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 |
- |
