Hynobius

Hynobius is a genus of salamander (Asian salamanders) in the family Hynobiidae, occurring in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Far East Russia. It is a large genus containing over 40 species. The Japanese archipelago is the primary diversity hotspot for the genus, with nearly 67.3% of Hynobius species being endemic to it.

==Species== thumb|A larval Hida salamander|Hynobius kimurae Species included (as of June 2025): Hynobius abei Sato, 1934 Hynobius abuensis Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2019 Hynobius akiensis Matsui, Okawa, and Nishikawa, 2019 Hynobius amabensis Sugawara and Nagano, 2023 Hynobius amakusaensis Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014 Hynobius amjiensis Gu, 1992 Hynobius arisanensis Maki, 1922 Hynobius bakan Matsui, Okawa, and Nishikawa, 2019 Hynobius bambusicolus Wang, Othman, Qiu and Borzée, 2023 Hynobius boulengeri (Thompson, 1912) Hynobius chinensis Günther, 1889 Hynobius dunni Tago, 1931 Hynobius formosanus Maki, 1922 Hynobius fossigenus Okamiya, Sugawara, Nagano, and Poyarkov, 2018 Hynobius fucus Lai and Lue, 2008 Hynobius geiyoensis Sugawara, Naito, Iwata, and Nagano, 2022 Hynobius geojeensis Min and Borzée, 2021 Hynobius glacialis Lai and Lue, 2008 Hynobius guabangshanensis Shen, 2004 Hynobius guttatus Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019 Hynobius hidamontanus Matsui, 1987 Hynobius hirosei Lantz, 1931 Hynobius ikioi Matsui, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2017 Hynobius iwami Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa, and Tominaga, 2019 Hynobius katoi Matsui, Kokuryo, Misawa, and Nishikawa, 2004 Hynobius kimurae Dunn, 1923 Hynobius kuishiensis Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019 Hynobius kunibiki Sugawara, Iwata, Yamashita, and Nagano, 2021 Hynobius leechii Boulenger, 1887 Hynobius lichenatus Boulenger, 1883 Hynobius maoershanensis Zhou, Jiang, and Jiang, 2006 Hynobius mikawaensis Matsui, Misawa, Nishikawa, and Shimada, 2017 Hynobius miyazakiensis Sugawara, Nagano, and Sueyoshi, 2023 Hynobius naevius (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838) Hynobius nagatoensis Sugawara, Tahara, Matsukoji, and Nagano, 2022 Hynobius nebulosus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838) Hynobius nigrescens Stejneger, 1907 Hynobius nihoensis Sugawara, Nagano, and Nakazono, 2022 Hynobius notialis Min and Borzée, 2021 Hynobius okiensis Sato, 1940 Hynobius oni Kanamori, Nishikawa, Matsui, and Tanabe, 2022 Hynobius osumiensis Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014 Hynobius oyamai Tominaga, Matsui, and Nishikawa, 2019 Hynobius owariensis Sugawara, Fujitani, Seguchi, Sawahata, and Nagano, 2022 Hynobius perplicatus Min and Borzée, 2021 Hynobius quelpaertensis Mori, 1928 Hynobius retardatus Dunn, 1923 Hynobius sematonotos Tominaga, Matsui, and Nishikawa, 2019 Hynobius sengokui Matsui, Misawa, Yoshikawa, and Nishikawa, 2022 Hynobius setoi Matsui, Tanabe, and Misawa, 2019 Hynobius setouchi Matsui, Okawa, Tanabe, and Misawa, 2019 Hynobius shinichisatoi Nishikawa and Matsui, 2014 Hynobius sonani (Maki, 1922) Hynobius stejnegeri Dunn, 1923 Hynobius sumidai Sugawara, Naito, Iwata, and Nagano, 2022 Hynobius takedai Matsui and Miyazaki, 1984 Hynobius tokyoensis Tago, 1931 Hynobius tosashimizuensis Sugawara, Watabe, Yoshikawa, and Nagano, 2018 Hynobius tsuensis Abé, 1922 Hynobius tsurugiensis Tominaga, Matsui, Tanabe, and Nishikawa, 2019 Hynobius turkestanicus Nikolskii, 1910 Hynobius unisacculus Min, Baek, Song, Chang, and Poyarkov, 2016 Hynobius utsunomiyaorum Matsui and Okawa, 2019 Hynobius vandenburghi Dunn, 1923 Hynobius yangi Kim, Min, and Matsui, 2003 Hynobius yiwuensis Cai, 1985