Rhacophorus arboreus

Basic information
Scientific name	Rhacophorus arboreus	Click to magnify
Common names	forest green tree frog
Higher taxon	Rhacophoridae, Anura, Amphibia
Natural range	Mainland of Japan (except Ibaraki Pref.) and Sadogashima Is. Populations in Kanagawa and Chiba Prefs. might be non-native.
Habitat	Arboreal. Montane to lowland forest.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Izuoshima Is. (Izu Islands)
Origin	Unknown.
Date	1970s.
Route	Unknown.
Impact	Unknown Native organism(s) affected:
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference

Notes

Hasegawa (1999) Impacts of the introduced weasel on the insular food webs. pp.129-154. Ota (編) Tropical Island Herpetofauna: Origin, Current Diversity, and Conservation. Elsevier Science B. V., Amsterdam.
Biodiversity Center of Japan (ed) (2001) Amphibians and Reptiles, 5th National Survey on the Natural Environment. http://www.biodic.go.jp/reports2/5th/ap_rep/index.html (in Jpn)
Maeda & Matsui (1999) Frogs and Toads of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Sengoku et al. (eds) (1996) The Encyclopedia of Animals in Japan 5 Amphibians, Reptiles, Chondrichthyes. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn)