Günther's frog
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Günther's frog lays eggs in patches that float on the water.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Günther's frog
- Scientific name
- Sylvirana guentheri
- Japanese name
- イヌガエル
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ranidae
- Genus
- Sylvirana
It is also listed under the scientific name Hylarana guentheri.
How the Günther's frog lives
It lives in places such as lowland streams, ponds, grasslands and fields. It eats small frogs and insects. Its breeding season lasts until the end of summer. Its tadpoles have cloud-like spots on their tails.
The University of Hong KongBasic data
- Range
- Southern China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Vietnam
Where the Günther's frog has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- イヌガエル
- 简体中文
- 沼蛙
- 繁體中文
- 沼蛙
- 한국어
- 군터개구리
- Deutsch
- Günthers Frosch
- Italiano
- Rana di Guenther
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — イヌガエルChecked: 2026-11-04
- The University of Hong Kong — Sylvirana guentheri | Günther's FrogChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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