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Hidetoshi Ota

Hidetoshi Ōta (, 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. He serves as a member of the Executive Council of the Herpetological Society of Japan.

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”.

Species described

Ōta has been involved in the description of numerous species and subspecies of reptiles. These include:

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Eponyms

Several species have been named in honor of Ōta:

Selected publications

  • Ōta, H. (1999). Tropical Island Herpetofauna. Elsevier. ISBN 9780444501950.

References

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