Tsushima Brown Frog

Taxobox
name = Tsushima Brown Frog


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Ranidae
genus = "Rana"
species = "R. tsushimensis"
binomial = "Rana tsushimensis"
binomial_authority = Stejneger, 1907
synonyms =

The Tsushima Brown Frog, "Rana tsushimensis", is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to Japan. It is also called Tsushima Leopard Frog, though leopard frogs proper are related species from North America.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, irrigated land, and canals and ditches.

References

* Kaneko, Y. & Matsui, M. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/58741/all Rana tsushimensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.