Hynobius

Hynobius

Hynobius kimurae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Subclass:	Lissamphibia
Order:	Caudata
Suborder:	Cryptobranchoidea
Family:	Hynobiidae
Genus:	Hynobius Tschudi, 1838

Hynobius is a genus of salamander (Asian salamanders) in the Hynobiidae family, endemic to Japan, Korea, China and Far East Russia.

It contains these species:

Species

Binomial name and author	Common name
H. abei Sato, 1934	Abe's salamander
H. amjiensis Gu, 1992	Amji's salamander
H. arisanensis Maki, 1922	Alishan salamander
H. boulengeri (Thompson, 1912)	Odaigahara salamander
H. chinensis Günther, 1889	Chinese salamander
H. dunni Tago, 1931	Oita salamander
H. formosanus Maki, 1922	Taiwan salamander
H. fuca Lai & Lue, 2008	Taiwan lesser salamander
H. glacialis Lai & Lue, 2008	Nanhu salamander
H. guabangshanensis Shen, Deng & Wang, 2004	Guabang Shan salamander
H. hidamontanus Matsui, 1987	Hakuba salamander
H. hirosei Lantz, 1931	Mount Ishizuchi salamander
H. katoi Matsui, Kokuryo, Misawa & Nishikawa, 2004	Kato's salamander
H. kimurae Dunn, 1923	Hida salamander
H. leechii Boulenger, 1887	Gensan salamander or Korean salamander
H. lichenatus Boulenger, 1883	Tohoku salamander
H. maoershanensis Zhou, Jiang & Jiang, 2006	Xingan salamander
H. nebulosus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1838)	Japanese clouded salamander
H. nigrescens Stejneger, 1907	Japanese black salamander
H. okiensis Sato, 1940	Oki salamander
H. quelpaertensis Mori, 1928	Cheju or Jeju salamander
H. retardatus Dunn, 1923	Hokkaido or Ezo salamander
H. sonani (Maki, 1922)	Sonan's salamander
H. stejnegeri Dunn, 1923	amber salamander
H. takedai Matsui & Miyazaki, 1984	Hokuriku salamander
H. tokyoensis Tago, 1931	Tokyo salamander
H. tsuensis Abé, 1922	Tsushima salamander
H. turkestanicus Nikolskii, 1910	Turkestanian salamander
H. yangi Kim, Min & Matsui, 2003	Kori salamander or Yang's salamander
H. yatsui Oyama, 1947	Yatsu's salamander
H. yiwuensis Cai, 1985	Yiwu salamander

External links

Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July 2008). Hynobius. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php.[] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: July 28, 2008).
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Hynobius. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://web.archive.org/web/20040827082534/http://www.amphibiaweb.org:80/ (Accessed: July 28, 2008).

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