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Prefectural Natural Monument
Amphibians
Tohoku Salamander
Hynobius lichenatus
The Tohoku Salamander is a small salamander found mainly in the Tohoku region. In early spring, around snowmelt, it lays crescent-shaped egg sacs in wetlands and puddles. It usually lives under leaf litter and stones on the forest floor and is seldom seen. Its habitat is protected as a Natural Monument in Gunma.
- Scientific name
- Hynobius lichenatus
- Group
- Amphibians
- Prefectures
- Gunma
- 日本語
- トウホクサンショウウオ
- 简体中文
- 东北山椒鱼
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The Tohoku Salamander is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Gunma.
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