Hynobius amakusaensis

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: Hynobiinae
Genus: Hynobius
Species: Hynobius amakusaensis

Name

Hynobius amakusaensis Nishikawa & Matsui, 2014: 219

Type locality: Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan (alt. 430 m).

Holotype: KUHE 42772

Synonyms

• Hynobius sp. Nishikawa et al., 2003
• Hynobius boulengeri partim Nishikawa et al., 2007

Etymology: "Amakusa Islands, where the new species occurs" [Nishikawa & Matsui, 2014: 219]

References

Primary references

• Nishikawa, K. & Matsui, M. 2014. Three new species of the salamander genus Hynobius (Amphibia, Urodela, Hynobiidae) from Kyushu, Japan. Zootaxa 3852(2): 203–226. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.2.3 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Hynobius amakusaensis Nishikawa & Matsui, 2014 (Critically Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Amakusa Salamander
日本語: アマクササンショウウオ

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