Endangered
Hynobius abuensis
Hynobius abuensis
Hynobius abuensis is a salamander in the family Hynobiidae (order Caudata), recorded as Endangered and tied to Japan.
Appearance
It has an olive-colored posterior, and a lighter underbelly. The underbelly is dotted with silvery-white spots.
Range and habitat
Hynobius abuensis is found in temperate forests, near still water bodies such as puddles and marshes. It is mainly found in a small area in southern Japan. It is found in the Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures of the Chūgoku region in Honshu, Japan.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Hynobius abuensis breeds in still water bodies. Breeding usually occurs from February to March.
In crisis
Salamanders disappear when seeps are capped, caves are disturbed, or a pathogen moves through a mountain range.
Hynobius abuensis is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Hynobius abuensis, Wikidata item Q108542743. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
