LIST OF AMPHIBIANS OF KOREA

This is a 'list of amphibian species' found in the wild in Korea, including the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island. A total of 20 species of amphibians are known from Korea; this includes two species of salamander that were not discovered until the 21st century.
This list treats the taxonomic designations found in Frost (2007) as authoritative. There have been major revisions of amphibian taxonomy, including the taxonomy of many Korean species, since the late 20th century. This has included studies which have found species such as the Korean brown frog and Imienpo Station frog, which were previously considered to be Korean varieties or subspecies of more widespread species, to be distinct. It has also included a wholesale revision of the taxonomy of the Ranidae, or true frogs; for example, the common dark-spotted frog was formerly classified as ''Rana nigromaculata'' but is now classified as ''Pelophylax nigromaculatus''.
The following abbreviations are used in the list:

★ 'I': International status, as given in the IUCN Red List

★ 'K': General status in Korea, as given in various sources

★ 'SK': Legal status in South Korea

★ 'NK': Legal status in North Korea

Contents

Salamanders

Frogs and toads

Notes

References

See also

External links

Salamanders

Main articles: Caudata

|-
|colspan="100%" align="center" |'Hynobiidae' - 5 species
|- valign="top"
|Korean salamander
|''
(Boulenger, 1887)
|Mountain forests
|Throughout mainland^[1]
|

★ I: Least Concern^[2]

★ SK: Protected^[3]
|- valign="top"
|Jeju salamander
|''
(Mori, 1928)
|Montane wetlands
|Southwestern islands and peninsulas, including Jeju
|

★ I: Not assessed

★ SK: Protected
|- valign="top"
|Kori salamander
|''
(Kim, Min, & Matsui, 2003)
|Moist mountain forests
|Far southeastern South Korea^[4]
|

★ I: Not assessed

★ SK: Protected
|- valign="top"
|Long-tailed salamander
|''
(Boulenger, 1886)
|High in forested mountain streams
|Throughout mainland
|

★ I: Least Concern^[5]

★ SK: Threatened, Protected
|- valign="top"
|Siberian salamander
|''
(Dybowski, 1870)
|Wet and riparian forests
|Northeasternmost North Korea
|

★ I: Least Concern^[2]

★ NK: Natural Monument^[7]
|-
|colspan="100%" align="center" |'Plethodontidae' - 1 species
|- valign="top"
|Korean crevice salamander
|''
(Min et al., 2005)
|Mossy limestone rockslides in oak-pine forests
|Southwestern South Korea
|

★ I: Least Concern^[2]
|}

Frogs and toads

Main articles: Anura

|-
|colspan="100%" align="center" |'Bombinatoridae' - 1 species
|- valign="top"
|Oriental fire-bellied toad

Bombina orientalis

|''
(Boulenger, 1890)
|Well-vegetated wetlands
|Throughout
|

★ I: Least Concern^[2]
|-
|colspan="100%" align="center" |'Bufonidae' - 3 species
|- valign="top"
|Asiatic toad
|''
(Cantor, 1842)
|Widespread
|Throughout^[10]
|

★ I: Least Concern

★ SK: Protected
|- valign="top"
|Korean water toad
|''
(Schmidt, 1931)
|Riparian mountain forests
|Central Korea^[11]
|

★ I: Least Concern

★ K: Rare

★ SK: Protected
|- valign="top"
|Mongolian toad
|''
(Strauch, 1876)
|Dry, sandy soil
|North Korea
|

★ I: Least Concern
|-
|colspan="100%" align="center" |'Hylidae' - 2 species
|- valign="top"
|Japanese treefrog

Hyla japonica

|''
(Günther, 1859)
|Widespread
|Throughout
|

★ I: Least Concern
|- valign="top"
|Suwon treefrog
|''
(Kuramoto, 1980)
|Widespread
|West central Korea^[12]
|

★ I: Data Deficient

★ SK: Protected
|-
|colspan="100%" align="center" |'Microhylidae' - 1 species
|- valign="top"
|Boreal digging frog
|''
(Barbour, 1908)
|Near cultivated fields
|Throughout
|

