📙 Picture book
We will introduce the characteristics and ecology of the discovered creatures with photos.
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Asian shore crab
Crabs found while surfing....read more

African pompano
Beautiful fins that flutter like threads....read more

Asian House Martin
White hair on legs is cute....read more

Azure-winged Magpie
Characterized by the voice of "Guy Guy"....read more

Atractomorpha lata
The female appears to be piggybacking the male....read more

Asian comma
orange with black spots...read more

Anax nigrofasciatus nigrofasciatus
Silver yanma with black streaks on the chest...read more

African penguin
Can dive close to 100m....read more

Asian jumping mantis
A small praying mantis with a dead leaf color....read more

Asian Brown Flycatcher
Big black eyes....read more

Asian small-clawd otter
Inhabits rivers and marshes, and uses more than 12 different calls....read more

Angerona nigrisparsa
Small black spots scattered on wings....read more

Ashy minivet
The Japanese name comes from the squeaking sound of Hiriri....read more

Atergatis floridus
Interesting name, but poisonous species....read more

Asian constable butterfly
Wing color that looks like ink mixed with blue or green paint....read more

Argyreus hyperbius
It has a leopard print that shines in the grassland....read more

Asiatic dayflower
vivid blue petals....read more

Asian Swallowtail
Common swallowtail butterfly....read more

Alfred manta
Inhale plankton with a large mouth....read more
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Black-faced Bunting
Calling small and sharp in the bush....read more

Brown Hawk-Owl
It has round and expressive yellow eyes....read more

Bluespotted cornetfish
Has an elongated cylindrical mouth and body....read more

Bigfin Reef Squid
has large fins....read more

Blue Rock Thrush
sings with a complex melody....read more

Black-tailed Gull
A typical Japanese seagull with a cat-like cry....read more

Bar-tailed Godwit
long, curved beak...read more

Blue-and-White Flycatcher
A kind of blue bird that represents Japan with beautiful twitter....read more

Banded coral shrim
red and white shrimp for cleaning....read more

Brown Dipper
Characterized by a sharp tail....read more

Black-footed Albatross
Dark brown body with white eyes....read more

Black scoter
All-black duck....read more

Black-crowned Night Heron
Beautiful red iris....read more

Buff-bellied Pipit
Earth-colored wagtail companion...read more

Barn Swallow
Comes in spring....read more

Black Kite
Cries in a high-pitched voice....read more

Banded houndshark
A small shark that swims near the ocean floor....read more

Boxfish
boxy silhouette....read more

Black-necked Grebe
The iris color is cool....read more

Bothriospermum zeylanicum
small lilac flowers hidden at the edges....read more

Bufflehead
The structural color of the head is beautiful....read more

Brown-eared Bulbul
Cries "hee yo hee yo"....read more

Bonin White-eye
Black triangular crest surrounds eyes....read more

Bull-headed Shrike
Searches for prey from trees by wagging its tail....read more

Black-headed Gull
There is a black spot behind the eye....read more

Bluestripe snapper
yellow body with 4 pale lines running...read more

Blue admiral
The lapis lazuli band is beautiful....read more
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Carabus insulicola
Metallic wings with vertical stripes....read more

Common bluebottle
Vivid bluish-green with beautiful red accents....read more

Common slider
Alien Species of Interest, also known as "green turtles"...read more

Cattle Egret
characterized by brown summer plumage...read more

Checkered snapper
Has a mesh-like pattern on its back....read more

Cyrestis thyodamas
has streaks like stone cliffs....read more

Cheekspot scorpionfish
Flashy crimson body color....read more

Common Sandpiper
characterized by a high-pitched cry...read more

Common Reed Bunting
It stops vertically on thin legs....read more

Cryptoblepharus boutonii nigropunctatus
Has transparent snake-like eyelids....read more

Cocktail wrasse
The pattern of the male is impressive....read more

Cigar wrasse
It looks a lot like seaweed....read more

Crow swallowtail
Swallowtail butterfly with beautiful blue and green wings...read more

