Ezo salamander
| Ezo salamander | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Hynobiidae |
| Genus: | Hynobius |
| Species: | H. retardatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hynobius retardatus (Dunn, 1923) | |
The Ezo salamander or Hokkaido salamander (Hynobius retardatus) is a species of salamander in the Hynobiidae family, endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, irrigated land, and canals and ditches.
References
- Kaneko, Y. & Matsui, M. 2004. Hynobius retardatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
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