''Hynobius'' is a genus 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 ten ...

(Asian salamanders) 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. ...

, occurring in Japan,

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, China,

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and

Far East Russia The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admini ...

. It contains these species:

Species

Species included (as of March 2021): *'' Hynobius abei'' Sato, 1934 *''

Hynobius abuensis ''Hynobius'' is a genus of salamander (Asian salamanders) in the family Hynobiidae, occurring in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Far East Russia. It contains these species: Species Species included (as of March 2021): *'' Hynobius abei'' Sa ...

'' Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2019 *'' Hynobius akiensis'' Matsui, Okawa, and Nishikawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius amakusaensis'' Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014 *'' Hynobius amjiensis'' Gu, 1992 *''

Hynobius arisanensis ''Hynobius arisanensis'', the Alishan salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae endemic to Taiwan. It occurs in the Alishan Range, the Yushan Range, and southern Central Mountain Range, where it lives at altitudes of a ...

'' Maki, 1922 *'' Hynobius bakan'' Matsui, Okawa, and Nishikawa, 2019 *''

Hynobius boulengeri The Odaigahara salamander (''Hynobius boulengeri'') is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae. It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and freshwater springs. This species is threatened by habitat lo ...

'' (Thompson, 1912) *''

Hynobius chinensis The Chinese salamander (''Hynobius chinensis'') is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae endemic to China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, and ar ...

'' Günther, 1889 *''

Hynobius dunni The Oita salamander (''Hynobius dunni'') is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae endemic to Japan. Named after Oita Prefecture, its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermitten ...

'' Tago, 1931 *'' Hynobius formosanus'' Maki, 1922 *''

Hynobius fossigenus ''Hynobius fossigenus'' is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, and is found in some prefectures in Kantō and Chūbu districts in Japan. Like all species in the genus '' Hynobius'', it has lungs, its tail is smaller than its bod ...

'' Okamiya, Sugawara, Nagano, and Poyarkov, 2018 *'' Hynobius fucus'' Lai and Lue, 2008 *''

Hynobius glacialis ''Hynobius glacialis'', the Nanhu salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to Taiwan. Its common name refers to the type locality, Nanhu Mountain. The mountain contains glacial relic formations, the reason for the ...

'' Lai and Lue, 2008 *'' Hynobius geojeensis'' Min and Borzée, 2021 *'' Hynobius guabangshanensis'' Shen, 2004 *'' Hynobius guttatus'' Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius hidamontanus'' Matsui, 1987 *'' Hynobius hirosei'' Lantz, 1931 *'' Hynobius ikioi'' Matsui, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2017 *'' Hynobius iwami'' Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2019 *''

Hynobius katoi ''Hynobius katoi'' is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to Japan. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such ...

'' Matsui, Kokuryo, Misawa, and Nishikawa, 2004 *''

Hynobius kimurae The Hida salamander or Hondo salamander (''Hynobius kimurae'') is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, the Asiatic salamanders. It is endemic to central and western Honshu, Japan. It lives in deciduous, coniferous, and mixed fore ...

'' Dunn, 1923 *'' Hynobius kuishiensis'' Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019 *''

Hynobius leechii The Korean salamander (''Hynobius leechii''), or Gensan salamander, is the most common species of salamander on the Korean peninsula, and is also found and on Jeju Island and in the north-eastern Chinese provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilong ...

'' Boulenger, 1887 *''

Hynobius lichenatus ''Hynobius'' is a genus of salamander (Asian salamanders) in the family Hynobiidae, occurring in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Far East Russia. It contains these species: Species Species included (as of March 2021): *''Hynobius abei'' Sato, ...

'' Boulenger, 1883 *'' Hynobius maoershanensis'' Zhou, Jiang, and Jiang, 2006 *''

Hynobius mikawaensis ''Hynobius'' is a genus of salamander (Asian salamanders) in the family Hynobiidae, occurring in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Far East Russia. It contains these species: Species Species included (as of March 2021): *''Hynobius abei'' S ...

'' Matsui, Misawa, Nishikawa, and Shimada, 2017 *'' Hynobius naevius'' (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838) *'' Hynobius nebulosus'' (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838) *'' Hynobius nigrescens'' Stejneger, 1907 *'' Hynobius notialis'' Min and Borzée, 2021 *'' Hynobius okiensis'' Sato, 1940 *'' Hynobius osumiensis'' Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014 *''

Hynobius oyamai ''Hynobius'' is a genus of salamander (Asian salamanders) in the family Hynobiidae, occurring in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Far East Russia. It contains these species: Species Species included (as of March 2021): *''Hynobius abei'' S ...

'' Tominaga, Matsui, and Nishikawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius perplicatus'' Min and Borzée, 2021 *''

Hynobius quelpaertensis ''Hynobius quelpaertensis'', the Jeju salamander, also spelled Cheju salamander, is a species of salamander found on various islands and peninsulas off the southwestern coast of the Korean Peninsula, including Jindo, Geojedo, Jejudo, and Namha ...

'' Mori, 1928 *'' Hynobius retardatus'' Dunn, 1923 *''

Hynobius sematonotos ''Hynobius'' is a genus of salamander (Asian salamanders) in the family Hynobiidae, occurring in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Far East Russia. It contains these species: Species Species included (as of March 2021): *''Hynobius abei'' S ...

'' Tominaga, Matsui, and Nishikawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius setoi'' Matsui, Tanabe, and Misawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius setouchi'' Matsui, Okawa, Tanabe, and Misawa, 2019 *''

Hynobius shinichisatoi ''Hynobius shinichisatoi'', the Sobo salamander, has only been found in streams in the Sobo, Katamuki and Okue Biosphere Reserve, Japan. It is black in colour. It had previously been described as: *''Pachypalaminus boulengeri'' Satō, 1954 *' ...

'' Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014 *'' Hynobius sonani'' (Maki, 1922) *'' Hynobius stejnegeri'' Dunn, 1923 *'' Hynobius takedai'' Matsui and Miyazaki, 1984 *''

Hynobius tokyoensis The Tokyo salamander (''Hynobius tokyoensis'') is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, freshwater spring Spring(s) may refer to: Common uses * Spring (season), a ...

'' Tago, 1931 *'' Hynobius tosashimizuensis'' Sugawara, Watabe, Yoshikawa, and Nagano, 2018 *''

Hynobius tsuensis The Tsushima salamander (''Hynobius tsuensis'') is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the nor ...

'' Abé, 1922 *''

Hynobius tsurugiensis ''Hynobius'' is a genus of salamander (Asian salamanders) in the family Hynobiidae, occurring in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Far East Russia. It contains these species: Species Species included (as of March 2021): *''Hynobius abei'' S ...

'' Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius turkestanicus'' Nikolskii, 1910 *'' Hynobius unisacculus'' Min, Baek, Song, Chang, and Poyarkov, 2016 *'' Hynobius utsunomiyaorum'' Matsui and Okawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius vandenburghi'' Dunn, 1923 *''

Hynobius yangi ''Hynobius yangi'', the Kori salamander, is a species of salamander endemic to southeastern South Korea. It is a lentic-breeding species similar to the Korean salamander (''H. leechi'') but is distinguished by factors including tail shape and dor ...

'' Kim, Min, and Matsui, 2003 *'' Hynobius yiwuensis'' Cai, 1985

References

External links

* eb application 2008. Berkeley, California
''Hynobius''
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