Hidetoshi Ota

Museum of Nature and Human Activities Hyogo — Japan

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(188), Genetic diversity and population structure(65), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(53), Species Distribution and Climate Change(46), Turtle Biology and Conservation(41)

Publications281 total

A new species of the genus Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Yonagunijima Island, Southern Ryukyus, Japan
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new species of the genus Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Yonagunijima Island, Southern Ryukyus, Japan
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Food habits of the exotic lizard Diploderma polygonatum polygonatum (Agamidae, Squamata, Reptilia) at a world heritage site, Yakushima Island, Japan
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity·2024Open Access
Density-dependent unidirectional hybridization between the Japanese pond turtle, <i>Mauremys japonica</i>, and the exotic Reeves’ pond turtle, <i>Mauremys reevesii</i>, in Japan, inferred from molecular and morphological analyses
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society·2024· 1 cited
Measurement of the sub-nanometer vibration amplitudes using 57Fe synchrotron Mössbauer source
Interactions·2024· 1 cited
Geological history of the land area between Okinawa Jima and Miyako Jima of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, and its phylogeographical significance for the terrestrial organisms of these and adjacent islands
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science·2023· 13 citedOpen Access
Evolution of the Noncoding Features of Sea Snake Mitochondrial Genomes within Elapidae
Genes·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
First Record of Lineage IV of Rattus tanezumi (Rodentia: Muridae) from the southern Ryukyus, Japan
Mammal Study·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
A new species of the genus Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Yonagunijima Island, Southern Ryukyus, Japan
Zootaxa·2022· 11 cited
Geography-Dependent Horizontal Gene Transfer from Vertebrate Predators to Their Prey
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2022· 24 citedOpen Access
A comprehensive appraisal of evolutionary diversity in venomous Asian coralsnakes of the genus<i>Sinomicrurus</i>(Serpentes: Elapidae) using Bayesian coalescent inference and supervised machine learning
Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research·2021· 13 cited
A fossil Monstersauria (Squamata: Anguimorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation of the Sasayama Group in Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Cretaceous Research·2021· 5 cited
The biogeographical history of giant earthworms of the Metaphire formosae species group (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) in Taiwan and the Ryukyu Archipelago, with the description of a new species from Yonagunijima, Southern Ryukyus
Organisms Diversity & Evolution·2021· 9 cited
Another New Bent-toed Gecko, genus Cyrtodactylus Gray 1837 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Borneo
Zootaxa·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society·2021· 348 citedOpen Access
Who’s your daddy? On the identity and distribution of the paternal hybrid ancestor of the parthenogenetic gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae)
Zootaxa·2021· 13 citedOpen Access
Helminth Parasites Found in Rhacophorid Frog, Polypedates braueri (Vogt, 1911), from Taiwan
Tropical Natural History·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk
Biological Conservation·2021· 42 citedOpen Access
Unique Evolution of Hyla hallowellii Among Amphibians of the Central Ryukyus, Japan (Anura: Hylidae)
ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE·2020· 1 cited
Influence of niche breadth and position on the historical biogeography of seafaring scincid lizards
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society·2020· 32 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Tsutomu Hikida(14), Masafumi Matsui(11), Masanao Honda(8), Yoichi Matsuda(5), Jarujin Nabhitabhata(5), Hoi-Sen Yong(5), Ivan Ineich(4), Kanto Nishikawa(4), Mutsumi Nishida(4), Chizuko Nishida(4), Mari Kobayashi(4), Szu-Lung Chen(4), Mamoru Toda(4), A Tominaga(4), Yoshinori Kumazawa(3), Matthew C. Brandley(3), Yuezhao Wang(3), Xianguang Guo(3), Adrián Nieto‐Montes de(3), Junko Ishijima(3)