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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Ryukyu Islands  [Japan]

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Boulenger, G.A. 1887. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians made by Mr. H. Pryer in the Loo Choo Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 146-150.

Boulenger, G.A. 1892. Description of new reptiles and batrachians from the Loo Choo Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 302-304.

Brown, A.E. 1902. A collection of reptiles and batrachians from Borneo and the Loo Choo Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 54: 175-186.

Denburgh, J. van 1912. Concerning certain species of reptiles and amphibians from China, Japan, the Loo Choo Islands, and Formosa. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 3: 187-257.

Haupt, J. 1978. Aus der Tierwelt der Ryu-Kyu-Inseln. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin (N.F.) 18: 20-22.

Kamezaki, N. 1989. The nesting sites of Sea Turtles in the Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan. pp. 342-348. In: Matsui, M., Hikida, T. & Goris, R.C. (eds.). Current herpetology in East Asia. Proceedings of the second Japan-China Herpetological Symposium, Kyoto, July 1988. Herpetological Society of Japan, Kyoto. 521 pp.

Kamezaki, N. 1991. A preliminary report on the distribution of nesting sites of Sea Turtles in the Ryukyu Archipelago, and their evaluation. Biological Magazine Okinawa 29: 29-35.

Kato, J.; Nishida, M. 1991. [Genetic variation in skinks of the genus Eumeces (Scincidae: Squamata) in the Ryukyu Archipelago]. (In Japanese, English summary). Biological Magazine Okinawa 29: 11-19.

Kaverkin, T. 1999. Tokage Modoki: those wonderful geckos of the Ryukyu Archipelago. Gekko 1(1): 42-46.

Nakamura, K.; Uéno, S.I. 1959. The geckos found in the limestone caves of the Ryu-Kyu Islands. Mem. Coll. Sci. Univ. Kyoto 26B(1): 45-52.

Nishimura, M. 1990. Observations of social behaviors of snakes in the Ryukyu Islands. 1. Biological Magazine Okinawa 27: 47-51.

Okada, Y. 1959. Annotated list of animals of Okinawa Islands. Naha City, Japan (Okinawa Biological Education and Researdh Association). 384 pp.

Ota, H. 1989. A review of the geckos (Lacertilia: Reptilia) of the Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan. pp. 222-261, illustr. In: Matsui, M.; Hikida, T. & Goris, R.C. (eds.). Current Herpetology in East Asia. Proceedings of the Second Japan-China Herpetological Symposium Kyoto, July 1988. Herpetological Society of Japan, Kyoto, Japan. 521 pp.

Ota, H. 1991. Classification of agamid lizards of the genus Japalura from the insular East Asia: a history of confusion. Biological Magazine Okinawa 29: 21-28.

Ota, H. 1991. Taxonomic redefinition of Japalura swinhonis Gunther (Agamidae: Squamata), with a description of a new subspecies of J. polygonata from Taiwan. Herpetologica 47(3): 280-294.

Ota, H. 1995. [A review of introduced reptiles and amphibians of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan]. (In Japanese). Island Studies in Okinawa 13: 63-78.

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 (Kyoto) 40(2): 189-204.

Ota, H. 1999. [On the biological survey of Amamioshima and Okinawajima islands by P.J. Schmidt of the USSR in 1926 and 1927, with special reference to its herpetological results]. (In Japanese). Bulletin of the Herpetological Society of Japan 1: 8-12.

Ota, H. 1999. Introduced amphibians and reptiles of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. pp. 439-452. In: Rodda, G.H.; Sawai, Y.; Chiszar, D. & Tanaka, H. (eds.). Problem snake management: the habu and the brown treesnake. Comstock, Ithaca & London. 534 pp.

Ota, H.; Toda, M.; Masunaga, G.; Kikukawa, A.; Toda, M. 2004. Feral populations of amphibians and reptiles in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Global Environmental Research 8(2): 133-143.

Sasa, M.; Takahasi, H.; Kano, R.; Tanaka, H. (eds.) 1977. Animals of medical importance in the Nansei Islands in Japan. Shinjuku Shobo, Tokyo. 410 pp.

Sasa, M.; Teruya, K.; Uchiyama, E.; Iwai, S. 1959. Epidemiology of the poisonous snakebite in the Amami and the Ryukyu Islands. Jap. J. exp. Med. 29: 417-444.

Schmacker, B. 1909. Nachtrag zu Prof. Dr. O. Boettgers Arbeit "Neue Frösche und Schlangen von den Liukiu-Inseln". Offenbach Ber. Ver. Natk. 43-50 [1901-1909]: 237-238.

Sternfeld, R. 1916. Reptilien und Amphibien aus Japan und von den Riu-Kiu. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1916: 164-174.

Takahashi, H. 1981. The frequency of sea snakes in the Ryukyu Islands. Japanese Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 63.

Takahashi, H. 1984. The number and distribution of the sea snakes observed in the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan. The Snake 16(1): 71-74.

Teruya, K.; Nakachi, K. 1961. Observation on the relationship between weather condition and the incidence of Habu-bite in the Ryukyu Archipelago. Jap. J. sanit. Zool. 12: 136.

Uéno, S.I. 1975. A brief note on the herpetofauna of the Ryukyu Islands. Natural Sci. Mus., Tokyo 41(3): 116.

Wall, F. 1904. Notes on a collection of snakes from Japan and the Loo Choo Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 511.

Yasukawa, Y.; Ota, H. 1999. Geographic variation and biogeography of the geoemydine turtles (Testudines: Bataguridae) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. pp. 271-297. In: Ota, H. (ed.). Tropical island herpetofauna: origin, current diversity, and conservation. Developments in Animal and Veterinary Sciences 29: 1-353.