Hynobius leechii Boulenger, 1887
Hynobius Leechii Boulenger, 1887, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 19: 67. Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.6.53 (formerly 1886.12.8.14), according to Brame, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 9. Type locality: "Gensan [= Wonsan], Corea [= Korea]"; Stejneger, 1907, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 58: 29, 331, expressed some doubt about the provenance of this specimen.
Hynobius mantchuricus Mori, 1927, China J. Sci. Arts, Shanghai, 6: 205. Holotype: Preparatory Department of Keijo Imperial University, Seoul, by original designation; status of specimens currently not known. Type locality: "Yugakujo, S. Manchuria", China; given as "Yugakujo (= Xiongyue Co.), Liaoning Prov., China", by Zhao and Adler, 1993, Herpetol. China: 107. Resurrected from synonymy of Hynobius leechii by Zhao, Hu, Jiang, and Yang, 1988, Studies on Chinese Salamanders: 65, where it had been placed by Chang, 1936, Contr. Etude Morphol. Biol. Syst. Amph. Urodeles Chine: 65. Resurrection implicity not recognized by Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China or by Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 88. Placed in synonymy of Hynobius leechii by Zeng and Fu, 2004, Amphibia-Reptilia, 25: 121.
Hynobius leechii leechii — Mori, 1928, Chosen Nat. Hist. Soc. J., 6: 47, 53.
Hynobius mantschuriensis — Gee and Boring, 1929, Peking Nat. Hist. Bull., 4: 18. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Hynobius lechii — Tago, 1931, Imori to Sanshio-uo: 35. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Hynobius leechii — Tago, 1931, Imori to Sanshio-uo: 15, 108.
Hynobius manchuricus Kurashige, 1932, Annot. Zool. Japon., 13: 327. Syntypes: Zoological Laboratory, Manchuria Teachers' College (7 specimens), by original designation; status of specimens currently not known. Type locality: "Mt. Heichyô [= Benxihu Shan] near Honkeiko [= Benxi Hu, Liaoning Province]", China. Synonymy by Thorn, 1968. Salamand. Eur. Asie Afr. Nord: 65. (Recognized Zhao, Hu, Jiang, and Yang, 1988, Studies on Chinese Salamanders: 65).
Hynobius kurashigei Sowerby, 1932, China J. Sci. Arts, Shanghai, 17: 237. Substitute name for Hynobius manchuricus Kurashige, 1932, thought to be preoccupied by Hynobius mantchuricus Mori, 1927.
English Names
Gensan Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 28).
Liaoning Salamander (Hynobius mantchuricus [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 28).
Chinese Salamander (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 20).
Manchurian Salamander (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 21).
Distribution
Korea and northeastern China (Liaoning Jilin, and Heilongjiang Provinces); presumably to be found in adjacent Far East Russia.
Comment
Not assigned to species group. Stejneger, 1907, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 58: 29-30, redescribed the holotype and provided a brief account. Yang, Kim, Min, Suh, and Suk, 1997, Korean J. Biol. Sci., 1: 247-257, demonstrated the presence of three species under this name in Korea, labelled Forms A-C. Form B subssequently recognized as Hynobius quelpaertensis. See accounts by Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China: 34, and Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 88-90. Zeng, Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 1997, Zool. Res., Kunming, 18: 341-345, reported on karyotypic differences among populations suggesting that more than one species resides under this name (called by them the Kori Salamander). Yang, Kim, Min, and Suh, 2001, Monogr. Korean Amph.: 40-41, provided a brief account, map and figure for South Korea. In the Hynobius leechii group of Fei and Ye, 2005, in Fei et al. (eds.), Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 30 (who only noted Chinese species). Zeng and Fu, 2004, Amphibia-Reptilia, 25: 119-122, reported on genetic variation. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2006, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 1: 160-166, provided an account. See brief account by Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 45. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 45, provided a brief account including photographs of specimens.
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