環境科学や応用生態学の分野では昨今、地球規模の気候変動に関する話題とならび、生物多様性の保全や持続的利用に関する論議が盛んです。この生物多様性というものの本質を捉えるためには、時間の経過や環境の変動とともにあるときは多様化し、またあるときは絶滅してしまう生物の種、進化系統の実態の把握、そして進化という現象の示すパタンやそのプロセスの理解にあります．私はこれまで30年近くにわたり、熱帯・亜熱帯島嶼域をフィールドとして、陸生脊椎動物、とりわけ爬虫類や両生類の系統分類や生物地理について研究してきました．今後こうした取組みを通して集積された知見を活用しつつ、生物多様性の総合的な理解や関連する学問分野のさらなる発展への寄与を目指すとともに、大学院教育の高度化や特色の創出、さらには博物館事業を通した研究成果の社会への発信にも取り組んでいきたいと考えています.

兵庫県立大学自然・環境科学研究所・教授

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略歴

1959年 9月　名古屋市生まれ
1978年 3月　 国立名古屋大学教育学部附属高校卒業
1984年 3月　 京都大学理学部卒
1986年 3月　 京都大学大学院理学研究科修士課程動物学専攻修了
1988年 4月　 日本学術振興会特別研究員（DC）
1988年12月　 京都大学大学院理学研究科博士後期課程動物学専攻中途退学
1989年 1月　 琉球大学理学部助手
1994年 6月　 琉球大学熱帯生物圏研究センター助手
1994年11月　 同助教授
2004年 4月　 同教授
2008年 4月　 同センター長
2009年 4月　 兵庫県立大学自然・環境科学研究所教授
2009年 4月　 兵庫県立人と自然の博物館・主任研究員（兼任）
2010年 4月　 兵庫県立大学大学院環境人間学研究科教授（兼任）

専攻分野

系統分類学、生物地理学、爬虫両生類学、保全生物学

学会役員

日本爬虫両棲類学会: 評議員・編集幹事（英文誌担当）
沖縄生物学会: 学会誌編集委員
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: Associate Editor (Journal of Herpetology)
Linnean Society of London: Fellow（F.L.S.）
Asiatic Herpetological Research Society: Editorial Board Member (Asiatic Herpetological Research)

主な行政支援等

外来生物対応方策検討委員会委員, 兵庫県.
希少野生生物保護検討委員会委員, 兵庫県.
大保ダムモニタリング部会委員, 沖縄総合事務局北部ダム事務所, 内閣府.
絶滅の恐のある野生動物の種の選定・評価検討会 爬虫・両生類分科会委員, 環境省.
動物分布図作成ワーキンググループ委員（両生・爬虫類担当）, 環境省.
沖縄県外来性爬虫類対策会議委員, 環境省.
オオヒキガエル防除事業対策会議委員, 環境省.
新石垣空港環境モニタリング委員会委員, 沖縄県.
西表島エコロード検討委員会委員, 沖縄県.
宮崎県日南市オキナワキノボリトカゲ委員会学術顧問, 日南市.
世界自然保護基金日本委員会（WWFジャパン）自然保護委員, WWFジャパン．
WWFジャパン南西諸島生物多様性評価プロジェクト委員, WWFジャパン.
雑誌「SEEDer」編集委員会（総合地球環境学研究所）, 委員.

現在の研究課題

主な編著書

土屋誠・宮城康一・横田昌嗣・太田英利. 1991. 沖縄の自然観察. 東海大学出版会, 東京.

太田英利(責任編集). 1993. ヤモリ、カメレオンほか. 動物たちの地球, 102. 朝日新聞社, 東京.

加藤辰巳・太田英利. 1993. 日本の絶滅危惧生物.

太田英利. 1996. 爬虫類, 哺乳類. 沖縄県自然保護課 (編), レッドデータおきなわ. 沖縄県自然保護課, 那覇.

太田英利. 1997. 両生類と爬虫類. 109-128　頁. 池原貞雄・加藤祐三 (編), 沖縄の自然を知る. 築地書館, 東京.

Ota, H. (ed.) 1999. Tropical Island Herpetofauna: Origin, Current Diversity, and Conservation. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

松井正文・太田英利・戸田光彦・長谷川雅美. 2000. 改訂版日本の絶滅危惧生物. レッドデータブック. 両生類・爬虫類. 環境庁, 東京.

Otsuka, H., H. Ota, and M. Hotta. (eds.) 2000. Proceedings of the International Symposium “The Ryukyu Islands - The Arena of Adaptive Radiation and Extinction of Island Fauna”. Tropics Vol. 10, No. 1.

小原秀雄・浦本昌紀・太田英利・松井正文. 2000-2001. レッドデータアニマルズ. 全８巻＋別巻. 講談社, 東京.

