Hynobius akiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptobranchoidea

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

Familia: Hynobiidae
Subfamilia: Hynobiinae
Genus: Hynobius
Species: Hynobius akiensis

Name

Hynobius akiensis Matsui, Okawa & Nishikawa, 2019: 70

Type locality: Haizuka, Mirasaka-chō, Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

Holotype: KUHE 35925

Synonyms

• Hynobius abei partim Satō, 1943
• Hynobius nebulosus partim Okawa & Utsunomoya, 1989

Etymology: Aki: "the western part of current Hiroshima Prefecture...where the new species occurs" [Matsui et al., 2019: 72]

References

Primary references

• Matsui, M., Okawa, H., Nishikawa, K., Aoki, G., Eto, K., Yoshikawa, N., Tanabe, S., Misawa, Y. & Tominaga, A. 2019. Systematics of the widely distributed Japanese Clouded Salamander, Hynobius nebulosus (Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae), and its closest relatives. Current Herpetology 38(1): 32–90. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.38.32 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Hynobius akiensis Matsui, Okawa & Nishikawa, 2019 (Endangered)

Vernacular names

• English: Aki Salamander
• 日本語: アキサンショウウオ