TABLE 4. Measurements of egg sacs, clutch size, and unfertilized egg rate of each H. tsuensis, Hynobius sp., and the two populations of H. nebulosus. Mean±SD of MAESL, MIESL, ESW, ESH, and clutch size, medians of WTL and four ratio values. Ranges are shown in parentheses. H. tsuensisHynobius sp. (H. tagoi)H. nebulosus(n=13)(n=19)Fukue Isl. (n=11)Nagasaki (n=12)MAESL110.6±10.4139.2±16.4277.3±32.8278.1±30.8(98–136.5)(113–176.5)(208–326)(233.5–327)MIESL43.0±6.964.4±8.5148.9±18.7140.1±20.6(36–60)(47–79)(108.5–178.5)(104.5–174.5)ESW12.6±1.213.9±1.215.5±0.917.0±1.9(11–15)(11–16.5)(14–17)(14–21)ESH12.2±1.012.5±1.214.9±0.915.6±1.8(10–14)(10–15)(13.5–16)(13–19.5)WTL171500(9.5–32)(2.5–60)(0–8)(0–12.5)MIESL/MAESL (%)37.846.054.550.5(32.4–48.0)(40.5–55.1)(47.8–57.9)(44.8–53.8)MAESL/ESW9.310.017.316.6(6.7–10.4)(7.6–12.7)(14.9–21.5)(13.1–19.5)ESW/ESH (%)103.7111.1103.7108.8(95.7–110.0)(103.8–119.2)(100.0–107.1)(103.3–115.4)Clutch size (CS)52.8±10.8 (n=8)45.5±11.4 (n=23)175.9±46.9 (n=9)111.7±23.9(34–74)(21–62)(111–266)(77–160)Unfertilized egg rate (%) 63.5 (n=14)2.0 (n=24)2.52.7(37.5–80.8)(0.0–33.3)(0.0–30.1)(0.0–10.7)

Published as part of Niwa, Keita, Nishikawa, Kanto, Matsui, Masafumi, Kanamori, Sally & Kuro-O, Masaki, 2023, Taxonomic reassessment of salamanders (genus Hynobius) from Tsushima Islands Japan, with a resurrection of Hynobius tagoi Dunn, 1923 (Amphibia: Caudata), pp. 216 in Zootaxa 5339 (3) on page 216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5339.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8308966