big, slimy and scary - and their kind has been lurking in the rivers of the eastern United States for the past 65 million years. But they're also essential parts of the river ecosystem, and their numbers are dwindling.