Nidirana okinavana (Boettger, 1895)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Kampira Falls frog (Nidirana okinavana), also known as the Yaeyama harpist frog or harpist brown frog, is a species in the true frog family (Ranidae). Until recently known as Rana psaltes, it is found on Ishigaki and Iriomote in the Yaeyama Islands of Japan, as well as on Taiwan.
It is a mid-sized, stout brown frog, with a distinctive suprabrachial gland and a fold of skin running from the shoulders to the hips.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia contributors, Kampira Falls frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:20:19.468581+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Nidirana okinavana (Boettger, 1895)
- Name authority
- (Boettger, 1895)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ranidae
- Genus
- Nidirana
- 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
- genusNidirana Dubois, 1992
- speciesNidirana okinavana (Boettger, 1895)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Nidirana. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Nidirana adenopleura (Boulenger, 1909) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nidirana daunchina (Chang, 1933) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nidirana hainanensis (Fei, Ye & Jiang, 2007) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nidirana lini (Chou, 1999) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nidirana nankunensis Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Lin, Liu & Wang, 2017 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nidirana chongqingensis Ma & Wang, 2023 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nidirana guangxiensis Mo, Lyu, Huang, Liao & Wang, 2021 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nidirana leishanensis Li, Wei, Xu, Cui, Fei, Jiang, Liu & Wang, 2019 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nidirana mangveni Lyu, Qi & Y. Y. Wang, 2020 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nidirana noadihing Boruah, Deepak & Das, 2023 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nidirana occidentalis Lyu, Yang & Wang, 2020 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nidirana xiangica Lyu & Wang, 2020 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Nidirana psaltes (Kuramoto, 1985) (Kuramoto, 1985) | synonym |
| Hylarana psaltes (Kuramoto, 1985) (Kuramoto, 1985) | synonym |
| Rana okinavana Boettger, 1895 Boettger, 1895 | synonym |
| Rana psaltis Kuramoto, 1985 Kuramoto, 1985 | synonym |
| Babina okinavana (Boettger, 1895) (Boettger, 1895) | synonym |
| Babina psaltes (Kuramoto, 1985) (Kuramoto, 1985) | synonym |
| Rana psaltes Kuramoto, 1985 Kuramoto, 1985 | 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=1101381 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:6S9SL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.