Biology:Ishikawa's frog
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Short description: Species of amphibian
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Odorrana |
| Species: | O. ishikawae
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| Odorrana ishikawae (Stejneger, 1901)
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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 .[1][2] It has been described as the most beautiful frog in Japan.[3][4]
Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and intermittent rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Odorrana ishikawae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T54308994A54315888. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T54308994A54315888.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/54308994/54315888.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Odorrana ishikawae (Stejneger, 1901)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Odorrana/Odorrana-ishikawae.
- ↑ Igawa, Takeshi (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.
- ↑ Sumida, Masayuki (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. http://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/00033932.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2212227 entry
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