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Odorrana amamiensis (Amami Tip-nosed Frog)

Synonyms: Eburana amamiensis; Huia amamiensis; Rana amamiensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Amami tip-nosed frog (Odorrana amamiensis) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family that is endemic to the Amami Islands, a part of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. It inhabits streams surrounded by broad-leaved evergreen forests. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging and the construction of roads. Also alteration of rivers, pollution from pesticides, and predation by invasive mongooses are threats.
View Wikipedia Record: Odorrana amamiensis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Odorrana amamiensis

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests Japan Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Amami - Gunto Quasi National Park 107098 Japan      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Japan Japan Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0