List of amphibians of Korea
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This is a list of amphibian species found in the wild in Korea, including the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island. A total of 21 species of amphibians are known from Korea; this includes two species that were not discovered until the 21st century.
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[edit] Salamanders
[edit] Family Hynobiidae
| Common name
(Korean name) |
Species
(Authority) |
Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
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| Korean salamander | Hynobius leechii
(Boulenger, 1887) |
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| Jeju salamander | Hynobius quelpartensis
(Mori, 1928) |
Endemic to Jeju Island. | ||
| Kori salamander | Hynobius yangi
(Kim, Min, & Matsui, 2003) |
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| Long-tailed salamander | Onychodactylus fischeri
(Boulenger, 1886) |
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| Siberian salamander | Salamandrella keyserlingii
(Dybowski, 1870) |
Found only in North Korea. |
[edit] Family Plethodontidae
| Common name
(Korean name) |
Species
(Authority) |
Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean crevice salamander | Karsenia koreana
(Min et al., 2005) |
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[edit] Frogs and toads
[edit] Family Bombinatoridae
| Common name
(Korean name) |
Species
(Authority) |
Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oriental fire-bellied toad | Bombina orientalis
(Boulenger, 1890) |
Well-vegetated wetlands., |
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[edit] Family Bufonidae
| Common name
(Korean name) |
Species
(Authority) |
Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asiatic toad | Bufo gargarizans
(Cantor, 1842) |
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| Mongolian toad | Bufo raddei
(Strauch, 1876) |
Found only in North Korea. |
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| Korean toad | Bufo stejnegeri
(Schmidt, 1931) |
Remote mountains. | Gangwon. |
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[edit] Family Hylidae
| Common name
(Korean name) |
Species
(Authority) |
Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese treefrog | Hyla japonica
(Günther, 1859) |
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| Suwon treefrog | Hyla suwonensis
(Kuramoto, 1980) |
Endemic to Korea; known only from the Suwon area in west central Korea. |
[edit] Micorhylidae
| Common name
(Korean name) |
Species
(Authority) |
Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boreal digging frog | Kaloula borealis
(Barbour, 1908) |
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[edit] Family Ranidae
| Common name
(Korean name) |
Species
(Authority) |
Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siberian wood frog | Rana amurensis
(Boulenger, 1886) |
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| Asiatic grass frog | Rana chensinensis
(David, 1875) |
Known only from South Korea. |
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| Huanren frog | Rana huanrenensis
(Fei, Ye & Huang, 1991) |
Known only from North Korea. |
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| Dybowski's frog | Rana dybowskii
(Günther, 1876) |
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| Dark-spotted frog | Rana nigromaculata
(Hallowell, 1861) |
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| Eastern golden frog | Rana plancyi
(Lataste, 1880) |
Found only in southwestern South Korea. |
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| Japanese wrinkled frog | Rana rugosa
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1838 ) |
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| American bullfrog | Lithobates catesbeianus
(Shaw, 1802) |
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[edit] See also
- List of mammals of Korea
- List of reptiles of Korea
- List of freshwater fish of Korea
[edit] External links
- (Korean) Amphibians of Korea
- (Korean) Rare and endangered reptiles and amphibians of Korea
- (Korean) Protected species of South Korea
