Oita Salamander
Hynobius dunni
Photo: 池上富士夫 / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The Oita Salamander is a small salamander living mainly in Oita Prefecture and parts of Kyushu. In early spring it lays banana-shaped egg sacs in ponds and ditches, and it spends most of its life under leaf litter in woodland. Breeding sites have shrunk through development, and its habitat at Saiki Castle Hill is a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Hynobius dunni
- Group
- Amphibians
- Prefectures
- Oita
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- VulnerableMinistry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026)
- 日本語
- オオイタサンショウウオ
- 简体中文
- 大分山椒鱼
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The Oita Salamander is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Oita.
The Oita Salamander is listed as "Vulnerable" in the Ministry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026) (listed as オオイタサンショウウオ).
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