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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Okinawa 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.


Araki, Y. 1981. Snakebites in Okinawa Prefecture in 1980. Japanese Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 65.

Fritze, A. 1894. Die Fauna der Liu-Kiu Insel Okinawa. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.) 7: 852-926.

Johnson, C.R. 1969. Herpetofauna of Okinawa, Ryu Kyu Islands. Herpetologica 25: 206-210.

Johnson, C.R. 1972. Notes on the herpetofauna of Kume-jima and O-jima, Ryu Kyu islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 162: 7-8.

Kikukawa, A.; Kamezaki, N.; Hirate, K.; Ota, H. 1996. Distribution of nesting sites of Sea Turtles in Okinawajima and adjacent islands of the central Ryukyus, Japan. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(1): 99-101.

Kikukawa, A.; Kamezaki, N.; Ota, H. 1999. Current status of the Sea Turtles nesting on Okinawajima and adjacent islands of the central Ryukyus, Japan. Biological Conservation 87(1): 149-153.

Koba, K. 1958. Reptilia and Amphibia of Okinawa-Jima of the Loo Islands. Mem. Fac. Educ. Kumamoto Univ. 5: 191-208.

Maenosono, T.; Iwanaga, S.; Toda, M. 2009. [Terrestrial herpetofaunas of Amurojima, Agenashikujima and Gahijima Islands of Zamami Village, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan]. (In Japanese). Biological Magazine Okinawa 47: 53-61.

Schneider, M. 2009. Erforschung und Schutz von Meeresschildkröten auf der Insel Kuroshima, Japan. Radiata 18(1): 61-64.

Slater, J.A. 1946. Bionomic notes on some reptiles from Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Ann, Mag, nat. Hist. 18(11): 113-116.

Slater, J.A. 1948. The incidence of poisonous snakes on Okinawa Shima (Ryukyu Islands). Copeia 1948(2): 136.

Suzuki-Ohno, Y.; Morita, K.; Nagata, N.; Mori, H.; Abe, S.; Makino, T.; Kawata, M. 2017. Factors restricting the range expansion of the invasive green anole Anolis carolinensis on Okinawa Island, Japan. Ecology and Evolution 7(12): 4357-4366

Takara, T. 1978. Some observations on a snake found on Miyako Island, Okinawa. Japanese Journal of Herpetology 7(4): 85-87.

Toda, M.; Kadota, Y.; Maenosono, T.; Iwanaga, S. 2006. [Terrestrial herpetofauna of Maejima Island of Tokashiki Village, Okinawa group]. (In Japanese, English summary). Biological Magazine Okinawa 44: 53-63.

Toda, M.; Yamamoto, R.; Kadota, Y. 2003. [Terrestrial herpetofauna of Gushikawajima and Yanahajima Islands of Izena Villedge, the Okinawa Island Group]. (In Japanese, English summary). Biological Magazine Okinawa 41: 33-41.