''Limnonectes namiyei'' is a species of
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...
in the family
Dicroglossidae
The frog family Dicroglossidae occurs in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa, with most genera and species being found in Asia. The common name of the family is fork-tongued frogs.
The Dicroglossidae were previously considered to ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Okinawa Island, Japan.
It is named after Motoyoshi Namiye, a Japanese naturalist and herpetologist.
Its common name is Okinawa wart frog or Namiye's frog;
[ the latter name is also spelled Namie's frog.][E.g. ]
Its natural habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
s are upstream regions in primary broad-leaved evergreen forest. It used to be a common frog but has greatly declined because of habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...
(deforestation, road and dam construction) and predation by invasive mongoose
A mongoose is a small terrestrial carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Herpestidae. This family is currently split into two subfamilies, the Herpestinae and the Mungotinae. The Herpestinae comprises 23 living species that are native to so ...
s.
References
namiyei
Amphibians of Japan
Endemic fauna of the Ryukyu Islands
Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger
Amphibians described in 1901
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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