太田英利. 2001. 両生爬虫類の世界で起こっていること. 162-180頁. 川道美枝子・岩槻邦男・堂本暁子(編), 移入・外来・侵入種: 生物多様性を脅かすもの. 築地書館, 東京.

太田英利. 2001. 地球自然ハンドブック-完璧版, 爬虫類と両生類の写真図鑑. 日本ヴォーク社, 東京.

太田英利. 2002. 古地理の再構築への現生生物学にもとづくアプローチの強みと弱点: 特に琉球の爬虫・両生類を例として. 175-186頁. 木村政昭(編), 琉球弧の成立と生物の渡来. 沖縄タイムス社, 那覇.

太田英利. 2002. 両生・爬虫類の章編著. 日本生態学会 (編), 外来種ハンドブック. 地人書館, 東京.

太田英利 (編著). 2002. 生物地理学, 分子生物学と出会う-生物地理学の新展開. 遺伝 56巻1号.

太田英利. 2003. 爬虫類. 198-213, 283-285頁. 小池裕子・松井正文 (編), 保全遺伝学. 東京大学出版会, 東京.

諸喜田茂充・太田英利. 2003. 琉球列島の陸水性物の研究史. 1-9頁. 西田睦・鹿谷法一・諸喜田茂充 (編), 琉球列島の陸生生物. 東海大学出版会, 東京.

太田英利・岡田滋. 2003. 爬虫類・両生類. 82-116頁. 鹿児島県環境生活部環境保護課 (編), 鹿児島県の絶滅のおそれのある野生動植物, 動物編. 鹿児島県レッドデータブック. 財団法人鹿児島県環境技術協会, 鹿児島.

松井正文・疋田努・太田英利. 2004. 小学館の図鑑 NEO. 両生類 はちゅう類. 小学館, 東京.

太田英利 2005. 琉球列島および周辺離島における爬虫類の生物地理. 78-93頁. 増田隆一・阿部永 (編), 動物地理の自然史 - 分布と多様性の進化学. 北大図書刊行会, 札幌.

太田英利. 2005. 生物多様性の保全における種認識の功罪 - 琉球列島の両生爬虫類を対象とした研究とその保全策が示すもの-. 314-327頁. 新崎盛暉・比嘉政夫・家中茂 (編), 地域の自立, シマの力 (上). コモンズ, 東京.

太田英利・増永元. 2005. 琉球のウミヘビ. 159-172頁. 矢野和成 (編), 南の島の自然誌. 東海大学出版会, 秦野.

土屋誠・日高道雄・太田英利 (編著). 2006. 美ら島の自然史. サンゴ礁-島嶼系の生物多様性. 東海大学出版会, 秦野.

太田英利. 2007. 琉球列島の自然史. 55-60頁. 自然史の時間. 大学出版会連合, 東京.

太田英利・高橋亮雄. 2008. 謎にみちた宮古の動物相. 25-45頁. 宮古の自然・文化研究協会 (編), 宮古の自然と文化-2. ボーダーインク社, 那覇.

太田英利. 2009. 亜熱帯沖縄の冬の寒さと動物たち. 140-156頁. 山里勝己・平啓介・宮城隼人・牛窪潔（編）、やわらかい南の学と思想・２. 融解する境界. 沖縄タイムス社, 那覇.

主な学術論文

Ota, H. 1986. Snake really an able hunter ?: Predatory behavior of Elaphe quadrivirgata in the field. Journal of Ethology 4: 69-71.

Ota, H., M. Toriba, and H. Takahashi. 1986. The alteration pattern of dorsal scale rows in the Yellow-Lipped Sea Snake Laticauda colubrina, with special reference to sexual dimorphism. Japanese Journal of Herpetology 11: 145-151.

Ota, H. 1987. A new species of Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae:Reptilia) from Lanyu Island, Taiwan. Copeia 1987:164-169.

Ota, H., M. Matsui, T. Hikida, and T. Hidaka. 1987. Karyotype of a gekkonid lizard, Cosymbotus platyurus, from Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. Zoological Science 4: 385-386.

Ota, H. 1987. Tree crevices as night shelters for a scincid lizard, Mabuya longicaudata. Journal of Ethology 5: 92-94.

Ota, H., M. Matsui, T. Hikida and S. Tanaka. 1987. Karyotype of a gekkonid lizard, Eublepharis kuroiwae kuroiwae. Experientia 43: 924-925.

Ota, H. 1988. Karyotypic differentiation in an agamid lizard, Japalura swinhonis swinhonis. Experientia 44: 66-68.

Ota, H. and T. Hikida. 1988. A new species of Lepidodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Sabah, Malaysia. Copeia 1988(3): 616-621.

Ota, H., T. Hikida, M. Matsui, and M. Hasegawa. 1988. Karyotype of a scincid lizard, Carlia fusca, from Guam, the Mariana Islands. Zoological Science 5: 901-903.

