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Hynobius mikawaensis Matsui, Misawa, Nishikawa, and Shimada, 2017
Hynobius mikawaensis Matsui, Misawa, Nishikawa, and Shimada, 2017, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 36: 119. Holotype: KUHE 28516, by original designation. Type locality: "Shinshiro-shi, Aichi Prefecture (alt. 500 m)", south-central Honshu, Japan.
Common Names
Mikawa Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 99).
Distribution
Known only from a small areas around the type locality, Shinshiro-shi, and neighboring Toyota-shi and Okazaki-shi, central-eastern part of Aichi Prefecture, Tokai area of Chubu region, Honshu Island, central Japan.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Japan
Endemic: Japan
Comment
In the Hynobius lichenatus group and the sister taxon of Hynobius takedai according to the original publication. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 99–100, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).
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