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Reptiles and Amphibians of Japan

Reptiles and amphibians occurring in Japan.

Chinese Box Turtle 1
Cuora flavomarginata
Chinese Soft-shelled Turtle 2
Pelodiscus sinensis
Japanese pond turtle 3
Mauremys japonica
Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle
Geoemyda japonica
Caretta caretta gigas
Red-eared Slider 4
Trachemys scripta elegans
Green Sea Turtle 5
Chelonia mydas
Chinese Pond Turtle
Mauremys reevesii
Yellow Pond Turtle
Mauremys mutica
Green Anole 6
Anolis carolinensis
Japalura polygonata ishigakiensis 7
Okinawa Tree Lizard 8
Japalura polygonata
Tawa Gecko 9
Gekko tawaensis
Yakushima Gecko
Gekko yakuensis
Schlegel's Japanese Gecko 3
Gekko japonicus
Asian Smooth Gecko 10
Hemidactylus bowringii
Asian House Gecko 11
Hemidactylus frenatus
Mourning Gecko 12
Lepidodactylus lugubris
Four-clawed Gecko 13
Gehyra mutilata
Kuroiwa's Ground Gecko 14
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae
Goniurosaurus orientalis
Goniurosaurus splendens
Amur Grass Lizard
Takydromus amurensis
Japanese Grass Lizard 15
Takydromus tachydromoides
Green Grass Lizard
Takydromus smaragdinus
Sakishima Grass Lizard
Takydromus dorsalis
Snake-eyed Skink
Cryptoblepharus nigropunctatus
Littoral Whiptail-skink 16
Emoia atrocostata
Boettger's Ground Skink
Scincella boettgeri
Tsushima Ground Skink 3
Scincella vandenburghi
Ryukyu short-legged skink 17
Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus
Shanghai Elegant Skink 18
Plestiodon elegans
Barbour's Eyelid Skink
Plestiodon barbouri
Far Eastern Skink 19
Plestiodon latiscutatus
Ousima Skink
Plestiodon marginatus
Plestiodon oshimensis
Stimpson's Skink 20
Plestiodon stimpsonii
Kishinoue's giant skink 21
Plestiodon kishinouyei
Brahminy Blind Snake 22
Ramphotyphlops braminus
Iwasaki's Snail-eater
Pareas iwasakii
Peters' Odd-scaled Snake
Achalinus spinalis
Amami Takachiho Snake
Achalinus werneri
Pfeffer's Reed Snake
Calamaria pfefferi
Ryukyu Green Snake 23
Cyclophiops semicarinatus
Sakashima green snake
Cyclophiops herminae
Japanese Ratsnake 2
Elaphe climacophora
Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake 24
Elaphe quadrivirgata
Burrowing Ratsnake 25
Euprepiophis conspicillata
Elaphe carinata yonaguniensis
Sakishima Beauty Snake
Elaphe taeniura schmackeri
King Ratsnake 26
Elaphe carinata
Oriental Odd-tooth Snake 27
Lycodon orientalis
Loo-Choo Big-tooth Snake 17
Lycodon semicarinatus
Red-banded Snake 3
Lycodon rufozonatus
Lycodon rufozonatus walli
Northern Large-toothed Snake
Lycodon septentrionalis
Tiger Keelback 3
Rhabdophis tigrinus
Pryer's Keelback 17
Hebius pryeri
Japanese Keelback
Hebius vibakari
Yaeyama keelback
Hebius ishigakiense
Sinomicrurus japonicus boettgeri
Chinese Sea Krait 28
Laticauda semifasciata
Japanese Coral Snake 29
Sinomicrurus japonicus
Brown-lipped Sea Krait 30
Laticauda laticaudata
Banded Sea Krait 31
Laticauda colubrina
Slender-necked Seasnake 32
Hydrophis melanocephalus
Short-tailed Mamushi 33
Gloydius blomhoffii
Turtle-headed Sea Snake 34
Emydocephalus annulatus
Okinawa Pitviper
Ovophis okinavensis
Tokara Habu
Protobothrops tokarensis
Philippine Pit Viper 35
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus
Elegant pitviper
Protobothrops elegans
Siberian Salamander 36
Salamandrella keyserlingii
Hida Salamander 37
Hynobius kimurae
Abe's Salamander
Hynobius abei
Hokkaido Salamander 38
Hynobius retardatus
Oita Salamander 38
Hynobius dunni
Misty Salamander 39
Hynobius nebulosus
Black Salamander 40
Hynobius nigrescens
Tokyo Salamander 40
Hynobius tokyoensis
Northeast Salamander 40
Hynobius lichenatus
Tsushima Salamander
Hynobius tsuensis
Blotched Salamander 40
Hynobius naevius
Tortoiseshell Salamander
Hynobius stejnegeri
Oki Salamander 40
Hynobius okiensis
Odaigahara Salamander 41
Hynobius boulengeri
Japanese Giant Salamander 2
Andrias japonicus
Japanese Clawed Salamander 42
Onychodactylus japonicus
Anderson’s Salamander 40
Echinotriton andersoni
Japanese Fire Belly Newt 42
Cynops pyrrhogaster
Sword-tailed Newt 43
Cynops ensicauda
Japanese Tree Frog
Hyla japonica
Hallowell's Tree Frog
Hyla hallowellii
Eastern-Japanese Common Toad 44
Bufo japonicus formosus
Japanese Common Toad 45
Bufo japonicus
Japanese Stream Toad
Bufo torrenticola
Cane Toad 46
Rhinella marina
Ornamented Pygmy Frog 47
Microhyla ornata
Asiatic Grass Frog 3
Rana chensinensis
Ryukyu Brown Frog
Babina okinavana

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