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.

Korean Peninsula and surrounding islands.

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:

Salamanders
Main article: Caudata
Common name

(Korean name)

 Species

(Authority)

 Preferred habitat Range Status
Hynobiidae - 5 species
Korean salamander

(도롱뇽)

 Hynobius leechii

(Boulenger, 1887)

 Mountain forests Throughout mainland[1]
Jeju salamander

(제주도롱뇽)

 Hynobius quelpaertensis

(Mori, 1928)

 Montane wetlands Southwestern islands and peninsulas, including Jeju
Kori salamander

(고리도롱뇽)

 Hynobius yangi

(Kim, Min, & Matsui, 2003)

 Moist mountain forests Far southeastern South Korea[5]
Long-tailed clawed salamander

(꼬리치레도롱뇽)

 Onychodactylus fischeri

(Boulenger, 1886)

 High in forested mountain streams Throughout mainland
Siberian salamander

(네발가락도롱뇽)

 Salamandrella keyserlingii

(Dybowski, 1870)

 Wet and riparian forests Northeasternmost North Korea
Plethodontidae - 1 species
Korean crevice salamander

(이끼도롱뇽)

 Karsenia koreana

(Min et al., 2005)

 Mossy limestone rockslides in oak-pine forests Southwestern South Korea

Frogs and toads
Main article: Anura
Common name

(Korean name)

 Species

(Authority)

 Preferred habitat Range Status
Bombinatoridae - 1 species
Oriental fire-bellied toad


(무당개구리)

 Bombina orientalis

(Boulenger, 1890)

 Well-vegetated wetlands Throughout
Bufonidae - 3 species
Asiatic toad

(두꺼비)

 Bufo gargarizans

(Cantor, 1842)

 Widespread Throughout[12]
Korean water toad

(물두꺼비)

 Bufo stejnegeri

(Schmidt, 1931)

 Riparian mountain forests Central Korea[13]
Mongolian toad

(작은두꺼비)

 Pseudepidalea raddei

(Strauch, 1876)

 Dry, sandy soil North Korea
Hylidae - 2 species
Japanese treefrog


(청개구리)

 Hyla japonica

(Günther, 1859)

 Widespread Throughout
Suwon treefrog

(수원청개구리)

 Hyla suweonensis

(Kuramoto, 1980)

 Widespread West central Korea. Collected along the western coast from Ganghwado to Iksan.[14][15]
Microhylidae - 1 species
Boreal digging frog

(맹꽁이)

 Kaloula borealis

(Barbour, 1908)

 Near cultivated fields Throughout
Ranidae - 8 species
Korean brown frog

(한국산개구리)

 Rana coreana[16]

(Okada, 1928)

 Near cultivated fields Throughout[17]
Dybowski's frog


(산개구리)

 Rana dybowskii

(Günther, 1876)

 Forests Throughout
Huanren frog

(계곡산개구리)

 Rana huanrenensis

(Fei, Ye & Huang, 1991)

 High mountain streams Sporadic throughout mainland
Dark-spotted frog


(참개구리)

 Pelophylax nigromaculatus

(Hallowell, 1861)

 Stagnant water in forests and meadows Throughout
Seoul frog

(금개구리)

 Pelophylax chosenicus[21]

(Okada, 1931)

 Ponds and rice paddies Western Korea[22]
Imienpo Station frog

(옴개구리)

 Glandirana emeljanovi[24]

(Nikolskii, 1913)

 Slow streams and wetlands Throughout mainland
American bullfrog


(황소개구리)

 Rana catesbeiana

Shaw, 1802

 Stagnant waters Throughout[26]

See also

Notes
  1. Absent from Jeju and some coastal regions, according to Yang (2001), p. 40.
  2. Matsui, M.; Wenge, Z. (2004). "Hynobius leechii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
  3. Ministry of Environment (2005).
  4. Masafumi Matsui (2004). "Hynobius quelpaertensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  5. Has been collected only in the vicinity of the Kori nuclear power station in Gijang-gun, northern Busan (Yang 2001, p. 44).
  6. Simon Stuart (2008). "Hynobius yangi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  7. Kuzmin, S.; Matsui, M.; Wenge, Z.; Maslova, I.; Tuniyev, B. (2004). "Onychodactylus fischeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
  8. Kuzmin, S.; Ishchenko, V.; Matsui, M.; Wenge, Z.; Kaneko, Y. (2004). "Salamandrella keyserlingii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
  9. The "Hapsu Salamander Habitat" of this species in Paegam, North Hamgyong, is designated North Korean Natural Monument #360. Cultural Heritage Administration. "합수도롱룡살이터". 남북한의천연기념물. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
  10. Vieites, D.; Karsen, S.; Min Mi-Sook; Suh Y. Yang; Wake, D. (2006). "Karsenia koreana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
  11. Kuzmin; et al. (2004). "Bombina orientalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
  12. Possibly extirpated on Jeju, according to Yang 2001, p. 50.
  13. Seldom found south of Gangwon-do, but has been collected from Jirisan, according to Yang 2001, p. 52.
  14. Borzée, Amaël; Kim, Kyungmin; Heo, Kyongman; Jablonski, Piotr G.; Jang, Yikweon (4 October 2017). "Impact of land reclamation and agricultural water regime on the distribution and conservation status of the endangered Dryophytes suweonensis". PeerJ. 5: e3872. doi:10.7717/peerj.3872. PMC 5631092.
  15. Yang 2001, p. 56
  16. Previously considered a subspecies of Rana amurensis, but determined to be a distinct species by . Accepted by Foster (2007).
  17. The boundary between this species' range and the range of Rana amurensis is not known with certainty.
  18. Jae-Young Song (2008). "Rana coreana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  19. The habitat of this species on Kuwolsan in Unryul, South Hwanghae, is designated North Korean Natural Monument #146. Cultural Heritage Administration. "구월산애기개구리살이터". 남북한의 천연기념물. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
  20. Kuzmin, S.; Maslova, I.; Tuniyev, B.; Matsui, M.; Pipeng, L.; Kaneko, Y. (2004). "Rana nigromaculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
  21. Per Frost (2007). Given as Rana plancyi in Yang (2001) and older records, and as Rana chosenica in the IUCN Red List.
  22. Not found on Jeju in recent surveys, according to Yang (2001), p. 68.
  23. Matsui, M. (2004). "Rana chosenica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
  24. Per Frost (2007). Previously considered a single species with the Japanese wrinkled frog, Glandirana rugosa.
  25. Kuzmin, S.; Matsui, M.; Wenge, Z.; Kaneko, Y. (2004). "Rana emeljanovi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
  26. Not confirmed in the wild on Jeju (Yang 2001, p. 72).
  27. Santos-Barrera, G.; et al. (2004). "Rana catesbeiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 2007-06-12.

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