Hynobius yiwuensis Cai, 1985
Hynobius yiwuensis Cai, 1985, Acta Herpetol. Sinica, Chengdu, N.S.,, 4 (2): 109. Holotype: ZMNH 780049, by original designation. Type locality: "Dachen, Yiwu County, Zhejiang; altitude 140 m.", China].
English Names
Yiwu Hynobiid (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 28).
Distribution
Montane regions of Zhejiang Province, China, 50-200 m elevation.
Comment
See accounts by Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China: 34, Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China, and Huang, 1990, Fauna Zhejiang, Amph. Rept.: 14-16. Fu, Hayes, Liu, and Zeng, 2003, Acta Zool. Sinica, 49: 585-591, provided a discussion of molecular evidence for the distinctiveness and range of Hynobius yiwuensis and Hynobius chinensis. 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). Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2006, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 1: 166-172, provided an account. See brief account by Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 44. 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: 552. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 48, provided a brief account including photographs of specimens and habitat.
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