Frogs of Japan

Frog-tunes "In the country side"

Sound by Tsuruhiko KABAY, Norio MAEDA. Photos by Norio MAEDA.
Yama kei publishers Co. Ltd
CD books 6:
ISBN4-653-59106-9 C0854 P3400E

Description of the contents

1.meadow in Iriomote with the chorus of eyefinger-gaeru,hime-amagaeru
and yaeyama-aogaeru

2. valley in Amami-oshima with the sound of ishikawa-gaeru. Background
music is ryuukyu-konohazuku adn aobazuku

3. Kunado River (branch of Fuji River) in Yamanashi with the sound of aobazuku

4. Konuma (means old marsh) in Omine mountain in Gunma which is
favorite place for mori-aogaeru and schlegel-oagaeru to
sing. toratugumi is heard in the darkness of woods.

5. Ogawahara-lake in Shimokita; with the chorus of nihon-amagaeru, 
sonosama-gaeru and the soprano of Schlegel aogaeru.

6. Sikaribetsu-lake in Hokkaido; group of ezo (means Hokkaido)-akagaeru breaks
the silence of the lakeside with the occasional shima-fukuro's low
voice.

7. Hyla japonica: nihon-amagaeru 
(ranges from Hokkaido to Kyshyu)
[Note: common everywhere in Kanto-plain, 
also seen near small lake west of Shari, Hokkaido]

8. Hyla hallowellii: Hollowell-amagaeru 
(Amami-oshima, Okinawa-jima, Iriomote-jima) 

9. Rhacophorus arboreus: mori-aogaeru 
(almost whole Honshu)
[Note: common in Kanto plain, but not in the big numbers as number 7]

10. Rhacophorus schlegelii: Schelegel-aogaeru 
(Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)

11. Rhacophorus viridis amamiensis: amami-aogaeru 
(Amami-oshima, Tokunosima)

12. Rhacophorus viridis viridis: Okinawa-aogaeru 
(okinawajima, Kumejima)

13. Rhacophorus owstoni: yaeyama-oagaeru 
(Isigakijima, Iriomotejima)

14. Polypedates leucomystax leucomystax: shiro-ago (white chin) gaeru 
(Okinawa-jima)

15. Chirixalus eiffingeri: eyefinger-gaeru 
(Ishigaki-jima, Iriomote-jima)

16. Buergeria buergeri: kajika-gaeru 
(Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)

17. Buergeria japonica: nihon-kajika-gaeru 
(Amami-oshima, Iriokote)

18. Microhyla ornata: hime-amagaeru 
(Amami-oshima, Yonakuni-jima),smallest in Japan

19. Rana japonica japonica: nihon-akagaeru 
(Honshu, Kyushu, Osumi Islands)
[Note: heard in  Saitama-ken]

20. Rana tsushimensis: Tushima-akagaeru 
(Tsushima in Nagasaki)

21. Rana okinavana: ryukyu-akagaeru 
(Amami-oshima, Tokunoshima, Okinwa-jima)

22. Rana tagoi tagoi: tago-gaeru (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)

Rana tagoi okiensis, Rana tagoi yakushimensis -- no sound

23. Rana sakuraii: nagare-tagogaeru 
(central part of Honshu)

24. Rana prica: ezo-akagaeru 
(Hokkaido)

25. Rana ornativentris: yama-akagaeru 
(Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)

26. Rana dybowskii: chosen-yama-akagaeru 
(Tsushima)

27. Rana nigromaculata: tonosama-gaeru 
(part of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)
[Note: Saitama-ken; the mountain Tsukuba-san is famous for them]

28. Rana porosa porosa: Tokyo-daruma-gaeru 
(Kanto, Nagano, Niigata, Sendai plain)

29. Rana porosa brevipoda: daruma-gaeru 
(from Tokai region to Setonaikai coast)

30. Rana rugosa: tuchi-gaeru 
(from Southwest Hokkaido to Kyushyu)
[Note heard in Hokkaido]

31. Rana limnocharis limnocharis: numa-gaeru 
(from west part of Honshu to southwest islands)

32. Rana catesbeiana: ushi-gaeru 
(from southwest Hokkaido to southwest islands)  Imported in 1918
[Note at many places in Nara, Ibaraki, Saitama]

33. Rana namiyei: namie-gaeru 
(north part of Okinawa-jima)

34. Rana ishikawae: ishikawa gaeru 
(Amami-oshima, Okinawa-jima)

35. Rana narina narina: hanasaki-gaeru 
(Amami-oshima, Iriomote-jima)

36. Rana psaltes: yaeyama-hara-buchi-gaeru 
(Ishigaki-jima, Iriomote-jima)

37. Rana subaspera; otton-gaeru 
(Amami-oshima, Kakeroma-jima)

38. Rana holsti: Holst-gaeru 
(Okinawa-jima, Tokashiki-jima)

39. Bufo japonicus formosus: azuma-hikigaeru 
(from Tohoku to Kinki and Sanin region)
[Note: around Nara: they like to call from little holes in 
"soundcaves" in the forest. Many call simultaneously, at 
slightly different pitch.]

40. Bufo japonicus japonicus: nihon-hikigaeru 
(Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu)

Bufo torrenticola: no sound----  nagare-hikigaeru 
(west part of Honshu, part of Kinki)

41. Bufo gargizans miyakonis: miyako-hikigaeru 
(Miyako-jima, South and North Ohigasi-jima)

42. Bufo marinus: oohikigaeru 
(Ogasawara Islands, South and Nort Ohigashi-jima)



Many thanks to Mariko Fujikubo-san for providing me with a translation.

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