Pelophylax porosus (Cope, 1868)
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 Daruma pond frog (Pelophylax porosus) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It has two subspecies, P. porosus porosus (the Tokyo Daruma pond frog) and P. porosus brevipodus (the Nagoya Daruma pond frog). It is endemic to Japan. The average size of males is 3.5 to 6.2 cm, while females are from 3.7 to 7.3 cm.
Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, rivers, freshwater marshes, ponds, irrigated land, and canals and ditches. Their primary habitat is rice fields, as it is important for breeding and producing new frogs. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
Wikipedia contributors, Daruma pond frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:37:39.744307+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pelophylax porosus (Cope, 1868)
- Name authority
- (Cope, 1868)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ranidae
- Genus
- Pelophylax
- 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
- genusPelophylax Fitzinger, 1843
- speciesPelophylax porosus (Cope, 1868)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pelophylax. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pelophylax plancyi (Lataste, 1880) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pelophylax saharicus (Boulenger in Hartert, 1913) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pelophylax shqipericus (Hotz, Uzzell, Günther, Tunner & Heppich, 1987) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pelophylax demarchii (Scortecci, 1929) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pelophylax epeiroticus (Schneider, Sofianidou & Kyriakopoulou-Sklavounou, 1984) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pelophylax fukienensis (Pope, 1929) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Hylarana porosa (Cope, 1868) (Cope, 1868) | synonym |
| Tomopterna porosa Cope, 1868 Cope, 1868 | synonym |
| Rana brevipoda Ito, 1941 Ito, 1941 | synonym |
| Rana porosa (Cope, 1868) (Cope, 1868) | synonym |
| Rana porosa brevipoda Ito, 1941 Ito, 1941 | synonym |
| Rana porosa porosa (Cope, 1868) (Cope, 1868) | synonym |
| Rana brevipoda porosa (Cope, 1868) (Cope, 1868) | synonym |
| Rana brevipoda brevipoda Ito, 1941 Ito, 1941 | synonym |
| Rana nigromaculata brevipoda Ito, 1941 Ito, 1941 | 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=775194 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:76CHQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.