Polypedates leucomystax
System : Freshwater_terrestrial
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Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Rhacophoridae
  • Not Evaluated
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  • No Alien Population
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  • Data Deficient
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  • Minimal Concern
    MC
  • Minor
    MN
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    MO
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    MR
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    MV
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Recommended citation: Global Invasive Species Database (2025) Species profile: Polypedates leucomystax. Downloaded from http://iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=2022 on 29-03-2025.

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Bibliography
3 references found for Polypedates leucomystax

Management information
Hasegawa H, Kadota Y, Ikeda Y, Sato A, Matsuura K (2018) Helminth Parasites of Polypedates leucomystax (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) in Yaeyama Islands, Southern Ryukyu, Okinawa, Japan. Current Herpetology 37(1): 1-10.
Hasegawa H, Ota H (2017) Parasitic Helminths Found from Polypedates leucomystax (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) on Miyakojima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Current Herpetology 36(1): 1-10.
General information
Kuraishi N, Matsui M, Ota H (2006) Estimation of the Origin of Polypedates leucomystax (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) Introduced to the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Pacific Science 63(3): 317-325.
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MN
Polypedates leucomystax
Date assessed
2021-06-06
Year published
2021
Eicat category
MN (Minor)
Justification for EICAT assessment


The alien frog Polypedates leucomystax is a host of several parasites which can be transmitted to native species in its introduced range (Hasegawa and Ota 2017; Hosegawa et al. 2018).
Confidence rating
Low
Mechanism(s) of maximum impact
Transmission of disease
Countries of most severe impact
Japan
Description of impacts
Transmission of diseases to native species - P. leucomystax is a host of several parasites, some of which have arrived on the introduced island with the frog.
Assessor
Sabrina Kumschick; John Measey
Contributors
Giovanni Vimercati; Mohlamatsane Mokhatla; James Baxter-Gilbert; Corey Thorp; Alexander D. Rebelo; Sarah J. Davies; F. André de Villiers; Nitya Prakash Mohanty; Carla Wagener; Khensani Nkuna
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EICAT authority
Recommended citation
Sabrina Kumschick, John Measey (2025). Polypedates leucomystax. IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT).