Rana sakuraii Matsui and Matsui, 1990
Rana sakuraii Matsui and Matsui, 1990, Herpetologica, 46: 78. Holotype: OMNH Am 7160, by original designation. Type locality: "Napparagawa River, Nippara, Okutama-machi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (35°50′N, 139°2′E, 600 m a. s. l. "
Rana (Rana) sakuraii — Maeda and Matsui, 1990, Frogs Toads Japan, Ed. 2: 71.
English Names
Napparagawa Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 109).
Stream Brown Frog (Maeda and Matsui, 1990, Frogs Toads Japan, Ed. 2: 71).
Distribution
Montane regions of central Honshu from Kanto through Chubu to Kinki Districts, Japan.
Comment
In the Section Rana, subgenus Rana, Rana tagoi group of Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 333. Most closely related to Rana tagoi, according to the original publication. Tanaka, Matsui, and Takenaka, 1994, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 11: 753-757, discussed the relationships of this species with Rana ornativentris, Rana pirica, Rana tagoi, and Rana japonica. See comment under Rana tagoi. Maeda and Matsui, 1990, Frogs Toads Japan, Ed. 2: 68-71, provided an account. Goris and Maeda, 2004, Guide Amph. Rept. Japan: 94-96, provided an account, map, and photograph.
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