List of amphibians of Taiwan

At least 37 species of amphibians are native to Taiwan.^[1][2] Of these, 17 species are endemic to Taiwan. Salamander Echinotriton andersoni is considered extinct in Taiwan (but survives on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan). In addition, there are three introduced species: cane toad Rhinella marina, bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus, and Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus. Thus, in total 40 amphibians have been recorded in Taiwan.^[1]

Anura (frogs and toads)

Bufo bankorensis, an endemic toad

Family Bufonidae — true toads

• Bufo bankorensis Barbour, 1908 — endemic
• Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider, 1799)
• Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758) — introduced

Family Dicroglossidae — fork-tongued frogs

• Fejervarya cancrivora (Gravenhorst, 1829)
• Fejervarya kawamurai Djong, Matsui, Kuramoto, Nishioka, and Sumida, 2011 — provisional
• Fejervarya multistriata (Hallowell, 1861)
• Fejervarya sakishimensis Matsui, Toda, and Ota, 2008
• Hoplobatrachus rugulosus (Wiegmann, 1834)
• Limnonectes fujianensis (Ye and Fei, 1994)

Family Hylidae — (Ameroaustralian) treefrogs

• Hyla chinensis Günther, 1858

Family Microhylidae — narrow-mouthed frogs/toads

• Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831
• Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900
• Microhyla fissipes Boulenger, 1884
• Microhyla heymonsi Vogt, 1911
• Micryletta steinegeri (Boulenger, 1909) — endemic

Family Ranidae — true frogs

Hylarana taipehensis was first described from Taiwan but is widely distributed in Southeast and East Asia

• Babina adenopleura (Boulenger, 1909)
• Babina okinavana (Boettger, 1895)
• Hylarana guentheri (Boulenger, 1882)
• Hylarana latouchii (Boulenger, 1899)
• Hylarana taipehensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)
• Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) — introduced
• Odorrana swinhoana (Boulenger, 1903) — endemic
• Pelophylax fukienensis (Pope, 1929)
• Rana longicrus Stejneger, 1898
• Rana sauteri Boulenger, 1909 — endemic

Family Rhacophoridae — flying frogs or Afro-Asian treefrogs
Subfamily Buergeriinae

• Buergeria japonica (Hallowell, 1861)
• Buergeria otai Wang, Hsiao, Lee, Tseng, Lin, Komaki, and Lin, 2017 — endemic
• Buergeria robusta (Boulenger, 1909) — endemic

Subfamily Rhacophorinae

• Kurixalus berylliniris (Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016) — endemic
• Kurixalus eiffingeri (Boettger, 1895)
• Kurixalus idiootocus (Kuramoto and Wang, 1987) — endemic
• Kurixalus wangi (Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016) — endemic
• Polypedates braueri (Vogt, 1911)
• Polypedates megacephalus (Hallowell, 1861) — introduced
• Rhacophorus arvalis Lue, Lai, and Chen, 1995 — endemic
• Rhacophorus aurantiventris Lue, Lai, and Chen, 1994 — endemic
• Rhacophorus moltrechti Boulenger, 1908 — endemic
• Rhacophorus prasinatus Mou, Risch, and Lue, 1983 — endemic
• Rhacophorus taipeianus Liang and Wang, 1978 — endemic

Caudata (salamanders)

Andrias davidianus, believed to be an introduced species

Family Cryptobranchidae — giant salamanders

• Andrias davidianus (Blanchard, 1871) — introduced (likely)

Family Hynobiidae — Asian salamanders

• Hynobius arisanensis Maki, 1922 — endemic
• Hynobius formosanus Maki, 1922 — endemic
• Hynobius fucus Lai and Lue, 2008 — endemic
• Hynobius glacialis Lai and Lue, 2008 — endemic
• Hynobius sonani (Maki, 1922) — endemic

Family Salamandridae — newts

• Echinotriton andersoni (Boulenger, 1892) — extinct in Taiwan^[3][4]

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