Hynobius takedai Matsui and Miyazaki, 1984
Hynobius takedai Matsui and Miyazaki, 1984, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 1: 665. Holotype: TZM H-03990, by original designation. Type locality: "in a small pool, Chiji-machi, Hakui-shi, Ishikawa Prefecture", Honshu, Japan.
English Names
Honshu Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 28).
Hokuriku Salamander (Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 30).
Distribution
Known from the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture and adjoining hilly country of Toyama prefecture, west-central Honshu, Japan.
Comment
Most closely related to Hynobius lichenatus, according to the original publication. In the Hynobius lichenatus group by implication. See also Nambu, 1986, Bull. Toyama Sci. Mus., 9: 73-85, Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 43-45, and Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 50, for brief accounts. Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 30-31, provided an account, map, and photograph. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 552.
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