Rana tagoi tagoi
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Tago's Brown Frog Rana tagoi tagoi
Tago's Brown Frog (English) / Tago-gaeru (Japanese 日本語)
Taxonomy
Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Amphibia > Anura > Ranidae > Rana > Rana tagoi > Rana tagoi tagoi
Description
- Endemic subspecies distributed in Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu in Japan.
- Distributed among southern minor islands, inland, and mountains of northern part of Hiroshima Pref.
- In Miyajima Island, living along the streams, widely distributed from lowland to montane region.
- Breeds from April to May in slowly flowing underground water on banks of montane stream.
- Larva with ability to metamorphose even without feeding and starts land life.
- In Miyajima Island, we can see young frogs after metamorphosis jumping among litter on forest floors in July.
- In non-breeding season, we can see among the litter on forest floors along the streams.
Notes
Bibliography
- Hibakagaku (Eds). 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles in Hiroshima Prefecture. 168 pp. Chugoku Shimbun, Hiroshima.
- Maeda, N. & Matsui, M. 1999. Frogs and Toads of Japan, Revised ed. 233 pp. Bun-ichi Co., Ltd., Tokyo.
Update History
- 2016.05.06 New page.
- 2017.01.30 Added a photo of a young.
- 2019.05.13 Added a new photo of a larva.
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