Japan
Asia · Eastern Asia
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
ajuga
Ajuga reptans
aloé-dos-cem-anos
Agave americana
arabidópsis
Arabidopsis thaliana
axenuz
Agrostemma githago
bafureira
Ricinus communis
bengali
Amandava amandava
mainá-ribeirinho
Acridotheres ginginianus
mainato-de-poupa
Acridotheres cristatellus
Ecoregions
Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Indomalaya
Ogasawara subtropical moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Oceania
Hokkaido deciduous forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
Nihonkai evergreen forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
Nihonkai montane deciduous forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
Taiheiyo evergreen forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
All Species in Japan
cacticans mealybug
Rhizoecus cacticans
Sap beetle
Carpophilus marginellus
Corn sap beetle
Carpophilus dimidiatus
Fly
Coboldia fuscipes
Polynesian rat
Rattus exulans
limy tubeworm
Hydroides dianthus
Plaster beetle
Cartodere constricta
Herbarium Beetle
Dienerella filum
Common thrip
Echinothrips americanus
Black larder beetle
Dermestes ater
Wardrobe beetle
Attagenus fasciatus
Siamese grain beetle
Lophocateres pusillus
Japanese Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus abramus
Common cattle grub
Hypoderma lineatum
Wasp
Bruchophagus gibbus
Asiatic Toad
Bufo gargarizans
Thrips
Frankliniella intonsa
Galician mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis
Black Blow Fly
Phormia regina
Formosan rock macaque
Macaca cyclopis
Common Tree Frog/Four-lined Tree Frog
Polypedates leucomystax
Lewis spider mite
Eotetranychus lewisi
Redbanded thrip
Selenothrips rubrocinctus
Japanese wrinkled frog
Glandirana rugosa
Japanese Common Toad
Bufo japonicus
Daruma Pond Frog (Rana porosa brevipoda)
Pelophylax porosus
Japanese Brown Frog
Rana japonica
Okinawa Narrow-Mouthed Toad
Microhyla okinavensis
Sakishima Rice Frog
Fejervarya sakishimensis
Gem-faced civet
Paguma larvata
Amur Hedgehog
Erinaceus amurensis
Dsinezumi Shrew
Crocidura dsinezumi
Japanese Weasel
Mustela itatsi
Chinese giant salamander
Andrias davidianus
Common Rose
Pachliopta aristolochiae
Masked Laughingthrush
Garrulax perspicillatus
White-browed Laughingthrush
Garrulax sannio
Moustached Laughingthrush
Garrulax cineraceus
Asian green mussel
Perna viridis
Mediterranean green crab
Carcinus aestuarii
Pleated tunicate
Styela plicata
Mediterranean scale
Parlatoria ziziphi
Japanese leafhopper
Orientus ishidae
Ivory Barnacle
Amphibalanus eburneus
Indian House Cricket
Gryllodes sigillatus
Ascidian
Polyandrocarpa zorritensis
Japanese Beetle
Popillia japonica
Coconut rhinoceros beetle
Oryctes rhinoceros
arrow-head scale
Unaspis yanonensis
cellar spiders
Crossopriza lyoni
The Japanese maple leafhopper
Japananus hyalinus
Leafhopper
Macropsis notata
Beardsley leafhopper
Balclutha saltuella
Mite
Tenuipalpus pacificus
tuberculate pear crab
Pyromaia tuberculata
Mud Dauber
Sceliphron caementarium
Marine isopod
Paracerceis sculpta
Melon fly
Bactrocera cucurbitae
rosy predator snail
Euglandina rosea
Immortal jellyfish
Turritopsis dohrnii
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