Salamandra unguiculata Temminck & Schlegel 1838

Salamandra unguiculata Temminck & Schlegel, 1838

Temminck & Schlegel, 1838. Fauna Japonica, 3: 123; pl. V, figs. 1-6. Current name: Onychodactylus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)

Lectotype: RMNH 2292 A, 1 ɗ. Loc.: Japon. Leg.: Ph.F. von Siebold.

Paralectotypes: RMNH 2292 B-D, 1 ɗ, 2 ΨΨ. Loc.: Japon. Leg.: Ph.F. von Siebold.

RMNH 2289, 20 dried ad. Loc.: Japon. Leg.: Ph.F. von Siebold.

RMNH 2290, 5 ΨΨ, 3 hgr. Loc.: Japon. Leg.: H. Bürger.

RMNH 2291, 7 larvae. Loc.: Japon. Leg.: Ph.F. von Siebold.

RMNH 18560, 1 skeleton. Loc.: Japon.

Remarks. The type locality given by Temminck & Schlegel (1838: 125) is “îles Nippon et Sikok, particulièrement dans les provinces Sagamai, Sinano, Tanba, Tazima et Tosa, situées entre les 33 et 36 degrés de latitude boreale” [Honshu and Shikoku Islands, Japan]. Hoogmoed (1978: 97) designated the lectotype. There are also paralectotypes in the Natural History Museum in London, the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris (MNHNP 4692), the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, Massachusetts (MCZ 21320) and the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZMB 3633, larva), obtained through exchange with the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden. These specimens are also the type series of Onychodactylus Schlegeli Tschudi, 1838.