Odorrana splendida Kuramoto, Satou, Oumi, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2011
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Amami Ishikawa’s Frog, Odorrana splendidaː Amami Is., Japan. Apri-1-2022
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Open encyclopedia reference
Odorrana splendida (Amami Ishikawa's frog or Amami Oshima frog) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to Amami Island, the second largest island of the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
It is closely related to Odorrana ishikawae (the Okinawa Ishikawa's frog, formerly known as the Ishikawa's frog) and was considered the same species until 2011.
This species inhabits the upstream regions surrounded by broad-leaved evergreen forests. Observations in the western part of the island, indicate that the breeding season is from late January to May, with the peak in February to March. During the breeding season, males come to specific breeding streams and stay in the surrounding area. The larvae undergo metamorphosis in the summer of the following year or two years later.
It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging, the construction of roads and alteration of rivers. The small Indian mongoose, introduced in 1979, was eradicated in 2024, eliminating the threat posed by mongooses.
Wikipedia contributors, Odorrana splendida; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:29:07.448446+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Odorrana splendida Kuramoto, Satou, Oumi, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2011
- Name authority
- Kuramoto, Satou, Oumi, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2011
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ranidae
- Genus
- Odorrana
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyRanidae Batsch, 1796
- genusOdorrana Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990
- speciesOdorrana splendida Kuramoto, Satou, Oumi, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2011
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Odorrana. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Odorrana anlungensis (Liu & Hu in Hu, Zhao & Liu, 1973) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Odorrana arunachalensis Saikia, Sinha & Kharkongor, 2017 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Odorrana bacboensis (Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov & Ho, 2003) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Odorrana chloronota (Günther, 1876) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Odorrana exiliversabilis Li, Ye & Fei in Fei, Ye & Li, 2001 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Odorrana fengkaiensis Wang, Lau, Yang, Chen, Liu, Pang & Liu, 2015 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Odorrana gigatympana (Orlov, Ananjeva & Ho, 2006) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Odorrana graminea (Boulenger, 1900) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Odorrana hainanensis Fei, Ye & Li, 2001 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Odorrana heatwolei (Stuart & Bain, 2005) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Odorrana hosii (Boulenger, 1891) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Odorrana huanggangensis Chen, Zhou & Zheng, 2010 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1101142 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:48SGR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.