Giant Salamander House, Amphibian conservation facility at Prague Zoo, Czech Republic

The Giant Salamander House (Velemlokárium) is a low-energy pavilion of 186 m² in the lower part of Prague Zoo, opened in May 2014 and buried in earth so that it reads as a grassy hill. Its tanks imitate a Chinese mountain river: two are viewed from above, one from below and two from the side, with artificial rock, overhangs and lit vegetation. The largest side-view tank holds the Chinese giant salamanders.

The idea of a separate house for Chinese giant salamanders arose in 2009–2010, and construction ran from 2012 to 2014; a flood hit the nearly finished pavilion in 2013. It opened in May 2014 as the world's first standalone building for these amphibians. The male Karlo, on loan from Karlsruhe's natural history museum, stayed permanently and died in December 2024 at about 47 years and 161 cm.

The pavilion links the salamanders to Karel Čapek's 1936 novel War with the Newts, whose mloci were inspired by this species. In an audio corner, two armchairs with headphones play excerpts read by actor Jiří Lábus, also in foreign-language versions. A life-size salamander model stands at the rear, and the larger juveniles were named Andy and Boleslav Jablonský after Čapek's characters.

The facility is located within the zoo grounds and can be reached by bus 112 from the metro station. It is worth allowing extra time to watch through the glass panels, as the animals do not always display active behavior.

The male Karlo, lent by the State Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe in 2014, stayed permanently and measured 161 cm and 38.8 kg at his death in December 2024, aged about 47. The male Šmíca, thought to be female until then, took over the main tank.