🇯🇵Animals recorded in Japan

Which animals have been recorded in Japan? 106,547 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 225 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Japanese clawed salamander, Japanese Buerger's Frog, Herring Gull.

• 106,547 records
• 1,200+ species
• 72 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Japanese clawed salamander, Japanese Buerger's Frog, Herring Gull. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Japan

	Animal	Group	Records
	Japanese clawed salamander Onychodactylus japonicus	Amphibia Hynobiidae	676
	Japanese Buerger's Frog Buergeria japonica	Amphibia Rhacophoridae	612
	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Aves Laridae	608
	Asian Grass Frog Fejervarya limnocharis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	535
	Sword-tailed Newt Cynops ensicauda	Amphibia Salamandridae	508
	Japanese Treefrog Dryophytes japonicus	Amphibia Hylidae	506
	Ant Frog Microhyla ornata	Amphibia Microhylidae	500
	Japanese Volcano Barnacle Tetraclita japonica	Maxillopoda Tetraclitidae	487
	smooth spooner Etisus laevimanus	Malacostraca Xanthidae	430
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	387
	Japanese Wrinkled Frog Glandirana rugosa	Amphibia Ranidae	377
	Mitsjama salamander Hynobius nebulosus	Amphibia Hynobiidae	360
	Large Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus speciosus	Mammalia Muridae	355
	Liolophura japonica	Polyplacophora Chitonidae	335
	Japanese goose barnacle Capitulum mitella	Maxillopoda Pollicipedidae	334
	Littorina brevicula	Gastropoda Littorinidae	329
	Chthamalus challengeri	Maxillopoda Chthamalidae	328
	Laricobius osakensis	Insecta Derodontidae	327
	Small Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus argenteus	Mammalia Muridae	325
	Japanese grass lizard Takydromus tachydromoides	Squamata Lacertidae	325
	Okinawa Tree Lizard Diploderma polygonatum	Squamata Agamidae	325
	rock-boring urchin Echinometra mathaei	Echinoidea Echinometridae	315
	Heliocidaris crassispina	Echinoidea Echinometridae	307
	Diadema setosum	Echinoidea Diadematidae	306
	Northern Star Limpet Patelloida saccharina	Gastropoda Lottiidae	301
	Echinolittorina radiata	Gastropoda Littorinidae	301
	Pagurus filholi	Malacostraca Paguridae	300
	Vignadula atrata	Bivalvia Mytilidae	300
	wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus	Aves Procellariidae	298
	Japanese False Limpet Siphonaria japonica	Gastropoda Siphonariidae	298
	Mangrove Barnacle Fistulobalanus albicostatus	Maxillopoda Balanidae	294
	Striped Acorn Barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite	Maxillopoda Balanidae	293
	Japanese Fire Belly Newt Cynops pyrrhogaster	Amphibia Salamandridae	292
	blotched nerite Nerita albicilla	Gastropoda Neritidae	291
	Lunella correensis	Gastropoda Turbinidae	291
	Monodonta confusa	Gastropoda Trochidae	290
	Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus	Echinoidea Strongylocentrotidae	288
	Gaetice depressus	Malacostraca Varunidae	288
	Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus	Malacostraca Varunidae	285
	Cellana nigrolineata	Gastropoda Nacellidae	279
	Japanese spiny oyster Saccostrea kegaki	Bivalvia Ostreidae	278
	Orange-striped green anemone Diadumene lineata	Anthozoa Diadumenidae	278
	Nanosesarma minutum	Malacostraca Sesarmidae	275
	Pacific oyster Magallana gigas	Bivalvia Ostreidae	274
	Mutable Mussel Brachidontes mutabilis	Bivalvia Mytilidae	272
	Mespilia globulus	Echinoidea Temnopleuridae	272
	Gray Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	271
	Pseudocentrotus depressus	Echinoidea Strongylocentrotidae	270
	Batillaria cumingii	Gastropoda Batillariidae	267
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	266
	Siphonaria acmaeoides	Gastropoda Siphonariidae	263
	Green grass lizard Takydromus smaragdinus	Squamata Lacertidae	262
	Reishia clavigera	Gastropoda Muricidae	262
	Acanthochitona achates	Polyplacophora Acanthochitonidae	261
	Gray Red-backed Vole Myodes rufocanus	Mammalia Cricetidae	261
	Japanese Brown Frog Rana japonica	Amphibia Ranidae	259
	Cellana toreuma	Gastropoda Nacellidae	258
	striped shore crab Pachygrapsus crassipes	Malacostraca Grapsidae	253
	Leptodius exaratus	Malacostraca Xanthidae	252
	common hairy crab Pilumnus vespertilio	Malacostraca Pilumnidae	251