Pelophylax nigromaculatus
System : Freshwater_terrestrial
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Ranidae
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  • No Alien Population
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  • Data Deficient
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Recommended citation: Global Invasive Species Database (2025) Species profile: Pelophylax nigromaculatus. Downloaded from http://iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=2016 on 30-03-2025.

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2 references found for Pelophylax nigromaculatus

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Komaki S, Kurabayashi A, Islam MM, Tojo K, Sumida M (2012) Distributional change and epidemic introgression in overlapping areas of Japanese pond frog species over 30 years. Zoological science 29(6): 351-358. https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.29.351
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Pelophylax nigromaculatus
Date assessed
2021-08-03
Year published
2021
Eicat category
DD (Data Deficient)
Justification for EICAT assessment


Dubey S, Leuenberger J, Perrin N (2014) Multiple origins of invasive and ‘native’water frogs (Pelophylax spp.) in Switzerland. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112 (3): 442-449.
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Mechanism(s) of maximum impact
Hybridisation
Countries of most severe impact
Japan
Description of impacts
Hybridisation - Pelophylax nigromaculatus hybridises P. porosus in Japan.
Assessor
Amy Hoffenberg; John Measey; Mohlamatsane Mokhatla
Contributors
Sabrina Kumschick; James Baxter-Gilbert; Corey Thorp; Alexander D. Rebelo; Giovanni Vimercati; Sarah J. Davies; F. André de Villiers; Nitya Prakash Mohanty; Carla Wagener; Khensani Nkuna
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Recommended citation
Amy Hoffenberg, John Measey, Mohlamatsane Mokhatla (2025). Pelophylax nigromaculatus. IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT).