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Ueno's Brown Frog
Ueno's Brown Frog
Rana uenoi
Amphibia
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
5-10 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Insectivore
Activity
Nocturnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
East Asia
Movement
Hopping
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Uncommon

About

A compact brown frog endemic to Japan, distinguished by its prominent dorsolateral folds and cryptic brown coloration that renders it nearly invisible against mountain forest leaf litter.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A jelly-coated egg is laid in water and develops over days into an aquatic larva.
  2. 2.
    tadpole
    A gilled tadpole swims and grazes on algae, slowly absorbing its tail and growing limbs.
  3. 3.
    juvenile
    A near-adult amphibian leaves the water with new legs and lungs, smaller than the mature form.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown at adult size, breathing air.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Ranidae
Genus
Rana
Species
Rana uenoi