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The Most: Related to Animals -3 (Amphibians)

1. Fastest Amphibian (On Land)	*Six-linedracerunner (found in USA). can run at 29 kph*
2. Highest elevation frog	It may be Bufo latastii. It was described as Bufo siachinensis by Khan in 1997 who reported that it was from 5238 m in the Karakoram of Pakistan. However Stöck et al (2001) points out that the latitude is at least 15' off. Furthermore the two specimens, supposedly from the end of a glacier, were given by another person to Khan. Shinu Village, which is said to be "close" to the type locality, is below 4000 m. *Most likely the highest frog is found in South America (Peru), where a frog in the genus Telmatobius reaches close to or above 5,000 m.*
3. Highest elevation salamander	*Pseudoeurycea gadovii which goes above 5000 meters on Volcan Orizaba in Mexico.*
4. Highest lifespan	A Salamandra salamandra lived for 50 years in captivity, and an Andrias japonicus lived for 55 years. An Ambystoma maculatum in nature was estimated from skeletochronology to be 27 years old. A Bufo bufo lived 36 years in captivity (Duellman and Trueb 1986).
5. Highest Toad	*Common toad. One found in Himalayas at 8000 m*
6. Largest Amphibian	*Japanese Giant Salamander (Megalobatrachus japonicus)* *Average length 1m. Longest ever recorded 1.52 m. Weight 11 to 13 kg.*
7. Largest caecilian	*Caecilia thompsoni which reaches 151.5 cm*
8. Largest frog	*Goliath Frog (Rana goliath) (Africa, 13 inches)*
9. Largest genus of caecilians	*Ichthyophis: more than 30 species.*
10. Largest genus of frogs	*Pristimantis. There are more than 400 species in this genus*
11. Largest genus of salamanders	*Bolitoglossa (the "web-footed salamanders"): more than 80 species.*
12. Largest Indian frog	*Rana tigrina*
13. Largest Newt	*Ribbed newt (found in Africa). Length upto 40 cm. Weight 450 g*
14. Largest RBC	*Amphiuma (A salamander; 75 ?m)*
15. Largest salamander	*The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) Length: 1.8 m*
16. Largest Toad	*Probably marinetoad (found in South America). Length 22.9 cm.*
17. Longest gestation period in amphibia	*Salamandra atra (36 months)*
18. Most poisonous frog	*Golden dart poison frog* *(Found in South America). A tiny amount of toxin is enough to kill a man.*
19. Smallest amphibian	*South American arrow poison frog*
20. Smallest caecilian	*Grandisonia brevis at 11.2 cm but a female of Idiocranium russeli was gravid at 0.90 cm.*
21. Smallest frog	Eleutherodactylus- about 10 mm long (snout- vent length). There are several very small frogs, right about 10 mm SVL, including Psyllophryne didactyla from Brazil and Stumpffia (S. tridactyla for example) from Madagascar. It is difficult to know what the smallest frog is as there are many very small species.
22. Smallest Newt	*Striped newt (found in USA). length 5.1 cm*
23. Smallest salamander	Thorius arboreus the Sierra de Juarez of Oaxaca (achieve sexual maturity at about 15 mm snout to vent length).
24. Vertebrate class having least number of species	*Amphibia (about 3000 spp)*

The Most: Related to Animals -1 (Invertebrates)

The Most: Related to Animals -2 (Fishes)

The Most: Related to Animals -4 (Reptiles)

The Most: Related to Animals -5 (Birds)

The Most: Related to Animals -6 (Mammals)

- The Most: Related To Animals -6 (mammals)
Blue whale 1.         Commonest animal Homo sapiens (man) 2.         Fastest animal Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus (112 km/hr) (found in Africa, Middle East, W. Asia) 3.        ...

- The Most: Related To Animals -5 (birds)
Ostrich 1.         Best Talker African Grey Parrot The Guinness Book of World Records lists the best talking parrot or parrot like bird as an African Grey named Prudle. 2.        ...

- The Most: Related To Animals -4 (reptiles)
Anaconda 1.         Fastest snake African mumba (30 km/hr) 2.         Heaviest snake Anaconda (8.25 m length; 227 kg) 3.        ...

- The Most: Related To Animals -2 (fishes)
1.         Fastest fish Sail fish (Istiphorus platypterus): 109 km/hr 2.         Heaviest Bony Fish Ocean sunfish is the heaviest largest ever recorded 2.28 tonnes...

- The Most: Related To Animals -1 (invertebrates)
1.       Animal which turns its body most times Cockroach (25 times/sec) 2.       Deepest Living Myriotrochus bruuni. Found at a depths up to 10,710 m or (35,130 ft). Marianas Trench...

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