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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