Fejervarya sakishimemsis

Basic information
Scientific name	Fejervarya sakishimemsis	(No picture)
Major synonym	Rana limnocharis, Rana sp., Fejervarya sp.
Common names	Sakishima rice frog
Higher taxon	Ranidae, Anura, Amphibia
Natural range	Sakishima Islands, Japan (Ikemajima, Miyakojima, Irabujima, Shimojishima, Kurimajima, Ishigakijima, Taketomijima, Kohamajima, Iriomotejima, and Haterumajima Is.)
Habitat	Lowland rice field, forest, etc. Compared to a congener F. limnocharis, this species tends to occur forest area distant from water.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Kitadaitojima and Minamidaitojima Is. (Daito Islands), Taramajima, Kuroshima, and Yonagunijima Is. (Sakishima Is.)
Origin	From Ishigakijima Is. to Yonagunijima Is. Unknown origin for other non-native populations.
Date	Early 1920s for Yonagunijima Is., and around 1921 and 1970s for the Daito Islands.
Route	Unknown.
Impact	Unknown. Potentially: Predation. Native organism(s) affected: Prey animals such as small arthropods.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference

Notes

Ota et al. (2004) Feral population of amphibians and reptiles in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Global Environmental Research. 8(2):133-143
Maeda & Matsui (1999) Frogs and Toads of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Maenosono & Toda (2007) Distribution of amphibians and terrestrial reptiles in the Ryukyu Archipelago: A review of published records. Akamata. 18, 28-46 (in Jpn)
Matsui et al. (2007) A new species of frog allied to Fejervarya limnocharis from the sourthern Ryukyus, Japan (Amphibia: Ranidae). Cur Herpetol. 26(2), 65-79.