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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
Family:
Bufonidae
Family:
Dicroglossidae
Family:
Hylidae
Family:
Microhylidae
Family:
Pipidae
Family:
Ranidae
Genus:
Babina
Genus:
Glandirana
Genus:
Lithobates
Genus:
Nidirana
Genus:
Odorrana
Genus:
Pelophylax
Genus:
Rana
Dwarf Tago's brown frog , Rana kyoto (endemic)
Dybowski's frog , Rana dybowskii
LC
IUCN
Goto Tago's brown frog , Rana matsuoi (endemic)
Ezo brown frog , Rana pirica
LC
IUCN
Japanese brown frog , Rana japonica
LC
IUCN (endemic)
Montane brown frog , Rana ornativentris
LC
IUCN (endemic)
Neba Tago's brown frog [
ja ] , Rana neba
LC
IUCN (endemic)
Oki Tago's brown frog , Rana okiensis (MoE: NT, as R. tagoi okiensis ) (endemic)
Okinawa frog [
fr ] , Rana ulma
VU
IUCN (endemic)
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)
Tsushima brown frog , Rana tsushimensis
NT
IUCN (endemic)
Yakushima brown frog , Rana yakushimensis (MoE: NT, as R. tagoi yakushimensis ) (endemic)
Family:
Rhacophoridae
Order:
Caudata (salamanders)
Japanese giant salamander , Andrias japonicus
Abe's salamander , Hynobius abei
Japanese fire belly newt , Cynops pyrrhogaster
Sword-tail newt , Cynops ensicauda
Family:
Cryptobranchidae
Family:
Hynobiidae
Genus:
Hynobius
Abe's salamander , Hynobius abei
EN
IUCN (endemic) (MoE: CR)
Abu salamander , Hynobius abuensis
EN
IUCN (endemic)
Aki salamander , Hynobius akiensis
EN
IUCN (endemic)
Amakusa salamander [
fr ] , Hynobius amakusaensis
CR
IUCN (endemic) (MoE: CR)
Chikushi-buchi salamander , Hynobius oyamai
VU
IUCN (endemic)
Chūgoku-buchi salamander , Hynobius sematonotos
VU
IUCN (endemic)
Ezo salamander , Hynobius retardatus
LC
IUCN (endemic) (MoE: DD)
Geiyo salamander , Hynobius geiyoensis (endemic)
Blotched salamander , Hynobius naevius
EN
IUCN (endemic)
Hakuba salamander , Hynobius hidamontanus
EN
IUCN (endemic)
Hida salamander , Hynobius kimurae
LC
IUCN (endemic)
Highland salamander , Hynobius utsunomiyaorum
VU
IUCN (endemic)
Hokuriku salamander , Hynobius takedai
EN
IUCN (endemic)
Hynobius oni (endemic)
Hynobius tagoi (endemic)
Ishizuchi salamander [
ja ] , Hynobius hirosei
NT
IUCN (endemic)
Iwaki salamander , Hynobius sengokui (endemic)
Iwami salamander , Hynobius iwami
EN
IUCN (endemic)
Iyoshima salamander , Hynobius kuishiensis
VU
IUCN (endemic)
Izumo salamander , Hynobius kunibiki (endemic)
Japanese black salamander , Hynobius nigrescens
LC
IUCN (endemic)
Japanese rift salamander [
pt ] , Hynobius fossigenus
VU
IUCN (endemic)
Kato's salamander , Hynobius katoi
EN
IUCN (endemic)
Mahoroba salamander , Hynobius guttatus
NT
IUCN (endemic)
Mikawa salamander [
ja ] , Hynobius mikawaensis
CR
IUCN (endemic) (MoE: CR)
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)
Ōsumi salamander [
fr ] , Hynobius osumiensis
EN
IUCN (endemic)
San'in salamander , Hynobius setoi
EN
IUCN (endemic)
Setouchi salamander , Hynobius setouchi
NT
IUCN (endemic)
Smaller blotched salamander , Hynobius stejnegeri
NT
IUCN (endemic)
Sobo salamander [
fr ] , Hynobius shinichisatoi
EN
IUCN (endemic)
Stejneger's oriental salamander , Hynobius ikioi
VU
IUCN (endemic)
Sumida salamander , Hynobius sumidai (endemic)
Tōhoku salamander , Hynobius lichenatus
LC
IUCN (endemic)
Tokyo salamander , Hynobius tokyoensis
VU
IUCN (endemic)
Tosashimizu salamander , Hynobius tosashimizuensis
CR
IUCN (endemic) (MoE: CR)
Tsurugi salamander , Hynobius tsurugiensis
EN
IUCN (endemic)
Tsushima salamander , Hynobius tsuensis
NT
IUCN (endemic)
Yamaguchi salamander , Hynobius bakan
EN
IUCN (endemic)
Yamato salamander , Hynobius vandenburghi
VU
IUCN (endemic)
Genus:
Onychodactylus
Genus:
Salamandrella
Family:
Salamandridae
Japanese names
The Japanese names for the taxa found in Japan have been collated and published by the
Herpetological Society of Japan [
ja ] .
[6]
See also
References
External links