Okinawan amphibians: Table

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TABLE. Amphibian taxa and abundance (in minimum number of individuals [MNI]) from two Late Pleistocene-Holocene fissures in Okinawajima, and a comparison with the results of Hasegawa (1980). - indicates absence of the fossil, * denotes extralimital taxa (mainland Japanese species: Glandirana rugosa and Rana tagoi ; Southeast Asian species: Polypedates leucomystax), and ** denotes a taxon mentioned by Nokariya (1983b).

Species	Hasegawa (1980)	This study
	Minatogawa Fissure	Minatogawa Fissure	Sashiki Fissure
	(Late Pleistocene)	(Late Pleistocene)	Lower unit	Upper unit
			(Late Pleistocene)	(middle Holocene)
Anura
Fejervarya kawamurai	“rare”	-	-	-
Limnonectes namiyei	“rare”	1	1	-
Babina holsti	“rare”	2	6	-
Glandirana rugosa*	“abundant”	-	-	-
Odorrana ishikawae	“common”	-	7	-
O. narina	“abundant”	40	5	-
Rana tagoi*	“rare”	-	-	-
R. ulma	“abundant”	49	152	-
Microhyla okinavensis	“rare”	-	-	2
Buergeria japonica	-	1	-	1
Rhacophorus viridis viridis	“rare”	1	6	1
Rhacophorus sp. (or Polypedates leucomystax)*	“rare”	-	-	-

Caudata
Cynops ensicauda	“common”	20	51	1
Echinotriton andersoni	-	1	92	-

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Okinawan amphibians: Table