| an integrative taxonomic analysis reveals a new species of lotic hynobius salamander from japan. | we examine the phylogenetic structure and morphological differentiation within the hynobius kimurae-h. boulengeri species complex-a widely-distributed group of stream-breeding hynobiid salamanders, inhabiting montane areas of western, central and eastern parts of honshu island, japan. phylogenetic relationships were assessed based on analyses of mitochondrial (mtdna) and nuclear (nudna) gene fragments for a total of 51 samples representing 23 localities covering the entire range of the species c ... | 2018 | 29942708 |
| morphological and allozymic variation in hynobius boulengeri and h. stejnegeri (amphibia: urodela: hynobiidae). | we studied morphological and allozymic variation in populations of japanese salamanders, hynobius boulengeri and h. stejnegeri. adult h. boulengeri showed sexual dimorphism, and juveniles differed greatly from adults in many morphological characters. from the results of multivariate analyses of morphological characters, the populations were divided into four groups: (i) h. boulengeri from honshu, (ii) h. boulengeri from shikoku, (iii) h. boulengeri from the sobo-katamuki mountains of kyushu and ... | 2007 | 17824783 |