The Japanese clawed salamander (''Onychodactylus japonicus'') 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 northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. Its natural
habitats are temperate
forests and
rivers.
References
Onychodactylus
Endemic amphibians of Japan
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians described in 1782
Taxa named by Martinus Houttuyn
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