Okinawa
No.464
Small Wetlands and Nearshore Waters of Sesoko-jima
Criteria for selection
:2
City:C/Town:T/
Village:V
Wetland type
Biota
Habitat
Reason for selection
Motobu T
Seagrass beds,
Wetlands
Seagrasses
Nearshore
waters of
Sesoko-jima
Habitat of
Halophila ovalis
and
H. decipiens
.
Reptiles and
amphibians
Small wetlands
in Sesoko-jima
Habitat of
Tylototriton andersoni
and
Cynops ensicauda
(both endemic species of Japan), as well as
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae kuroiwae
and
Rhacophorus viridis viridis
(both endemic to Japan at species level).
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