Taxonomic clarification and neotype designation of two Taiwanese salamanders (Amphibia, Urodela, Hynobiidae)

Kanto Nishikawa; Yu Ten Ju; Sheng Wun Jheng; You Zhu Lin; Sotaro Hara; June Shiang Lai; Si Min Lin; Kuang Yang Lue

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.11

Taxonomic clarification and neotype designation of two Taiwanese salamanders (Amphibia, Urodela, Hynobiidae)

Kanto Nishikawa^*, Yu Ten Ju, Sheng Wun Jheng, You Zhu Lin, Sotaro Hara, June Shiang Lai, Si Min Lin, Kuang Yang Lue

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	188-196
Number of pages	9
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	4981
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.11
Publication status	Published - 2021 Jun 3

Keywords

Holotype
Hynobius
Locality information
Taiwan
Taxonomy
Topotype

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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Taxonomic clarification and neotype designation of two Taiwanese salamanders (Amphibia, Urodela, Hynobiidae)

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