Onychodactylus intermedius Yoshikawa and Matsui, 2014

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Hynobiidae > Subfamily: Onychodactylinae > Genus: Onychodactylus > Species: Onychodactylus intermedius

Onychodactylus intermedius Yoshikawa and Matsui, 2014, Zootaxa, 3866: 59. Holotype: KUHE 47455, by original designation. Type locality: "the headstream of a small branch of Osawa River (140°11′E, 37°26′N, 790 m a.s.l.) in Koriyama-shi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan". 

Onychodactylus (Onychodactylus) intermedia — Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 34). 

English Names

Bandai clawed salamander (original publication). 

Distribution

Northern to southeastern Yamagata, southern Miyagi, and the northeastern half of Fukushima Prefectures of southern Tohoku District, northern Niigata Prefecture of Hokuriku District, and northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture of Kanto District, all in eastern Honshu, Japan. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Japan

Endemic: Japan

Comment

Confused with Onychodactylus japonicus prior to its recognition as an unnamed species (Yoshikawa and Matsui, 2013, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 32: 9–25). Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 34, provided a detailed account, covering systematics, like history, distribution (including a polygon map), and conservation status. 

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