Kajika Frog

The Kajika Frog is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Kajika Frog, Buergeria buergeri, is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. More

The Ryukyu Kajika Frog or Ryukyu Kajikagaeru (Buergeria japonica) is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It is found in Japan and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, freshwater springs, geothermal wetlands, irrigated land, and canals and ditches. More

kajika frog is so called because it lives in rivers (ka(wa)) and has a haunting call like a deer (shika), making it ideal for use in poetry. Virtually all of the Manyōshū poems that include a kawazu specifically refer to its call. More

The Kajika Frog, Buergeria buergeri, is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It is endemic to Japan. More

Kajika frog is flat body, dark gray or brown in color. It has large toe pads. Habitat : The kajika frog inhabits woodland along the open streams with lots of first-sized stones. More

call of Kajika Frog (Buergeria buergeri)’, momo060824bb01b, for an ‘advertisement call’). The identity of the caller is unknown (The caller might be an individual out of the frame of the picture). More

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Order : Anura
Family : Rhacophoridae
Genus : Buergeria
Species : buergeri
Authority : (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)