Hida salamander

Hida salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Hynobiidae
Genus: Hynobius
Species:
H. kimurae
Binomial name
Hynobius kimurae
Dunn, 1923
Synonyms[2]
  • Hynobius luteopunctatus Hatta, 1914 — nomen nudum
  • Pseudosalamandra hida Tago, 1929 — nomen nudum

The Hida salamander or Hondo salamander (Hynobius kimurae) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, the Asiatic salamanders. It is endemic to central and western Honshu, Japan.[2] It lives in deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests, where it breeds in streams.[1] The egg sacs of this species were reported to display blue-to-yellow iridescent glow due to a quasi-periodic diffraction grating structure embedded within the enveloppes of the egg sacs.[3] These salamanders typically spawn from February to April, leading some to metamorphose in late September while others wait for the following year to do so after winter is over.[4]

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Hynobius kimurae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T188970983A177183757. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T188970983A177183757.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Zabuga2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Matsui, Masafumi & Misawa, Yasuchika (1997). "Larval life history variation in two populations of the Japanese salamander Hynobius kimurae (Amphibia, Urodela)". Zoological Science. 14 (2): 257–262. doi:10.2108/zsj.14.257. hdl:2433/65056. ISSN 0289-0003.