The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) is inviting comments from the public regarding the proposal of listing the following seven species which are endemic to Japan on CITES Appendix III.

Taxonomy
CLASS: REPTILIA
ORDER: SQUAMATA
FAMILY: EUBLEPHARIDAE
Genus, species or subspecies:
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Kuroiwa's ground gecko)
Goniurosaurus orientalis (Spotted ground gecko)
Goniurosaurus sengokui (Sengoku's ground gecko)
Goniurosaurus toyamai (Toyama's ground gecko)
Goniurosaurus yamashinae (Yamashina's ground gecko)
Goniurosaurus splendens (Banded Ground Gecko)
Annotation # excluding parts and derivatives, other than eggs.

CLASS: Amphibia
ORDER: Caudata/Urodela
FAMILY: Salamandridae
Genus, species or subspecies:
Echinotriton andersoni (Anderson's crocodile newt, or Ryukyu spiny newt)
Annotation # excluding parts and derivatives, other than eggs.

Comments will be accepted from July 31, 2020 to August 29, 2020.
All procedures related to this invitation for public comments will be conducted only in Japanese. Comments need to be submitted in Japanese.

For further information, please visit the MOE website (in Japanese) at https://www.env.go.jp/info/iken.html

For Japanese

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• Public Comments Invited regarding the Proposal of Amendment of CITES Appendices [PDF 46 KB]