Common Merganser
Elongated duck with a flesh-colored beak....read more

Common Kingfisher
The structure color blue-green is beautiful....read more

Crested serpent eagle
It has a crest of white feathers on the back of its head....read more

Chinese hwamei
Makes a beautiful chirping sound in the forest....read more

Common Pheasant
The national bird of Japan that is familiar to Momotaro....read more

Common Grass Yellow
Familiar butterfly with yellow wings....read more

Clione
Swims with a pair of wing legs in front of the transparent body....read more

Chinese Grosbeak
Black head behind the eyes....read more

Common Teal
Also good at diving smoothly....read more

Chinese bamboo pheasant
gray and orange head....read more

Common Glider
Blackish brown with three white lines running....read more

Common Kestrel
small peregrine falcon that lives in farmland...read more

Carrhotus xanthogramma
A jumping spider that can be seen in parks and houses....read more

Calopteryx atrata
Also known as ``Burning Dragonfly''...read more

Commons shoveler
long and big beak...read more

Common Moorhen
swims slowly with feet suitable for walking....read more

Coal tit
Short crest and pointed head....read more

Common Goldeneye
Its Japanese name comes from the white markings on its cheeks....read more

Common pochard
Bright reddish-brown plumage....read more

Coenobita purpureus
Violet legs tightly closed when alerted....read more

Citron
The fragrant yellow fruit is a winter tradition....read more
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Dasyatis izuensis
Named because it was found in the Izu Peninsula....read more

Daurian Redstart
The sound of hitting flints together....read more

Dorcus striatipennis
Vertical lines running down the back....read more

Ducetia japonica
streaks along head and back....read more

Daimio tethys
Hensericho with a stylish white crest....read more

Dragon moray
2 nostrils sticking out...read more

Dhiho's seahorse
Wrapping its body in seaweed....read more

Duniln
They come to the tidal flats in large numbers....read more
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Eurasian Bullfinch
The crimson color of the throat....read more

Eurasian Coot
White forehead and red iris....read more

Eurasian Magpie
with bright blue wings...read more

Eastern Spot-billed Duck
Swept away by the current of the river and spinning round and round....read more

Eurasian nuthatch
roams tree trunks....read more

Euricania facialis
transparent wings with a black border....read more

Elegant blenny
A brown line enters the eye vertically....read more

Eastern Buzzard
Named for the way it glides near the ground...read more

Eurasian Wigeon
Cries with a whistle-like voice....read more

Eurasian skylark
A spring bird popular all over the world....read more

East Asian Common octopus
Change body color to mimic....read more

Eurasian Wren
Sings loudly for its small size....read more

Eurasian Oystercatcher
carrot-like orange beak...read more

Eurasian Hoopoe
Derived from the fact that the spread crest feathers look like eight heads....read more
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False kelpfish
spines on dorsal fin....read more

Fiddler crab
Big scissors like pliers are cool...read more

fish mint
Has a peculiar odor but is not "poisonous"....read more

Far Eastern Skink
Became a different species from Japanese lizard (Plestiodon japonicus)....read more

Flathead mullet
bounce off the water surface....read more

Flathead
The head is flat and flat....read more
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Greenshank
Feet not so blue as blue....read more

Green Sea turtle
The most familiar sea turtle....read more

Grey Heron
Scientific name means "grey heron"....read more

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Red under belly....read more

Grey-streaked Flycatcher
A dark brown vertical stripe runs down the belly....read more

Golden-ringed dragonfly
Yellow stripes and bright green compound eyes. It takes about 5 years to reach adulthood....read more

Great Cormorant
Features green iris and yellow mouth corners....read more

Great Crested Grebe
crested grebe...read more

Grey-tailed Tattler
Catch crabs on the shore....read more

Goldcrest
Chrysanthemum flower-like yellow feathers on the head....read more

Grey Wagtail
A wagtail with a distinctive yellow color that can be recognized at a glance....read more

