Tohoku Salamander
Hynobius lichenatus
Photo: あおもりくま,Aomorikuma / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The Tohoku Salamander is a small salamander found mainly in the Tohoku region. In early spring, around snowmelt, it lays crescent-shaped egg sacs in wetlands and puddles. It usually lives under leaf litter and stones on the forest floor and is seldom seen. Its habitat is protected as a Natural Monument in Gunma.
- Scientific name
- Hynobius lichenatus
- Group
- Amphibians
- Prefectures
- Gunma
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- Near ThreatenedMinistry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026)
- 日本語
- トウホクサンショウウオ
- 简体中文
- 东北山椒鱼
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The Tohoku Salamander is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Gunma.
You can see the Tohoku Salamander at Tochigi Prefectural Nakagawa Aquatic Park, among others (confirmed on each facility's official website on 2026-10-15).
The Tohoku Salamander is listed as "Near Threatened" in the Ministry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026) (listed as トウホクサンショウウオ).
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