Natsuhiko YOSHIKAWA

Selected Journal Publications

1. Matsui, M., H. Okawa, K. Nishikawa, G. Aoki, K. Eto, N. Yoshikawa, S. Tanabe, Y. Misawa, A. Tominaga.   (2019)  Systematics of the widely distributed Japanese clouded salamander, Hynobius nebulosus (Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae), and its closest relatives.   Journal of Heredity.   36: 153–158. 

2. 2) Tominaga, A., M. Matsui, N. Yoshikawa, K. Eto, K. Nishikawa.   (2018)  Genomic displacement and shift of the hybrid zone in the Japanese fire-bellied newt.   Journal of Heredity.   109: 232-242.  

   

3. Yoshikawa, N., N. Nagata.  (2017)  Eighteen SSR markers for the Japanese clawed salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus, and cross-amplification in its congeners.  Current Herpetology.   36: 153–158. 

4. Yoshikawa, N., N. Kamezaki, I. Kawazu., S. Hirai, S. Taguchi.  (2016)  Stock origin of the leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) found in the vicinity of Japan revealed by mtDNA haplotypes.  Current Herpetology.   35: 115-121. 

   

5. Yoshikawa, N.  (2016)  An observation of coiling-around behavior as a putative antipredator response of the Japanese fire-bellied newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster.   Current Herpetology.   35: 69-72.  

   

6. Yoshikawa, N., M. Matsui.   (2014)  Two new salamanders of the genus Onychodactylus from eastern Honshu, Japan (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae).  Zootaxa.  3866: 53-78.  

   

7. Yoshikawa N., M. Matsui, S. Tanabe, T. Okayama.   (2013)  Description of a new salamander of the genus Onychodactylus from Shikoku and western Honshu, Japan (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae).  Zootaxa.   3693(4): 441-464.  

   

8. Yoshikawa N., M. Matsui.   (2013)  A new salamander of the genus Onychodactylus from Tsukuba Mountains, eastern Honshu, Japan (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae).  Current Herpetology.   32: 9–25.  

   

9. Tominaga A., M. Matsui, N. Yoshikawa, K. Nishikawa, T. Hayashi, Y. Misawa, S. Tanabe, H. Ota.  (2013)  Phylogeny and historical demography of Cynops pyrrhogaster (Amphibia: Urodela): taxonomic relationships and distributional changes associated with climatic oscillations.   Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.   66: 654–667. 

10. Yoshikawa N., M. Matsui, K. Nishikawa.  (2012)  Genetic structure and cryptic diversity of Onychodactylus japonicus (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae) in northeastern Honshu, Japan, as revealed by allozymic analysis.  Zoological Science.   29: 229-237. 

11. Yoshikawa, N., M. Matsui, K. Nishikawa.   (2010)  Allozymic variation and phylogeography of two sympatric genetic types of Onychodactylus japonicus (Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae) in Kinki District, Japan.   Zoological Science.   27: 344-355.  

    

12. Kurabayashi A., N. Yoshikawa, N. Satou, Y. Hayashi, S. Oumi, T. Fujii, M. Sumida.   (2010)  Complete mitochondrial sequence of the endangered frog Odorrana ishikawae (Family Ranidae) and unexpected diversity of mt gene arrangements in ranids.   Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.   56: 543-553.  

    

13. Yoshikawa N., M. Matsui, K. Nishikawa, Y. Misawa, S. Tanabe.  (2010)  Allozymic variation in the Japanese clawed salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus (Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae), with special reference to the presence of two sympatric genetic types.   Zoological Science.  27: 33-40.  

    

14. Yoshikawa N., M. Matsui, K. Nishikawa, J.B. Kim, A. Kryukov.  (2008)  Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the Japanese clawed salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus (Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae), and its congener inferred from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.  49: 249-259. 

    

15. 15) Matsui M., N. Yoshikawa, A. Tominaga, T. Sato, S. Takenaka, S. Tanabe, K. Nishikawa, S. Nakabayashi.  (2008)  Phylogenetic relationships of two Salamandrella species as revealed by mitochondrial DNA and allozyme variation (Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae).   Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.  48: 84-93.