Triton japonicus Temminck, 1836

Miracle, Eulàlia Gassó, Van, Lars W., Ostende, Den Hoek & Arntzen, Jan Willem, 2007, Type specimens of amphibians in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands, Zootaxa 1482, pp. 25-68 : 59

Triton japonicus Temminck, 1836

Temminck, 1836. Coup-d’oeil sur Faun. Îles Sonde et Emp. Jap.: xxvi. Current name: Andrias japonicus (Temminck, 1836)

Lectotype: RMNH 2392, 1 juv. Loc.: “ Japon ”. Leg.: Ph.F. von Siebold.

Paralectotypes: RMNH 2394, 1 spec. Loc.: “ Japon ”. Leg.: Ph.F. von Siebold.

RMNH 18562, 1 ad. skeleton. Loc.: “ Japon ”.

Remarks. The lectotype was selected by Hoogmoed (1978: 102). There are also paralectotypes in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris (MNHNP 7614) and in the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZMB 30646). These specimens are also the type series of Salamandra maxima Temminck & Schlegel, 1838 and of Megalobatrachus Sieboldii Tschudi, 1838 .