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	Table 4 - Extant Amphibian Weights (Continued)

	Amphibians		Ref.	No. of	Amphibian Adult Weights and Sizes	Adult Ave.		Ave. of	Total Wt.
			No.	Species	from References	Wt. Used		Adult Ave.	Males +
				from				Wt. Used	Females
				Ref.		(oz)		(oz)	(oz)

	Caudata		1	619				1.27	1575
				-3	Less: Caudata species listed separately
22		Eastern Newt	2		2.76 to 4.88 in	0.25	e
22		Red-bellied Newt	3		5 5/8 to 7 5/8 in	1.25	e
		California newt	4		5 to 8 in	1.40	e
13		Peninsula newt	5		7 to 12.4 cm	0.25	e
14		Rough-skinned Newt	6		to almost 8 in TL	1.00	e
		Fuding fire belly newt	7		usually less than 3.9 in in TL	0.15	e
17		Striped newt	8		5.4 to 10.5 cm	0.16	e
		Alpine salamander	9		3.5 to 5.5 in	0.35	e
		Blue-spotted salamander	10		8 and 14 cm	0.30	e
23		Four-toed Salamander	11		2 to 4 in	0.15	e
11		Cave salamander	12		4 to 6 in	0.50	e
17		Spotted salamander	13		to 0.5 oz 6 to 9 in	0.38
36		Spotted salamander	14		0.45 oz 5.91 to 9.84 in
15		Black alpine salamander	15		about 15 g to 15 cm	0.53
15		Axolotl	16		2 oz to 7 oz	4.50
		Axolotl	17		9 in common 12 in rare
		Alabama waterdog	18		5.9 to 8.7 in	2.20	e
11		Ensatina salamenders	19		3.8 to 8 cm	0.10	e
		Mountain stream salamander	20		to about 115 mm long	0.17	e
17		Tiger Salamander	21		4 to 8 oz	6.00
		Tiger Salamander	22		6 to 14 in
7		Blotched tiger salamander	23		to 14 in	6.80	e
16		Blotched-arboreal Salamander	24		to 13 in TL	5.50	e
15		Arboreal salamander	25		to 7 in	0.60	e
9		Spotted salamander	26		7 in	1.90	e
12		Northern two-lined salamander	27		to 12 cm	0.20	e
		Long-toed salamander	28		to 0.26 oz to 5.5 in	0.20	e
		Reticulated flatwoods salamander	29		5.2 in	0.60	e
		frosted flatwoods salamander	30		9 to 13.5 cm TL	0.30	e
19		Small-mouthed Salamander	31		to over 15 cm	0.30	e
16		Northwestern salamander (terrestrial)	32		to 9 3/4 in TL	2.20	e
12		Long-toed salamander	33		to almost 10 in TL	2.40	e
15		Columbia Torrent salamander	34		to 6 in plus TL	0.35	e
12		Larch Mountain Salamander	35		to 4 in TL	0.15	e
13		Del Norte Salamander	36		to 6 in TL	0.35	e
13		Green Salamander	37		5 in	0.5	e
		Cryptobranchidae (family)	38	3				560.69	3364
31		Japanese giant salamander	39		1.5 to 35 kg 60 to 70 cm	643.68
		Chinese giant salamander	40		55 to 66 lb ave. 3.77 ft ave.	968.00
		Hellbender salamander	41		3.3 to 5.5 lb 12 to 29 in	70.40
	Gymnophiona		42	186				3.33	1238
25		Mexican burrowing caecilian	43		17.7 to 21.7 in	5.91	e
		Mexican burrowing caecilian	44		12 to 20 in
		Caecilia thompsoni	45		to 2.2 lb to 5 ft	26.40
21		Idiocranium russeli	46		f 16 to 33 mm m 15 to 29 mm	0.01	e
17		Sagalla caecilian	47		to 30 cm to 0.6 cm body dia.	0.22	g
		Elongated caecilian	48		11 to 12 in TL width 0.31 in	0.47	g
		Billiton Island caecilian	49		5.3 in TL	0.13	e
		Angular caecilian	50		10.2 in TL width 0.39 in	0.67	g
		Long Bloee caecilian	51		8.0 to 11.2 in TL	0.67	e
		Ceylon caecilian	52		9.1 to 15.7 in	1.12	e
		Khumhzi striped ichthyophis	53		to larger than 16 in	1.08	e
		Ringed caecilian	54		11.3–17.7 in TL	2.18	e
		Dermophis glandulosus	55		to 15.9 in TL	1.07	e
28		caecilians	56		about 1 ft for most 7 in to 4.5 ft

