''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 t ...

(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. A ...

, occurring in

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and

Far East Russia The Russian Far East ( rus, Дальний Восток России, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asia, Asian continent, and is coextensive with the Far Easte ...

. It contains these species:

Species

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

Hynobius abuensis ''Hynobius abuensis'', also known as the Abu salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae. It is found in the Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures of the Chūgoku region in Honshu, Japan. The name "Abu" refers to the region of t ...

'' Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2019 *''

Hynobius akiensis ''Hynobius akiensis'', the Aki salamander, is a species in the genus ''Hynobius'', which consists of most Asiatic salamanders. It is mainly found in the regions Chugoku, Honshu, and Shikoku is the smallest of the List of islands of Japan#M ...

'' Matsui, Okawa, and Nishikawa, 2019 *''

Hynobius amakusaensis ''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 ...

'' Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014 *'' Hynobius amjiensis'' Gu, 1992 *'' Hynobius arisanensis'' Maki, 1922 *''

Hynobius bakan ''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 ...

'' Matsui, Okawa, and Nishikawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius boulengeri'' (Thompson, 1912) *'' Hynobius chinensis'' Günther, 1889 *'' Hynobius dunni'' Tago, 1931 *'' Hynobius formosanus'' Maki, 1922 *''

Hynobius fossigenus ''Hynobius fossigenus'' is a species of salamander in the family Asiatic salamander, Hynobiidae, and is found in some Prefectures of Japan, prefectures in Kantō region, Kantō and Chūbu region, Chūbu districts in Japan. Like all species in th ...

'' Okamiya, Sugawara, Nagano, and Poyarkov, 2018 *''

Hynobius fucus ''Hynobius fucus'' is an endemic species of Taiwan, which is mainly distributed around the northwest mountain range, approximately an altitude of 1500 meters. It is one of Taiwan’s amphibian most recently discovered amphibians, as well having t ...

'' Lai and Lue, 2008 *'' Hynobius glacialis'' Lai and Lue, 2008 *''

Hynobius geojeensis ''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 ...

'' Min and Borzée, 2021 *'' Hynobius guabangshanensis'' Shen, 2004 *''

Hynobius guttatus ''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 ...

'' Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius hidamontanus'' Matsui, 1987 *''

Hynobius hirosei ''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 ...

'' Lantz, 1931 *''

Hynobius ikioi ''Hynobius ikioi'' is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to Kyushu in Japan. Physical characteristics ''Hynobius ikioi'' is very close to ''Hynobius amakusaensis ''Hynobius'' is a genus of salamander (Asian salamanders ...

'' Matsui, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2017 *''

Hynobius iwami ''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 ...

'' Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2019 *'' Hynobius katoi'' Matsui, Kokuryo, Misawa, and Nishikawa, 2004 *'' Hynobius kimurae'' Dunn, 1923 *''

Hynobius kuishiensis ''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, ...

'' Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius leechii'' Boulenger, 1887 *'' Hynobius lichenatus'' Boulenger, 1883 *'' Hynobius maoershanensis'' Zhou, Jiang, and Jiang, 2006 *'' Hynobius mikawaensis'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014 *'' Hynobius oyamai'' Tominaga, Matsui, and Nishikawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius perplicatus'' Min and Borzée, 2021 *'' Hynobius quelpaertensis'' Mori, 1928 *'' Hynobius retardatus'' Dunn, 1923 *'' Hynobius sematonotos'' Tominaga, Matsui, and Nishikawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius setoi'' Matsui, Tanabe, and Misawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius setouchi'' Matsui, Okawa, Tanabe, and Misawa, 2019 *'' Hynobius shinichisatoi'' Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014 *'' Hynobius sonani'' (Maki, 1922) *''

Hynobius stejnegeri The amber salamander, amber-colored salamander, tortoiseshell salamander, or Stejneger's oriental salamander (''Hynobius stejnegeri'') is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate fores ...

'' Dunn, 1923 *'' Hynobius takedai'' Matsui and Miyazaki, 1984 *'' Hynobius tokyoensis'' Tago, 1931 *'' Hynobius tosashimizuensis'' Sugawara, Watabe, Yoshikawa, and Nagano, 2018 *'' Hynobius tsuensis'' Abé, 1922 *'' Hynobius tsurugiensis'' 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'' Kim, Min, and Matsui, 2003 *'' Hynobius yiwuensis'' Cai, 1985

Intrinsic Phylogeny

Intrinsic phylogeny tree of genus ''Hynobius.''

References

External links

* eb application 2008. Berkeley, California
''Hynobius''
AmphibiaWeb, available at https://web.archive.org/web/20040827082534/http://www.amphibiaweb.org/ (Accessed: July 28, 2008). Amphibian genera Taxa named by Johann Jakob von Tschudi Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{salamander-stub