Ezo salamander
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Species: | H. retardatus
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Hynobius retardatus (Dunn, 1923)
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The Ezo salamander or Hokkaido salamander (Hynobius retardatus) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, irrigated land, and canals and ditches.
References
- Kaneko, Y.; Matsui, M. (2004). "Hynobius retardatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. IUCN: e.T59101A11880473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59101A11880473.en. Retrieved 21 December 2017.