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About Hynobiidae (Hasumi)
- English
URL: http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~hasumi/doc1/hyno_e.html
The family Hynobiidae contains the most primitive living salamanders (Dowling and Duellman, 1973).
Hynobius is a genus of this family, and involves the majority of species. Molecular data on the family
Hynobiidae (including the genera Batrachuperus, Hynobius, Onychodactylus, and Salamandrella) are
compatible with monophyly of this family (Larson and Dimmick, 1993). Hynobiid salamanders are
characterized evolutionarily by the following five salient features in terms of "reproduction" (refer to the flow
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