Taxonomic Reassessment of the Izumo Lineage of <i>Hynobius utsunomiyaorum</i>: Description of a New Species from Chugoku, Japan

Taxonomic Reassessment of the Izumo Lineage of <i>Hynobius utsunomiyaorum</i>: Description of a New Species from Chugoku, Japan

Here, we describe a new species of the genus <i>Hynobius</i> from Chugoku, Japan. In populations from central to eastern Shimane Prefecture, the Izumo Lineage of <i>Hynobius utsunomiyaorum</i> was clearly distinguished from the true <i>Hynobius utsunomiyaorum</i>...

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Main Authors: Hirotaka Sugawara, Takayuki Iwata, Hitoshi Yamashita, Masahiro Nagano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
canonical discriminant analysis
cytochrome <i>b</i>
lentic salamander
polyphyly
San’in region
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/8/2187

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