Onychodactylus japonicus ( Houttuyn, 1782 )

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Onychodactylus japonicus ( Houttuyn, 1782)

Salamandra japonica Houttuyn, 1782: 329 , pl. facing p. 336, f. 3. Types: not stated, but should include specimens shown on the Fig. 3 of the original description (pl. facing p. 336, f. 3). Types were supposed to be found in ZIUU (Uppsala), however our inquiry failed to identify any Onychodactylus specimens there; they also could have been deposited in RMNH (Leiden) or ZMA (Amsterdam). Type locality: initially stated as " Japan ". Brame (1972: 19) restricted type locality to " Fakoneberget " (Hakone mountain, Izu Province (now border of Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures), Honshu, Japan. See Kuzmin, 1995: p. 13 for comment.

[ Lacerta Salamandra Japonica — Houttuyn, 1787: p. 23. Houttuyn treats “Japansche Salamander” as a separate species, however the taxonomical status of this name remains unclear, see comm. 64 in Litvinchuk & Borkin, 2009: p. 33.]

Lacerta japonica Thunberg, 1787: 124 , pl. IV, f. 1. Types: not stated or known to exist, though they can be possibly found in ZIUU, but should include specimens shown on the Fig. 1 of the original description (pl. IV, f. 1); Thunberg, 1787b: 30. Not Salamandra japonica Houttuyn, 1782 . Type locality: " Fakoneberget " (Hakone mountain, Izu Province (now border of Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures), Honshu, Japan. See Kuzmin, 1995: p. 13 for comment.

Lacerta japonicus —Thunberg, 1787: 73 (ex errore); fide Stejneger, 1907: p. 42.

Lacerta Iaponica — Meyer, 1795: 29-30. See Litvinchuk & Borkin, 2009: p. 37.

Lacerta thunbergii Donndorff, 1798: 132 . Description is based on Thunberg, 1787. Substitute name for Lacerta japonica Thunberg, 1787 . See Dunn, 1923: 506 for comment.

Salamandra japonicus — Schneider, 1799: 73 (ex errore?).

Molge striata Merrem, 1820: 185 ; Gray, 1850: 31. Description is based on Houttuyn, 1782 and Thunberg, 1787. Substitute name for Salamandra japonica Houttuyn, 1782 and Lacerta japonica Thunberg, 1787 . See Dunn, 1923: 507 for comment.

Salamandra unguiculata Temminck & Schlegel, 1838: 123 , 129. Types: not stated, but should include animals figured on pl. V, figs. 1-6a of the original publication (pl. V, ff. 1-6a). RMNH 2292A was designated as the lectotype by Hoogmoed (1978: 97). Also MCZ 21320 ( Barbour & Loveridge, 1946: 188), and MNHNP 4692 (6 animals: lectotype and 5 paralectotypes designated by Thireau, 1986: 78–79). Type locality: " Elle se trouve en abundance dans les contrées montueuses des îles Nippon et Sikok, particulièrement dans les provinces Sagami, Sinano, Tanba, Tazima et Tosa, situées entre les 33 et 36 degrés de latitude boreale ". We here restrict the type territory to “ monts Fakone, Sagami, Japon ” (see taxonomic comment). See also Geerts. 1881: 275; Göppert, 1896: 16 (ff. 15–16). Synonymy given by: Gray, 1850: 33; Duméril, Bibron, & Duméril, 1854: 114. See Boulenger, 1882: 35 and Gassó Miracle et al. (2007) for details.

Onychodactylus schlegeli Tschudi, 1838: 92 . Substitute name for Salamandra unguiculata Temminck & Schlegel, 1838 . See Gassó Miracle et al. (2007) for details. See also Duméril, Bibron, & Duméril, 1854: 113–114 (Atlas, pl. 93; f. 1). See Dunn, 1923: 507 for comment.

Onychodactylus japonicus — Bonaparte, 1839: fasc. 26; pages unnumbered; Gray, 1850: 33 (pl. III, f. 15) (gives together with Molge striata Merrem, 1820 at p. 31); Strauch, 1870: 60. [Also cited by: Troschel, 1877: 199 (pl. XV); Hilgendorf, 1880: 121; Boulenger, 1882: 35; Rein, 1884: 188; Cope, 1889: (pl. 46; f. 6); Fritze, 1891: 239; Okada, 1891: 65; Sclater, 1892: 37; Boettger, 1892:58; Ichimura, 1897: 361; Tago, 1903: 464; Tago, 1904: 43; Nomura, 1905: 226–228; Stejneger, 1907: 42 (pl. V, f. 1–4, pl. VI); Tago, 1907: 239–244; Namiye, 1908: 399; Okajima, 1908: 351–381; Okajima, 1909a: 171; Okajima, 1909b: 182; Yoshizawa, 1914: 454; Dunn, 1918: 454; Okajima & Tsusaki, 1921; Okajima, 1922: 196; Dunn, 1923: 506–512; Kobayashi, 1931: 709–710; Tago, 1931: 200–210, pl. XXV; Okada, 1933: 165–166; Kudo, 1934a: 1–16, pls. I–III; Okada, 1934: 19; Sato, 1934: 465–466; Kudo, 1934b: 1–18, pl. 1; Okada, 1935: 583–584; Takashima, 1936: 23; Sato, 1937: 44–45; Okada, 1937a: 185–188, ff. 10–13; Okada, 1937b: 263–268; Sato, 1937: 45–47, ff. 4, 41, 41; Sato, 1939: 763–764; Nakamura, 1941: 422–426, f. 2; 515–521, f. 8; and many other authors.]

Onycopus sieboldii — Duméril & Bibron, 1841: 4. (Substitute name for Onychodactylus schlegeli Tschudi, 1838 ). Treated as lapsus calami by Dunn (1923: 507).

Onychodactylus schlegeli — Duméril & Bibron, 1841: 114.

Onychopus sieboldii —Duméril, Bibron, & Duméril, 1854: 113 (Atlas, pl. 93; f. 1).

Salamandra (Onychodactylus) unguiculata — Schlegel, 1858: 60.

Onychodactylus Schlegelii — Strauch, 1870: 60 (lapsus calami).

[ Onychodactylus sp. — Parker, 1879: 188 (pl. 19, ff. 1–3).]

Onychodactylus Japonicus — Tago, 1903: 464.

Onychodactyllus japonicus — Tago, 1904: pp. 41, 43, pl. I, ffs. A I –A IV. Unjustified emendation of the original spelling.

Ouychodactyllus japonicus — Tago, 1904: p. 43 (ex errore).

Ornychodactylus japonicus — Hashimoto, 1910: p. 499 (ex errore).

Onychodactylus japanicus —Ye, Fei, & Hu, 1993: 28 (ex errore).