Hida Salamander
ヒダサンショウウオ · Hidasanshouuo
Photo: Eugene van der Pijll / CC BY-SA 2.5 / Wikimedia Commons
- Designated by
- Prefectural / Natural Monument
- Designation type
- Species
- Designated on
- March 27, 2007
- Prefectures
- Gunma
- Scientific name
- Hynobius kimurae
About the Hida Salamander
Under current taxonomy, the Hida Salamander, Hynobius kimurae, occurs from central Honshu westward into the Chugoku region. It lives in mountain forests near small streams and attaches tough egg sacs beneath submerged rocks. Gunma's prefectural Natural Monument retains the historical name Hida Salamander, but the protected population there is now classified as the distinct species Hynobius fossigenus.
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Designated as a species without a fixed area. Markers show related prefectures.
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The Hida Salamander is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Gunma.
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