A.japonicus paraphernalia.

TJ · Apr 13, 2004

This woodblock print by the famed Edo Period artist Kuniyoshi Utagawa was just pointed out to me by a friend:

Source: http://www.ukiyoe.or.jp/ohya/01-pics/b/kuniy-sansho-b.html

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TJ · Apr 13, 2004

is this cute or what?!

Source: http://www.vill.wara.gifu.jp/takara/hazako.html

kaysie · Apr 14, 2004

That's the cutest Andrias I've ever seen!

paris · Apr 15, 2004

one of the lecturers at IAD had a japonicus t shirt-she said she got it from the japonicus appreciation society-i would like one of them. you should look around to see if you can get a hold of one tim. the front is just a cartoon head-face forward with the latin name under it up in the pocket area. the back however was really cute. it showed what appeared to be a chibi drawing of a giant sal from above in a stream -there were little ones scattered off to the sides(also chibi)they had their gills and the cutest part was one at the bottom left side was under a rock peeping out and another one was trying to take its hiding spot-it showed the one under the rock with the vocal lines radiating from its mouth-it gave the impression it was barking at the other one , it was a real cute shirt in that simple manga style.

edward · Apr 15, 2004

Hi Paris,
I know that the Cryptobranchid Interest Group was selling them. They were supposed to send me some T-Shirts to sell them at IAD but as I was out of work I did not get the shirts. If you want when I get back to work I can e-mail the other members of the Steering Committee to see if there are any left.
Ed

paris · Apr 15, 2004

yeah definitely man-do they come in any colour but that brown.....but not white!

TJ · Jul 10, 2004

Here's another

Source: http://www.chusankan.jp/gonokawa/

shinji · Jul 31, 2004

Pottery of A.japonicus got by chance in Kasama-shi, Ibaraki in Japan.
The price was 5,000 yen.
5 pics are put on my homepage. (But, Japanese only.)

jennifer · Jul 31, 2004

That Andrias pottery figure is absolutely WONDERFUL! It is very detailed and life-like. Beautiful!

TJ · Aug 1, 2004

Welcome to the site, Shinji! And thanks for your contribution. I personally know you have a lot to share, so I'm looking forward to your future offerings

That pottery figure is indeed fantastic! I would kill/die (*almost*) to get one of those to add to my own collection. I wonder if there are any more to be found in Kasama. In the meantime, I'll just enjoy your pic!

By the way folks, Shinji makes some very nice Andrias pottery figurines himself. In fact, I have two of them. Here's one that we took with us on a trip to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado a few months ago:

shinji · Aug 3, 2004

Hi,Tim
Wonderful! Very cute!
May I introduce by my web site?
Please check the following URL.
http://www.icnet.ne.jp/~paragon/sanpo/sanpo.html

shinji · Aug 3, 2004

The illustration of the novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".(Jules Verne/1869)
It is just like that of Siebold's "Fauna japonica".
I think that this illustration draws Japanese 'A. japonicus'.

TJ · Aug 3, 2004

Very nice contribution, Shinji!

I've never seen that one before.

Anyway, here is your Andrias figurine enjoying gambling in Las Vegas

TJ · Aug 18, 2004

This is from the Lake Biwa Museum in Shiga Prefecture, Japan:

(displayed at the Himeji City Aquarium in Hyogo Prefecture)

TJ · Aug 19, 2004

This is from the Mizuho Hanzake Nature Museum in Shiga Prefecture, Japan:

(displayed at the Himeji City Aquarium in Hyogo Prefecture)

edward · Sep 11, 2004

I didn't feel like starting a new thread for A. davidensis paraphanalia so here is a picture of the old davidensis graphic from the Philly Zoo (I rescued it from the trash).
Its not as clear as it could be as it was made to be backlit and wasn't easy to scan.

Ed

TJ · Sep 15, 2004

Thanks for that contribution, Ed

I found this video being sold on eBay, though I'm not sure if it is supposed to be a "giant salamander" or just a "giant" salamander:

"Spectreman is sent to Earth to help fight the pollution problem. The evil Doctor Gori creates a monster out of pollution and sets it loose on the city, if it is not stopped it will destroy the world."

Actually, it just occurred to me that this might be the same film of which excerpts appeared breifly in the Animal Planet "Amazing Amphibians" program that was discussed earlier.

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TJ · Sep 17, 2004

That reminds me of this one I saw posted before:

TJ · Sep 17, 2004

I saw this recently being advertised on eBay. I found it...er, let's just say hard to believe

"Rare Late Jurassic Giant Salamander Fossil"

"This item you are bidding is a Rare Giant Salamander Fossil. the fossil form is very old and unique, The giant salamander fossil. According to the cognoscente appraisals the fish fossil has 160 million year ago, they were formed in remote antiquity . the rare fossil is very valuable collection! if you feel interested in it, please don't miss it, Thank you for looking and happy bidding."

The bidding started at 4.99 pounds or ECU or whatever they're called now and I dunno if it got beyond that.

kaysie · Sep 17, 2004

looks like a salamander-shaped piece of petrified wood.

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