| Hynobius sonani | |
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| Model in National Taiwan Museum | |
| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Hynobiidae |
| Genus: | Hynobius |
| Species: | H. sonani |
| Binomial name | |
| Hynobius sonani (Maki, 1922) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Salamandrella sonani Maki, 1922 | |
Hynobius sonani, the Taichū salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to Taiwan, where it occurs in the Central Mountain Range above 2,750 m (9,020 ft). Its natural habitats are from open alpine habitats to shaded moist evergreen forests; it breeds in streams.
Adult males are 98–129 mm (3.9–5.1 in) and females are 90–105 mm (3.5–4.1 in) in length.
The original specimens used to describe H. sonani (along with H. arisanensis and H. formosanus) were lost in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.
Hynobius sonani has very fragmented distribution and is threatened by habitat loss, mainly caused by the development of infrastructure for tourism. It is present in Taroko National Park.
See also
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Hynobius sonani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59093A203523109. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T59093A203523109.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Lue, Kuang-Yang. "Hynobius sonani". BiotaTaiwanica. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 26. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
- Lai, June-Shiang; Lue, Kuang-Yang (2008). "Two new Hynobius (Caudata: Hynobiidae) salamanders from Taiwan". Herpetologica. 64 (1): 63–80. doi:10.1655/06-065.1. JSTOR 25209100. S2CID 86589025.
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