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Rana japonica

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA RANIDAE

Scientific Name: Rana japonica
Species Authority: Boulenger, 1879
Common Name/s:
English – Japanese Brown Frog
Taxonomic Notes: This form might be a complex of more than one species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Yoshio Kaneko, Masafumi Matsui
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
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Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is endemic to Japan. It is distributed in Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Oki Island, Osumi Islands and is introduced to Hachijojima.
Countries:
Native:
Japan
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Population [top]

Population: The population is decreasing, but it is not in significant decline.
Population Trend: Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It occurs widely in grasslands from lowland to montane areas. It breeds in paddy fields and wetlands. They breed from January to March; females deposit 500-3,000 eggs in sunny and shallow pools of rice fields or swamps. The larvae metamorphose from May to June; half of them mature in autumn, and then the others mature the following year.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no threats to this adaptable species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: The range of this species includes several protected areas.
Citation: Yoshio Kaneko, Masafumi Matsui 2004. Rana japonica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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