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<i>Hynobius yangi</i> (new species of Korean salamander))

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This newly recognized Hynobius species, long confused with H.leechi, is described in Zoological Science, a journal published by the Zoological Society of Japan:

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http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/zsj/20/9/1163/_pdf/-char/ja/
 
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Tim, do you have any update on this? Does it have a name? Has it been officially published?
 

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Hi Jen, I can't answer your specific questions immediately but I do in fact have in my possession some more recent information on this. I just hadn't posted it because I didn't detect an incredible amount of interest in the original post above
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Now that you've proven to me that the masses are indeed awake, alert and hungry for info, here it is:

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Source: 42nd Annual Meeting of the Herpetological Society of Japan
 

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And Jennewt, don't bother to inquire about the scientific name that's been chosen for Japan's new Akaishi Salamander because I'm sworn to secrecy
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I haven't told a soul, not even my wife...not that she'd care to know
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