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title: "Gensan Salamander"
description: "Hynobius leechii — Anfibi. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/gensan-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Gensan Salamander

> Hynobius leechii — Anfibi. 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.

- Scientific name: *Hynobius leechii*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 2184
- Wikidata: [Q1065311](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1065311)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26882](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26882)

## Names

- en: Gensan Salamander
- es: Salamandra de Gensan
- fr: Hynobie de Corée
- nl: Korean salamander

## Countries with the most observations

KR (2009), CN (113)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_salamander

## Photo

![Gensan Salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gensan-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: 들꽃ㅅr랑 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340262315

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gensan-salamander?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).