Ota, H. 1988. Re-evaluation of the status of Japalura mitsukurii Stejneger 1898 (Agamidae: Reprilia). Amphibia-Reptilia 9: 375-383.

Ota, H. 1989. Japalura brevipes Gressitt (Agamidae: Reptilia), a valid species from high altitude area of Taiwan. Herpetologica 45: 55-60.

Ota, H., K.-Y. Lue, S.-H. Chen, and W. C. Brown. 1989. Taxonomix status of the Taiwanese Gekko, with comments on the synonymy of Luperosaurus amissus Taylor. Journal of Herpetology 23: 76-78.

Ota, H. and T. Hikida. 1989. A new triploid Hemidactylus (Gekkonidae: Sauria) from Taiwan, with comments on morphological and karyological variation in the H. garnotii-vietnamensis complex. Journal of Herpetology 23: 50-60.

Kupriyanova, L., I. S. Darevsky, and H. Ota. 1989. Karyotypic uniformity in East Asian populations of Hemidactylus frenatus (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Journal of Herpetology 23: 294-296.

Ota, H. and R. I. Crombie. 1989. A new species of the genus Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae: Lacertilia) from Batan Island, the Philippines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102: 559-567.

Ota, H. 1989. A new species of Japalura (Agamidae: Reptilia) from Taiwan. Copeia 1989: 569-576.

Ota, H. and M. Toyama. 1989. Taxonomic re-definition of Achalinus formosanus Boulenger (Xenoderminae: Colubridae), with description of a new subspecies. Copeia 1989(3): 597-602.

Ota, H., T. Hikida, and K.-Y. Lue. 1989. Polyclony in a triploid gecko, Hemidactylus stejnegeri, from Taiwan, with notes on its bearing on the chromosomal diversity of the H. garnotii-vietnamensis complex. Genetica 79: 183-189.

Ota, H. 1989. Karyotypes of five Gekko species (Gekkonidae: Lacertilia) from East and Southeast Asia. Herpetologica 45: 438-443.

Ota, H. 1989. Hemidactylus okinawensis Okada 1936, a junior synonym of H. frenatus Dum?ril et Bibron 1836. Journal of Herpetology 23: 444-445.

Ota, H. 1989. The status of an agamid lizard Japalura swinhonis chapaensis Bourret 1937 from Vietnam. Journal of Herpetology 23: 447-450.

Ota, H. and J. Nabhitabhata. 1991. A new species of Gekko (Gekkonidae: Lacertilia) from Thailand. Copeia 1991: 503-509.

Ota, H. 1991. Taxonomic re-definition of Japalura swinhonis Gunther (Agaminae: Lacertilia), with a description of a new subspecies of J. polygonata from Taiwan. Herpetologica 47: 280-294.
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Ota, H., T. Hikida, M. Matsui, A. Mori, and A. H. Wynn. 1991. Morphological variation, karyotype, and reproduction of the parthenogenetic blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus, from the insular region of East Asia and Saipan. Amphibia-Reptilia 12: 181-193.

Ota, H., T. Hikida, and M. Matsui. 1991. Re-evaluation of the status of Gecko Verrreauxi Tytler, 1864, from the Andaman Island, India. Journal of Herpetology 25: 147-151.

Ota, H., and T. Hikida. 1991. Taxonomic review of lizards of the genus Calotes (Agamidae: Squamata) from Sabah, Malaysia. Tropical Zoology 4: 179-192.

Ota, H., T. Hikida, M. Matsui, and A. Mori. 1992. Karyotypes of two species of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Sarawak, Malaysia. Caryologia 45: 43-49.

Ota, H., M. Matsui, T. Hikida, and A. Mori. 1992. Extreme karyotypic divergence between species of the genus Gonocephalus (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Borneo and Australia. Herpetologica 48: 120-124.

Hayashi, T., M. Matsui, T. Utsunomiya, S. Tanaka, and H. Ota. 1992. Allozymic variation in the newt Tylototriton andersoni from three islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago. Herpetologica 48: 178-184.

Ota, H., T. Hikida, M. Matsui, and A. Mori. 1991. Karyotypes of two water skinks of the genus Tropidophorus (Reptilia: Squamata) from Borneo. Journal of Herpetology 25: 488-490.

Ota, H. and T. Weidenhofer. 1992. A first male specimen of the poorly known agamid lizard, Japalura chapaensis Bourret, 1937, from the northern Vietnam, with notes on its taxonomic status. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 40: 193-199.

Ota, H., I. S. Darevsky, L. A. Kupriyanova, T. Hikida, K.-Y. Lue, S.-H. Chen, and T. Hayashi. 1993. Geographic variation of the parthenogenetic lizard, Hemidactylus stejnegeri (Gekkonidae: Reptilia), with comments on recently discovered male phenotypes. Tropical Zoology 6: 125-142.

