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-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)
Japanese tree frog, Dryophytes japonicus
Holst's frog, Babina holsti
Amami tip-nosed frog, Odorrana amamiensis
Daruma pond frog, Pelophylax porosus
Ishikawa's frog, Rana ishikawae
Ryukyu kajika frog, Buergeria japonica
Forest green tree frog, Zhangixalus arboreus

Order: Caudata (salamanders)
Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus
Abe's salamander, Hynobius abei
Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster
Sword-tail newt, Cynops ensicauda

Japanese names

The Japanese names for the taxa found in Japan have been collated and published by the Herpetological Society of Japan.[6]

See also

References
  1. "IUCN Red List>Advanced Search>Taxonomy: Amphibia - Land Regions: Japan". IUCN. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  2. 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] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. 国内希少野生動植物種一覧 [List of National Endangered Species] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. January 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  5. "Invasive Species of Japan: Amphibians". National Institute for Environmental Studies. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  6. 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. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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