Hynobius mikawaensis Matsui, Misawa, Nishikawa, and Shimada, 2017

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

Hynobius mikawaensis Matsui, Misawa, Nishikawa, and Shimada, 2017, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 36: 119. Holotype: KUHE 28516, by original designation. Type locality: "Shinshiro-shi, Aichi Prefecture (alt. 500 m)", south-central Honshu, Japan. 

English Names

Mikawa Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 99).

Distribution

Known only from a small areas around the type locality, Shinshiro-shi, and neighboring Toyota-shi and Okazaki-shi, central-eastern part of Aichi Prefecture, Tokai area of Chubu region, Honshu Island, central Japan. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Japan

Endemic: Japan

Comment

In the Hynobius lichenatus group and the sister taxon of Hynobius takedai according to the original publication. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 99–100, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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