Clawed salamander
| Clawed salamanders | |
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| Onychodactylus fischeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Hynobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Onychodactylinae |
| Genus: | Onychodactylus Tscudi, 1838 |
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The genus Onychodactylus, commonly known as clawed salamanders, is composed of three species, all endemic to eastern Asia. O. fischeri is found on the Korean peninsula, as well as in the Russian Far East and adjacent regions of China. O. japonicus is found in Japan, on the islands of Shikoku and Honshū. All species are lungless with moderately developed parotoid glands. They inhabit moist, forested mountains near small rivers, streams, and lakes. Adults of each species can reach a length of 19 cm.
Species[]
Species recognized as of October 2019:[1]
- Onychodactylus fischeri (Boulenger, 1886)
- Onychodactylus fuscus Yoshikawa and Matsui, 2014
- Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014
- Onychodactylus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
- Yoshikawa, Matsui, Tanabe, and Okayama, 2013
- Min, Poyarkov, and Vieites, 2012
- Kuro-o, Poyarkov, and Vieites, 2012
- Yoshikawa and Matsui, 2013
- Che, Poyarkov, and Yan, 2012
- Che, Poyarkov, and Yan, 2012
References[]
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Onychodactylus". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
External links[]
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian declines, conservation, natural history, and taxonomy. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Onychodactylus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: November 20, 2010).
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