This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Nishikawa, Kanto, Ju, Yu-Ten, Jheng, Sheng-Wun, Lin, You-Zhu, Hara, Sotaro, Lai, June-Shiang, Lin, Si-Min, Lue, Kuang-Yang (2021): Taxonomic clarification and neotype designation of two Taiwanese salamanders (Amphibia, Urodela, Hynobiidae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 188-196, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.11

Abstract

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.

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Citation: Nishikawa K, Ju Y, Jheng S, Lin Y, Hara S, Lai J, Lin S, Lue K, plazi (2021). Taxonomic clarification and neotype designation of two Taiwanese salamanders (Amphibia, Urodela, Hynobiidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.11 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.