Hynobius iwami

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 iwami

Name

Hynobius iwami Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa & Tominaga, 2019: 57

Type locality: Toda-chō, Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

Holotype: KUHE 35891

Synonyms

Hynobius nebulosus partim Okawa & Utsunomoya, 1992

Etymology: Iwami: "old name of the region...of the present western part of Shimane Prefecture, including the type locality of the new species" [Matsui et al., 2019: 58]

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 iwami Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa & Tominaga, 2019 (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Iwami Salamander
日本語: イワミサンショウウオ