Odorrana utsunomiyaorum (Matsui, 1994)
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.
Utsunomiya's Tip-nosed Frog found beside a ravine in Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Odorrana utsunomiyaorum is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, and is known from the islands of Ishigaki and Iriomote, both in the Yaeyama Group. The specific name utsunomiyaorum honours Taeko and Yasuaki Utsunomiya for their contributions to clarifying the amphibian fauna of the Yaeyama Group.
Wikipedia contributors, Odorrana utsunomiyaorum; 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 utsunomiyaorum (Matsui, 1994)
- Name authority
- (Matsui, 1994)
- 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 utsunomiyaorum (Matsui, 1994)
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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Eburana utsunomiyaorum (Matsui, 1994) (Matsui, 1994) | synonym |
| Huia utsunomiyaorum (Matsui, 1994) (Matsui, 1994) | synonym |
| Rana utsunomiyaorum Matsui, 1994 Matsui, 1994 | synonym |
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=775172 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:48SGY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.