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The largest living amphibian is the 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus), but this is dwarfed by the extinct 9 m (30 ft) Prionosuchus from the middle Permian of Brazil. The study of amphibians is called batrachology, while the study of both reptiles and amphibians is called herpetology.
California Tiger Salamanders are considerably large for todays amphibians. The male can reach 8.5 inches long and the females 7 inches (NPWRC 2002, FWS 2003). Males differ from females in their overall size as well as their enlarged cloacae during breeding season (FWS 2003).