List of amphibians of Japan
This list of amphibians recorded in Japan is primarily based on the IUCN Red List, which details the conservation status of some ninety-three species.[1] Of these, four are assessed as critically endangered (the endemic , , , and ), twenty-seven as endangered, thirteen as vulnerable, eleven as near threatened, and thirty-eight as of least concern.[1]
According to statistics accompanying the 2020 Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MoE) Red List, ninety-one species and subspecies are to be found, but the conservation status of only sixty-seven is detailed.[2][3] Of these, five taxa are critically endangered from a national perspective, twenty are endangered, twenty-two vulnerable, nineteen near threatened, and one data deficient.[2][3]
As of January 2021, for their protection, fourteen species have been designated National Endangered Species by Cabinet Order in accordance with the 1992 Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.[4]
Order: Anura (frogs)[]
- Family: Bufonidae
- Genus: Bufo
- Asiatic toad, Bufo gargarizans LC IUCN
- , B. g. miyakonis (endemic subspecies) (MoE: NT)
- Japanese common toad, Bufo japonicus LC IUCN (endemic)
- Japanese stream toad, Bufo torrenticola LC IUCN (endemic)
- Asiatic toad, Bufo gargarizans LC IUCN
- Genus: Rhinella
- Cane toad, Rhinella marina LC IUCN (introduced[5])
- Genus: Bufo
- Family: Dicroglossidae
- Genus: Fejervarya
- Indian rice frog, Fejervarya limnocharis LC IUCN
- Marsh frog, Fejervarya kawamurai
- Sakishima rice frog, Fejervarya sakishimensis LC IUCN
- Genus: Limnonectes
- Namie's frog, Limnonectes namiyei EN IUCN (endemic)
- Genus: Fejervarya
- Family: Hylidae
- Genus: Dryophytes
- Japanese tree frog, Dryophytes japonicus LC IUCN
- Genus: Hyla
- Hallowell's tree frog, Hyla hallowellii LC IUCN (endemic)
- Genus: Dryophytes
- Family: Microhylidae
- Family: Pipidae
- Genus: Xenopus
- African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis LC IUCN (introduced[5])
- Genus: Xenopus
- Family: Ranidae
- Genus: Babina
- Holst's frog, Babina holsti EN IUCN (endemic)
- Otton frog, Babina subaspera EN IUCN (endemic)
- Genus: Glandirana
- Japanese wrinkled frog, Glandirana rugosa LC IUCN (endemic)
- Sado wrinkled frog, Glandirana susurra EN IUCN (endemic)
- Genus: Lithobates
- American bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus LC IUCN (introduced[5])
- Genus:
- Yaeyama harpist frog, Nidirana okinavana EN IUCN |(endemic)
- Genus: Odorrana
- EN IUCN (endemic) , Odorrana splendida
- Amami tip-nosed frog, Odorrana amamiensis EN IUCN (endemic)
- Greater tip-nosed frog, Odorrana supranarina EN IUCN (endemic)
- Ishikawa's frog, Odorrana ishikawae EN IUCN (endemic)
- Ryukyu tip-nosed frog, Odorrana narina EN IUCN (endemic)
- Utsunomiya's tip-nosed frog, Odorrana utsunomiyaorum EN IUCN (endemic)
- Genus: Pelophylax
- Black-spotted pond frog, Pelophylax nigromaculatus NT IUCN
- Daruma pond frog, Pelophylax porosus LC IUCN
- , P. p. brevipodus (endemic subspecies) (MoE: EN)
- , P. p. porosus (endemic subspecies) (MoE: NT)
- Genus: Rana
- Dybowski's frog, Rana dybowskii LC IUCN
- Ezo brown frog, Rana pirica LC IUCN
- Japanese brown frog, Rana japonica LC IUCN (endemic)
- Montane brown frog, Rana ornativentris LC IUCN (endemic)
- LC IUCN (endemic) , Rana neba
- VU IUCN (endemic) , Rana ulma
- Ryukyu brown frog, Rana kobai NT IUCN (endemic)
- Stream brown frog, Rana sakuraii LC IUCN (endemic)
- Tago's brown frog, Rana tagoi LC IUCN (endemic)
- , R. t. okiensis (MoE: NT)
- , R. t. yakushimensis (MoE: NT)
- Tsushima brown frog, Rana tsushimensis NT IUCN (endemic)
- Genus: Babina
- Family: Rhacophoridae
- Genus: Buergeria
- Kajika frog, Buergeria buergeri LC IUCN (endemic)
- Ryukyu kajika frog, Buergeria japonica LC IUCN (endemic)
- Yaeyama kajika frog, Buergeria choui LC IUCN
- Genus: Polypedates
- Common tree frog, Polypedates leucomystax LC IUCN (introduced[5])
- Genus: Kurixalus
- Eiffinger's tree frog, Kurixalus eiffingeri LC IUCN
- Genus: Zhangixalus
- , Zhangixalus amamiensis LC IUCN (endemic)
- Forest green tree frog, Zhangixalus arboreus LC IUCN (endemic)
- Okinawa green tree frog, Zhangixalus viridis LC IUCN (endemic)
