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| Amphibians |
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: With picture| Higher Taxa | Scientific Name [Common name] |
Legal control | Distribution in Japan |
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| Salamandridae, Caudata, Amphibia | Cynops pyrrhogaster [Japanese newt] |
Introduced to Hachijojima Island (the Izu Islands) | |
| Cryptobranchidae, Caudata, Amphibia | Andrias spp. [Chinese Giant Salamander] |
Yes | Kiso River system in Gifu, Azumi River system in Shiga, Yodo River system, Kamo River ... |
| Rhacophoridae, Anura, Amphibia | Polypedates leucomystax [white-lipped tree frog] |
Yes | Okinawa Islands, Kita-Daitojima Is., Miyako Islands, Ishigakijima Is. and Yoron Is, I ... |
| Rhacophoridae, Anura, Amphibia | Rhacophorus arboreus [forest green tree frog] |
Yes | Izuoshima Is. (Izu Islands) |
| Ranidae, Anura, Amphibia | Fejervarya kawamurai [Indian rice frog] |
Tonegawa and Watarasegawa River systems and Boso Peninsula (Ibaraki, Chiba, Saitama, ... | |
| Ranidae, Anura, Amphibia | Fejervarya sakishimemsis [Sakishima rice frog] |
Kitadaitojima and Minamidaitojima Is. (Daito Islands), Taramajima, Kuroshima, and Yon ... | |
| Ranidae, Anura, Amphibia | Rana catesbeiana [American bullfrog] |
Yes | |
| Ranidae, Anura, Amphibia | Rana japonica [Japanese brown frog] |
Hachijojima Island. | |
| Ranidae, Anura, Amphibia | Rana nigromaculata [black-spotted pond frog] |
A part of Hokkaido, Tsushima (Toyotamacho) | |
| Ranidae, Anura, Amphibia | Rana porosa porosa [Tokyo daruma pond frog] |
Iwamizawa-cho (Hokkaido). | |
| Ranidae, Anura, Amphibia | Rana rugosa [wrinkled frog] |
Izu Islnads (Izuoshima, Niijima, Miyakejima), Hokkaido (several areas in southern and ... | |
| Hylidae, Anura, Amphibia | Hyla japonica [Japanese tree frog] |
Established on Hachijojima Is. (Izu Islands). | |
| Bufonidae, Anura, Amphibia | Bufo gargarizans miyakonis [Miyako toad] |
Daito Islands (Kitadaitojima and Minamidaitojima Is.). This subspecies was also estab ... | |
| Bufonidae, Anura, Amphibia | Bufo japonicus formosus [Japanese common toad] |
Introduced to Hakodate (Asahikawa, Muroran, Hakodate), Sadogashima Is. (Niigata Pref. ... | |
| Bufonidae, Anura, Amphibia | Bufo japonicus japonicus [Japanese common toad] |
Introduced to Sendai (Miyagi Pref.), Kanazawa (Ishikawa Pref.) and Tokyo. | |
| Bufonidae, Anura, Amphibia | Bufo marinus [Cane toad] |
Yes | Ogasawara (Chichijima and Hahajima Is.), Daito (Kita-daitojima and Minami-daitojima I ... |
| Microhylidae, Anura, Amphibia | Microhyla okinavensis [narrow-mouthed toad] |
Suwanosejima Is. (Tokara Islands), Taramajima and Kuroshima Is. (Sakishima Islads) | |
| Pipidae, Anura, Amphibia | Xenopus laevis [African Clawed Toad] |
Established in Wakayama and Shizuoka Pref. Although there are several records in Chib ... | |
| Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae | Sclerophrys regularis, Amietophrynus regularis, Bufo regularis | Yes | Not established in Japan. |
| Higher Taxa | Common name [Scientific Name] | Legal control | Distribution in Japan |