Research field (2):
Evolutionary biology
, Biodiversity and systematics
Research keywords (7):
invasive species
, population genetics
, taxonomy
, molecular systematics
, phylogeography
, biogeography
, reptiles
Papers (15):
Tomohisa Makino, Takafumi Nakano, Taku Okamoto, Tsutomu Hikida. Taxonomic revision and re-description of Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus (Hallowell, 1861) (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae) with resurrection of A. okinavensis (Thompson, 1912). Zoosystematics and Evolution. 2023. 99. 1. 77-91
Awal Riyanto, Muhammad Alif Fauzi, Irvan Sidik, Mumpuni, Mohammad Irham, Nia Kurniawan, Hidetoshi Ota, Taku Okamoto, Tsutomu Hikida, L. Lee Grismer. Another New Bent-toed Gecko, genus Cyrtodactylus Gray 1837 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Borneo. Zootaxa. 2021. 5026. 2. 286-300
Okamoto, Taku, Kuriyama, Takeo, Eto, Koshiro, Hasegawa, Masami. A preliminary study of the morphological and ecological characteristics of Plestiodon japonicus (Scincidae, Squamata) on the Danjo Islands, western Japan. Current Herpetology. 2021. 40. 2. 182-189
Taku Okamoto, Seita Tsukamoto, Masaki Kuro-o, Takeo Kuriyama, Masaharu Motokawa. Complex historical biogeography of the eastern Japanese skink, Plestiodon finitimus (Scincidae, Squamata), revealed by geographic variation in molecular and morphological characters. Zoological Science. 2021. 38. 2. 135-163
Okamoto, Taku, Tokuda, Tatsuhiro. A specimen record of Plestiodon finitimus (Scincidae, Squamata) from Shosanbetsu Village, northern Hokkaido, Japan. 2020. 7. 11-13
Okamoto, Taku, Takeuchi, Hirohiko, Suzuki, Dai. Taxonomic changes of Japanese reptiles since 2013 and some related topics. Bulletin of the Herpetological Society of Japan. 2019. 2019. 2. 202-217
Species Diversity of Animals in Japan
Springer Japan KK 2017
Education (3):
2003 - 2007 Kyoto University Graduate School of Science Division of Biological Sciences
2001 - 2003 Kyoto University Graduate School of Science Division of Biological Sciences
1997 - 2001 Chiba University Faculty of Science Department of Biology
Work history (8):
2012/11 - 現在 Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University Division of Biological Sciences
2011/04 - 2012/10 National Institute for Environmental Studies Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies
2009/05 - 2011/03 National Institute for Environmental Studies Research Center for Environmental Risk NIES Postdoctoral Fellow
2008/04 - 2009/04 Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University Division of Biological Sciences
2008/10 - 2009/03 Otani University Part-time lecturer
2008/04 - 2009/03 Faculty of Health Science, Hyogo University Part-time lecturer
2007/11 - 2008/03 Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University Division of Biological Sciences
2007/04 - 2007/10 Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University Division of Biological Sciences
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Committee career (4):
2023/01 - 現在 Herpetological Society of Japan Officer
2021/03 - 現在 IUCN SSC Skink Specialist Group member
2015/01 - 現在 Herpetological Society of Japan Secretary
2014/01 - 2017/12 The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology Secretary (webmaster)
Association Membership(s) (5):
The Zoological Society of Japan
, The Biogeographical Society of Japan
, Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology
, Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
, Herpetological Society of Japan