Hynobius senzanensis Sugawara, Fujiwara, Azuma, Sugawara, Kuraishi, and Nagano, 2023

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

Hynobius senzanensis Sugawara, Fujiwara, Azuma, Sugawara, Kuraishi, and Nagano, 2023, Am. J. Zool., 6: 35. Holotype: AKPM-AM-40, by original designation. Type locality: "akuragaoka, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Tohoku, Japan [38° 18’ N, 140° 51’ E; elevation = 50 m above sea level (a.s.l.); in all cases, datum = WGS84]". ZooBank Publication registration: F7743612-95A9-48DC-A748-629540C2014F

Common Names

Senzan Sanshouo (Japanese: original publication). 

Distribution

North-central Honshu (central Tohoku Prefecture), Japan. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Japan

Endemic: Japan

Comment

The sister taxon of Hynobius lichenatus, and formerly included within that taxon, according to the original publication, where comparative morphology and mtDNA molecular markers were detailed. 

 Sugawara, Fujiwara, Azuma, Sugawara, Kuraishi, and Nagano, 2023, Am. J. Zool., 6: 26–45, partitioned on the basis of mtDNA phylogenetics and comparative morphology former Hynobius lichenatus into three species, with Hynobius unanngso for the southern part of the former range, Hynobius senzanensis for the central part, and restricted the name Hynobius lichenatus to the northern part of the former distribution. Earlier literature under Hynobius lichenatus should be used with caution.

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