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Ishikawa's frog
Ishikawa's frog
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Odorrana
Species:	O. ishikawae
Binomial name
Odorrana ishikawae (Stejneger, 1901)
Synonyms
Buergeria ishikawae Stejneger, 1901 Rana ishikawae (Stejneger, 1901) Huia ishikawae (Stejneger, 1901)

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. It has been described as the most beautiful frog in Japan.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and intermittent rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017) . "Odorrana ishikawae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T54308994A54315888. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T54308994A54315888.en.
2. ^ 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.
3. 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.
4. 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

Data related to Odorrana ishikawae at Wikispecies Media related to Odorrana ishikawae at Wikimedia Commons

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