Ishikawa's frog (''Odorrana ishikawae'') is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to

Okinawa Island is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. It is the smallest and least populated of the five main islands of Japan. The island is approximately long, an average wide, and has an ...

, one of the Ryukyu Islands of

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It has been described as the most beautiful frog in Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and intermittent rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Odorrana Endemic amphibians of Japan Endemic fauna of the Ryukyu Islands Endangered biota of Asia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1901 Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger {{Ranidae-stub