Yonaguni Horse  10 May 2020

Yonaguni Horse is a kind of native horse in Japan with only      
8 species remaining in Japan. The color of the hair is all brown,
and it is characterized by a low body height of about 115 cm.    


    

    

    

    
       Kishinouye Lizard                                                       

I saw two lizards with a length of 30-40 cm and a thickness of     
5 cm behind the gatepost of a private house. While trying to take  
a picture, they quickly fled into the hole at the base of the tree.

They are the largest members of the lizard suborders distributed   
in Japan. They live only in Yaeyama and Miyako Islands in Japan.   

Scientific name is Plestiodon kishinouyei.                         
It is classified into the reptile class Squamata, Lizards.         
It was designated as a Japanese natural monument in 1975.          
In 2017, it was determined to be near endangered by the            
Red List of Okinawa Prefecture.                                    
https://yaimatime.com/no1/2286/                                   


       White-Breasted Waterhen                                                

This is a bird I often see after coming to Ishigaki Island, but    
I still haven't had a chance to take a photo. They live in rivers, 
wetlands, paddy fields, mangrove forests, and also in the grassland
in the mountains. There is a species called Yambaru Kuina in the   
same family.                                                       

These numbers in Okinawa are decreasing year by year, and it is now
classified as an endangered species.Scientific name is Amaurornis- 
phoenicurus, and it is called White-Breasted Waterhen in English.  

http://o36photo.jp/newpage1092.html                                
http://www.env.go.jp/nature/kisho/hogozoushoku/yambarukuina.html