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Hynobius retardatus Dunn, 1923
Hynobius retardatus Dunn, 1923, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 12: 27. Holotype: CAS 35928, by original designation. Type locality: "Noboribetsu, Iburi Province, Hokkaido [Island]", Japan.
Hynobius (Hynobius) retardatus — Nakamura and Ueno, 1963, Japan. Rept. Amph. Color: 10.
Satobius retardatus — Adler and Zhao, 1990, Asiat. Herpetol. Res., 3: 41; Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 407.
Hynobius retardatus — Matsui, Sato, Tanabe, and Hayashi, 1992, Herpetologica, 48: 408-416.
Hynobius (Satobius) retardatus — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2012, Alytes, 28: 77-161.
English Names
Noboribetsu Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 28).
Yeso Salamander (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 21).
Hokkaido Salamander (Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 26).
Distribution
Hokkaido Island, Japan.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Japan
Endemic: Japan
Comment
In the Hynobius lichenatus group. See Sasaki, 1924, J. Coll. Agr. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. Sapporo, 15: 1-36, for neotenic population. Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 69-75, and Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 54, provided brief accounts. Matsui, Sato, Tanabe, and Hayashi, 1992, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 9, reported on electrophoretic population differentiation. Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 26-27, provided an account, map, and photograph. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 61, provided a brief account, photo, and map. Sparreboom, 2014, Salamanders Old World: 86–89, reviewed the biology, characteristics, distribution, reproduction, and conservation of the species. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 67–69, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, and distribution (including a polygon map). Tighe, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 654: 18, briefly discussed the type series.
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