Ota, H., N. Sakaguchi, S. Ikehara, and T. Hikida. 1993. The herpetofauna of the Senkaku Group, Ryukyu Archipelago. Pacific Science 47: 248-255.

Coleman, K. J., L. A. Rothfuss, H. Ota, and K. V. Kardong. 1993. Kinematics of Egg-eating by the Specialized Taiwan Snake, Oligodon formosanus (Boie, 1827) (Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 27: 320-327.

Ota, H. and K.-Y. Lue. 1994. Karyotypes of two lygosomine skinks of the genus Sphenomorphus (Reptilia: Squamata) from Taiwan. Journal of Herpetology 28: 253-255.

Ota, H., H.-W. Chang, K.-C. Liu, and T. Hikida. 1994. A new record of the viviparous skink, Mabuya multifasciata (Kuhl 1820) (Squamata: Reptilia), from Taiwan. Zoological Studies 33: 86-89.

Ota, H. and C. A. Ross. 1994. Four new species of Lycodon (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the northern Philippines. Copeia 1994: 159-174.

Ota, H. 1994. Female reproductive cycles in the northernmost populations of the two gekkonid lizards, Hemidactylus frenatus and Lepidodactylus lugubris. Ecological Research 9: 121-130.

Ota, H., R. N. Fisher, I. Ineich, and T. J. Case. 1995. Geckos of the genus Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Reptilia) in Micronesia: Description of a new species and re-evaluation of the status of Gecko moestus Peters, 1867. Copeia 1995: 183-195.

Kato, J., H. Ota, and T. Hikida. 1994. Biochemical systematics of the latiscutatus species-group of the genus Eumeces (Scincidae: Reptilia) from East Asian Islands. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 22: 491-500.

Grismer, L. L, H. Ota, and S. Tanaka. 1994. Phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from the central Ryukyus, Japan, with a description of a new subspecies. Zoological Science 11: 319-335.

Ota, H., M. Shiroma, and T. Hikida. 1995. Geographic variation in the endemic Ryukyu green snake Cyclophiops semicarinatus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 29: 44-50.

Ota, H., M. W. Lau, and A. Bogadek. 1995. Taxonomic Status of the Hong Kong Populations of the Hemidactylus garnotii-vietnamensis Complex (Gekkonidae: Reptilia). Zoological Studies 34: 126-130.

Ota, H., M. W. Lau, T. Weidenhofer, Y. Yasukawa, and A. Bogadek. 1995. Taxonomic review of the geckos allied to Gekko chinensis Gray 1842 (Gekkonidae Reptilia) from China and Vietnam. Tropical Zoology 8: 181-196.

Ota, H. and J.-T. Lin. 1994. Digestive tract contents of Oligodon formosanus and their implications on the adaptation for reptile-egg eating in snakes. Journal of Taiwan Museum 47: 75-78.

Matsui, M., and H. Ota. 1995. On Chinese herpetology. Herpetologica 51: 234-250.

Ota, H., and M. Matsui. 1995. Karyotype of a ranid frog Platymantis pelewensis Peters, 1867 from Belau, Micronesia, with comments on its systematic implications. Pacific Science 49: 296-300.

Kamosawa, M. and H. Ota. 1996. Reproductive biology of the Brahminy blind snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Journal of Herpetology 30: 9-14.

Takeda, N. and H. Ota. 1996. Description of a new species of Takydromus from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, and a taxonomic redefinition of T. smaragdinus Boulenger 1887 (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Herpetologica 52: 77-88.

Sparreboom, M., and H. Ota. 1995. Notes on the life-history and reproductive behavior of Cynops ensicauda popei (Amphibia: Salamandridae). Herpetological Journal 5: 310-315.

Ota, H., T. Hikida, M. Matsui, T. Chan-Ard, and J. Nabhitabhata. 1996. Discovery of a diploid population of the Hemidactylus garnotii-vietnamensis complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Genetica 97: 81-85.

Ota, H., S. Sengoku, and T. Hikida. 1996. Two new species of Luperosaurus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Borneo. Copeia 1996: 433-439.

Ota, H. and T. Hikida. 1996. The second specimen of Calotes kinabaluensis de Grijs (Squamata: Agamidae) from Sabah, Malaysia, with comments on the taxonomic status of this species. Journal of Herpetology 30: 288-291.

Kikukawa, A., N. Kamezaki, K. Hirate, and H. Ota. 1996. Distribution of nesting sites of sea turtles in Okinawajima and adjacent islands of the Central Ryukyus, Japan. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2: 99-101.

Ota, H., T. Hikida, M. Matsui, M. Hasegawa, D. Labang, and J. Nabhitabhata. 1996. Chromosomal variation in the scincid genus Mabuya and its arboreal relatives (Reptilia: Squamata). Genetica 98: 87-94.

