The Korean salamander (Hynobius leechii), or Gensan salamander, is the most common species of salamander on the Korean Peninsula, is also found and on Jeju Island and in the north-eastern Chinese provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Gensan Salamander being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hynobius quelpaertensis
- Hynobius unisacculus
- Hynobius perplicatus
- Hynobius geojeensis
- Hynobius notialis
- Hynobius yangi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Caudata
- Family
- Hynobiidae
- Genus
- Hynobius
- Species
- Hynobius leechii
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