Oita salamander

Oita salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Hynobiidae
Genus: Hynobius
Species: H. dunni
Binomial name
Hynobius dunni
Tago, 1931

The Oita salamander (Hynobius dunni) is a species of salamander in the Hynobiidae family endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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