Osteopilus septentrionalis

Basic information
Scientific name	Osteopilus septentrionalis	Click to magnify
Common names	Cuban Tree Frog, Marbled Tree-toad, Giant Tree-frog
Higher taxon	Hylidae, Anura, Amphibia
Natural range	Cuba, Cayman Islands, Bahama Islands
Habitat	Usually arboreal, sometimes ponds. Disturbed habitat in Florida.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	Accidental: Hitchhiking on transport of palm tree, for invasive population in Florida.
Impact	Potentially: Predation on native small animals (reptiles, amphibians, insects, etc.). Impact on predator by secretion from skin.
Regulation in Japan	Import, transport and keeping are prohibited in Japan by the Invasive Alien Species Act.
Introduced range in other countries	NW Puerto Rico, a part of Lesser Antilles, Hawaii, NE USA (Florida, coastal Georgia, Costa Rica.

Reference	Notes
Bartlett & Bartlett (1999) A field guide to florida reptiles and amphibians. Gulf Publishing, Huston. Frost et al. (1998-2010) Amphibian Species of the World (Accessed on 2012-8-31) http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/. JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn)