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Prefectural Natural Monument
Reptiles
Kikuzato's Stream Snake
Opisthotropis kikuzatoi
A small snake found only on Kumejima in Okinawa Prefecture, living in and beside mountain streams, where it is thought to catch small fish, frogs and other prey. An island endemic with an extremely small range, it is designated a Natural Monument of Okinawa Prefecture, and conserving its stream habitat is essential.
- Scientific name
- Opisthotropis kikuzatoi
- Group
- Reptiles
- Prefectures
- Okinawa
- 日本語
- キクザトサワヘビ
- 简体中文
- 久米沢蛇
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The Kikuzato's Stream Snake is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Okinawa.
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