Grey Bunting
Lurk in the dark bush....read more

Great Egret
Japan's largest egret...read more

Grey Plover
Natsuha's belly is black....read more

Gurnard
Spread blue-green pectoral fins....read more

gold-banded lily
Opening large petals in the forest....read more

grass crab spiders
A green spider that lives on leaves and trees....read more
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Hydrangea
ornamental flower with developed calyx. "Patient love"....read more

Hagenomyia micans MacLachlan
The larva is an ant. Beautiful translucent wings....read more

Honeycomb grouper
A pattern that looks like a polygonal pattern....read more

Huenia heraldica
Camouflages with seaweed on its head....read more

Humpback whale
curious "singing whale"...read more

Hawfinch
strong beak, sharp call...read more

Hollyhock
Blooms during the rainy season....read more

Honshu pipefish
Caudal fin screaming....read more

House Swift
Fly quickly with long wings....read more

Horned Grebe
A head with clearly separated black and white....read more
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Indian Awlking
Hind wings orange color is one point....read more

Indian red admiral
bright orange Nymphalidae...read more

Indo-Pacific sergeant
yellow back with 5 horizontal stripes...read more

Indo-Pacific mantis
Can be seen until late autumn. It is characterized by the white stripes on the forewings....read more
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Japanese Green Woodpecker
Endemic to Japan. The bark is like a whistle....read more

Japanese Rat Snake
Body length is more than 2m....read more

Japanese Green Pigeon
fly to drink salt water...read more

Japanese Wood Pigeon
It features a bright head called "Akapoppo"....read more

Japanese Common Toad
A toad found in gardens....read more

Japanese Grosbeak
yellow with strong beak....read more

Japanese spiny lobster
Encased in a tough shell....read more

Japanese Bush Warbler
One of Japan's three songbirds....read more

Japanese Clouded Apollo
Swallowtail butterfly with transparent wings....read more

Japanese rhinoceros beetle
Throw away with great strength and big horns....read more

Japanese accentor
Forages by walking through bushes....read more

Japanese Dart
dark yellow with brown mottling....read more

Japanese black porgy
Also known as "Chinu" in fishing, it is popular....read more

Japanese white stork
A large bird with a long, sharp beak....read more

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
A small woodpecker that you can meet up close....read more

Japanese eel catfish
Juveniles produce "gonzui balls"....read more

Japanese Freshwater Crab
Japanese endemic species living in mountain streams...read more

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher
The long tail feathers of a male are three times as large as the body...read more

Japanese Tit
Beautiful yellow-green back....read more

Japanese striped loach
Has oval spots and stays motionless on the riverbed....read more

Japanese spine-less cuttlefish
From the spread of discharge that makes your buttocks look like it's burning....read more

Japanese Wagtail
The contrast of black and white is strong....read more

Japanese crane
A bird with a bright red crown....read more

Japanese Sparrowhawk
A small hawk, not a high-pitched one....read more

Japanese weasel
stand on two legs and look around....read more

Japanese grass lizard
The most familiar reptile with a long tail....read more

Japanese serow
forest cow with short horns....read more

Japanese gecko
Change body color according to surrounding color....read more

Japanese squirrel
Only trees such as acorns are buried in the ground and "stored"....read more

Japanese grasshopper
a locust whose wings are longer than its legs....read more

Japanese giant flying squirrel
Glide like a glider....read more

Japanese White-eye
Distinctive white eye ring....read more
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Little dragonfish
From the forehead like a long nose in Japanese....read more

Long tailed blue
It has compound eyes and antennae-like patterns....read more

Long-tailed Tit
A popular wild bird with a cute face...read more

Long Tail Spangle
It is characterized by thin black wings and a red patch on the hind wings....read more

