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Hynobius okiensis Sato, 1940
Hynobius okiensis Sato, 1940, Zool. Mag., Tokyo, 52: 307. Syntypes: ZIHU, apparently destroyed in W.W.II. Type locality: Dogo, Oki Island, Japan.
Hynobius (Hynobius) naevius okiensis — Nakamura and Ueno, 1963, Japan. Rept. Amph. Color: 12.
Hynobius okiensis — Thorn, 1968, Salamand. Eur. Asie Afr. Nord: 62; Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 79.
Hynobius (Hynobius) okiensis — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2012, Alytes, 28: 77-161.
Common Names
Noboribetsu Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 28).
Oki Salamander (Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 24).
Distribution
Known only from Togo (or Dogo) Island in the Oki Archipelago, Japan.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Japan
Endemic: Japan
Comment
In the Hynobius naevius group. See accounts by Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 79, and Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 52-53. Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 24-26, provided an account, map, and photograph. Matsui, Nishikawa, Misawa, and Tanabe, 2007, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 24: 747-751, reported on the systematic relationships of this species and suggested that it is related to Hynbius nebulosus. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 551. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 67, provided a brief account, photo, and map. Sparreboom, 2014, Salamanders Old World: 83–84, reviewed the biology, characteristics, distribution, reproduction, and conservation of the species. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 92–93, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).
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