Miyako toad
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The Miyako toad lays its eggs in strings wrapped in jelly.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Miyako toad
- Scientific name
- Bufo gargarizans miyakonis
- Japanese name
- ミヤコヒキガエル
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Bufonidae
- Genus
- Bufo
The Miyako toad is a subspecies of the toad species Bufo gargarizans.
Originally, this toad lived on Miyako Island and its neighboring islands, and nowhere else.
It also lives on Minami-Daito and Kita-Daito islands, but those toads were brought there by people.
How the Miyako toad lives
It lives in fields and grasslands in lowland areas. It feeds on the ground, eating insects, earthworms and land snails. When breeding, males gather at still water and call with a repeated kuk-kuk-kuk sound.
国立環境研究所Basic data
- Range
- Miyako Island
Where the Miyako toad 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
- ミヤコヒキガエル
- Français
- Crapaud Miyako
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 — ミヤコヒキガエルChecked: 2026-11-04
- 国立環境研究所 — ミヤコヒキガエルChecked: 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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