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Prefectural Natural Monument
Amphibians
Oita Salamander
Hynobius dunni
The Oita Salamander is a small salamander living mainly in Oita Prefecture and parts of Kyushu. In early spring it lays banana-shaped egg sacs in ponds and ditches, and it spends most of its life under leaf litter in woodland. Breeding sites have shrunk through development, and its habitat at Saiki Castle Hill is a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Hynobius dunni
- Group
- Amphibians
- Prefectures
- Oita
- 日本語
- オオイタサンショウウオ
- 简体中文
- 大分山椒鱼
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The Oita Salamander is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Oita.
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