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Onychodactylus japonicus  (Houttuyn, 1782)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 668231

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Salamandra japonica Houttuyn, 1782
  
    Lacerta japonica (Houttuyn, 1782)
  
    Lacerta thunbergii Donndorff, 1798
  
    Salamandra japonicus Houttuyn, 1782
  
    Molge striata Merrem, 1820
  
    Salamandra unguiculata Temminck and Schlegel, 1838
  
    Onychodactylus schlegeli Tschudi, 1838
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderCaudata  – salamandres, salamandra, Salamanders  
                            FamilyHynobiidae Cope, 1859 – Asiatic Salamanders  
                               SubfamilyOnychodactylinae Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2012  
                                  GenusOnychodactylus Tschudi, 1838 – clawed salamanders  
                                     SpeciesOnychodactylus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)  
       

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  Source: Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Onychodactylus japonicus   
       
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
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