List of amphibians of Japan

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

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
      • Bandai clawed salamander [fr], Onychodactylus intermedius NT IUCN (endemic)
      • Fireback clawed salamander [ja], Onychodactylus pyrrhonotus (endemic)
      • Japanese clawed salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus LC IUCN (endemic)
      • Shikoku clawed salamander [fr], Onychodactylus kinneburi VU IUCN (endemic)
      • Tadami clawed salamander, Onychodactylus fuscus EN IUCN (endemic)
      • Tōhoku clawed salamander [fr], Onychodactylus nipponoborealis LC IUCN (endemic)
      • Tsukuba clawed salamander [ja], Onychodactylus tsukubaensis CR IUCN (endemic) (MoE: CR)
    • 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

  1. ^ a b "IUCN Red List>Advanced Search>Taxonomy: Amphibia - Land Regions: Japan". IUCN. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b 環境省レッドリスト2020掲載種数表 [Ministry of the Environment Red List 2020: Table of Number of Species Listed] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b 環境省レッドリスト2020 [Ministry of the Environment Red List 2020] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ 国内希少野生動植物種一覧 [List of National Endangered Species] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. January 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Invasive Species of Japan: Amphibians". National Institute for Environmental Studies. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  6. ^ 日本産爬虫両生類標準和名リスト [Standard Japanese Names for the Reptiles and Amphibians of Japan] (in Japanese). Herpetological Society of Japan. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

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