List of amphibians of Japan

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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]

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

Japanese names

The Japanese names for the taxa found in Japan have been collated and published by the Herpetological Society of Japan [ja].[6]

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