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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Satsunan 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.


Hikida, T.; Ota, H.; Toyama, M. 1992. Herpetofauna of an encounter zone of Oriental and Palearctic elements: amphibians and reptiles of the Tokara Group and adjacent islands in the northern Ryukyus, Japan. Biological Magazine Okinawa 30: 29-43.

Koba, K. 1956. [Herpetofauna of the Amami group of the Loo Choo Islands. 1.]. (In Japanese). Mem. Fac. Educ, Kumamoto Univ. 4: 148-164.

Koba, K. 1958. [Herpetofauna of the Amami group of the Loo Choo Islands. 2.]. (In Japanese). Mem. Fac. Educ. Kumamoto Univ. 6: 173-185.

Koba, K. 1959. [Herpetofauna of the Amami group of the Loo Choo Islands. 3.]. (In Japanese). Mem. Fac. Educ. Kumamoto Univ. 7: 187-202.

Koba, K. 1960. [Herpetofauna of the Amami group of the Loo Choo Islands. 4.]. (In Japanese). Mem. Fac. Educ. Kumamoto Univ. 8: 181-191.

Matsui, T. 1964. Notes on some snakes from Yakushima Island. Acta Herpetologica Japonica 2: 6-7.

Matsui, T.; Suzuki, H. 1981. [Lizards collected from Tokara Islands (1)]. (In Japanese). (Abstract). Japanese Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 66-67.

Okada, Y.; Matsui, T. 1965. The geckos found in the forest of the Yakushma Island. Acta Herpet. Jap. 1: 56.

Omuta, K. 2011. Conservation project on Yakushima Island: the biggest nesting site in Japan. pp. 108-119. In: Dutton, P.H.; Squires, D. & Mahfuzuddin, A. (eds.). 2011. Conservation of Pacific sea turtles. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu. 481 pp.

Ota, H. 1986. A review of reptiles and amphibians of the Amami Group, Ryukyu Archipelago. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science Kyoto University Series of Biology 11(1-2): 57-71.

Ota, H.; Toyama, M.; Chigira, Y.; Hikida, T. 1994. Systematics, biogeography and conservation of the herpetofauna of the Tokara Group, Ryukyu Archipelago: new data and review of recent publications. WWF Japan Science Report 2(2): 163-177.

Sawai, Y.; Kawamura, Y. 1980. Snakebites on the Amami Islands of Japan in 1976. The Snake 12(1-2): 1-7.

Sawai, Y.; Makino, M.; Kawamura, Y.; Fukuyama, T.; Chinzei, H. 1976. Snakebites on the Amami Islands of Japan in 1973. The Snake 8(1): 52-56.

Shibata, Y. 1960. Amphibia and Reptilia collected from Tokara Islands. Bulletin Osaka Mus. Nat. Hist. 12: 57-62.

Shibata, Y. 1989. [Re-examination of gecko specimens from the Osumi and the Tokara Islands of Japan, formerly identified as Gekko japonicus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)]. (In Japanese, English summary). Shizenshi-Kenkyu Occasional Papers from the Osaka Museum of Natural History 2(5): 73-75.

Ueno, S.; Oki, K. 2015. [Record of freshwater turtles at Amami City, Amami-oshima Island in 2013]. (In Japanese). Kiraku 9: 6-7.