Glandirana rugosa
(Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)
GLAN-dih-RAH-nuh — roo-GOH-sah
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to Japan. It was introduced as a biological control in 1876 and is established in Hawai’i (islands of Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Maui, and O'ahu) (McKeown 1996, Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Incorporated, Los Osos, California).
(Krysko, Kenneth and Travis W. Taggart. 2025. Established Exotic Species. Pages 64-87 in Kirsten E. Nicholson (Editor), Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, 9th Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, Kansas. 87 pp.)
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Occurrences:
370 Total
276 Museum
94 Other
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Province/State Distribution:
United States: Hawaii
Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for both its glandular appearance and wrinkled texture.
Glandirana — From Latin glandula, “gland,” and rana, “frog.” Refers to the prominent skin glands (particularly parotoid) seen in the genus.
rugosa — Latin for “wrinkled” or “rough.” Describes the frog’s noticeably rugose (textured or wrinkly) skin.
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1838
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Temminck, Coenraad J. Fauna Japonica. Volume 3 (Reptilia). Pages (xxi) + 144 in Coenraad J. Temminck and H. Schlegel. Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis, superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, obfervationibu et adumbrationibus illustravit. [Fauna Japonica, or Description of animals, which he collected during a journey through Japan, under the command and auspices of the superiors who hold the supreme power in Batavian India, in the years 1823-1830, and illustrated with notes, illustrations and sketches.]. Apud Auctorem [by the author], Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden, Netherlands]. pp.
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2022
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Meshaka, Walter E. Jr., R. Bruce Bury, Suzanne L. Collins, and Malcolm L. McCallum. Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles of the United States. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 245pp.
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