# List of amphibians of Japan

This list of amphibians recorded in Japan is primarily based on the IUCN Red List, which details the conservation status of some ninety-four species. Of these, four are assessed as critically endangered (the endemic Amakusa salamander, Mikawa salamander, Tosashimizu salamander, and Tsukuba clawed salamander), twenty-seven as endangered, fourteen as vulnerable, eleven as near threatened, and thirty-eight as of least concern.
According to statistics accompanying the 2020 Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MoE) Red List, ninety-one species and subspecies are to be found, but the conservation status of only sixty-seven is detailed. Of these, five taxa are critically endangered from a national perspective, twenty are endangered, twenty-two vulnerable, nineteen near threatened, and one data deficient.
As of January 2023, for their protection, forty-one species have been designated National Endangered Species by Cabinet Order in accordance with the 1992 Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

## Order: Anura (frogs)

* Family: Bufonidae
** Genus: Bufo
*** Asiatic toad, Bufo gargarizans LC
**** Miyako toad, B. g. miyakonis (endemic subspecies) (MoE: NT)
*** Japanese common toad, Bufo japonicus LC (endemic)
**** B. j. japonicus
**** B. j. formosus
*** Japanese stream toad, Bufo torrenticola LC (endemic)
** Genus: Rhinella
*** Cane toad, Rhinella marina LC (introduced)
* Family: Dicroglossidae
** Genus: Fejervarya
*** Indian rice frog, Fejervarya limnocharis LC
*** Marsh frog, Fejervarya kawamurai LC
*** Sakishima rice frog, Fejervarya sakishimensis LC
** Genus: Limnonectes
*** Namie's frog, Limnonectes namiyei EN (endemic)
* Family: Hylidae
** Genus: Dryophytes
*** Japanese tree frog, Dryophytes japonicus LC
** Genus: Hyla
*** Hallowell's tree frog, Hyla hallowellii LC (endemic)
* Family: Microhylidae
** Genus: Microhyla
*** Okinawa narrow-mouthed toad [ja], Microhyla okinavensis LC (endemic)
*** Yaeyama narrow-mouthed toad, Microhyla kuramotoi LC (endemic)
* Family: Pipidae
** Genus: Xenopus
*** African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis LC (introduced)
* Family: Ranidae
** Genus: Babina
*** Holst's frog, Babina holsti EN (endemic)
*** Otton frog, Babina subaspera EN (endemic)
** Genus: Glandirana
*** Japanese wrinkled frog, Glandirana rugosa LC (endemic)
*** Proto wrinkled frog, Glandirana reliqua (endemic)
*** Sado wrinkled frog, Glandirana susurra EN (endemic)
** Genus: Lithobates
*** American bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus LC (introduced)
** Genus: Nidirana
*** Yaeyama harpist frog, Nidirana okinavana EN |(endemic)
** Genus: Odorrana
*** Amami Ōshima frog [ja], Odorrana splendida EN (endemic)
*** Amami tip-nosed frog, Odorrana amamiensis EN (endemic)
*** Greater tip-nosed frog, Odorrana supranarina EN (endemic)
*** Ishikawa's frog, Odorrana ishikawae EN (endemic)
*** Ryukyu tip-nosed frog, Odorrana narina EN (endemic)
*** Utsunomiya's tip-nosed frog, Odorrana utsunomiyaorum EN (endemic)
** Genus: Pelophylax
*** Black-spotted pond frog, Pelophylax nigromaculatus NT
*** Daruma pond frog, Pelophylax porosus LC
**** Nagoya Daruma pond frog, P. p. brevipodus (endemic subspecies) (MoE: EN)
**** Tokyo Daruma pond frog, P. p. porosus (endemic subspecies) (MoE: NT)
** Genus: Rana
*** Dwarf Tago's brown frog, Rana kyoto (endemic)
*** Dybowski's frog, Rana dybowskii LC
*** Goto Tago's brown frog, Rana matsuoi (endemic)
*** Ezo brown frog, Rana pirica LC
*** Japanese brown frog, Rana japonica LC (endemic)
*** Montane brown frog, Rana ornativentris LC (endemic)
*** Neba Tago's brown frog [ja], Rana neba LC (endemic)
*** Oki Tago's brown frog, Rana okiensis (MoE: NT, as R. tagoi okiensis) (endemic)
*** Okinawa frog [fr], Rana ulma VU (endemic)
*** Ryukyu brown frog, Rana kobai NT (endemic)
*** Stream brown frog, Rana sakuraii LC (endemic)
*** Tago's brown frog, Rana tagoi LC (endemic)
*** Tsushima brown frog, Rana tsushimensis NT (endemic)
*** Yakushima brown frog, Rana yakushimensis (MoE: NT, as R. tagoi yakushimensis) (endemic)
* Family: Rhacophoridae
** Genus: Buergeria
*** Kajika frog, Buergeria buergeri LC (endemic)
*** Ryukyu kajika frog, Buergeria japonica LC (endemic)
*** Yaeyama kajika frog, Buergeria choui LC
** Genus: Polypedates
*** Common tree frog, Polypedates leucomystax LC (introduced)
** Genus: Kurixalus
*** Eiffinger's tree frog, Kurixalus eiffingeri LC
** Genus: Zhangixalus
*** Amami green tree frog, Zhangixalus amamiensis LC (endemic)
*** Forest green tree frog, Zhangixalus arboreus LC (endemic)
*** Okinawa green tree frog, Zhangixalus viridis LC (endemic)
*** Owston's green tree frog, Zhangixalus owstoni NT (endemic)
*** Schlegel's green tree frog, Zhangixalus schlegelii LC (endemic)

