Reintroduction and Post-Release Survival of a Living Fossil: The Chinese Giant Salamander

• Lu Zhang,

  Affiliations Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America, Conservation and Research Department, Memphis Zoological Society, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Wei Jiang,

  Affiliation Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

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• Qi-Jun Wang,

  Affiliation Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

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• Hu Zhao,

  Affiliation Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

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• Hong-Xing Zhang,

  Affiliation Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

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• Ruth M. Marcec,

  Affiliation Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Scott T. Willard,

  Affiliation Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Andrew J. Kouba

  * E-mail: a.kouba@msstate.edu

  Affiliations Conservation and Research Department, Memphis Zoological Society, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

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