Little Grebe
Parenting in calm waters....read more

Lixus impressiventris
The color and shape look like katsuobushi....read more

Lined sea hare
Fine streaks run vertically....read more

Little Tern
The sudden descent from hovering is splendid....read more

Little Egret
A heron with a fashionable summer crest....read more

Lillacine Bushbrown
Eyeballs line the edge of the back....read more

Little Ringed Plover
Distinctive yellow eye ring....read more

Libythea celtis
The tip of the face protrudes like a long-nosed goblin....read more

Lined surgeonfish
Blue and yellow lines run....read more

Lotus
pure heart. The root is lotus root....read more

Long-toed Stint
Sandpiper as small as a skylark....read more

Long-tailed Rosefinch
The red color of the male shines in the river bed...read more

Lesser Cuckoo
A familiar cry from "Nakananara"....read more
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Mnais pruinosa
metallic green....read more

Mandarin duck
Male breeding plumage is colorful....read more

Mew Gull
Characterized by a high-pitched cry, American English name mew is the sound of a cat....read more

Multicolorfin rainbowfish
Reddish brown dotted line between the black lines....read more

Myriochile specularis
The forewing has a casual crest....read more

Mute Swan
There is a hump at the base of the beak....read more

Moorish idol
long white dorsal fin....read more

Micadina phluctainoides
with degenerate wings...read more

Meadow Bunting
look up, puff out your chest and sing...read more

Mallard
The male's head is bright green....read more

Moon Jelly
Jellyfish commonly found on beaches...read more
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Neoclinus okazakii
with fine ocular epithelial flap...read more

Neoclinus lacunicola
white horizontal stripes running...read more

Nelima genufusca
Has wire-like legs and is nicknamed "Uncle Long Legs" in the United States....read more

Northern Pintail
The long tail of the male is characteristic....read more

Narcissus Flycatcher
When it gets warmer, it comes to the bright forest....read more

Neoscona scylloides
Abdomen bright green....read more

Neon damselfish
A beautiful blue like neon....read more

Northern Lapwing
Glossy green back...read more

Natumann's Thrush
Walks or stops on the ground....read more

Nymphalis xanthomelas
dark color reminiscent of the crimson cords of weapons...read more

Neptis philyra
Three white lines running....read more

Narathura japonica
The blue-purple gradation is beautiful....read more
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Orthetrum triangulare melania
looks more light blue than white dragonfly...read more

Oriental reed warbler
A sharp voice called "Gyogyoshi" is heard from Yoshihara....read more

Oriental Greenfinch
Perched on a branch like a bell....read more

Oriental Turtle Dove
Crying "de de po po"...read more

Ornate leaf slug
green body with black and white spots...read more

Orbicular batfish
Juveniles camouflage on dead leaves....read more

Olive flounder
Both eyes on the left side of the body....read more

Olive-backed Pipit
Vertical stripes on belly....read more

Ophichthus zophistius
Only the face is exposed during the daytime....read more

Oval butterflyfish
3 black streaks run down the body....read more

Oberonia japonica
The drooping inflorescence looks like a string....read more
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Palaemon pacificus
Glass-like body....read more

Pellucid hawk moth
has transparent wings without scales....read more

Phylloscopus examinandus
They come during the migration season....read more

Pacific Reef Heron
solitary wild heron...read more

Protaetia orientalis submarumorea
Copper color with fine white spots....read more

Pale Thrush
Lurking in winter bushes....read more

Peacock Pansy
has eyes like a peacock....read more

Palmadusta artuffeli
running brown band....read more

Piano fangblenny
Elongated body with black dots....read more

Plexippoides doenitzi
The species name comes from the German Dönitz who collected it....read more

Persian silk tree
At night the leaves close like sleeping....read more

Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus
There is a white band in the middle of the body....read more

Peregrine Falcon
Swoop to catch prey....read more

Pteraeolidia ianthina
Has blue-purple minoes....read more

Purple Heron
Bluish purple color....read more

Pale grass blue
butterflies that can be seen even in the city...read more
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Red stingray
It has poisonous spines on its tail....read more

Red-throated Loon
Also called "Heike bird"....read more

Red-breasted merganse
Comes to coastal coves in winter....read more

round herring
big-eyed sardines....read more

Rustic Bunting
Characterized by bristling feathers on the top of the head....read more

