Salamandrella sonani Maki, 1922 Hynobius sonani, the Taichū salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to Taiwan, where it occurs in the Central Mountain Range above 2,750 m (9,020 ft).

[1] Its natural habitats are from open alpine habitats to shaded moist evergreen forests; it breeds in streams.

[3] The original specimens used to describe H. sonani (along with H. arisanensis and H. formosanus) were lost in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.

[4] Hynobius sonani has very fragmented distribution and is threatened by habitat loss, mainly caused by the development of infrastructure for tourism.

[1] It is present in Taroko National Park.