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Japanese singing frog
Blacked salamander
Nagare-hikigaeru
Mamushi / Japanese copperhead
Forest green treefrog
photo:Mamushi / Japanese copperhead
Mamushi / Japanese copperhead
Scientific name:agkistrodon blomhoffii@Family:Viperidae
The Japanese copperhead has a triangular head and a body that narrows from the neck down. It has a poison fang in the upper jaw.

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