# List of amphibians of Korea

This is a list of amphibian species found in the wild in Korea, including the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island. A total of 20 species of amphibians are known from Korea; this includes two species of salamander that were not discovered until the 21st century.
This list treats the taxonomic designations found in Frost (2007) as authoritative. There have been major revisions of amphibian taxonomy, including the taxonomy of many Korean species, since the late 20th century. This has included studies which have found species such as the Korean brown frog and Imienpo Station frog, which were previously considered to be Korean varieties or subspecies of more widespread species, to be distinct. It has also included a wholesale revision of the taxonomy of the Ranidae, or true frogs—for example, the common dark-spotted frog was formerly classified as Rana nigromaculata but is now classified as Pelophylax nigromaculatus.
The following abbreviations are used in the list:
* I: International status, as given in the IUCN Red List
* K: General status in Korea, as given in various sources
* SK: Legal status in South Korea
* NK: Legal status in North Korea

## Salamanders

| Common name (Korean name) | Species (Authority) | Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
| Hynobiidae - 5 species |||||
| Korean salamander (도롱뇽) | Hynobius leechii (Boulenger, 1887) | Mountain forests | Throughout mainland | I: Least Concern SK: Protected |
| Jeju salamander (제주도롱뇽) | Hynobius quelpaertensis (Mori, 1928) | Montane wetlands | Southwestern islands and peninsulas, including Jeju | I: Data Deficient SK: Protected |
| Kori salamander (고리도롱뇽) | Hynobius yangi (Kim, Min, & Matsui, 2003) | Moist mountain forests | Far southeastern South Korea | I: Endangered SK: Protected |
| Long-tailed clawed salamander (꼬리치레도롱뇽) | Onychodactylus fischeri (Boulenger, 1886) | High in forested mountain streams | Throughout mainland | I: Least Concern SK: Threatened, Protected |
| Siberian salamander (네발가락도롱뇽) | Salamandrella keyserlingii (Dybowski, 1870) | Wet and riparian forests | Northeasternmost North Korea | I: Least Concern NK: Natural Monument |
| Plethodontidae - 1 species |||||
| Korean crevice salamander (이끼도롱뇽) | Karsenia koreana (Min et al., 2005) | Mossy limestone rockslides in oak-pine forests | Southwestern South Korea | I: Least Concern |

## Frogs and toads

| Common name (Korean name) | Species (Authority) | Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
| Bombinatoridae - 1 species |||||
| Oriental fire-bellied toad (무당개구리) | Bombina orientalis (Boulenger, 1890) | Well-vegetated wetlands | Throughout | I: Least Concern |
| Bufonidae - 3 species |||||
| Asiatic toad (두꺼비) | Bufo gargarizans (Cantor, 1842) | Widespread | Throughout | I: Least Concern SK: Protected |
| Korean water toad (물두꺼비) | Bufo stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1931) | Riparian mountain forests | Central Korea | I: Least Concern K: Rare SK: Protected |
| Mongolian toad (작은두꺼비) | Pseudepidalea raddei (Strauch, 1876) | Dry, sandy soil | North Korea | I: Least Concern |
| Hylidae - 2 species |||||
| Japanese treefrog (청개구리) | Hyla japonica (Günther, 1859) | Widespread | Throughout | I: Least Concern |
| Suwon treefrog (수원청개구리) | Hyla suweonensis (Kuramoto, 1980) | Widespread | West central Korea. Collected along the western coast from Ganghwado to Iksan. | I: Data Deficient SK: Protected |
| Microhylidae - 1 species |||||
| Boreal digging frog (맹꽁이) | Kaloula borealis (Barbour, 1908) | Near cultivated fields | Throughout | I: Least Concern SK: Endangered |
| Ranidae - 8 species |||||
| Korean brown frog (한국산개구리) | Rana coreana (Okada, 1928) | Near cultivated fields | Throughout | I: Least Concern SK: Protected NK: Natural Monument |
| Dybowski's frog (산개구리) | Rana dybowskii (Günther, 1876) | Forests | Throughout | I: Least Concern SK: Protected |
| Huanren frog (계곡산개구리) | Rana huanrenensis (Fei, Ye & Huang, 1991) | High mountain streams | Sporadic throughout mainland | I: Least Concern SK: Protected |
| Dark-spotted frog (참개구리) | Pelophylax nigromaculatus (Hallowell, 1861) | Stagnant water in forests and meadows | Throughout | I: Near Threatened |
| Seoul frog (금개구리) | Pelophylax chosenicus (Okada, 1931) | Ponds and rice paddies | Western Korea | I: Vulnerable SK: Endangered |
| Imienpo Station frog (옴개구리) | Glandirana emeljanovi (Nikolskii, 1913) | Slow streams and wetlands | Throughout mainland | I: Least Concern |
| American bullfrog (황소개구리) | Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802 | Stagnant waters | Throughout | I: Least Concern K: Invasive |