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. 2021 Jul 23;11(8):2185. doi: 10.3390/ani11082185

Table 1.

List of amphibian species in South Korea.

Family Name Scientific Name Common Name Presence AUC TSS
Bufonidae Bufo gargarizans Asian toad 1233 0.79 0.59
Bufonidae Bufo stejnegeri Water toad 233 0.92 0.72
Discoglossidae Bombina orientalis Oriental fire-bellied toad 3302 0.73 0.54
Hylidae Dryophytes japonicus Japanes tree frog 4976 0.66 0.53
Hynobiidae Hynobius leechii Korean salamander 3401 0.77 0.65
Hynobiidae Hynobius quelpaertensis Jeju salamander 74 0.99 0.98
Hynobiidae Onychodactylus koreanus Korean clawed salamander 240 0.89 0.66
Microhylidae Kaloula borealis Narrow-mouthed toad 64 0.87 0.65
Plethodontidae Karsenia koreana Korean crevice salamander 13 0.82 0.69
Ranidae Glandirana rugosa Wrinkled frog 1683 0.71 0.61
Ranidae Lithobates catesbeianus American bullfrog 2527 0.87 0.59
Ranidae Pelophylax chosenicus Korean golden frog 31 0.97 0.89
Ranidae Pelophylax nigromaculatus black-spotted pond frog 6314 0.78 0.65
Ranidae Rana coreana Korean brown frog 1562 0.76 0.57
Ranidae Rana uenoi Korean large brown frog 3708 0.68 0.55
Ranidae Rana huanrenensis Huanren brown frog 930 0.86 0.54
Hylidae Dryophytes suweonensis * Suweon tree frog Presenc epoints < 10
Hynobiidae Hynobius yangi * Kori salamander Presenc epoints < 10
Hylidae Dryophytes flaviventris a Yellow-bellied tree frog www.krsh.co.kr
(accessed on 20 July 2021)
Hynobiidae Hynobius geojeensis a Geoje salamander Borzée and Min, 2021
Hynobiidae Hynobius notialis a Southern Korean salamander Borzée and Min, 2021
Hynobiidae Hynobius perplicatus a Cryptic Uiryeong salamander Borzée and Min, 2021
Hynobiidae Hynobius unisacculus a Korean small salamander www.krsh.co.kr
(accessed on 20 July 2021)

* There are 23 amphibian species currently recorded in South Korea. We targeted 18 species to model, identified from the 3rd National Ecosystem Survey in Korea, but D. suweonensis and H. yangi were not included in analysis as their number of occurrence points were less than 10. a Newly reported amphibian species in South Korea. We excluded these species in analysis as their occurrence points are not available on the datasets collected by the 3rd National Ecosystem Survey. (Species in gray shaded area were not included in our simulation).