At least 37 species of amphibians are native to Taiwan. Of these, 17 species are endemic to Taiwan. Salamander Echinotriton andersoni is considered extinct in Taiwan (but survives on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan). In addition, there are three introduced species: cane toad Rhinella marina, bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus, and Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus. Thus, in total 40 amphibians have been recorded in Taiwan.
Anura (frogs and toads)
Family Bufonidae â true toads
Family Dicroglossidae â fork-tongued frogs
Family Hylidae â (Ameroaustralian) treefrogs
Family Microhylidae â narrow-mouthed frogs/toads
Family Ranidae â true frogs
- Nidirana adenopleura <small>(Boulenger, 1909)</small>
- Nidirana shyhhuangi <small>(Lin, Chang, Matsui, Shen, Tominaga & Lin, 2025)</small>
- Hylarana latouchii <small>(Boulenger, 1899)</small>
- Hylarana taipehensis <small>(Van Denburgh, 1909)</small>
- Lithobates catesbeianus <small>(Shaw, 1802)</small> â introduced
- Odorrana swinhoana <small>(Boulenger, 1903)</small> â endemic
- Pelophylax fukienensis <small>(Pope, 1929)</small>
- Rana longicrus <small>(Stejneger, 1898)</small>
- Rana sauteri <small>(Boulenger, 1909)</small> â endemic
- Sylvirana guentheri <small>(Boulenger, 1882)</small>
Family Rhacophoridae â flying frogs or Afro-Asian treefrogs<br /> Subfamily Buergeriinae
Subfamily Rhacophorinae
- Kurixalus berylliniris <small>(Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016)</small> â endemic
- Kurixalus eiffingeri <small>(Boettger, 1895)</small>
- Kurixalus idiootocus <small>(Kuramoto and Wang, 1987)</small> â endemic
- Kurixalus wangi <small>(Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016)</small> â endemic
- Polypedates braueri <small>(Vogt, 1911)</small>
- Polypedates megacephalus <small>(Hallowell, 1861)</small> â introduced
- Zhangixalus arvalis <small>(Lue, Lai, and Chen, 1995)</small> â endemic
- Zhangixalus aurantiventris <small>(Lue, Lai, and Chen, 1994)</small> â endemic
- Zhangixalus moltrechti <small>(Boulenger, 1908)</small> â endemic
- Zhangixalus prasinatus <small>(Mou, Risch, and Lue, 1983)</small> â endemic
- Zhangixalus taipeianus <small>(Liang and Wang, 1978)</small> â endemic
Family Eleutherodactylidae
Subfamily Eleutherodactylinae
Family Cryptobranchidae â giant salamanders
Family Hynobiidae â Asian salamanders
Family Salamandridae â newts
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