Clouded salamander
Amazing fact
Clouded salamanders attach sacs of eggs to fallen leaves or stones on the bottom of the water.
福岡県
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Clouded salamanders attach sacs of eggs to fallen leaves or stones on the bottom of the water.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Clouded salamander
- Scientific name
- Hynobius nebulosus
- Japanese name
- カスミサンショウウオ
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Caudata
- Family
- Hynobiidae
- Genus
- Hynobius
Recent research re-examined what had been called the clouded salamander, and the animals of many areas have been named as new species.
How the Clouded salamander lives
It usually lives on land. In Fukuoka Prefecture, it lays eggs in pools and channels from winter into spring. After hatching, the young grow in water before moving onto land. On land, it grows by eating small animals living in the forest floor.
福岡県福岡県Basic data
- Range
- Northwestern Kyushu and nearby islands
- Conservation status in Japan
- Vulnerable (VU)Ministry of the Environment of Japan, 5th Red List (2026)
Where the Clouded salamander has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- カスミサンショウウオ
- 简体中文
- 云斑小鲵
- 繁體中文
- 雲斑小鯢
- 한국어
- 카스미도롱뇽
- Français
- Hynobie nébuleux
- العربية
- سمندل ضبابي
- Русский
- Дымчатый углозуб
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — カスミサンショウウオChecked: 2026-11-04
- 福岡県 — カスミサンショウウオChecked: 2026-11-07
- 福岡県 — カスミサンショウウオ（霞山椒魚）Checked: 2026-11-07
- Ministry of the Environment of Japan, 5th Red List (2026)Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
The conservation status in Japan is the category in the Red Lists of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, which assess the risk of extinction for wild animals in Japan.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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