Sonan's salamander

Sonan's salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Hynobiidae
Genus: Hynobius
Species: H. sonani
Binomial name
Hynobius sonani
(Maki, 1922)
Synonyms

Salamandrella sonani Maki, 1922

Sonan's salamander, Hynobius sonani, is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to Taiwan, where it occurs in the Central Mountain Range above 2,750 m (9,020 ft).[1] Its natural habitats are from open alpine habitats to shaded moist evergreen forests; it breeds in streams.[2]

Adult males are 98–129 mm (3.9–5.1 in) and females are 90–105 mm (3.5–4.1 in) in length.[3]

The original specimens used to describe H. sonani (along with H. arisanensis and H. formosanus) were lost in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.[4]

H. sonani has very fragmented distribution and is threatened by habitat loss, mainly caused by the development of infrastructure for tourism.[1] It is present in Taroko National Park.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lue, Kuangyang; Chou, Wenhao (2004). "Hynobius sonani". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T59102A11880657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59102A11880657.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Lue, Kuang-Yang. "Hynobius sonani". BiotaTaiwanica. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 26. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
  4. ↑ Lai, June-Shiang; Lue, Kuang-Yang (2008). "Two new Hynobius (Caudata: Hynobiidae) salamanders from Taiwan". Herpetologica. 64 (1): 63–80. doi:10.1655/06-065.1. JSTOR 25209100.


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