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This list of reptiles of Japan is primarily based on the IUCN Red List, which details the conservation status of some one hundred species. [1] Of these, five are assessed as critically endangered (the hawksbill turtle and yellow pond turtle and the endemic Toyama's ground gecko, Yamashina's ground gecko, and Kikuzato's brook snake), ten as endangered, twelve as vulnerable, thirteen as near ...
Endemic reptiles of Japan (45 P) S. Snakes of Japan (25 P) Pages in category "Reptiles of Japan" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
1.5 Reptiles. 1.6 Amphibians. 1.7 Insects and arachnids. 1.8 ... a species of venomous snake that exists in all areas of Japan except certain islands including ...
The Japanese taimen (Hucho perryi) is the largest fish to enter freshwater in Japan and may reach sizes of up to 2 meters in length. The Japanese taimen is a critically endangered species including the Japanese populations which are restricted to the rivers and surrounding ocean of Hokkaido. Also present is the Japanese dace (Tribolodon ...
The common name in English is mamushi, [3] or Japanese mamushi. [4] The common name in Japanese is mamushi (蝮). In Korea, it is known as Korean: 살무사; RR: salmusa or Korean: 살모사; RR: salmosa. In China, it is known as the Qichun snake (七寸子) or soil snake/viper (土巴蛇、土蝮蛇、土夫蛇、土公蛇).
In the late 1980s, a wave of purported sightings of the tsuchinoko was reported across Japan, primarily in the village of Shimokitayama in Nara Prefecture.In 1988, Kazuo Nozaki, a member of Shimokitayama's village council, launched a "Tsuchinoko Expedition" to find the creature, which offered 1 million yen ($7,800 at the time) for its live capture and 300,000 yen for a sample of its skin.
Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus), also known as yamori in Japanese, is a species of gecko. Taxonomy. G. japonicus was classified by Hermann Schlegel in 1836.
Pages in category "Endemic reptiles of Japan" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.