Cynops ensicauda

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Cynops
Species: Cynops ensicauda
Subspecies: C. e. ensicauda - C. e. popei

Cynops ensicauda (Hallowell, 1861)

Type locality: "Paddyfields at the Amakarima Isle" and "Ralousima... the northern half of Ousima proper" (= Amami, Ryukyu Is., Japan).

Syntypes: USNM 7410 (3 specimens).

• Triton ensicauda Hallowell, 1861
• Molge pyrrhogaster var. ensicauda — Boulenger, 1887
• Molge pyrrhogastra var. ensicaudatus — Okada, 1891
• Molge pyrrhogaster ensicauda — Brown, 1902
• Diemictylus ensicauda — Stejneger, 1907
• Triturus ensicaudus — Dunn, 1918
• Triton pyrrhogaster subsp. ensicauda — Wolterstorff, 1925
• Triton (Cynops) pyrrhogaster — Wolterstorff, 1927
• Cynops ensicauda — Wolterstorff & Herre, 1935
• Triturus ensicauda — Sato, 1943
• Triturus ensicaudus popei Inger, 1947
• Triturus ensicaudus ensicaudus — Inger, 1947
• Triturus pyrrhogaster ensicaudus — Kawamura, 1950
• Triturus (Cynops) pyrrhogaster ensicaudus — Nakamura & Ueno, 1963
• Cynops pyrrhogaster popei — Brame, 1967
• Cynops ensicauda ensicauda — Thorn, 1968

• Hallowell, E., 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 494.
• Thorn, 1968, Salamand. Eur. Asie Afr. Nord: 281.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Cynops ensicauda Reference page. 
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Cynops ensicauda. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Cynops ensicauda  (Endangered) Downloaded on 7 August 2008.
• Environment Agency of Japan (eds.), 2000. Threatened Wildlife of Japan -Red Data Book 2nd ed.- Reptillia/Amphibia. ISBN4-915959-70-8. [1]