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Category : Wildlife of the Yanbaru

01 Mar 2021

Andersons Crocodile Newt Encounter

Andersons Crocodile Newt is pretty much a dinosaur. To be found during specific times of the year and in a few pockets of dense jungles in the Northern areas of Okinawa main island, it is sadly in decline due to habitat loss and illegal pet trade poachers.

16 Feb 2021

Amami Odd-Scaled Snake

I was hoping to get a glimpse of predation by Himei Habu Pit Vipers on the otherwise occupied mating Green Tree Frogs which seemed to be teeming all over the place on the night of my initial visitation.

Reptiles of Okinawa / Wildlife of the Yanbaru / Wildlife Photography / Wildlife Videography

08 Feb 2021

There’s Silver in Them Thar Hills!

And then I saw it. About 80cm in length what looked to be a ‘Habu’, a venomous Pit Viper, but of the three main species that inhabit Okinawa and all of which I’d encountered on numerous times, the marking on this snake were all wrong. It was a lot lighter in color for starters.

Reptiles of Okinawa / Wildlife of the Yanbaru

03 Jun 2020

Jungles of the North

On my first trip to Okinawa from my then base of Yokohama I had two things on my mind, Jungles and wildlife filming.

Video / Wildlife of the Yanbaru / Wildlife Videography

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