Hynobius guabangshanensis Shen, 2004
Hynobius guabangshanensis Shen In Shen, Deng, and Wang, 2004, Acta Zool. Sinica, 50: 209. Holotype: HNNUL 02112404., by original designation. Type locality: "Guabang Shan Tree Farm (26° 37′ 8″ N,111° 56′ 1″ E), Qiyang County, Hunan Province, China. Altitude 720 m".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality: Guabang Shan Tree Farm (26º 37′ 8″ N, 111º 56′ 1″ E), Qiyang County, Hunan Province, China. Altitude 720 m.
Comment
Most similar to Hynobius amjiensis, according to the original publication. See brief account by Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 45. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 3: 1600-1604, provided an account , figures, and range map. Nishikawa, Jiang, Matsui, Mo, Chen, Kim, Tominaga, and Yoshikawa, 2010, Zootaxa, 2426: 65-67, suggested that this species is the sister taxon of Hynobius chinesis + Hynobius maoershanensis. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 44, provided a brief account including photographs of specimens and habitat.
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