A new species of salamander has been identified in central Japan, the first of its kind in over three decades, researchers say.The biologists from Kyoto University and two other institutions said the new species, named as the Mikawa Salamander, was found in a highland area of eastern Aichi Prefecture.(Yasuchika Misawa / Kyodo)The range of the species is so small that urgent conservation measures are necessary, they said in a newly published report in the scholarly journal Current Herpetology.The new species, which belongs to the genus Hynobius, has been given the scientific name Hynobius mi…READ FULL ARTICLE
