@article{6944fb9ca250472197496643051b858b,
title = "Taxonomic clarification and neotype designation of two Taiwanese salamanders (Amphibia, Urodela, Hynobiidae)",
abstract = "Taxonomic identification of two Taiwanese salamanders, Hynobius sonani (Maki, 1922), and H. formosanus Maki, 1922, was clarified. Based on the descriptions and measurement data in the original description, we confirmed that H. sonani has been treated as H. formosanus and vice versa, which might have been caused by confusion of sampling localities of the two species. Because we could not find the holotypes of the two species and concluded these were lost, we herein assign neotypes for these species for precluding future taxonomic confusion. ",
keywords = "Holotype, Hynobius, Locality information, Taiwan, Taxonomy, Topotype",
author = "Kanto Nishikawa and Ju, {Yu Ten} and Jheng, {Sheng Wun} and Lin, {You Zhu} and Sotaro Hara and Lai, {June Shiang} and Lin, {Si Min} and Kuang-Yang Lue",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank Drs. Hideki Endo and Rei Ueshima (TIU), Dr. Masaharu Motokawa (KUZ), Dr. Shin-ichiro Kawada (NSMT), and Drs. Wenhao Chou and Hui-Yun Tseng (NMNS) for permitting and helping us to examine collections, Dr. Masafumi Matsui and late Ms. Taeko Utsunomiya for providing literature and giving various comments on the study, Dr. Takafumi Nakano for suggesting on the nomenclature, and Drs. Takatoshi Ueno and Taisuke Kanao for giving information on Dr. Sonan{\textquoteright}s collection. This work was partly supported by the project between Kyoto University and National Taiwan University to exchange researchers to KN and by the projects of 1079021 and SP109114 supported from National Parks of Taiwan to YTJ. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Magnolia Press.",
year = "2021",
month = jun,
day = "3",
doi = "10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.11",
language = "English",
volume = "4981",
pages = "188--196",
journal = "Zootaxa",
issn = "1175-5326",
publisher = "Magnolia Press",
number = "1",
}