Ruddy Turnstone
The mottled pattern was likened to a Kyoto woman wearing a kimono....read more

Rhynchocinetes uritai
A translucent body with a geometric pattern of red streaks....read more

Rana tagoi
A brown frog that lives in the forest....read more

Raccoon butterflyfish
a black and white band running around the eye...read more

Red-breasted Flycatcher
Slightly buff color on chest....read more

Red-flanked Bluetail
One of the three representative species of blue birds in Japan...read more
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Shore crab
lead-colored tough-looking carapace...read more

Spotfin burrfish
Porcupinefish with short spines....read more

Striped beakfish
Running black stripes....read more

Straight Swift
Hind wings lined with silver stripes....read more

Striped shore crab
Runs around the rocky beach and eats sea lice, small fish and seaweed....read more

Swallowtail hawkfish
Caudal fin along like a swallow....read more

Slaty-backed gull
Black back and flight feathers....read more

Streaked Shearwater
eat anchovies on the surface of the sea....read more

Silver-lined Skipper
A silver streak runs along the underside of the wing....read more

Starry moray
A protruding yellow nasal tube....read more

Short-eared Owl
horned owl with short wings and rounded head....read more

Speckled butterflyfish
There are fine sesame-like spots on the body....read more

Schlegel's green tree frog
bright green....read more

Scaly Thrush
Cries with an eerie voice....read more

Spiranthes sinensis
Interesting twisted inflorescence....read more

Sawtooth stag
A stag beetle with a curved jaw....read more

Spring star
Long narrow leaves resembling Chinese chives and white flowers....read more

Sheep
It has a wide peripheral vision and runs away when it senses danger....read more

Small Copper
Bright orange with black spots....read more

Sympetrum eroticum
There are black spots like eyebrows on the face....read more

Smew
The male's white plumage is beautiful....read more

Sympetrum pedemontanum elatum
Even the wing veins turn red...read more

Sanderling
Missing back finger near "heel"....read more

Speckled damselfish
beautiful juvenile orange and blue fish...read more

Spotted prawn-goby
Has bright yellow spots....read more
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Tree nymph butterfly
Japan's largest tropical butterfly...read more

Tufted duck
Monotone duck....read more

Takifugu alboplumbeus
Puffer fish has poison in its internal organs and skin....read more

Twotone tang
blackish from face to tail (juvenile fish)...read more

Thornback cowfish
Blue spots spread all over the body....read more

Terek Sandpiper
The beak is upturned....read more

Threadfin butterflyfish
A diagonal black parallel line runs....read more

Tomato clownfish
Clownfish with one line....read more

Tiger Beetle
A beetle with a beautiful metallic luster....read more

Two-lined monocle bream
Two lines running above the eye....read more
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W

White Admiral
A white strip that runs in a V shape....read more

Wolf mantis
Catch prey with sickles on front legs....read more

Whooper swan
fairly large with wings open....read more

White-tailed eagle
Eagle with white tail feathers....read more

Water Rail
A vigilant "walking bird"....read more

Wood Sandpiper
Beautiful mottled pattern on wings....read more

Whimbrel
Distinctive feature is the downward curved beak....read more

wind flower
white flowers blooming in pairs....read more

White Wagtail
A familiar bird that raises and lowers its tail....read more

Whitesaddle goatfish
Swimming in small groups near the bottom of the water....read more

Western Osprey
Strong legs to catch fish....read more

White-cheeked Starling
Has a thin orange beak....read more
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Yellow hawkfish
The tip of the dorsal fin spine is open....read more

Yellow wagtail
Distinctive yellow eyebrows....read more

Ypthima argus
Has a snake-like pattern....read more

Yellow longnose butterflyfish
Yellow body with long long snout...read more

Yellow-throated bunting
Bright yellow throat...read more

Yellow-brown wrasse
Colorful body and shady head....read more