Hida salamander

The Hida salamander or Hondo salamander (Hynobius kimurae) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, the Asiatic salamanders. It is endemic to central and western Honshu, Japan.^[2] It lives in deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests, where it breeds in streams.^[1] The egg sacs of this species were reported to display blue-to-yellow iridescent glow due to a quasi-periodic diffraction grating structure embedded within the enveloppes of the egg sacs.^[3] These salamanders typically spawn from February to April, leading some to metamorphose in late September while others wait for the following year to do so after winter is over.^[4]

Hida salamander
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Hynobiidae
Genus:	Hynobius
Species:	H. kimurae
Binomial name
Hynobius kimurae Dunn, 1923
Synonyms[2]
Hynobius luteopunctatus Hatta, 1914 — nomen nudum Pseudosalamandra hida Tago, 1929 — nomen nudum