Japanese black salamander
Japanese black salamander | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Caudata |
Family: | Hynobiidae |
Genus: | Hynobius |
Species: | H. nigrescens |
Binomial name | |
Hynobius nigrescens Stejneger, 1907 | |
The Japanese black salamander (Hynobius nigrescens) is a species of salamander in the Hynobiidae family, endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, irrigated land, canals and ditches.
References
- Kaneko, Y. & Matsui, M. 2004. Hynobius nigrescens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
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