- What is Amphibian Species of the World?
- How to cite
- How to use
- Structure of the taxonomic records
- Running log of additions and changes, 2025
- Logs of changes and additions, 2014–2024
- What is the right name?
- Curator's blog
- History of the project, 1980 to 2024
- Comments on amphibian taxonomy relating to versions 3.0 to 6.2 (2004 to 2024)
- Scientific Nomenclature and its Discontents: Comments by Frost on Rules and Philosophy of Taxonomy, Ranks, and Their Applications
- Contributors, online editions
- Contributors and reviewers for Amphibian Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (1985)
- Versions
- Museum abbreviations
- Links to useful amphibian systematic, conservation, collection management, informational, and/or regional sites
- Links to useful FREE library sites
- Copyright and terms of use
Hynobius takedai Matsui and Miyazaki, 1984
Hynobius takedai Matsui and Miyazaki, 1984, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 1: 665. Holotype: TZM H-03990, by original designation. Type locality: "in a small pool, Chiji-machi, Hakui-shi, Ishikawa Prefecture", Honshu, Japan.
Hynobius (Hynobius) takedai — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2012, Alytes, 28: 77-161.
Common Names
Honshu Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 28).
Hokuriku Salamander (Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 30).
Distribution
Known from the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture and adjoining hilly country of Toyama prefecture, west-central Honshu, Japan.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Japan
Endemic: Japan
Comment
Most closely related to Hynobius lichenatus, according to the original publication. In the Hynobius lichenatus group by implication. See also Nambu, 1986, Bull. Toyama Sci. Mus., 9: 73-85, Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 43-45, and Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 50, for brief accounts. Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 30-31, provided an account, map, and photograph. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 552. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 69, provided a brief account, photo, and map. Sparreboom, 2014, Salamanders Old World: 97–98, reviewed the biology, characteristics, distribution, reproduction, and conservation of the species. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 99, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). Kameya, Watanabe, Nambu, and Yamazaki, 2024, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 41: 177–184, reported on mtDNA phylogeography.
External links:
Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.
- For access to general information see Wikipedia
- For additional sources of general information from other websites search Google
- For access to relevant technical literature search Google Scholar
- For images search CalPhoto Images and Google Images
- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For additional information see AmphibiaWeb report
- For information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For information on distribution, habitat, and conservation see the Map of Life
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observations see iNaturalist