★ I: Least Concern

★ SK: Endangered
|-
|colspan="100%" align="center" |'Ranidae' - 8 species
|- valign="top"
|Korean brown frog
|''^[13]
(Okada, 1928)
|Near cultivated fields
|Throughout^[14]
|

★ I: Not assessed

★ SK: Protected

★ NK: Natural Monument^[15]
|- valign="top"
|Dybowski's frog

Rana dybowskii

|''
(Günther, 1876)
|Forests
|Throughout
|

★ I: Least Concern

★ SK: Protected
|- valign="top"
|Huanren frog
|''
(Fei, Ye & Huang, 1991)
|High mountain streams
|Sporadic throughout mainland
|

★ I: Least Concern

★ SK: Protected
|- valign="top"
|Dark-spotted frog

Pelophylax nigromaculatus

|''
(Hallowell, 1861)
|Stagnant water in forests and meadows
|Throughout
|

★ I: Near Threatened^[2]
|- valign="top"
|Seoul frog
|''^[17]
(Okada, 1931)
|Ponds and rice paddies
|Western Korea^[18]
|

★ I: Vulnerable^[2]

★ SK: Endangered
|- valign="top"
|Imienpo Station frog
|''^[20]
(Nikolskii, 1913)
|Slow streams and wetlands
|Throughout mainland
|

★ I: Least Concern^[2]
|- valign="top"
|American bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

|''
(Shaw, 1802)
|Stagnant waters
|Throughout^[22]
|

★ I: Least Concern^[23]

★ K: Invasive
|}

Notes

1. Absent from Jeju and some coastal regions, according to Yang (2001), p. 40.
2.
3. Ministry of Environment (2005).
4. Has been collected only in the vicinity of the Kori nuclear power station in Gijang-gun, northern Busan (Yang 2001, p. 44).
5.
6.
7. The "Hapsu Salamander Habitat" of this species in Paegam, North Hamgyong, is designated North Korean Natural Monument #360. 합수도롱룡살이터 Cultural Heritage Administration
8.
9.
10. Possibly extirpated on Jeju, according to Yang 2001, p. 50.
11. Seldom found south of Gangwon-do, but has been collected from Jirisan, according to Yang 2001, p. 52.
12. Collected along the western coast from Ganghwado to Cheonan (Yang 2001, p. 56).
13. Previously considered a subspecies of ''Rana amurensis'', but determined to be a distinct species by [1]. Accepted by Foster (2007).
14. The boundary between this species' range and the range of ''Rana amurensis'' is not known with certainty.
15. The habitat of this species on Kuwolsan in Unryul, South Hwanghae, is designated North Korean Natural Monument #146. 구월산애기개구리살이터 Cultural Heritage Administration
16.
17. Per Frost (2007). Given as ''Rana plancyi'' in Yang (2001) and older records, and as ''Rana chosenica'' in the IUCN Red List.
18. Not found on Jeju in recent surveys, according to Yang (2001), p. 68.
19.
20. Per Frost (2007). Previously considered a single species with the Japanese wrinkled frog, ''.
21.
22. Not confirmed in the wild on Jeju (Yang 2001, p. 72).
23.

References

Unofficial English translations are marked with angle brackets, <>.

★ Frost, Darrel R. (2007) ''Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference''. Version 5.0 (1 February, 2007). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.

★ (별표 6) 포획금지야생동물 Ministry of Environment (South Korea)

★ 양서 파충류 도감 , Son Sang-ho (손상호), , , Slow & Steady, 2007, ISBN 978-89-89370-53-6

★ Monograph of Korean Amphibia, Yang, Seo-yeong, , , Academy Books, 2001,

See also

★ List of mammals of Korea

★ List of reptiles of Korea

★ List of freshwater fish of Korea

External links

★ Amphibians of Korea

★ Rare and endangered reptiles and amphibians of Korea

★ Protected species of South Korea