Onychodactylus japonicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptobranchoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Cryptobranchoidea

Familia: Hynobiidae
Subfamilia: Onychodactylinae
Genus: Onychodactylus
Species: Onychodactylus japonicus

Name

Onychodactylus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)

Type locality: "Fakoneberget" (mountains of Hakone, Izu Province, Honshu I., Japan).

Holotype: ZIUU ?

Synonyms

• Salamandra japonica Houttuyn, 1782
• Lacerta japonica — Thunberg, 1787
• Lacerta thunbergii Donndorff, 1798
• Salamandra japonicus — Schneider, 1799
• Molge striata Merrem, 1820
• Salamandra unguiculata Temminck & Schlegel, 1838
• Onychodactylus schlegeli Tschudi, 1838
• Onychodactylus japonicus — Bonaparte, 1839
• Onycopus sieboldii — Duméril & Bibron, 1841
• Onychodactylus schlegeli — Duméril & Bibron, 1841
• Onychodactylus japonicus — Gray, 1850
• Salamandra (Onychodactylus) unguiculata — Schlegel, 1858

References

• Houttuyn, 1782, Verh. Zeeuwsch. Genootsch. Wetensch. Vlissingen, 9: 329.
• Gray, 1850, Cat. Spec. Amph. Coll. Brit. Mus., Batr. Grad.: 33.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Onychodactylus japonicus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Onychodactylus japonicus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Onychodactylus japonicus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 29 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Japanese Clawed Salamander
日本語: ハコネサンショウウオ
polski: Japońska traszka pazurzasta