Öhningen fossil skeleton as that of a newt, known as Cryptobranchus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The War with the Newts] Reference

For its size, the park has one of the richest salamander faunas in the world with species that vary from the endemic pigmy salamander Desmognathus wrightii, to the aquatic hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States] Reference

The largest existing Urodele -- the gigantic Salamander (Cryptobranchus) -- is found in Japan, where it attains a length of 5 or 6 feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Frog] Reference

In Cryptobranchus (as in all the Urodela yet enumerated except Amphiuma), though the young have gill-openings and external gills, the adults are devoid of both.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Frog] Reference

In a North American genus, however (Menopoma), which, though smaller in size, closely resembles Cryptobranchus in figure, there is a permanent gill-opening, though the gills themselves disappear in the adult.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Frog] Reference

Hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis 108,119.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference