List of REPTILIA species in Japan



This is a list of REPTILIA in Japan according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Plestiodon kishinouyei Kishinoue's Giant Skink 8217 VU
Gekko yakuensis Yakushima Gecko 96251941 NT
Achalinus werneri Amami Takachiho Snake 161 NT
Plestiodon takarai 114618571 DD
Takydromus toyamai Miyako Grass Lizard 178488 EN
Scincella vandenburghi Tsushima Ground Skink 178539 LC
Goniurosaurus orientalis Spotted Ground Gecko 18917757 EN
Gloydius tsushimaensis Tsushima Island Pitviper 88793478 LC
Goniurosaurus splendens Banded Ground Gecko 18917767 EN
Goniurosaurus toyami Toyama's Ground Gecko 18917777 CR
Goniurosaurus yamashinae Yamashina's Ground Gecko 18917785 CR
Gekko tawaensis Tawa Gecko 178673 LC
Elaphe climacophora Japanese Ratsnake 47755764 LC
Elaphe quadrivirgata Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake 47755783 LC
Euprepiophis conspicillata Japanese Woodsnake 47755805 LC
Hebius concelarum 96252506 EN
Mauremys japonica Japanese Pond Turtle 39612 LR/nt
Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus Ryukyu Short-legged Skink 96250558 LC
Hebius ishigakiense Yaeyama Keelback 96252669 NT
Hebius pryeri Pryer's Keelback 96252730 LC
Geoemyda japonica Ryukyu Leaf Turtle 9042 EN
Lycodon multifasciatus 48892759 LC
Opisthotropis kikuzatoi Kikuzato's Brook Snake 15391 CR
Plestiodon finitimus 96265253 LC
Plestiodon japonicus 96265272 LC
Plestiodon barbouri Barbour's blue-tailed Skink 199742 VU
Plestiodon kuchinoshimensis 96265313 VU
Plestiodon latiscutatus Far Eastern Skink 96265344 LC
Plestiodon marginatus Okinawa Blue-tailed Skink 96265367 NT
Plestiodon oshimensis Ousima Skink 96265403 NT
Plestiodon stimpsonii Stimpson's Skink 96265428 NT
Protobothrops elegans Elegant Pitviper 96265465 LC
Protobothrops flavoviridis Habu 96265495 LC
Protobothrops tokarensis Tokara Habu 96265537 VU
Sinomicrurus japonicus Japanese Coral Snake 177491 NT
Calamaria pfefferi Pfeffer's Reed Snake 3463 EN
Scincella boettgeri Boettger's Ground Skink 96265628 LC
Ptyas herminae Sakishima Green Snake 96251357 LC
Lycodon semicarinatus Loo-Choo Big-tooth Snake 47113738 LC
Takydromus tachydromoides Japanese Grass Lizard 96266178 LC
Gloydius blomhoffii Mamushi 192065 LC
Ptyas semicarinatus Ryukyu Green Snake 96251644 LC
Takydromus dorsalis Sakishima Grass Lizard 96265980 EN
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae Ryuku Eyelid Gecko 98152257 VU
Ovophis okinavensis Ryukyu Island Pit Viper 96265023 LC
Pareas iwasakii Iwasaki's Snail-eater 16220 NT
Gekko shibatai 96251742 VU
Gekko vertebralis 96251775 LC
Takydromus smaragdinus Green Grass Lizard 96266149 NT
Cryptoblepharus nigropunctatus Snake-eyed Skink 196595 NT
Lycodon orientalis Oriental Odd-tooth Snake 48889843 LC

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)