Hidetoshi Ota
Hidetoshi Ōta | |
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太田 英利 | |
| Born | September 25, 1959 |
| Known for | Diversity and biogeography of reptiles in East Asian and West Oceanian islands |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Herpetology |
| Institutions | University of the Ryukyus University of Hyōgo |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Ota |
Hidetoshi Ōta (Japanese: 太田 英利, born 25 September 1959) is a Japanese herpetologist.
Career
From January 1989 to March 2009, Ōta worked as a professor at the University of the Ryukyus, where he was based at the Tropical Biosphere Research Center. Since April 2009, he has been professor at the Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences (INES) at the University of Hyōgo.[1] He serves as a member of the Executive Council of the Herpetological Society of Japan.[2]
In 2000, Ōta received the Zoological Society of Japan’s Encouragement Prize for his research on “Reptilian diversity and biogeography of tropical and subtropical islands in East Asia and West Oceania”.[3]
Species described
Ōta has been involved in the description of numerous species and subspecies of reptiles.[4] These include:
- Achalinus formosanus chigirai (1989)
- Complicitus nigrigularis (1991)
- Cyrtodactylus hamidyi (2021)
- Dibamus kondaoensis (2001)
- Dibamus somsaki (1997)
- Diploderma luei (1998)
- Diploderma makii (1989)
- Gekko iskandari (2000)
- Gekko shibatai (2008)
- Gekko vertebralis (2008)
- Goniurosaurus sengokui (2017)
- Goniurosaurus toyamai (1994)
- Hemidactylus stejnegeri (1989)
- Lepidodactylus balioburius (1989)
- Lepidodactylus paurolepis (1995)
- Lepidodactylus ranauensis (1988)
- Lepidodactylus vanuatuensis (1998)
- Lepidodactylus yami (1987)
- Luperosaurus yasumai (1996)
- Lycodon alcalai (1994)
- Lycodon bibonius (1994)
- Lycodon chrysoprateros (1994)
- Lycodon solivagus (1994)
- Plestiodon takarai (2017)
- Scincella dunan (2022)
- Takydromus toyamai (1996)
- Tropidophorus baconi (2003)
- Tropidophorus latiscutatus (2002)
- Tropidophorus matsuii (2002)
- Tropidophorus murphyi (2002)
Eponyms
Several species have been named in honor of Ōta:[5]
- Cnemaspis otai (2000)
- Gekko crombota (2006)[6]
- Cristidorsa otai (2009)
- Cyrtodactylus otai (2015)
Selected publications
- Ōta, H. (1999). Tropical Island Herpetofauna. Elsevier. ISBN 9780444501950.
References
- ^ "Hidetoshi Ota". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Executive Council (2023–2024)". Herpetological Society of Japan. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "動物学会賞・動物学会奨励賞 受賞者一覧 (List of recipients of the Zoological Society Award and the Zoological Society Encouragement Award)". Zoological Society of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-04-26.
- ^ "Author: Ota – Exact match". Reptile Database. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Common name or synonym: otai – Exact match". Reptile Database. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Gekko crombota". Reptile Database. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
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