Hokkaidō frog

The Hokkaidō frog or the Ezo brown frog (Rana pirica) is a species in the family Ranidae found in Hokkaidō, Japan, and Sakhalin. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, temperate forests, temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, ponds, and irrigated land.

Hokkaidō frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Rana
Species:
R. pirica
Binomial name
Rana pirica
Matsui, 1991

References

  • Kuzmin, S.; Kaneko, Y.; Matsui, M. (2004). "Rana pirica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T58696A11814603. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58696A11814603.en.


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