LIZARDS of JAPAN

This page introduces all the species of lizards of JAPAN.

Please click the name of lizards you want to know.
The lizards are called "Tokage" in Japanese.
The grass lizards are called "Kanahebi" in Japanese.

AGAMIDAE(Agama)
IGUANIDAE(Iguana)
SCINCIDAE(Tokage)
LACERTIDAE(Kanahebi)

AGAMIDAE(Agama) The family of tree lizards.

COMMON NAME JAPANESE NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME

Okinawan (Okinawa) tree lizard Okinawa-Kinobori-Tokage Japalura polygonata polygonata

Okinawan (Sakishima) tree lizard Sakishima-Kinobori-Tokage Japalura polygonata ishigakiensis

Okinawan (Yonaguni) tree lizard Yonaguni-Kinobori-Tokage Japalura polygonata donan

IGUANIDAE(Iguana) The family of iguanas.

COMMON NAME JAPANESE NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME

Green anole Green anole Anolis carolinensis

SCINCIDAE(Tokage) The family of ground lizards.

COMMON NAME JAPANESE NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME

Japanese five-lined skink Nihon-Tokage Eumeces japonicus

Okada's five-lined skink Okada-Tokage Eumeces latiscutatus

Barbour's five-lined skink Barbour-Tokage Eumeces barbouri

Yaeyama seven-lined skink Ishigaki-Tokage Eumeces stimpsonii

Ryukyu(Okinawa) five-lined skink Okinawa-Tokage Eumeces marginatus marginatus

Ryukyu(Amami) five-lined skink Oshima-Tokage Eumeces marginatus oshimensis

Elegant five-lined skink Ao-Suzi-Tokage Eumeces elegans

Kishinoue's giant skink Kishinoue-Tokage Eumeces kishinouyei

Beach skink Miyako-Tokage Emoia atrocostata

Sakishima smooth skink Sakishima-Sube-Tokage Scincella boettgeri

Tsushima smooth skink Tsushima-Sube-Tokage Scincella vandenburghi

Ryukyu short-legged skink Heriguro-Hime-Tokage Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus

Ogasawara snake-eyed skink Ogasawara-Tokage Cryptoblepharus boutonii nigropunctatus

LACERTIDAE(Kanahebi) The family of grass lizards.

COMMON NAME JAPANESE NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME

Viviparous lizard Komoti-Kanahebi Lacerta vivipara

Sakishima grass lizard Sakishima-Kanahebi Apeltonotus dorsalis

Green grass lizard Ao-Kanahebi Takydoromus smaragdinus

Miyako grass lizard Miyako-Kanahebi Takydromus toyamai

Japanese grass lizard Nihon-Kanahebi Takydromus tachydromoides

Amur grass lizard Amur-Kanahebi Takydromus amurensis