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Hynobius dunni

(Dunn's oriental salamander)

Overview

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Endangered

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Dunn's oriental salamander, Oita Salamander

Common Names in Japanese:

オオイタサンショウウオ

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].

Ecology: It occurs in paddy fields , secondary forest and bamboo in hilly areas. It breeds in pools , ponds , paddy fields at forest edges, ditches, and brooks , where the larvae also develop.[1].

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Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Hynobius

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:

H. abei (Sato's Oriental Salamander) · H. amjiensis (Anji Salamander) · H. arisanensis (Alishan Salamander) · H. boulengeri (Odaigahara Mountain Salamander) · H. chinensis (Chinese Salamander) · H. dunni (Dunn's Oriental Salamander) · H. formosanus (Formosan Salamander) · H. hidamontanus (Ochikura Swamp Salamander) · H. katoi (Akaishi Salamander) · H. kimurae (Hida Salamander) · H. leechii (Northeastern China Hynobiid Salamander) · H. lichenatus (Tohoku Salamander) · H. naevius (Blotched Salamander) · H. naevius naevius (Buchi Salamander) · H. nebulosus (Mitsjama Salamander) · H. nebulosus nebulosus (Dusky Oriental Salamander) · H. nigrescens (Japanese Black Salamander) · H. okiensis (Noboribetsu Salamander) · H. retardatus (Noboribetsu Salamander) · H. sonani (Taichu Salamander) · H. stejnegeri (Amber-Coloured Salamander) · H. takedai (Hokuriku Salamander) · H. tokyoensis (Tokyo Salamander) · H. tsuensis (Tsushima Salamander) · H. turkestanicus (Turkestanian Salamander) · H. yiwuensis (Yiwu Hynobiid)

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Yoshio Kaneko, Masafumi Matsui 2004. Hynobius dunni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 7/14/2012