List of amphibians of Taiwan explained

At least 37 species of amphibians are native to Taiwan.^[1] Of these, 17 species are endemic to Taiwan. Salamander Echinotriton andersoni is considered extinct in Taiwan (but survives on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan). In addition, there are three introduced species: cane toad Rhinella marina, bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus, and Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus. Thus, in total 40 amphibians have been recorded in Taiwan.^[2]

Anura (frogs and toads)

Family Bufonidae — true toads

Bufo bankorensis Barbour, 1908 — endemic
Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider, 1799)
Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758) — introduced

Family Dicroglossidae — fork-tongued frogs

Fejervarya cancrivora (Gravenhorst, 1829)
Fejervarya kawamurai Djong, Matsui, Kuramoto, Nishioka, and Sumida, 2011 — provisional
Fejervarya multistriata (Hallowell, 1861)
Fejervarya sakishimensis Matsui, Toda, and Ota, 2008
Hoplobatrachus rugulosus (Wiegmann, 1834)
Limnonectes fujianensis (Ye and Fei, 1994)

Family Hylidae — (Ameroaustralian) treefrogs

Hyla chinensis Günther, 1858

Family Microhylidae — narrow-mouthed frogs/toads

Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831
Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900
Microhyla fissipes Boulenger, 1884
Microhyla heymonsi Vogt, 1911
Micryletta steinegeri (Boulenger, 1909) — endemic

Family Ranidae — true frogs

Babina adenopleura (Boulenger, 1909)
Babina okinavana (Boettger, 1895)
Hylarana latouchii (Boulenger, 1899)
Hylarana taipehensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)
Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) — introduced
Odorrana swinhoana (Boulenger, 1903) — endemic
Pelophylax fukienensis (Pope, 1929)
Rana longicrus Stejneger, 1898
Rana sauteri Boulenger, 1909 — endemic
Sylvirana guentheri (Boulenger, 1882)

Family Rhacophoridae — flying frogs or Afro-Asian treefrogs
Subfamily Buergeriinae

Buergeria japonica (Hallowell, 1861)
Buergeria otai Wang, Hsiao, Lee, Tseng, Lin, Komaki, and Lin, 2017 — endemic
Buergeria robusta (Boulenger, 1909) — endemic

Subfamily Rhacophorinae

Kurixalus berylliniris (Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016) — endemic
Kurixalus eiffingeri (Boettger, 1895)
Kurixalus idiootocus (Kuramoto and Wang, 1987) — endemic
Kurixalus wangi (Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016) — endemic
Polypedates braueri (Vogt, 1911)
Polypedates megacephalus (Hallowell, 1861) — introduced
Rhacophorus arvalis Lue, Lai, and Chen, 1995 — endemic
Rhacophorus aurantiventris Lue, Lai, and Chen, 1994 — endemic
Rhacophorus moltrechti Boulenger, 1908 — endemic
Rhacophorus prasinatus Mou, Risch, and Lue, 1983 — endemic
Rhacophorus taipeianus Liang and Wang, 1978 — endemic

Caudata (salamanders)

Family Cryptobranchidae — giant salamanders

Andrias davidianus (Blanchard, 1871) — introduced (likely)

Family Hynobiidae — Asian salamanders

Hynobius arisanensis Maki, 1922 — endemic
Hynobius formosanus Maki, 1922 — endemic
Hynobius fucus Lai and Lue, 2008 — endemic
Hynobius glacialis Lai and Lue, 2008 — endemic
Hynobius sonani (Maki, 1922) — endemic

Family Salamandridae — newts

Echinotriton andersoni (Boulenger, 1892) — extinct in Taiwan^[3] ^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: Amphibian Fauna of Taiwan . Lue, Kuang-Yang . BiotaTaiwanica . 28 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150129050000/http://amphibia.taibif.tw/taxa . 29 January 2015 . dead . This list does not include the provisionally recorded Fejervarya kawamurai nor the introduced Rhinella marina and Andrias davidianus.
Web site: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . American Museum of Natural History . 28 January 2015.
Yoshio Kaneko . Masafumi Matsui . Echinotriton andersoni . 2004 . e.T59446A11942711 . 2004 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59446A11942711.en . 16 January 2018.
Web site: Echinotriton andersoni (Boulenger, 1892) . Sparreboom, Max . Wu, Yunke . Salamanders of China LifeDesk . 28 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150129075908/http://salamandersofchina.lifedesks.org/pages/4059 . 29 January 2015 . dead .