Two new Hynobius from Taiwan

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Just seen on Amphibiaweb the addition of two new Hynobius species from Taiwan, H. fuca and H. glacialis. Has anyone seen the paper describing them? are there new to science or splits?

paper reference: Lai J-Sm Kye K-Y 2008 Two new Hynobius (Caudata: Hynobiidae) salamanders from Taiwan. Herpetologica 64:63-80.
 
will_j said:
Just seen on Amphibiaweb the addition of two new Hynobius species from Taiwan, H. fuca and H. glacialis. Has anyone seen the paper describing them? are there new to science or splits?

paper reference: Lai J-Sm Kye K-Y 2008 Two new Hynobius (Caudata: Hynobiidae) salamanders from Taiwan. Herpetologica 64:63-80.
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I have the pdf if you're still interested in it. The paper isn't too clear (on a brief read anyways) whether they are totally new discoveries, but they seem to be at least recognizing novel taxa that weren't known before. Not sure, I'd have to read it in detail later. PM me if you want the pdf.

H. fuca
Hynobius_fuca.jpg


I briefly mentioned these two species amongst many of the other new vertebrate species described so far in 2008 here:
http://slybird.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-species-in-2008.html

Cheers,
Nick
 
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