Summary ²

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.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) 2004 Henk Wallays, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=145078&one=T
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hynobius_nigrescens

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• AMNH Amphibian Species of the World
• AmphibiaWeb
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HerpMapper
• VertNet
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム

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