List of amphibians of Taiwan
At least 37 species of amphibians are native to Taiwan.[1][2] Of these, 17 species are endemic to Taiwan. Salamander Echinotriton andersoni is considered extinct in Taiwan (but survives on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan). In addition, there are three introduced species: cane toad Rhinella marina, bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus, and Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus. Thus, in total 40 amphibians have been recorded in Taiwan.[1]
Anura (frogs and toads)
Family Bufonidae — true toads
- Bufo bankorensis Barbour, 1908 — endemic
- Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider, 1799)
- Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758) — introduced
Family Dicroglossidae — fork-tongued frogs
- Fejervarya cancrivora (Gravenhorst, 1829)
- Fejervarya kawamurai Djong, Matsui, Kuramoto, Nishioka, and Sumida, 2011 — provisional
- Fejervarya multistriata (Hallowell, 1861)
- Fejervarya sakishimensis Matsui, Toda, and Ota, 2008
- Hoplobatrachus rugulosus (Wiegmann, 1834)
- Limnonectes fujianensis (Ye and Fei, 1994)
Family Hylidae — (Ameroaustralian) treefrogs
- Hyla chinensis Günther, 1858
Family Microhylidae — narrow-mouthed frogs/toads
- Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831
- Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900
- Microhyla fissipes Boulenger, 1884
- Microhyla heymonsi Vogt, 1911
- Micryletta steinegeri (Boulenger, 1909) — endemic
Family Ranidae — true frogs
- Babina adenopleura (Boulenger, 1909)
- Babina okinavana (Boettger, 1895)
- Hylarana guentheri (Boulenger, 1882)
- Hylarana latouchii (Boulenger, 1899)
- Hylarana taipehensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)
- Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) — introduced
- Odorrana swinhoana (Boulenger, 1903) — endemic
- Pelophylax fukienensis (Pope, 1929)
- Rana longicrus Stejneger, 1898
- Rana sauteri Boulenger, 1909 — endemic
Family Rhacophoridae — flying frogs or Afro-Asian treefrogs
Subfamily Buergeriinae
- Buergeria japonica (Hallowell, 1861)
- Buergeria robusta (Boulenger, 1909) — endemic
Subfamily Rhacophorinae
- Kurixalus berylliniris (Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016) — endemic
- Kurixalus eiffingeri (Boettger, 1895)
- Kurixalus idiootocus (Kuramoto and Wang, 1987) — endemic
- Kurixalus wangi (Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016) — endemic
- Polypedates braueri (Vogt, 1911)
- Polypedates megacephalus (Hallowell, 1861) — introduced
- Rhacophorus arvalis Lue, Lai, and Chen, 1995 — endemic
- Rhacophorus aurantiventris Lue, Lai, and Chen, 1994 — endemic
- Rhacophorus moltrechti Boulenger, 1908 — endemic
- Rhacophorus prasinatus Mou, Risch, and Lue, 1983 — endemic
- Rhacophorus taipeianus Liang and Wang, 1978 — endemic
Caudata (salamanders)
Family Cryptobranchidae — giant salamanders
- Andrias davidianus (Blanchard, 1871) — introduced (likely)
Family Hynobiidae — Asian salamanders
- Hynobius arisanensis Maki, 1922 — endemic
- Hynobius formosanus Maki, 1922 — endemic
- Hynobius fucus Lai and Lue, 2008 — endemic
- Hynobius glacialis Lai and Lue, 2008 — endemic
- Hynobius sonani (Maki, 1922) — endemic
Family Salamandridae — newts
- Echinotriton andersoni (Boulenger, 1892) — extinct in Taiwan[3][4]
References
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Lue, Kuang-Yang. "Amphibian Fauna of Taiwan". BiotaTaiwanica. Retrieved 28 January 2015. This list does not include the provisionally recorded Fejervarya kawamurai nor the introduced Rhinella marina and Andrias davidianus.
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- ^ Sparreboom, Max; Wu, Yunke. "Echinotriton andersoni (Boulenger, 1892)". Salamanders of China LifeDesk. Retrieved 28 January 2015.