clawed salamander

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Clawed salamanders

| image = Onychodactylus fischeri01.jpeg

| image_caption = Onychodactylus fischeri

| parent_authority = Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2012

| taxon = Onychodactylus

| authority = Tscudi, 1838

| subdivision = See table

}}

The genus Onychodactylus, commonly known as clawed salamanders, is composed of three species, all endemic to eastern Asia. O. koreanus is found on the Korean peninsula, while O. fischeri is found in the Russian Far East and O. japonicus is found in Japan, on the islands of Shikoku and Honshū.{{cite journal|author1=Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Jr.|author2=Jing Che|author3=Mi-Sook Min|author4=Masaki Kuro-o|author5=Fang Yan|author6=Cheng Li|author7=Koji Iizuka|author8=David R. Vieites|year=2012|title=Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Asian Clawed Salamanders, genus Onychodactylus (Amphibia, Caudata: Hynobiidae), with the description of four new species|journal=Zootaxa|volume=3465|issue=1|pages=1–106|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3465.1.1}} All species are lungless with moderately developed parotoid glands. They inhabit moist, forested mountains near small rivers, streams, and lakes. Adults of each species can reach a length of 19 cm.

Species

Species recognized as of October 2023:

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Onychodactylus fischeri|(Boulenger, 1886)|

Onychodactylus fuscus|Yoshikawa and Matsui, 2014|

Onychodactylus intermedius|Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014|

Onychodactylus japonicus|(Houttuyn, 1782)|

Onychodactylus kinneburi|Yoshikawa, Matsui, Tanabe, and Okayama, 2013|

Onychodactylus koreanus|Min, Poyarkov, and Vieites, 2012|

Onychodactylus nipponoborealis|Kuro-o, Poyarkov, and Vieites, 2012|

Onychodactylus pyrrhonotus|Yoshikawa and Matsui, 2022|

Onychodactylus sillanus|Min, Borzée, and Poyarkov, 2022|

Onychodactylus tsukubaensis|Yoshikawa and Matsui, 2013|

Onychodactylus zhangyapingi|Che, Poyarkov, and Yan, 2012|

Onychodactylus zhaoermii|Che, Poyarkov, and Yan, 2012

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References

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{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Caudata/Hynobiidae/Onychodactylinae/Onychodactylus |title=Onychodactylus |last=Frost |first=Darrel R. |date=2019 |website=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA |access-date=8 October 2019}}

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External links

{{aut|AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian declines, conservation, natural history, and taxonomy.}} [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: [http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&table=amphib&where-genus=Onychodactylus&where-species= Onychodactylus]. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: November 20, 2010).