Hynobius dunni Tago, 1931
Hynobius dunnus Tago, 1929, Zool. Mag., Tokyo, 41: 431. Nomen nudum.
Hynobius dunni Tago, 1931, Imori to Sanshio-uo: 130. Holotype: TIU 703, lost by implication of statements by Maeda and Matsui, 1990, Frogs Toads Japan, Ed. 2, that collection destroyed in WWII. Type locality: Shiroyama, Sayeki Cho, [Saegimachi,] Oita Prefecture, Island of Kyushu, Japan.
Hynobius (Hynobius) dunni — Nakamura and Ueno, 1963, Japan. Rept. Amph. Color: 8.
English Names
Dunn's Oriental Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 28).
Distribution
Southwestern part of Shikoku Island (vicinity of Kochi), and northeastern part of Kyushu Island (vicinity of Oita, Kumamoto, Miyazaki), Japan.
Comment
In the Hynobius nebulosus group of Thorn, 1968, Salamand. Eur. Asie Afr. Nord: 37. Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 65-69, and Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 48-49, provided brief accounts. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 550.
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