The invention discloses a novel telescopic type tong-type ammeter. The tong-type ammeter comprises a shell and an insulation telescopic rod fixedly connected with the bottom of the shell, a data display instrument is arranged at the bottom of the telescopic rod, the data display instrument is connected with a straight-through current transformer in the shell through a connecting wire inside the telescopic rod, the shell is a closed annular body composed of a fixed shell body and a rotating shell body hinged to the fixed shell body, the fixed shell body is fixedly connected with the telescopic rod, a fixed coil is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the fixed shell body, a rotating coil is fixedly arranged on the rotating shell body, and under the normal state, a closed annular coil is composed of the fixed coil and the rotating coil. The novel telescopic type tong-type ammeter is suitable for measuring load currents on the low-voltage side and a branch circuit of a transformer of a distribution transformation table area, and is safe, efficient and convenient to use.