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#1994 · 🐸 amphibians

Swinhoe's frog

Odorrana swinhoana

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe
Swinhoe's frog, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Shaway Liu · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Odorrana swinhoana is a species of frog in the Ranidae family that is endemic to Taiwan. They are to large-sized frogs with males 6 cm and females 12 cm in snout-vent length.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 5,630iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 5,630 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by George Albert Boulenger in 1903 (123 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Swinhoe's frog
scientific name
Odorrana swinhoana
class
Amphibia
order
Anura
family
Ranidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
5,630
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1903 by George Albert Boulenger

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Ranidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 66264, Wikidata Q1038816, GBIF 2427256, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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