Hynobius setoi Matsui, Tanabe, and Misawa, 2019

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Hynobiidae > Subfamily: Hynobiinae > Genus: Hynobius > Species: Hynobius setoi

Hynobius setoi Matsui, Tanabe, and Misawa in Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa, Aoki, Eto, Yoshikawa, Tanabe, Misawa, and Tominaga, 2019, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 38: 44. Holotype: KUHE 7313, by original designation. Type locality: "Takae, Fukube-cho, Tottori-shi, Tottori Prefecture (35°32'31"N, 134°16'42"E, alt. 50 m)", Japan. 

English Names

San’in salamander (original publication). 

Tottori Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 100).

Distribution

 Southern Honshu, Japan, in mainly lowland areas along the Japan Sea from northwestern Hyogo Prefecture to eastern Shimane Prefecture. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Japan

Endemic: Japan

Comment

Confused with Hynobius nebulosus prior to its naming, according to the original publication. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 100, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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