Yasukawa, Y., H. Ota, and J. B. Iverson. 1996. Geographic variation and sexual size dimorphism in Mauremys mutica (Cantor, 1842)(Reptilia: Bataguridae), with description of a new subspecies from the southern Ryukyus, Japan. Zoological Science 13: 303-317.

Motokawa, M., S. Hattori, H. Ota, and T. Hikida. 1996. Geographic variation in the Watase's Shrew Crocidura watasei (Insectivora, Socicidae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Mammalia 60: 243-254.

Lau, M. W., H. Ota, and A. Bogadek. 1997. Chromosome polymorphism and karyotype of Gekko chinensis (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from Hong Kong. Journal of Herpetology 31: 137-139.

Ota, H., J.-T. Lin, T. Hirata, and S.-L. Chen. 1997. Systematic review of colubrid snakes of the genus Pareas (Squamata: Reptilia) in the East Asian Islands. Journal of Herpetology 31: 79-87.

Kumazawa, Y., H. Ota, M. Nishida, and T. Ozawa. 1996. Gene rearrangements in snake mitochondrial genomes: Highly concerted evolution of control region-like sequences duplicated and inserted into a tRNA gene cluster. Molecular Biology and Evolution 13: 1242-1254.

Toda, M., M. Nishida, M. Matsui, G.-F. Wu, and H. Ota. 1997. Allozyme variation among East Asian populations of the Indian Rice Frog, Rana limnocharis (Amphibia: Anura). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 25: 143-159.

Ota, H. and S. Iwanaga. 1997. A systematic review of the snakes allied to Amphiesma pryeri (Boulenger)(Squamata: Colubridae) in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 121: 339-360.

Ota, H., J.-T. Lin, A. Bogadek, and M. W. Lau. 1997. Karyotype of the lygosomine genus Ateuchosaurus (Squamata: Scincidae) from East Asia. Journal of Herpetology 31: 604-607.

Toda, M., T. Hikida, and H. Ota. 1997. Genetic variation among insular populations of Gekko hokouensis (Reptilia: Squamata) near the northeastern borders of the Oriental and Palearctic zoogeographic regions in the Northern Ryukyus, Japan. Zoological Science 14: 859-867.

Toda, M., M. Nishida, M. Matsui, K.-Y. Lue, and H. Ota. 1998. Genetic variation in the Indian Rice Frog, Rana limnocharis (Amphibia: Anura), in Taiwan, as revealed by allozyme data. Herpetologica 54: 73-82.

Ota, H., R. N. Fisher, I. Ineich, T. J. Case, R. Radtkey, and G. R. Zug. 1998. A new species of Lepidodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Vanuatu. Herpetologica 54: 325-332.

Honda, M., J. Nabhitabhata, H. Ota, and T. Hikida. 1997. A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Thailand. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 45: 1-5.

Kato, J., T. Hikida, A. Bogadek, M. W. Lau, and H. Ota. 1998. Karyotype of the Chinese four-lined skink, Eumeces quadrilineatus, from Hong Kong. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46: 35-41.

Ota, H., S.-L. Chen, and G. Shang. 1998. Japalura luei, a new agamid lizard from Taiwan. Copeia 1998: 649-656.

Tanaka-Ueno, T., M. Matsui, S.-L. Chen, O. Takenaka, and H. Ota. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of brown frogs from Taiwan and Japan assessed by mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences (Rana: Ranidae). Zoological Science 15: 283-288.

Toda, M., M. Matsui, M. Nishida, and H. Ota. 1998. Genetic variation among Southeast and East Asian populations of Rana limnocharis (Amphibia: Anura), with special reference to sympatric cryptic species in Java. Zoological Science 15: 607-613.

Ota, H., H. Miyaguni, and T. Hikida. 1998. Geographic variation in the endemic skink, Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus (Reptilia: Squamata), from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Journal of Herpetology 33: 106-118.

Kikukawa, A., N. Kamezaki, and H. Ota. 1998. Current status of the sea turtles nesting on Okinawajima and adjacent islands of the Central Ryukyus, Japan. Biological Conservation 87: 149-153.

Kumazawa, Y., H. Ota, M. Nishida, and T. Ozawa. 1998. The complete sequence of a snake (Dinodon semicarinatus) mitochondrial genome equipped with two identical control region sequences. Genetics 150: 313-329.

Ota, H. 1998. Geographic patterns of endemism and speciation in amphibians and reptiles of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, with special reference to their paleogeographical implications. Researches on Population Ecology 40: 189-204.

