Hynobius pseudoutsunomiyaorum Sugawara, Iwata, Naito, Yamada, Onomura, and Nagano, 2023

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

Hynobius pseudoutsunomiyaorum Sugawara, Iwata, Naito, Yamada, Onomura, and Nagano, 2023, Am. J. Zool. Res., 8: 16. Holotype: HMNH-AM-324), by original desgnation. Type locality: "Shinjo, Kitahiroshima Town, Hiroshima Prefecture, Chugoku, Japan (34° 46’ N, 132° 29’ E; elevation = 420 m above sea level [a.s.l.]; in all cases, datum = WGS84)". ZooBank Publication registration: D1AA7105-1756-48E6-9E12-D86516AA5140

Common Names

Hiba Salamander (original publication). 

Distribution

Central Shimane Prefecture, Japan, from Oda City, Iinan (including the former Akagi and Tonbara towns), and Misato (including the former Ochi town) and a seemingly allopatric population in northern Hiroshima Prefecture (Shobara City, including the former Takano Town) and Kitahiroshima Town (including the former Oasa Town). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Japan

Endemic: Japan

Comment

Formerly confused with, and partitioned from, Hynobius utsunomiyaorum according to the original publication, where morphology, morphometrics, and mtDNA markers were detailed. 

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