Hynobius geojeensis Min and Borzée, 2021

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

Hynobius geojeensis Min and Borzée in Borzée and Min, 2021, Animals, 11 (187): 23. Holotype: CGRB 15863, by original designation. Type locality: "Geoje-myeon, Geoje-si, Gyeongsang Nam-do, Republic of Korea (34.850992°N, 128.590398° E; . . .)". Zoobank publication registration: CB0E13D1-4B81-4A59-9548-5A7B6B79856F

Common Names

Geoje Salamander (original publication). 

Distribution

Geoje Island, immediately off the southern mainland coast of Rep. Korea. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Korea, Republic of (South)

Endemic: Korea, Republic of (South)

Comment

According to the original publication previously confused with both Hynobius quelpartensis and Hynobius leechiiRaffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 85–86, 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 (16–241 m) in Rep. Korea. Borzée, 2024, Continental NE Asian Amph.: 177–181, provided a detailed account (distribution including a polygon map, habitat, ecology, conservation, photos of adults and larvae, identification tools) for northeastern Asia. Koo, Kim, Kim, and Im, 2023, Korean J. Herpetol., 13: 9–17, discussed difficulties in identifying this species via morphology alone.

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