Honda, M., M. Kobayashi, H.-S. Yong, H. Ota, and T. Hikida. 1999. Taxonomic re-evaluation of the status of Draco cornutus Gunther, 1864 (Reptilia: Agamidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 20: 195-210.
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Ota, H., A. Ito, and J.-T. Lin. 1999. Systematics review of the elapid snakes allied to Hemibungarus japonicus (Gunther, 1868) in the East Asian islands, with description of a new subspecies from the Central Ryukyus. Journal of Herpetology 33: 675-687.
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Honda, M., H. Ota, M. Kobayashi, J. Nabhitabhata, H.-S. Yong, and T. Hikida. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of the flying lizards, genus Draco (Reptilia, Agamidae). Zoological Science 16: 535-549.

Kikukawa, A., N. Kamezaki, and H. Ota. 1999. Factors affecting nesting beach selection by loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta): A multiple regression approach. Journal of Zoology, London 249: 447-454.

Brown, R. M., J. Supriatna, and H. Ota. 2000. Discovery of a new species of Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, with a phylogenetic analysis of the genus, and comments on the status of L. serraticaudus. Copeia 2000: 191-209.

Ota, H., M. Honda, M. Kobayashi, S. Sengoku, and T. Hikida. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of eublepharid geckos (Reptilia: Squamata): A molecular approach. Zoological Science 16: 659-666.

Ota, H. 2000. Current status of the threatened amphibians and reptiles of Japan. Population Ecology 42: 5-9.

Honda, M., H. Ota, M. Kobayashi, J. Nabhitabhata, H.-S. Yong, and T. Hikida. 1999. Evolution of Asian and African lygosomine skinks of the Mabuya Group (Reptilia: Scincidae): A molecular perspective. Zoological Science 16: 979-984.

Honda, M., H. Ota, M. Kobayashi, and T. Hikida. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of Australian skinks of the Mabuya Group (Reptilia: Scincidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Genes and Genetic Systems 74: 135-139.

Honda, M., H. Ota, M. Kobayashi, J. Nabhitabhata, H.-S. Yong, S. Sengoku, and T. Hikida. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of the family Agamidae (Reptilia: Iguania) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Zoological Science 17: 527-537.

Honda, M., H. Ota, M. Kobayashi, J. Nabhitabhata, H.-S. Yong, and T. Hikida. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships, character evolution and biogeography of the subfamily Lygosominae (Reptilia: Scincidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15: 452-461.

Ota, H. 2000. On the validity of Japalura yunnanensis popei Wettstein, 1938 (Squamata: Agamidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 21: 397-403.
Ota, H. 2000. Japalura szechwanensis, a junior synonym of J. fasciata. Journal of Herpetology 34: 611-614.

Ota, H., I.S. Darevsky, I. Ineich, and S. Yamashiro. 2000. Reevaluation of the taxonomic status of two Lepidodactylus species (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Lesser Sunda Archipelago, Indonesia. Copeia 2000: 1109-1113.

Yamashiro, S., M. Toda, and H. Ota. 2000. Clonal composition of the parthenogenetic gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris, at the northernmost extremity of its range. Zoological Science 17: 1013-1020.

Chen, S.-L., S.-H. Han, J.-H. Shim, H.-S. Oh, H. Ota, and T. Hikida. 2001. Taxonomic status of the Korean populations of the genus Scincella (Squamata, Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology 35: 122-129.

Tu, M.-C., H.-Y. Wang, M.-P. Tsai, M. Toda, W.-J. Lee, F.-J. Zhang, and H. Ota. 2000. Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of the Oriental pitvipers of the genus Trimeresurus (Reptilia: Viperidae: Crotalinae): A molecular approach. Zoological Science 17: 1147-1157.

Ota, H. 2000. A long overlooked holotype: Taxonomic notes on Lycodon tessellatus Jan 1863 (Squamata Colubridae), with a revised key to Philippine species of the genus. Tropical Zoology 13: 299-304.

Ito, Y., K. Miyagi, and H. Ota. 2000. Imminent extinction crisis among the endemic species of the forests of Yanbaru, Okinawa, Japan. Oryx 34: 305-316.

Toda, M., T. Hikida, and H. Ota. 2001. Discovery of sympatric cryptic species within Gekko hokouensis (Gekkonidae: Squamata) from the Okinawa Islands, Japan, by use of allozyme data. Zoologica Scripta 31: 1-11.

Chen, S.-L., H. Ota, and T. Hikida. 2001. Geographic variation in the two smooth skinks, Scincella boettgeri and S. formosensis (Squamata: Scincidae), in the subtropical East Asian islands. Zoological Science 18: 115-130.

Honda, M., H. Ota, T. Hikida, and I. S. Darevsky. 2001. A new species of the Worm-like Skink, Dibamus Dumeril & Bibron 1839 (Squamata Dibamidae) from Vietnam. Tropical Zoology 14: 119-125.