- Owston's green tree frog, Zhangixalus owstoni NT IUCN (endemic)
- Schlegel's green tree frog, Zhangixalus schlegelii LC IUCN (endemic)
- Genus: Buergeria
Order: Caudata (salamanders)[]
- Family: Cryptobranchidae
- Genus: Andrias
- Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus CR IUCN (introduced[5])
- Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus NT IUCN (endemic)
- Genus: Andrias
- Family: Hynobiidae
- Genus: Hynobius
- Abe's salamander, Hynobius abei EN IUCN (endemic) (MoE: CR)
- , Hynobius abuensis EN IUCN (endemic)
- , Hynobius akiensis EN IUCN (endemic)
- CR IUCN (endemic) (MoE: CR) , Hynobius amakusaensis
- , Hynobius oyamai VU IUCN (endemic)
- , Hynobius sematonotos VU IUCN (endemic)
- Ezo salamander, Hynobius retardatus LC IUCN (endemic) (MoE: DD)
- Blotched salamander, Hynobius naevius EN IUCN (endemic)
- Hakuba salamander, Hynobius hidamontanus EN IUCN (endemic)
- Hida salamander, Hynobius kimurae LC IUCN (endemic)
- , Hynobius utsunomiyaorum VU IUCN (endemic)
- Hokuriku salamander, Hynobius takedai EN IUCN (endemic)
- NT IUCN (endemic) , Hynobius hirosei
- , Hynobius iwami EN IUCN (endemic)
- , Hynobius kuishiensis VU IUCN (endemic)
- Japanese black salamander, Hynobius nigrescens LC IUCN (endemic)
- VU IUCN (endemic) , Hynobius fossigenus
- Kato's salamander, Hynobius katoi EN IUCN (endemic)
- , Hynobius guttatus NT IUCN (endemic)
- CR IUCN (endemic) (MoE: CR) , Hynobius mikawaensis
- Mitsjama salamander, Hynobius nebulosus LC IUCN (endemic)
- Ōdaigahara salamander, Hynobius boulengeri EN IUCN (endemic)
- Ōita salamander, Hynobius dunni VU IUCN (endemic)
- Oki salamander, Hynobius okiensis EN IUCN (endemic)
- EN IUCN (endemic) , Hynobius osumiensis
- , Hynobius setoi EN IUCN (endemic)
- , Hynobius setouchi NT IUCN (endemic)
- , Hynobius stejnegeri NT IUCN (endemic)
- EN IUCN (endemic) , Hynobius shinichisatoi
- Stejneger's oriental salamander, Hynobius ikioi VU IUCN (endemic)
- Tōhoku salamander, Hynobius lichenatus LC IUCN (endemic)
- Tokyo salamander, Hynobius tokyoensis VU IUCN (endemic)
- , Hynobius tosashimizuensis CR IUCN (endemic) (MoE: CR)
- , Hynobius tsurugiensis EN IUCN (endemic)
- Tsushima salamander, Hynobius tsuensis LC IUCN (endemic)
- , Hynobius bakan EN IUCN (endemic)
- , Hynobius vandenburghi VU IUCN (endemic)
- Genus: Onychodactylus
- NT IUCN (endemic) , Onychodactylus intermedius
- Japanese clawed salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus LC IUCN (endemic)
- VU IUCN (endemic) , Onychodactylus kinneburi
- Tadami clawed salamander, Onychodactylus fuscus EN IUCN (endemic)
- LC IUCN (endemic) , Onychodactylus nipponoborealis
- CR IUCN (endemic) (MoE: CR) , Onychodactylus tsukubaensis
- Genus: Salamandrella
- Siberian salamander, Salamandrella keyserlingii LC IUCN
- Genus: Hynobius
- Family: Salamandridae
- Genus: Cynops
- Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster NT IUCN (endemic)
- Sword-tail newt, Cynops ensicauda VU IUCN (endemic)
- Genus: Echinotriton
- Anderson's crocodile newt, Echinotriton andersoni VU IUCN
- Genus: Cynops
Japanese names[]
The Japanese names for the taxa found in Japan have been collated and published by the [6]
.See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "IUCN Red List>Advanced Search>Taxonomy: Amphibia - Land Regions: Japan". IUCN. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ a b 環境省レッドリス��2020掲載種数表 [Ministry of the Environment Red List 2020: Table of Number of Species Listed] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ a b 環境省レッドリスト2020 [Ministry of the Environment Red List 2020] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ 国内希少野生動植物種一覧 [List of National Endangered Species] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Invasive Species of Japan: Amphibians". National Institute for Environmental Studies. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ 日本産爬虫両生類標準和名リスト [Standard Japanese Names for the Reptiles and Amphibians of Japan] (in Japanese). Herpetological Society of Japan. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
External links[]
- Amphibians of Japan
- Lists of biota of Japan
- Lists of amphibians of Asia
- Lists of amphibians by country