Hynobius Formosanus
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''Hynobius formosanus'', the Taiwan salamander, is a species of
salamander Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All t ...
in the family
Hynobiidae The Asiatic salamanders (family Hynobiidae) are primitive salamanders found all over Asia, and in European Russia. They are closely related to the giant salamanders (family Cryptobranchidae), with which they form the suborder Cryptobranchoidea. A ...
,
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
, where it occurs in the high mountains at around . Its natural
habitat In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...
s are from open alpine habitats to shaded moist evergreen forests. Adults have a total length of .


See also

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List of protected species in Taiwan List of protected species in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China ...
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List of endemic species of Taiwan The endemic species of Taiwan are organisms that are Endemic (ecology), endemic to the island of Taiwan – that is, they naturally occur nowhere else on Earth. Percentages of endemic species and subspecies in selected animal groups in Taiwan: - ...


References

formosanus Amphibians described in 1922 Endemic fauna of Taiwan Amphibians of Taiwan Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{salamander-stub