List of amphibians of Japan explained
This list of amphibians recorded in Japan is primarily based on the IUCN Red List, which details the conservation status of some ninety-four species.[1] Of these, four are assessed as critically endangered (the endemic Amakusa salamander, Mikawa salamander, Tosashimizu salamander, and Tsukuba clawed salamander), twenty-seven as endangered, fourteen 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 2023, for their protection, forty-one 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
- Family: Dicroglossidae
- Family: Hylidae
- Family: Microhylidae
- Genus: Microhyla
- , Microhyla okinavensis (endemic)
- Yaeyama narrow-mouthed toad, Microhyla kuramotoi (endemic)
- Family: Pipidae
- Genus: Xenopus
- African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis (introduced[5])
- Family: Ranidae
- Genus: Babina
- Genus: Glandirana
- Genus: Lithobates
- American bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus (introduced[5])
- Genus: Nidirana
- Genus: Odorrana
- Genus: Pelophylax
- Genus: Rana
- Dwarf Tago's brown frog, Rana kyoto(endemic)
- Dybowski's frog, Rana dybowskii
- Goto Tago's brown frog, Rana matsuoi(endemic)
- Ezo brown frog, Rana pirica
- Japanese brown frog, Rana japonica (endemic)
- Montane brown frog, Rana ornativentris (endemic)
- , Rana neba (endemic)
- Oki Tago's brown frog, Rana okiensis(MoE: NT, as R. tagoi okiensis)(endemic)
- , Rana ulma (endemic)
- Ryukyu brown frog, Rana kobai (endemic)
- Stream brown frog, Rana sakuraii (endemic)
- Tago's brown frog, Rana tagoi (endemic)
- Tsushima brown frog, Rana tsushimensis (endemic)
- Yakushima brown frog, Rana yakushimensis (MoE: NT, as R. tagoi yakushimensis)(endemic)
- Family: Rhacophoridae
Order: Caudata (salamanders)
- Family: Cryptobranchidae
- Family: Hynobiidae
- Genus: Hynobius
- Abe's salamander, Hynobius abei (endemic) (MoE: CR)
- Abu salamander, Hynobius abuensis (endemic)
- Aki salamander, Hynobius akiensis (endemic)
- , Hynobius amakusaensis (endemic) (MoE: CR)
- Chikushi-buchi salamander, Hynobius oyamai (endemic)
- Chūgoku-buchi salamander, Hynobius sematonotos (endemic)
- Ezo salamander, Hynobius retardatus (endemic) (MoE: DD)
- Geiyo salamander, Hynobius geiyoensis(endemic)
- Blotched salamander, Hynobius naevius (endemic)
- Hakuba salamander, Hynobius hidamontanus (endemic)
- Hida salamander, Hynobius kimurae (endemic)
- Highland salamander, Hynobius utsunomiyaorum (endemic)
- Hokuriku salamander, Hynobius takedai (endemic)
- Hynobius oni(endemic)
- Hynobius tagoi(endemic)
- , Hynobius hirosei (endemic)
- Iwaki salamander, Hynobius sengokui(endemic)
- Iwami salamander, Hynobius iwami (endemic)
- Iyoshima salamander, Hynobius kuishiensis (endemic)
- Izumo salamander, Hynobius kunibiki(endemic)
- Japanese black salamander, Hynobius nigrescens (endemic)
- , Hynobius fossigenus (endemic)
- Kato's salamander, Hynobius katoi (endemic)
- Mahoroba salamander, Hynobius guttatus (endemic)
- , Hynobius mikawaensis (endemic) (MoE: CR)
- Mitsjama salamander, Hynobius nebulosus (endemic)
- Ōdaigahara salamander, Hynobius boulengeri (endemic)
- Ōita salamander, Hynobius dunni (endemic)
- Oki salamander, Hynobius okiensis (endemic)
- , Hynobius osumiensis (endemic)
- San'in salamander, Hynobius setoi (endemic)
- Setouchi salamander, Hynobius setouchi (endemic)
- Smaller blotched salamander, Hynobius stejnegeri (endemic)
- , Hynobius shinichisatoi (endemic)
- Stejneger's oriental salamander, Hynobius ikioi (endemic)
- Sumida salamander, Hynobius sumidai(endemic)
- Tōhoku salamander, Hynobius lichenatus (endemic)
- Tokyo salamander, Hynobius tokyoensis (endemic)
- Tosashimizu salamander, Hynobius tosashimizuensis (endemic) (MoE: CR)
- Tsurugi salamander, Hynobius tsurugiensis (endemic)
- Tsushima salamander, Hynobius tsuensis (endemic)
- Yamaguchi salamander, Hynobius bakan (endemic)
- Yamato salamander, Hynobius vandenburghi (endemic)
- Genus: Onychodactylus
- , Onychodactylus intermedius (endemic)
- , Onychodactylus pyrrhonotus(endemic)
- Japanese clawed salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus (endemic)
- , Onychodactylus kinneburi (endemic)
- Tadami clawed salamander, Onychodactylus fuscus (endemic)
- , Onychodactylus nipponoborealis (endemic)
- , Onychodactylus tsukubaensis (endemic) (MoE: CR)
- Genus: Salamandrella
- Family: Salamandridae
Japanese names
The Japanese names for the taxa found in Japan have been collated and published by the .[6]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: IUCN Red List>Advanced Search>Taxonomy: Amphibia - Land Regions: Japan . . 13 October 2023.
- Web site: http://www.env.go.jp/press/113666.pdf . ja:環境省レッドリスト2020掲載種数表 . Ministry of the Environment Red List 2020: Table of Number of Species Listed . Japanese . . 27 July 2021.
- Web site: https://www.env.go.jp/press/files/jp/114457.pdf . ja:環境省レッドリスト2020 . Ministry of the Environment Red List 2020 . Japanese . . 26 July 2021.
- Web site: https://www.env.go.jp/nature/kisho/domestic/list.html . ja:国内希少野生動植物種一覧 . List of National Endangered Species . Japanese . . January 2023 . 13 October 2023.
- Web site: Invasive Species of Japan: Amphibians . . 27 July 2021.
- Web site: http://herpetology.jp/wamei/pdf_ja.php . ja: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 . Japanese . Herpetological Society of Japan . 8 September 2023 . 13 October 2023.
