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

[TJ]

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

http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/zsj/20/9/1163/_pdf/-char/ja/

 

[jennifer]

Tim, do you have any update on this? Does it have a name? Has it been officially published?

 

[TJ]

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

Now that you've proven to me that the masses are indeed awake, alert and hungry for info, here it is:

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

 

[TJ]

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

I haven't told a soul, not even my wife...not that she'd care to know