Korean salamander

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Korean salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Subclass: Lissamphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Hynobiidae
Genus: Hynobius
Species: H. leechii
Binomial name
Hynobius leechii
Mori, 1928

The Korean salamander (Hynobius leechii) is the most common species of salamander on the Korean peninsula, and is also found in adjacent portions of China and on Jeju Island. It typically lives on forested hills, and from time to time mass deaths occur in Korea when salamanders encounter man-made drainage structures.

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  • Hynobius leechi quelpartensis

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