Biology:Hynobius

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Hynobius is a genus of salamander (Asian salamanders) in the family Hynobiidae, occurring in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Far East Russia. It is a large genus containing over 40 species.[1] The Japanese archipelago is the primary diversity hotspot for the genus, with nearly 67.3% of Hynobius species being endemic to it.[2]

Species

A larval Hynobius kimurae

Species included (as of June 2025):[3]

  • Hynobius abei Sato, 1934
  • Hynobius abuensis Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2019
  • Hynobius akiensis Matsui, Okawa, and Nishikawa, 2019
  • Hynobius amabensis Sugawara and Nagano, 2023
  • Hynobius amakusaensis Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014
  • Hynobius amjiensis Gu, 1992
  • Hynobius arisanensis Maki, 1922
  • Hynobius bakan Matsui, Okawa, and Nishikawa, 2019
  • Hynobius bambusicolus Wang, Othman, Qiu and Borzée, 2023
  • Hynobius boulengeri (Thompson, 1912)
  • Hynobius chinensis Günther, 1889
  • Hynobius dunni Tago, 1931
  • Hynobius formosanus Maki, 1922
  • Hynobius fossigenus Okamiya, Sugawara, Nagano, and Poyarkov, 2018
  • Hynobius fucus Lai and Lue, 2008
  • Hynobius geiyoensis Sugawara, Naito, Iwata, and Nagano, 2022
  • Hynobius geojeensis Min and Borzée, 2021
  • Hynobius glacialis Lai and Lue, 2008
  • Hynobius guabangshanensis Shen, 2004
  • Hynobius guttatus Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019
  • Hynobius hidamontanus Matsui, 1987
  • Hynobius hirosei Lantz, 1931
  • Hynobius ikioi Matsui, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2017
  • Hynobius iwami Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2019
  • Hynobius katoi Matsui, Kokuryo, Misawa, and Nishikawa, 2004
  • Hynobius kimurae Dunn, 1923
  • Hynobius kuishiensis Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019
  • Hynobius kunibiki Sugawara, Iwata, Yamashita, and Nagano, 2021
  • Hynobius leechii Boulenger, 1887
  • Hynobius lichenatus Boulenger, 1883
  • Hynobius maoershanensis Zhou, Jiang, and Jiang, 2006
  • Hynobius mikawaensis Matsui, Misawa, Nishikawa, and Shimada, 2017
  • Hynobius miyazakiensis Sugawara, Nagano, and Sueyoshi, 2023
  • Hynobius naevius (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)
  • Hynobius nagatoensis Sugawara, Tahara, Matsukoji, and Nagano, 2022
  • Hynobius nebulosus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)
  • Hynobius nigrescens Stejneger, 1907
  • Hynobius nihoensis Sugawara, Nagano, and Nakazono, 2022
  • Hynobius notialis Min and Borzée, 2021
  • Hynobius okiensis Sato, 1940
  • Hynobius oni Kanamori, Nishikawa, Matsui, and Tanabe, 2022
  • Hynobius osumiensis Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014
  • Hynobius oyamai Tominaga, Matsui, and Nishikawa, 2019
  • Hynobius owariensis Sugawara, Fujitani, Seguchi, Sawahata, and Nagano, 2022
  • Hynobius perplicatus Min and Borzée, 2021
  • Hynobius quelpaertensis Mori, 1928
  • Hynobius retardatus Dunn, 1923
  • Hynobius sematonotos Tominaga, Matsui, and Nishikawa, 2019
  • Hynobius sengokui Matsui, Misawa, Yoshikawa, and Nishikawa, 2022
  • Hynobius setoi Matsui, Tanabe, and Misawa, 2019
  • Hynobius setouchi Matsui, Okawa, Tanabe, and Misawa, 2019
  • Hynobius shinichisatoi Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014
  • Hynobius sonani (Maki, 1922)
  • Hynobius stejnegeri Dunn, 1923
  • Hynobius sumidai Sugawara, Naito, Iwata, and Nagano, 2022
  • Hynobius takedai Matsui and Miyazaki, 1984
  • Hynobius tokyoensis Tago, 1931
  • Hynobius tosashimizuensis Sugawara, Watabe, Yoshikawa, and Nagano, 2018
  • Hynobius tsuensis Abé, 1922
  • Hynobius tsurugiensis Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019
  • Hynobius turkestanicus Nikolskii, 1910
  • Hynobius unisacculus Min, Baek, Song, Chang, and Poyarkov, 2016
  • Hynobius utsunomiyaorum Matsui and Okawa, 2019
  • Hynobius vandenburghi Dunn, 1923
  • Hynobius yangi Kim, Min, and Matsui, 2003
  • Hynobius yiwuensis Cai, 1985

Internal Phylogeny

 
 

Hynobius retardatus

 
 
 
 
 

Hynobius boulengeri

 
 

Hynobius kimurae

 
 
 
 

Hynobius fuca

 
 
 

Hynobius glacialis

 
 
 

Hynobius formosanus

 
 
 

Hynobius arisanensis

 
 

Hynobius sonani

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hynobius naevius

 
 

Hynobius amjiensis

 
 
 
 

Hynobius katoi

 
 
 
 

Hynobius hidamontanus

 
 
 

Hynobius yiwuensis

 
 
 

Hynobius guabangshanensis

 
 
 

Hynobius chinensis

 
 

Hynobius maoershanensis

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hynobius leechii

 
 

Hynobius yangi

 
 
 
 

Hynobius quelpaertensis

 
 
 

Hynobius dunni

 
 
 

Hynobius okiensis

 
 

Hynobius tsuensis

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hynobius nebulosus

 
 
 

Hynobius stejnegeri

 
 
 

Hynobius lichenatus

 
 
 
 

Hynobius abei

 
 

Hynobius tokyoensis

 
 
 
 

Hynobius nigrescens

 
 

Hynobius takedai

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Internal phylogeny tree of genus Hynobius.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q119996 entry