15 Snakes (Venomous Habus) and Okinawa’s most beautiful Frog and Gecko | Field Herping Okinawa Japan

What an amazing night out with @seawildearth! We found some of Okinawa’s most beautiful and hardest to find species - from Ishikawa’s Frog to Kuroiwa’s Ground Gecko to 9 venomous Hime Habus and 5 other snakes. Its hard to fit this much into just one night. What we saw: Hime Habu: Ovophis okinavensis Loo-Choo Big-tooth Snake: Lycodon semicarinatus Brahminy Blind Snake: Indotyphlops braminus Ryukyu Kajika Frog: Buergeria japonica Kuroiwa’s Ground Gecko: Goniurosaurus kuroiwae Asian House Gecko: Hemidactylus frenatus Okinawa Tipped-nosed Frog: Odorrana narina Chinese Softshell Turtle: Pelodiscus sinensis Ishikawa’s Frog: Odorrana ishikawae (Blue Morph) And as always, if you want to learn how to identify what you see in the field, check out Schechter Natural History’s Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians.