Hynobius hirosei Lantz, 1931
Hynobius hirosei Lantz, 1931, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 7: 177. Syntypes: BMNH (2 specimens according to the original publication), including BMNH 1946.9.6.48 according to Brame, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 20. Type locality: "Mt. Ishizuchi, Shikoku, Japan".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Central mountains of Shikoku I., Japan.
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Hynobius boulengeri by Nishikawa, Matsui, Tanabe, and Sato, 2007, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 24: 752-766, where it had been placed by Sato, 1934, Zool. Mag., Tokyo, 46: 464-472; Thorn, 1968, Salamand. Eur. Asie Afr. Nord: 77.
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