A Specimen of Karsenia koreana (Caudata: Plethodontidae) Misidentified as Hynobius leechii 27 Years before the Species' Description and Additional Historical Record
- 주제(키워드) Karsenia koreana , Korean crevice salamander , Natural History Museum , Plethodontidae , Republic of Korea
- 주제(기타) Zoology
- 설명문(일반) [Shin, Yucheol; Borzee, Amael] Nanjing Forestry Univ, Coll Biol & Environm, Nanjing 210037, Peoples R China; [Shin, Yucheol] Kangwon Natl Univ, Coll Nat Sci, Dept Biol Sci, Chunchon 24341, South Korea; [Jang, Yikweon] Ewha Womans Univ, Div EcoSci, Seoul 03760, South Korea; [Jang, Yikweon] Ewha Womans Univ, Dept Life Sci, Seoul 03760, South Korea; [Kim, Taewoo] Natl Inst Biol Resources, Dept Anim Resources, Incheon 22689, South Korea
- 등재 SCIE, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 HERPETOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN, KYOTO UNIV, GRADUATE SCH SCIE
- 발행년도 2020
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000168975
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As https://dx.doi.org/10.5358/hsj.39.75
초록/요약
We describe a specimen of Karsenia koreana, the only Asian plethodontid salamander, found in the herpetology collection of Ewha Woman's University Natural History Museum (EWNHM), Republic of Korea. This specimen was collected in Daedun Mountain, North Jeolla Province on 8 May 1978 and subsequently misidentified as Hynobius leechii. Therefore, the collection of this particular specimen predates the formal description of the species by 27 years. We also remark on the specimen previously described by Nishikawa (2009) and an observation of K. koreana made in Baekun Mountain on 24 August 1999. These records altogether represent fuller historical data on records of this species prior to its formal description.
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