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: With picture| Higher Taxa | Scientific Name [Common name] |
Legal control | Distribution in Japan |
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| Geoemydidae, Testudines, Reptilia | Chinemys reevesii [Reeves' pond turtle] |
Hokkaido and Okinawajima Is. There were also records from Kumejima (Okinawa Islands) ... | |
| Geoemydidae, Testudines, Reptilia | Cuora flavomarginata subspp. [yellow-margined box turtle] |
Yes | Unknown subspecies populations are established in Okinawa Islands (Okinawajima and Ku ... |
| Geoemydidae, Testudines, Reptilia | Mauremys mutica kami [Asian brown pond turtle] |
Yes | Okinawa Islands (Okinawajima, Sesokojima, Akajima, Kumejima) and Sakishima Islands (M ... |
| Geoemydidae, Testudines, Reptilia | Mauremys mutica mutica [Asian brown pond turtle] |
Yes | This subspecies is established in Kyoto, Osaka, and Shiga Prefs., and Iheyajima Islan ... |
| Chelydridae, Testudines, Reptilia | Chelydra serpentina subspp. [Snapping turtle] |
Yes | Established in several ponds in Chiba and Shizuoka Pref., and possibly in Tokyo Pref. ... |
| Chelydridae, Testudines, Reptilia | Macrochelys temminckii [Alligator snapper] |
Yes | Escaping turtles are sometimes reported. An alligator snapper laying eggs was capture ... |
| Trionychidae, Testudines, Reptilia | Pelodiscus sinensis [Chinese softshell turtle] |
Ryukyu Archipelago. Osumi Islands (Yakushima, Tanegashima), Amami Islands (Kikaijima, ... | |
| Emydidae, Testudines, Reptilia | Trachemys scripta elegans [red-eared slider] |
Yes | |
| Agamidae, Sauria (Lacertilia), Squamata, Reptilia | Japalura polygonata polygonata [Okinawa tree lizard] |
Shizuoka pref, Nichinan City, Miyazaki Pref., Ibusuki City and Yakushima Is., Kagoshi ... | |
| Agamidae, Sauria (Lacertilia), Squamata, Reptilia | Japalura swinhonis [Swinhoe’s tree lizard] |
Kanagawa，Miyazaki，and Eastern side of Tenryu River in Iwata, Shizuoka Pref. | |
| Iguanidae, Sauria (Lacertilia), Squamata, Reptilia | Anolis carolinensis [Green anole] |
Yes | Bonin Islands (Chichijima and Hahajima Islands), Okinawajima Island |
| Iguanidae, Sauria (Lacertilia), Squamata, Repftilia | Iguana iguana [Green iguana] |
Established in Ishigakijima Is. (Sakishima Islands). There are many reports of captur ... | |
| Scincidae, Sauria (Lacertilia), Squamata, Reptilia | Plestiodon japonicus [Japanese skink] |
Introduced to and established on Hachijojima, Izu Islands Group. | |
| Gekkonidae, Sauria (Lacertilia), Squamata, Reptilia | Gekko hokouensis [Hokou gecko] |
Recorded on Kanagawa Pref., Shizuoka Pref., Wakayama Pref., and Hachijojima Island (I ... | |
| Gekkonidae, Sauria (Lacertilia), Squamata, Reptilia | Gekko japonicus [Japanese gecko] |
Coastal parts of Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and peripheral islets. | |
| Gekkonidae, Sauria (Lacertilia), Squamata, Reptilia | Hemidactylus frenatus [house gecko] |
Major islands in Amami, Okinawa, Daito, Sakishima, and Ogasawara Islands. | |
| Gekkonidae, Sauria (Lacertilia), Squamata, Reptilia | Hemiphyllodactylus typus typus [tree gecko] |
Sakishima Islands (Miyakojima, Taramajima, Ishigakijima, Kohamajima, Iriomotejima, an ... | |
| Gekkonidae, Sauria (Lacertilia), Squamata, Reptilia | Lepidodactylus lugubris [mourning gecko] |
Ogasawara Islands, Okinawa Islands (Sesoko Island, Minna Island, Okinawa Island, Toka ... | |
| Viperidae, Ophidia (Serpentia), Squamata, Reptilia | Protobothrops elegans [Sakisima habu] |
Yes | Southern part of Okinawajima Is. |
| Viperidae, Ophidia (Serpentia), Squamata, Reptilia | Protobothrops mucrosquamatus [Taiwan habu] |
Yes | Okinawajima Is. (Nago City and Onna Village) |
| Colubridae, Ophidia (Serpentia), Squamata, Reptilia | Amphiesma vibakari [Japanese keelback] |
Izu Islands (Miyakejima and Mikurajima Is.) | |
| Colubridae, Ophidia (Serpentia), Squamata, Reptilia | Elaphe climacphora [Japanese ratsnake] |
Hachijojima Island (Izu Islands). According to literature, this species was found in ... | |
| Colubridae, Ophidia (Serpentia), Squamata, Reptilia | Elaphe taeniura subspp. [Beauty snake] |
Yes | Central part of Okinawajima Island. |
| Typhlopidae, Ophidia (Serpentia), Squamata, Reptilia | Ramphotyphlops braminus [Brahminy blind snake] |
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| Higher Taxa | Common name [Scientific Name] | Legal control | Distribution in Japan |