Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hynobius okiensis Sato, 1940, Zool. Mag., Tokyo, 52: 307. Syntypes: ZIHU, apparently destroyed in W.W.II. Type locality: Dogo, Oki Island, Japan.

Hynobius (Hynobius) naevius okiensis — Nakamura and Ueno, 1963, Japan. Rept. Amph. Color: 12.

Hynobius okiensis — Thorn, 1968, Salamand. Eur. Asie Afr. Nord: 62. Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 79.

English Names

Noboribetsu Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 28).

Oki Salamander (Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 24).

Distribution

Known only from Togo (or Dogo) Island in the Oki Archipelago, Japan.

Comment

In the Hynobius naevius group. See accounts by Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 79, and Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 52-53. Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 24-26, provided an account, map, and photograph. Matsui, Nishikawa, Misawa, and Tanabe, 2007, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 24: 747-751, reported on the systematic relationships of this species and suggested that it is related to Hynbius nebulosus. 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: 551.

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