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A new species of salamander of the genus Hynobius from Central Honshu, Japan (Amphibia, Urodela).
Zoological science - 1 Jun 2004
Matsui Masafumi, Kokuryo Yasuhiro, Misawa Yasuchika, Nishikawa Kanto
Abstract excerpt
We describe a small salamander from south Central Honshu, Japan, as a new species, Hynobius katoi. The genetic distances between this species and several named species, including sympatric H. kimurae, derived from allozyme data from a starch gel electrophoresis, proved to be sufficiently large to differentiate it at a specific rank. Distribution of this species is confined to the montane regions of Shizuoka and...
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