Clawed salamander

Onychodactylus fischeri

Onychodactylus is a genus of Caudata ( Caudata ) from the family of the angles tooth newts.

Features

The skin of these newts is smooth. Lung is not available. The palatal teeth arranged in two continuous, arcuate rows. The rib grooves are well marked. The long, strong tail is slightly compressed at its end, at the base, however, cylindrical. There are five toes on the extremities. Fully developed larvae and adult animals possess distinct, blackish, pointed claws. The larvae are rheophil, that is, they live in rivers.

Occurrence

The distribution area of the species of this genus includes the southern Russian Far East, bordering China to the Wonsan in Korea and Japan, the mountains on Honshu and Shikoku.

System

The genus includes seven species:

  • Onychodactylus fischeri ( Boulenger, 1886)
  • Onychodactylus japonicus ( Houttuyn, 1782 )
  • Onychodactylus koreanus Min, Poyarkov & Vieites, 2012
  • Onychodactylus nipponoborealis Kuro -o, Poyarkov, and Vieites, 2012
  • Onychodactylus tsukubaensis Natsuhiko Yoshikawa & Masafumi Matsui, 2013
  • Onychodactylus zhangyapingi Che, Poyarkov & Yan, 2012
  • Onychodactylus zhaoermii Che, Poyarkov & Yan, 2012
Fischer's clawed salamander Lissamphibia Johann Jakob von Tschudi
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