Onychodactylus fuscus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Hynobiidae |
Genus: | Onychodactylus |
Species: | O. fuscus
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Binomial name | |
Onychodactylus fuscus Yoshikawa & Matsui, 2014
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Onychodactylus fuscus, the Tadami clawed salamander, is a species of clawed salamander from Japan. [1] It is known to occur in four different localities in the Fukushima and Niigata Prefectures, [2] including Tadami and Sanjō. [3] The species grows 14 centimetres (5.5 in) to 16 centimetres (6.3 in) long, [3] and differs from the Japanese clawed salamander (O. japonicus) by having a long tail and wide head, as well as lacking a dorsal stripe. [2] O. fuscus lives in streams [3] and breeds during the winter. [2] The species is closely related to Onychodactylus intermedius. It shares much of its habitat with O. japonicus, but the two species are reproductively isolated. [2]