		Total Species		6771	Subtotal for this page only				6177

					Total Wt. of Male and Female Couples (oz)				21176
					Total Wt. of Male and Female Couples (lb)				1323
					50 % Total Wt. of Male and Female Couples (lb)				662
					Ave. Wt./Amphibian (lb)				0.10
								Say	0.11

1		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amphibians#Order_Caudata:_Salamanders
2		http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Notophthalmus_viridescens/
3		http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recnum=AR0049
4		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_new
5		http://jacksonvillezoo.org/listingDetails.aspx?listingID=7022&pageID=15577
6		http://www.dfw.state.or.us/species/amphibians/
7		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuding_fire_belly_newt
8		http://jacksonvillezoo.org/listingDetails.aspx?listingID=7023&pageID=15577
9		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_salamander
10		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-spotted_salamander
11		http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Hemidactylium_scutatum/
12		http://cincinnatizoo.org/blog/animals/cave-salamander/
13		http://cincinnatizoo.org/blog/animals/spotted-salamander/
14		http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Ambystoma_maculatum/
15		http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/blackalpinesalamander.php
16		http://a-z-animals.com/animals/axolotl/
17		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotl
18		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_waterdog
19		http://www.burkemuseum.org/blog/ensatina-salamander
20		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_stream_salamander
21		http://a-z-animals.com/animals/tiger-salamander/
22		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_salamander
23		http://louisvillezoo.org/animalsandplants/salamander-tiger/
24		http://www.dfw.state.or.us/species/amphibians/
25		http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Amphibians-Reptiles-and-Fish/Arboreal-Salamander.aspx
26		http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/spotted-salamander/
27		http://www.ontarionature.org/protect/species/reptiles_and_amphibians/northern_two-lined_salamander.php
28		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-toed_salamander
29		http://myfwc.com/media/2211313/Reticulated-Flatwoods-Salamander.pdf
30		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frosted_flatwoods_salamander
31		http://www.ontarionature.org/protect/species/reptiles_and_amphibians/small-mouthed_salamander.php
32		http://www.californiaherps.com/salamanders/pages/a.gracile.html
33		http://www.dfw.state.or.us/species/amphibians/
34		http://www.dfw.state.or.us/species/amphibians/
35		http://www.dfw.state.or.us/species/amphibians/
36		http://www.dfw.state.or.us/species/amphibians/
37		http://www.movingplanets.com/world/animals/green-salamander/
38		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_salamander
39		http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Andrias&where-species=japonicus
40		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_giant_salamander
41		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellbender
42		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amphibians#Order_Gymnophiona:_Caecilian
43		http://jacksonvillezoo.org/listingDetails.aspx?listingID=7004&pageID=15577
44		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_burrowing_caecilian
45		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caecilia_thompsoni
46		http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Amphibians-Reptiles-and-Fish/Southern-Cricket-Frog.aspx
47		http://www.arkive.org/sagalla-caecilian/boulengerula-niedeni/
48		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated_caecilian
49		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiton_Island_caecilian
50		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyophis_biangularis
51		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Bloee_caecilian
52		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyophis_glutinosus
53		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyophis_khumhzi
54		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphonops_annulatus
55		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermophis_glandulosus
56		http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/caecilian.aspx

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