Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Rhacophoridae > Buergeria > Buergeria japonica

Buergeria japonica (Japanese Tree Frog; Tree frog)

Synonyms: Ixalus japonicus; Polypedates japonicus; Rana macropus; Rhacophorus japonicus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Ryukyu Kajika frog, Japanese Buerger's frog, or Japanese stream treefrog (Buergeria japonica) is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It is found in the Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and in Taiwan.
View Wikipedia Record: Buergeria japonica

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
33
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 16.72
EDGE Score: 2.87
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.8 grams
Litter Size [1]  320
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.457 inches (3.7 cm)

Ecoregions

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

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kenting National Park II 78882 Taiwan

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Japan Japan No

Predators

Ketupa flavipes (Tawny Fish Owl)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cosmocerca japonica[3]

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.
♦ 2Wu, H.-J., Y.-H. Sun, Y. Wang, and Y.-S. Tseng. 2006. Food habits of Tawny Fish-owls in Sakatang Stream, Taiwan Journal of Raptor Research 40:111-119
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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