Honda, M., Y. Yasukawa, and H. Ota. 2002. Phylogeny of the Eurasian freshwater turtles of the genus Mauremys Gray, 1869 (Testudines), with special reference to a close affinity of Mauremys japonica with Chinemys reevesii. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 40: 195-200.

Toda, M., S. Okada, H. Ota, and T. Hikida. 2001. Biochemical assessment of evolution and taxonomy of the two morphologically poorly diverged geckos, Gekko yakuensis and G. hokouensis (Reptilia: Squamata) in Japan, with special reference to their occasional hybridization. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 73: 153-165.

Honda, M., H. Ota, S. Sengoku, H.-S. Yong, and T. Hikida. 2002. Molecular evaluation of phylogenetic significances in the highly divergent karyotypes of the genus Gonocephalus (Reptilia: Agamidae) from tropical Asia. Zoological Science 19:129-133.

Okada, S., M. Izawa, and H. Ota. 2002. Growth and reproduction of Gekko hokouensis (Reptilia: Squamata) on Okinawajima Island of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Journal of Herpetology 36(3): 473-479.

Tanaka, K. and H. Ota. 2002. Natural history of two colubrid snakes (Elaphe quadrivirgata and Rhabdophis tigrinus) on Yakushima Island, southwestern Japan. Amphibia-Reptilia 23: 323-331.

Ota, H., M. Honda, S.-L. Chen, T. Hikida, S. Panha, H.-S. Oh, and M. Matsui. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships, taxonomy, character evolution, and biogeography of the lacertid lizards of the genus Takydromus (Reptilia: Squamata): a molecular perspective. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 76: 493-509.

Hamada, K., T. Horiike, S. Kanaya, H. Nakamura, H. Ota, T. Yatogo, K. Okada, H. Nakamura, and T. Shinozawa. 2002. Changes in body temperature pattern in vertebrates do not influence the codon usages of α-globin genes. Genes and Genetic Systems 77: 197-207.

Toda, M., T. Hikida, S. Okada, and H. Ota. 2003. Contrasting patterns of genetic variation in the two sympatric geckos Gekko tawaensis and G. japonicus (Reptilia: Squamata) from western Japan, as revealed by allozyme analyses. Heredity 90: 90-97.

Honda, M., Y. Yasukawa, R. Hirayama, and H. Ota. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships of the Asian box turtles of the genus Cuora sensu lato (Reptilia: Bataguridae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Zoological Science 19: 1305-1312.

Werner, Y. L., H. Takahashi, Y. Yasukawa, and H. Ota. 2004. The varied foraging mode of the subtropical eublepharid gecko, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae orientalis. Journal of Natural History 38: 119-134.

Masunaga, G., R. Matsuura, T. Yoshino, and H. Ota. 2003. Reproductive biology of the viviparous sea snake, Emydocephalus ijimae (Reptilia: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), under a seasonal environment in the Northern Hemisphere. Herpetological Journal 13: 113-118.

Masunaga, G. and H. Ota. 2003. Growth and reproduction of the sea snake, Emydocephalus ijimae, in the central Ryukyus, Japan: a mark and recapture study. Zoological Science 20: 461-470.

Honda, M., H. Ota, G. K?hler, I. Ineich, L. Chirio, S.-L. Chen, and T. Hikida. 2002. Phylogeny of the lizard subfamily Lygosominae (Reptilia: Scincidae), with special reference to the origin of the New World taxa. Genes and Genetic Systems 78: 71-80.

Hamada, K., T. Horiike, H. Ota, K. Mizuno, and T. Shinozawa（2003） Presence of isochore structures in reptile genomes suggested by the relationship between GC contents of intron regions and those of coding regions. Genes and Genetic Systems 78: 195-198.

Werner, Y. L., H. Takahashi, W. J. Mautz, and H. Ota. 2005. Behavior of the terrestrial nocturnal lizards, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae and Eublepharis macularius (Reptilia: Eublepharidae), in the thigmothermal Gradient. Journal of Thermal Biology, 30:247-254

Matsui, M., H. Ito, T. Shimada, H. Ota, S. K. Saidapur, W. Khonsue, T. Tanaka-Ueno, and G.-F. Wu. 2005. Taxonomic relationships within the pan-Oriental narrow-mouth toad Microhyla ornata as revealed by mtDNA analysis (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Zoological Science 22: 489-495.

Matsui, M., T. Shimada, H. Ota, and T. Tanaka-Ueno. 2005. Multiple invasions of the Ryukyu Archipelago by Oriental frogs of the subgenus Odorrana with phylogenetic reassessment of the related subgenera of the genus Rana. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 733-742.

Toda, M., S. Okada, T. Hikida, and H. Ota. 2006. Extensive natural hybridization between two geckos, Gekko tawaensis and G. japonicus (Reptilia: Squamata), throughout their broad sympatric area. Biochemical Genetics 44: 1-17.

