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Cynops pyrrhogaster (Niigata Prefecture)

TJ

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Since there seems to be some off-line interest in WC location-known C.p, I'll try to get some more pics posted. Here are some C.p from Niigata Prefecture in northern Honshu Island on the Japan Sea coast.

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The precise location they were caught is the village of Makimura in southern Niigata on the border with Toyama Prefecture

http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~makimura/koutu/koutu.htm

Not sure whether or not they are of the Tohoku race or an intermediate race but they are located close to #11 on this map:

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[Hayashi, T. & Matsui, M. (1990), Genetic differentiations within and between two local races of the Japanese newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster, in eastern Japan.]

I keep 4 of them, of which one is considerably less dark than the others.
 
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