Reptiles introduced to
Japan 

 

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Introduced species(confirmed and presumed introductions, incl. both surviving and extirpated populations, excl. unpublished records)


Species

References
Lizards (Sauria)

Anolis carolinensis

Common Green Anole

Goris & Maeda 2005 Hasegawa, Kusano & Miyashita 1988 Ota, Kakazu & Isawa 1995 Ota, Kakazu & Izawa 1995 Powell 1992 Toda, Komatsu, Takahashi, Nakagawa & Sukigara 2013

Hemidactylus flaviviridis

Yellow-bellied House Gecko

Kurita, Toda & Toda 2014

Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Goris & Maeda 2005 Johnson 1969 Kurita 2013 Stejneger 1907 Wermuth 1965 Zhao & Adler 1993

Iguana iguana

Common Green Iguana

Ackerman, Recart & Daehler 2013

Varanus indicus

Pacific Monitor

Dryden & Ziegler in Pianka & King (eds.) 2004 Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler 1999 Ziegler, Schmitz, Koch & Böhme 2007
Snakes (Serpentes)

Protobothrops mucrosquamatus

Brown-spotted Pitviper

Ota 2005
Turtles (Testudines)

Chelydra serpentina

North American Snapping Turtle

Ota 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017

Trachemys scripta

Common Slider

Bringsøe in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Goris & Maeda 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Zug 2013

Mauremys mutica

Yellow Pond Turtle

Goris & Maeda 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Zhao & Adler 1993

Mauremys reevesii

Chinese Three-keeled Pond Turtle

Goris & Maeda 2005 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Lovich, Yasukawa & Ota 2011 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Zhao & Adler 1993

Pelodiscus maackii

Amur Softshell Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017

Pelodiscus sinensis

Chinese Softshell Turtle

Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Fritz & Havas 2006 Goris & Maeda 2005 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Suzuki & Hikida 2014 Wermuth & Mertens 1977