Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hynobius retardatus Dunn, 1923, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 12: 27. Holotype: CAS 35928, by original designation. Type locality: "Noboribetsu, Iburi Province, Hokkaido [Island]", Japan.

Hynobius (Hynobius) retardatus — Nakamura and Ueno, 1963, Japan. Rept. Amph. Color: 10.

Satobius retardatus — Adler and Zhao, 1990, Asiat. Herpetol. Res., 3: 41.

Hynobius retardatus — Matsui, Sato, Tanabe, and Hayashi, 1992, Herpetologica, 48: 408-416.

English Names

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

Yeso Salamander (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 21).

Hokkaido Salamander (Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 26).

Distribution

Hokkaido I., Japan.

Comment

In the Hynobius lichenatus group. See Sasaki, 1924, J. Coll. Agr. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. Sapporo, 15: 1-36, for neotenic population. Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 69-75, and Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 54, provided brief accounts. Matsui, Sato, Tanabe, and Hayashi, 1992, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 9, reported on electrophoretic population differentiation. Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 26-27, provided an account, map, and photograph.

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