前人报道天津和山东有日本林蛙的分布,但也有学者表示怀疑。本文报道采集于山东徂徕山的该类物种。从成体量度和蝌蚪唇踟式来看,与现报道的镇海林蛙和峨眉林蛙有一定差异。该物种体型大小与峨眉林蛙相近似,唇齿式为1:2-2/111
It was reported that Rana japonica japonica distributed in Tianjin and Shandong, the North China was questioned recently. The authors collected 13 speciemens of this species and its tadpoles at Mr. Culai of Shandong in July this year. There exist some differences between this species and other related species, such as R. zhenhaiensis and R. omeimontis, especially in body size and labial teeth formula of the tadpoles, The body size of this species is close to that of R. omeimontis and the labial teeth formula is 1: 2-2/111.