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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
56
CR + EN + VU
Population
126,476,461
Area
377,975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 20
Vulnerable 21
Near Threatened 41
Least Concern 426
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 878
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Japanese wrinkled frog

Glandirana rugosa

Least Concern

Japanese Common Toad

Bufo japonicus

Least Concern

Daruma Pond Frog (Rana porosa brevipoda)

Pelophylax porosus

Least Concern

Japanese Brown Frog

Rana japonica

Least Concern

Okinawa Narrow-Mouthed Toad

Microhyla okinavensis

Least Concern

Sakishima Rice Frog

Fejervarya sakishimensis

Least Concern

Mealybug destroyer

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

Not Evaluated

Amur Hedgehog

Erinaceus amurensis

Least Concern

Dsinezumi Shrew

Crocidura dsinezumi

Least Concern

Japanese Weasel

Mustela itatsi

Near Threatened

Chinese giant salamander

Andrias davidianus

Critically Endangered

Common Rose

Pachliopta aristolochiae

Least Concern

Masked Laughingthrush

Garrulax perspicillatus

Not Evaluated

California red scale

Aonidiella aurantii

Not Evaluated

Moustached Laughingthrush

Garrulax cineraceus

Not Evaluated

Dictyospermum scale

Chrysomphalus dictyospermi

Not Evaluated

California red scale

Aonidiella citrina

Not Evaluated

Asian green mussel

Perna viridis

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean green crab

Carcinus aestuarii

Not Evaluated

Florida wax scale

Ceroplastes floridensis

Not Evaluated

Pleated tunicate

Styela plicata

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean scale

Parlatoria ziziphi

Not Evaluated

California scale

Diaspidiotus perniciosus

Not Evaluated

Ivory Barnacle

Amphibalanus eburneus

Not Evaluated

Indian House Cricket

Gryllodes sigillatus

Not Evaluated

Ascidian

Polyandrocarpa zorritensis

Not Evaluated

Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

Not Evaluated

Coconut rhinoceros beetle

Oryctes rhinoceros

Not Evaluated

arrow-head scale

Unaspis yanonensis

Not Evaluated

cellar spiders

Crossopriza lyoni

Not Evaluated

The Japanese maple leafhopper

Japananus hyalinus

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Macropsis notata

Not Evaluated

Beardsley leafhopper

Balclutha saltuella

Not Evaluated

Mite

Tenuipalpus pacificus

Not Evaluated

tuberculate pear crab

Pyromaia tuberculata

Not Evaluated

Mud Dauber

Sceliphron caementarium

Not Evaluated

Marine isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

Not Evaluated

Melon fly

Bactrocera cucurbitae

Not Evaluated

rosy predator snail

Euglandina rosea

Not Evaluated

Immortal jellyfish

Turritopsis dohrnii

Not Evaluated

pineapple mealybug

Dysmicoccus brevipes

Not Evaluated

Asian chestnut gall wasp

Dryocosmus kuriphilus

Not Evaluated

black-striped mussel

Mytilopsis sallei

Not Evaluated

Magnificent Bryozoan

Pectinatella magnifica

Not Evaluated

Natal rock oyster

Saccostrea cuccullata

Not Evaluated

Common Currant

Ribes rubrum

Least Concern

European gooseberry

Ribes uva-crispa

Least Concern

Climbing False Buckwheat

Fallopia dumetorum

Least Concern

Duckwheat

Fagopyrum tataricum

Not Evaluated

Redvein dock

Rumex sanguineus

Critically Endangered

Clustered Dock

Rumex conglomeratus

Least Concern

Bristle Dock

Rumex maritimus

Endangered

Common Sheep Sorrel

Rumex acetosella

Not Evaluated

Curled Dock

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

Not Evaluated

Common Privet

Ligustrum vulgare

Least Concern

Big-Leaved Periwinkle

Vinca major

Not Evaluated

Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor

Least Concern

Budgerigar

Melopsittacus undulatus

Not Evaluated

Tricolored Munia

Lonchura malacca

Least Concern

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