Talk:Hellbender

Endangered?
This article is categorized as representing an endangered species, but there's no further information. Can anyone add details about the endangered status? CaptainCarrot 01:32, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

This is not an endangered species. It is vulnerable in areas, though.

I can say that the picture of the hellbender which claims to be in its natural habitat is not - it is at the National Aquarium in Washington DC. 70.179.127.14 (talk) 16:13, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Hilarious.
The caption underneath the picture indicates where the head is - it's so hideous/nondescript that it may be difficult to discern where the head of the organism is. I, of course, only looked this up after reading a Cracked.com piece on it.35.13.195.144 (talk) 15:19, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Formatting error
Under the Physical description headline there's a dotted box with a paragraph/sentence starting with "Both males and females grow to an adult length". There is some formatting error (lack of CR/LF perhaps?) that forces the paragraph to extend outside the dotted box.

I don't have the knowledge to fix this, it would probably only become worse if I tried, so you have to settle for me pointing it out. Cah1954 (talk) 10:13, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Fossil age claim removed
Removed the following claim: (This estimated Middle Jurassic age for the fossils has been repudiated and defended multiple times, and the debate is still not fully settled).[12] I could not find a source for this (the [12] is not helpful). I did find a source that says that the origins of salamanders are a matter of contention, but this source implied that the China fossils would help to resolve the debate. (about halfway down the paper, paragraph starting with "The ancestry of salamanders...") Richigi (talk) 01:38, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Erroneous Range Information/Common Names
Crytobranchus allegaiensis is the Ozark Hellbender, not the Eastern Hellbender (Crytobranchus bishopi)! The range data always vary from source to source, so I will not argue the data presented. I would go through and re-edit all the names to reflect the correct designation but I just don't have time to right now. Does anyone agree? I'm surprised that this issue has not surfaced until now.

Erroneous Range Information/Common Names
Crytobranchus allegaiensis is the Ozark Hellbender, not the Eastern Hellbender (Crytobranchus bishopi)! The range data always vary from source to source, so I will not argue the data presented. I would go through and re-edit all the names to reflect the correct designation but I just don't have time to right now. Does anyone agree? I'm surprised that this issue has not surfaced until now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.184.237.152 (talk) 02:39, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

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