## Order: Caudata (salamanders)

* Family: Cryptobranchidae
** Genus: Andrias
*** Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus CR (introduced)
*** Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus VU (endemic)
* Family: Hynobiidae
** Genus: Hynobius
*** Abe's salamander, Hynobius abei EN (endemic) (MoE: CR)
*** Abu salamander, Hynobius abuensis EN (endemic)
*** Aki salamander, Hynobius akiensis EN (endemic)
*** Amakusa salamander [fr], Hynobius amakusaensis CR (endemic) (MoE: CR)
*** Chikushi-buchi salamander, Hynobius oyamai VU (endemic)
*** Chūgoku-buchi salamander, Hynobius sematonotos VU (endemic)
*** Ezo salamander, Hynobius retardatus LC (endemic) (MoE: DD)
*** Geiyo salamander, Hynobius geiyoensis (endemic)
*** Blotched salamander, Hynobius naevius EN (endemic)
*** Hakuba salamander, Hynobius hidamontanus EN (endemic)
*** Hida salamander, Hynobius kimurae LC (endemic)
*** Highland salamander, Hynobius utsunomiyaorum VU (endemic)
*** Hokuriku salamander, Hynobius takedai EN (endemic)
*** Hynobius oni (endemic)
*** Hynobius tagoi (endemic)
*** Ishizuchi salamander [ja], Hynobius hirosei NT (endemic)
*** Iwaki salamander, Hynobius sengokui (endemic)
*** Iwami salamander, Hynobius iwami EN (endemic)
*** Iyoshima salamander, Hynobius kuishiensis VU (endemic)
*** Izumo salamander, Hynobius kunibiki (endemic)
*** Japanese black salamander, Hynobius nigrescens LC (endemic)
*** Japanese rift salamander [pt], Hynobius fossigenus VU (endemic)
*** Kato's salamander, Hynobius katoi EN (endemic)
*** Mahoroba salamander, Hynobius guttatus NT (endemic)
*** Mikawa salamander [ja], Hynobius mikawaensis CR (endemic) (MoE: CR)
*** Mitsjama salamander, Hynobius nebulosus LC (endemic)
*** Ōdaigahara salamander, Hynobius boulengeri EN (endemic)
*** Ōita salamander, Hynobius dunni VU (endemic)
*** Oki salamander, Hynobius okiensis EN (endemic)
*** Ōsumi salamander [fr], Hynobius osumiensis EN (endemic)
*** San'in salamander, Hynobius setoi EN (endemic)
*** Setouchi salamander, Hynobius setouchi NT (endemic)
*** Smaller blotched salamander, Hynobius stejnegeri NT (endemic)
*** Sobo salamander [fr], Hynobius shinichisatoi EN (endemic)
*** Stejneger's oriental salamander, Hynobius ikioi VU (endemic)
*** Sumida salamander, Hynobius sumidai (endemic)
*** Tōhoku salamander, Hynobius lichenatus LC (endemic)
*** Tokyo salamander, Hynobius tokyoensis VU (endemic)
*** Tosashimizu salamander, Hynobius tosashimizuensis CR (endemic) (MoE: CR)
*** Tsurugi salamander, Hynobius tsurugiensis EN (endemic)
*** Tsushima salamander, Hynobius tsuensis NT (endemic)
*** Yamaguchi salamander, Hynobius bakan EN (endemic)
*** Yamato salamander, Hynobius vandenburghi VU (endemic)
** Genus: Onychodactylus
*** Bandai clawed salamander [fr], Onychodactylus intermedius NT (endemic)
*** Fireback clawed salamander [ja], Onychodactylus pyrrhonotus (endemic)
*** Japanese clawed salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus LC (endemic)
*** Shikoku clawed salamander [fr], Onychodactylus kinneburi VU (endemic)
*** Tadami clawed salamander, Onychodactylus fuscus EN (endemic)
*** Tōhoku clawed salamander [fr], Onychodactylus nipponoborealis LC (endemic)
*** Tsukuba clawed salamander [ja], Onychodactylus tsukubaensis CR (endemic) (MoE: CR)
** Genus: Salamandrella
*** Siberian salamander, Salamandrella keyserlingii LC
* Family: Salamandridae
** Genus: Cynops
*** Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster NT (endemic)
*** Sword-tail newt, Cynops ensicauda VU (endemic)
**** C. e. ensicauda
**** C. e. popei
** Genus: Echinotriton
*** Anderson's crocodile newt, Echinotriton andersoni VU (endemic)
*** Raffaelli's spiny crocodile newt, Echinotriton raffaellii (endemic)

## Japanese names

The Japanese names for the taxa found in Japan have been collated and published by the Herpetological Society of Japan [ja].