Buergeria buergeri

species of amphibian

The Kajika frog or Bueger's frog (Buergeria buergeri) is a frog. It lives in Japan. People have seen it on Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku.[2][3][1]

Buergeria buergeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Buergeria
Species:
B. buergeri
Binomial name
Buergeria buergeri
(Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla bürgeri Temminck and Schlegel, 1838
  • Buergeria subversicolor Tschudi, 1838
  • Polypedates bürgeri Duméril and Bibron, 1841
  • Hyla mackloti Schlegel In Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
  • Polypedates burgeri Hallowell, 1861
  • Polypedates mackloti Peters, 1871
  • Rana mackloti Boulenger, 1882
  • Rana buergeri Boulenger, 1882
  • Rhacophorus buergeri Boulenger, 1888
  • Polypedates buergeri Stejneger, 1907
  • Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) buergeri Ahl, 1931
  • Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) buergeri buergeri Wolf, 1936
  • Buergeria buergeri Liem, 1970

This frog can be small or medium sized. The adult male frog is 37 - 44 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 49 - 69 mm long. It has vomerine teeth in its jaw. There is only a little webbed skin on the front feet but a lot of webbed skin on the back feet.[3]

People see this frog in rivers and forests on mountains. They see this frog between 0 and 1600 meters above sea level.[1]

The female frog lays eggs in the water. She lays 200–600 eggs at a time. The eggs hatch into tadpoles with large disks on their mouths.[1]

Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in a large place. It has protected parks in it. In some places, the frogs die because people make dams.[1]

During the Edo period, people kept these frogs as pets because of their beautiful singing.[1]

First paper

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  • Boulenger, G. A. (1893). "Concluding report on the reptiles and batrachians obtained in Burma by Signor L. Fea dealing with the collection made in Pegu and the Karin Hills in 1887–88". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 2 (13): 304–347.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Kajika Frog: Buergeria buergeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T58782A177227179. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T58782A177227179.en. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Buergeria buergeri (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ambika Sopory (October 22, 2001). Vance T. Vredenburg; Michelle S. Koo (eds.). "Buergeria buergeri (Temminck & Schlegel, 1838)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 9, 2024.