List of amphibians of Java - Animal

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The following is a list of amphibians of Java and Bali, Indonesia from Iskandar (1998).[1] There is a total of 41 amphibian species in Java, 9 of which are endemic to Java.

In Java, amphibian species commonly collected for human consumption include Limnonectes macrodon, Fejervarya cancrivora, Fejervarya limnocharis, and Fejervarya iskandari.[2]

List

Family Ichthyophiidae (Asiatic Tailed Caecilians)

Ichthyophis hypocyaneus

Family Megophryidae (Litter Frogs)

Leptobrachium hasseltii
Megophrys montana

Family Bufonidae (True Toads)

Leptophryne borbonica
Leptophryne cruentata — endemic
Phrynoidis asper
Duttaphrynus melanostictus
Ingerophrynus biporcatus
Ingerophrynus parvus

Family Microhylidae (Narrow Mouth Frogs)

Kalophrynus minusculus
Kalophrynus pleurostigma
Kaloula baleata
Microhyla achatina
Microhyla palmipes
Oreophryne monticola — endemic to Bali and Lombok; not found on Java

Family Ranidae (True Frogs)

Huia masonii — endemic
Hylarana baramica
Hylarana chalconota
Hylarana erythraea
Hylarana nicobariensis
Odorrana hosii
Rana catesbeiana — introduced

Family Dicroglossidae (Fork Tongue Frogs)

Fejervarya cancrivora
Fejervarya limnocharis
Fejervarya iskandari — endemic
Limnonectes kuhlii
Limnonectes macrodon
Limnonectes microdiscus
Occidozyga lima
Occidozyga sumatrana

Family Rhacophoridae (South Asian Tree Frogs)

Nyctixalus margaritifer — endemic
Philautus aurifasciatus
Philautus jacobsoni — endemic
Philautus pallidipes — endemic
Philautus vittiger — endemic
Polypedates leucomystax
Rhacophorus javanus — endemic
Rhacophorus margaritifer — endemic
Rhacophorus reinwardtii

Family Hylidae (Australo-Papuan Tree Frogs)

Litoria javana — dubious

Family Pipidae (African Clawed Toads)

Xenopus laevis — introduced
Hymenochirus sp. — introduced

References

Iskandar, Djoko T. (1998). The Amphibians of Java and Bali. Jakarta: Research and Development Centre for Biology, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI). ISBN 979-579-014-5
Kusrini, MD (2005). Edible frog harvesting in Indonesia: evaluating its impact and ecological context. Ph.D. dissertation, James Cook University.

Kusrini MD, Lubis MI, Darmawan B. 2008. The Tree Frog of Chevron Geothermal Concession, Mount Hakimun-Salak National Park - Indonesia. Technical report submitted to the Wildlife Trust – Peka Foundation.

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