Korean salamander

Korean salamander
In Danyang
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Hynobiidae
Genus:	Hynobius
Species:	H. leechii
Binomial name
Hynobius leechii Mori, 1928
Synonyms
Hynobius mantchuricus

The Korean salamander (Hynobius leechii), or Gensan salamander, is the most common species of salamander on the Korean peninsula, is also found and on Jeju Island and in the north-eastern Chinese provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang.

Subspecies

• Hynobius leechi quelpartensis

See also

• List of amphibians of Korea
• Korean crevice salamander
• Kori salamander
• Jiyul - Buddhist nun who fasted to stop destruction of Korean salamander lands ^[2]
• Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea by (1962) Robert G. Webb, J. Knox Jones, Jr., and George W. Byers in University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 149–173, January 31, 1962.

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Hynobius leechii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T119241913A63876633. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T119241913A63876633.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. "South Korean nun ends 100-day fast for salamander". Daily Times. 5 February 2005. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.

External links

• Caudata Culture entry
• 2004 IUCN Red List