Ishikawa's frog
Appearance
Ishikawa's frog | |
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Ishikawa's frog | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Ranidae |
Genus: | Odorrana |
Species: | O. ishikawae
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Binomial name | |
Odorrana ishikawae (Stejneger, 1901)
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Ishikawa's frog (Odorrana ishikawae) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to Okinawa Island, one of the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.[1][2] It has been described as the most beautiful frog in Japan.[3][4]
Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and intermittent rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Odorrana ishikawae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T54308994A54315888. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T54308994A54315888.en.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Odorrana ishikawae (Stejneger, 1901)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ Igawa, Takeshi; et al. (2011). "Isolation and characterization of twelve microsatellite loci of endangered Ishikawa's frog (Odorrana ishikawae)". Conservation Genetics Resources. 3 (3): 421–424. doi:10.1007/s12686-010-9370-7. S2CID 38361940.
- ^ Sumida, Masayuki; et al. (2011). "Artificial production and natural breeding of the endangered frog species Odorrana ishikawae, with special reference to fauna conservation in the laboratory". Zoological Science. 28 (11): 834–839. doi:10.2108/zsj.28.834. PMID 22035306. S2CID 32718977.
External links
[edit]Data related to Odorrana ishikawae at Wikispecies Media related to Odorrana ishikawae at Wikimedia Commons