Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Amphibians and Reptiles in the Herpetological Museum of the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences: II. Hynobiidae (Amphibia, Urodela)

Abstract

salamanders are considered exclusively Asian (Fu, 2003). China is the main distributional range of hynobiid salamanders, including 29 species in eight genera (24 species in the Mainland of China, and five species in Taiwan, China; AmphibiaWeb, 2012), and four genera and 21 species endemic to China. 5785 specimens (belonging to 16 species, including the type specimens of seven species) of hynobiid salamanders are deposited in the Herpetological Museum of CIB, CAS. In this paper, the type specimens of seven species of hynobiids are reported. Material and MethodsClassification of taxa mainly follows Fei et al. (2006), AmphibiaWeb (2012) and Xia et al. (2012). All information for each type specimen of the seven species is presented in the following format: genus name, species name, information of the original description, the catalog number of holotype, sex, type locality, information of allotype (if any) and paratype, number and distribution of deposited specimens, except Pseudohynobius kuankuoshuiensis. Additional notes on each species are provided where relevant, under the heading "Comments". Keywords type specimen, catalogue, hynobiid salamander, museumAbstract In order to facilitate herpetological research for herpetologists in and outside of China, we will report all the type specimens of Amphibia and Reptilia deposited in the Herpetological Museum of the Chengdu Institute of Biology (CIB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in series. This report focuses on the type specimens of the family Hynobiidae of Urodela in Amphibia, which comprises seven species. Each entry provides the genus name, species name, information of the original description, the catalog number of holotype, sex, type locality, information of allotype (if any) and paratype, number and distribution of deposited specimens, and comments where they are appropriate.

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