Hynobius hidamontanus Matsui, 1987
Hynobius hidamontanus Matsui, 1987, Japan. J. Herpetol., 12: 57. Holotype: OMNH 9151, by original designation. Type locality: "Ochikura Swamp (137° 52′ E, 36° 44′E, alt. 800 m) on the eastern slope of Mt. Shiro-uma-dake in Hahuba-mura, Minami-Azumi-gun of Nagano Prefecture", Honshu, Japan.
Hynobius tenuis Nambu, 1991, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 8: 991. Holotype: TOYA Am-385, by original designation. Type locality: "a small stream, Arimine, Oooyama-machi, Toyama Prefecture", Honshu I., Japan. Synonymy by Matsui, Nishikawa, Misawa, Kakegawa, and Sugahara, 2002, Curr. Herpetol., 21: 25-34.
English Names
Ochikura Swamp Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 28).
Arimine Salamander (Hynobius tenus [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 28).
Hakuba Salamander (Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 12).
Distribution
Known only from a restricted area in the mountainous areas along the east slope of Mount Shiro-uma-dake and the western slope of the Hida Mountains, Toyama and Gifu prefectures, Honshu Island, Japan, 900-1530 m elevation.
Comment
See Seto, Matsui, and Kakegawa, 1988, Japan. J. Herpetol., 12: 142-146, for karyotype as well as variation in the Hynobius nebulosus—Hynobius lichenatus complex. Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 45-46, provided a brief account and (as Hynobius tenuis) on page 67-69. See also brief account by Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 49. See Matsui, Nishikawa, Misawa, Kakegawa, and Sugahara, 2002, Curr. Herpetol., 21: 25-34, who made the synonymy of Hynobius tenuis. Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 12-14, provided an account, photograph, and map. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 551.
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