Honda, M., H. Ota, R. W. Murphy, and H. Hikida. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of water skinks of the genus Tropidophorus (Reptilia: Scincidae): a molecular approach. Zoologica Scripta 35: 85-95.

Werner, Y. L., H. Takahashi, Y. Yasukawa, and H. Ota. 2006. Factors affecting foraging behaviour, as seen in a nocturnal ground lizard, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae kuroiwae. Journal of Natural History 40: 439-359.

Yoshino, H., S. Matsumura, K. Kinjo, H. Tamura, H. Ota, and M. Izawa. 2006. Geographical variation in echolocation call and bdy size of the Okinawan least horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus pumilus (Mammalia: Rhinolophidae), within Okinawa-jima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Zoological Science 23: 661-667.

Prasankok, P., H. Ota, M. Toda, and S. Panha. 2007. Allozyme variation in the camaenid tree snails, Amphidromus atricallosus (Gould, 1843) and A. inversus (Muller, 1774). Zoological Science 24: 189-197.

Djong, T. H., Md. M. Islam, M. Nishioka, M. Matsui, H. Ota, M. Kuramoto, Md. Mukhlesur R. Khan, Md. S. Alam, D. S. Anslem, W. Khonsue, and M. Sumida. 2007. Genetic relationships and reproductive isolation mechanisms among the Fejervarya limnocharis complex from Indonesia (Java) and other Asian countries. Zoological Science 24: 360-375.

Kawai, A., C. Nishida-Umehara, J. Ishijima, Y. Tsuda, H. Ota, and Y. Matsuda. 2007. Different origins of bird and reptile sex chromosomes inferred from comparative mapping of chicken Z-linked genes. Cytogenetics and Genome Research 117: 92-102.

Toda, M., S. Sengoku, T. Hikida, and H. Ota. 2008. Description of two new species of the genus Gekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Tokara and Amami Island Groups in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Copeia 2008: 452-466.

Kidera, N., N. Tandavanitj, D. Oh, N. Nakanishi, A. Satoh, T. Denda, M. Izawa, and H. Ota. 2008. Dietary habits of the introduced cane toad Bufo marinus (Amphibia: Bufonidae) on Ishigakijima, Southern Ryukyus, Japan. Pacific Science 62: 423-430.

Honda, M., T. Okamoto, T. Hikida, and H. Ota. 2008. Molecular phylogeography of the endemic five-lined skink (Plestiodon marginatus) (Reptilia: Scincidae) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, with special reference to the relationship of a northern Tokara population. Pacific Science 62: 351-362.

Takahashi, A., H. Otsuka, and H. Ota. 2008. Systematic review on the Late Pleistocene turtles of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, with special reference to paleogeographical implications. Pacific Science 62: 395-402.

Kawai, A., J. Ishijima, C. Nishida, A. Kosaka, H. Ota, S. Kohno, and Y. Matsuda. 2009. The ZW sex chromosomes of Gekko hokouensis (Gekkonidae, Squamata) represent highly conserved homology with those of avian species. Chromosoma 118: 43-51.

Kawagoshi, T., C. Nishida, H. Ota, Y. Kumazawa, H. Endo, and Y. Matsuda. 2008. Molecular structures of centromeric heterochromatin and karyotypic evolution in the Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) (Crocodylidae, Crocodylia). Chromosome Research 16: 1119-1132.

Kuraishi, N., M. Matsui, and H. Ota. 2009. Estimation of the origin of Polypedates leucomystax (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) introduced to the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Pacific Science, 63: 317-325.

Tominaga, A., H. Ota, and M. Matsui. 2010. Phylogeny and phylogeography of the sword-tailed newt, Cynops ensicauda (Amphibia: Caudata), as revealed by nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.54:

Matsui, M., N. Kuraishi, J.-P. Jiang, H. Ota, A. Hamidy, N. L. Orlov, and K. Nishikawa. 2010. Systematic reacessments of fanged frogs from China and adjacent regions (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Zootaxa 2345: 33-42.

Shibaike, Y., Y. Takahashi, I. Arikura, R. Iiizumi, S. Kitakawa, M. Sakai, C. Imaoka, H. Shiro, H. Tanaka, N. Akakubo, M. Watanabe, K. Ohne, S. Kubota, S. Kohno, and H. Ota. 2010. Chromosome evolution in the lizard genus Gekko (Gekkonidae, Squamata, Reptilia) in the East Asian islands. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 127:182-190.

Brandley, M., Y. Wang, X. Guo, A. Nieto Montes de Oca, M. Feria Ortiz, T. Hikida, and H. Ota. 2010. Bermuda as an evolutionary life raft for an ancient lineage of endangered lizards. PLoS ONE 5(6): e11375. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011375.