The Korean salamander (Hynobius leechii), or Gensan salamander, is the most common species of salamander on the Korean peninsula, and is also found and on Jeju Island and in the north-eastern Chinese provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. It typically lives on forested hills, and from time to time mass deaths occur in Korea when salamanders encounter man-made drainage structures. This has prompted Korean government officials to execute a series of mass evacuations in heavily salamandered areas.
| Korean salamander | |
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| In Danyang | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Hynobiidae |
| Genus: | Hynobius |
| Species: | H. leechii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hynobius leechii Mori, 1928
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Subspecies
edit- Hynobius leechi quelpartensis
See also
edit- List of amphibians of Korea
- Korean crevice salamander
- Kori salamander
- Jiyul - Buddhist nun who fasted to stop destruction of Korean salamander lands[2]
- Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea by (1962) Robert G. Webb, J. Knox Jones, Jr., and George W. Byers in University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 149–173, January 31, 1962.
References
edit- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Hynobius leechii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T119241913A63876633. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T119241913A63876633.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "South Korean nun ends 100-day fast for salamander". Daily Times. 5 February 2005. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.