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. The Japanese archipelago is the primary diversity hotspot for the genus, with nearly 67.3% of Hynobius species being endemic to it.
Species
Species included (as of June 2025):
- Hynobius abei <small>Sato, 1934</small>
- Hynobius abuensis <small>Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2019</small>
- Hynobius akiensis <small>Matsui, Okawa, and Nishikawa, 2019</small>
- Hynobius amabensis <small>Sugawara and Nagano, 2023</small>
- Hynobius amakusaensis <small>Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014</small>
- Hynobius amjiensis <small>Gu, 1992</small>
- Hynobius arisanensis <small>Maki, 1922</small>
- Hynobius bakan <small>Matsui, Okawa, and Nishikawa, 2019</small>
- Hynobius bambusicolus <small>Wang, Othman, Qiu and Borzée, 2023</small>
- Hynobius boulengeri <small>(Thompson, 1912)</small>
- Hynobius chinensis <small>Günther, 1889</small>
- Hynobius dunni <small>Tago, 1931</small>
- Hynobius formosanus <small>Maki, 1922</small>
- Hynobius fossigenus <small>Okamiya, Sugawara, Nagano, and Poyarkov, 2018</small>
- Hynobius fucus <small>Lai and Lue, 2008</small>
- Hynobius geiyoensis <small>Sugawara, Naito, Iwata, and Nagano, 2022</small>
- Hynobius geojeensis <small>Min and Borzée, 2021</small>
- Hynobius glacialis <small>Lai and Lue, 2008</small>
- Hynobius guabangshanensis <small>Shen, 2004</small>
- Hynobius guttatus <small>Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019</small>
- Hynobius hidamontanus <small>Matsui, 1987</small>
- Hynobius hirosei <small>Lantz, 1931</small>
- Hynobius ikioi <small>Matsui, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2017</small>
- Hynobius iwami <small>Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2019</small>
- Hynobius katoi <small>Matsui, Kokuryo, Misawa, and Nishikawa, 2004</small>
- Hynobius kimurae <small>Dunn, 1923</small>
- Hynobius kuishiensis <small>Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019</small>
- Hynobius kunibiki <small>Sugawara, Iwata, Yamashita, and Nagano, 2021</small>
- Hynobius leechii <small>Boulenger, 1887</small>
- Hynobius lichenatus <small>Boulenger, 1883</small>
- Hynobius maoershanensis <small>Zhou, Jiang, and Jiang, 2006</small>
- Hynobius mikawaensis <small>Matsui, Misawa, Nishikawa, and Shimada, 2017</small>
- Hynobius miyazakiensis <small>Sugawara, Nagano, and Sueyoshi, 2023</small>
- Hynobius naevius <small>(Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)</small>
- Hynobius nagatoensis <small>Sugawara, Tahara, Matsukoji, and Nagano, 2022</small>
- Hynobius nebulosus <small>(Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)</small>
- Hynobius nigrescens <small>Stejneger, 1907</small>
- Hynobius nihoensis <small>Sugawara, Nagano, and Nakazono, 2022</small>
- Hynobius notialis <small>Min and Borzée, 2021</small>
- Hynobius okiensis <small>Sato, 1940</small>
- Hynobius oni <small>Kanamori, Nishikawa, Matsui, and Tanabe, 2022</small>
- Hynobius osumiensis <small>Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014</small>
- Hynobius oyamai <small>Tominaga, Matsui, and Nishikawa, 2019</small>
- Hynobius owariensis <small>Sugawara, Fujitani, Seguchi, Sawahata, and Nagano, 2022</small>
- Hynobius perplicatus <small>Min and Borzée, 2021</small>
- Hynobius quelpaertensis <small>Mori, 1928</small>
- Hynobius retardatus <small>Dunn, 1923</small>
- Hynobius sematonotos <small>Tominaga, Matsui, and Nishikawa, 2019</small>
- Hynobius sengokui <small>Matsui, Misawa, Yoshikawa, and Nishikawa, 2022</small>
- Hynobius setoi <small>Matsui, Tanabe, and Misawa, 2019</small>
- Hynobius setouchi <small>Matsui, Okawa, Tanabe, and Misawa, 2019</small>
- Hynobius shinichisatoi <small>Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014</small>
- Hynobius sonani <small>(Maki, 1922)</small>
- Hynobius stejnegeri <small>Dunn, 1923</small>
- Hynobius sumidai <small>Sugawara, Naito, Iwata, and Nagano, 2022</small>
- Hynobius takedai <small>Matsui and Miyazaki, 1984</small>
- Hynobius tokyoensis <small>Tago, 1931</small>
- Hynobius tosashimizuensis <small>Sugawara, Watabe, Yoshikawa, and Nagano, 2018</small>
- Hynobius tsuensis <small>Abé, 1922</small>
- Hynobius tsurugiensis <small>Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019</small>
- Hynobius turkestanicus <small>Nikolskii, 1910</small>
- Hynobius unisacculus <small>Min, Baek, Song, Chang, and Poyarkov, 2016</small>
- Hynobius utsunomiyaorum <small>Matsui and Okawa, 2019</small>
- Hynobius vandenburghi <small>Dunn, 1923</small>
- Hynobius yangi <small>Kim, Min, and Matsui, 2003</small>
- Hynobius yiwuensis <small>Cai, 1985</small>
Intrinsic Phylogeny
Intrinsic phylogeny tree of genus Hynobius.
References
External links
- [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Hynobius. AmphibiaWeb, available at https://web.archive.org/web/20040827082534/http://www.amphibiaweb.org/ (Accessed: July 28, 2008).