Hynobius perplicatus Min and Borzée, 2021

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Hynobiidae > Subfamily: Hynobiinae > Genus: Hynobius > Species: Hynobius perplicatus

Hynobius perplicatus Min and Borzée in Borzée and Min, 2021, Animals, 11 (187): 26. Holotype: CGRB 15895, by original designation. Type locality: "Yongdeok-myeon, Uiryeong-gun, Gyeongsang Nam-do, Republic of Korea (35.348198° N, 128.291133° E; . . .)". Zoobank publication registration: E0E65311-CB76-4AAE-9720-CDF1E6473E71

English Names

Cryptic Uiryeong Salamander (original publication). 

Distribution

The range extends from Daebyeong-myeon in Hapcheon on the northwest, Sinan-myeon in Sancheong on the southwest, south through Changwon to the coast, and Cheongdeok-myeon in Hapcheon on the northeast of southern Rep. Korea, 25 to 698 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Korea, Republic of (South)

Endemic: Korea, Republic of (South)

Comment

Previously confused with Hynobius leechii and Hynobius quelpaertensis according to the original publication. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 86–87, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). Andersen, Chuang, Choe, Kim, Kwon, Jang, and Borzée, 2022, Zool. Stud., Taipei, 61(25): 1–10, reported on the elevational range (25–698 m) in Rep. Korea. Kim, Kim, and Borzée, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 845–846, extending the range south through Changwon to the coast, based on genetially confirmed records and provided a dot map for the species. 

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