Korean salamander

The Korean salamander (Hynobius leechii), or Gensan salamander, is the most common species of salamander on the Korean peninsula, is also found and on Jeju Island and in the north-eastern Chinese provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang.

Subspecies

• Hynobius leechi quelpartensis

See also

• List of amphibians of Korea
• Korean crevice salamander
• Kori salamander
• Jiyul - Buddhist nun who fasted to stop destruction of Korean salamander lands
• Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea by (1962) Robert G. Webb, J. Knox Jones, Jr., and George W. Byers in University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 149–173, January 31, 1962.

References

External links

• Caudata Culture entry