Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  hara.sotaro.5fkyoto-u.ac.jp

Academic Degree

• 23 Mar. 2022

  京都大学博士（人間・環境学）
• 18 Aug. 2017

  大学改革支援・学位授与機構修士（水産学）

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

• 京都大学, 大学院人間・環境学研究科博士後期課程相関環境学専攻, 修了
• 水産大学校, 水産学研究科水産技術管理学専攻, 修了

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• 水産大学校, 生物生産学科, 卒業

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  202601020935207194

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/sh8reserch

Research

Papers

• Reevaluation of the genetic identification accuracy using SSR markers of giant salamander hybrids by SNP analysis

  Ibuki Fukuyama; Natsuhiko Yoshikawa; Koshiro Eto; Masafumi Matsui; Atsushi Tominaga; Kazumi Fukutani; Kohei Matsubara; Sotaro Hara; Kanto Nishikawa

  Limnology, 08 May 2026

  
• First Report on Erectile Claws in Asian Fanged Frog Limnonectes (Anura: Dicroglossidae)

  Koshiro Eto; Kanto Nishikawa; MasaFumi Matsui; Mohamad Yazid Hossman; Yusuf Abdul Rohman; Sotaro Hara

  Current Herpetology, 17 Feb. 2026

  
• Estimation of Japanese giant salamander populations in the Kamo River

  Takakura Koh-Ichi; Tsuchida Karin; Matsui Masafumi; Tominaga Atsushi; Yoshikawa Natsuhiko; Eto Koshiro; Fukutani Kazumi; Fukuyama Ibuki; Yamamoto Kazuhiro; Matsubara Kohei; Onuma Hirokazu; Hara Sotaro; Nishikawa Kanto

  Japanese Journal of Conservation Ecology, 30 Nov. 2025

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• Comparison of Head and Skull Shapes among Native Andrias japonicus, Introduced A. davidianus, and Their Hybrids in Japan (Urodela: Cryptobranchidae) based on Geometric Morphometrics

  Sotaro Hara; Kazuhiro Yamamoto; Masafumi Matsui; Atsushi Tominaga; Natsuhiko Yoshikawa; Koshiro Eto; Kazumi Fukutani; Hideyuki Ito; Kanto Nishikawa

  Current Herpetology, 20 Feb. 2025, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Discovery of ex situ individuals of Andrias sligoi, an extremely endangered species and one of the largest amphibians worldwide

  Kanto Nishikawa; Masafumi Matsui; Natsuhiko Yoshikawa; Atsushi Tominaga; Koshiro Eto; Ibuki Fukuyama; Kazumi Fukutani; Kohei Matsubara; Yasunari Hattori; Shohei Iwato; Tsukasa Sato; Zenkichi Shimizu; Hirokazu Onuma; Sotaro Hara

  Scientific Reports, 31 Jan. 2024

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• Larval Body Shape and Eye Size Variation in Japanese Toads (Anura: Bufonidae: Bufo): An Ecological Implication for Lentic and Lotic Habitats

  Kanon Tanaka; Kanto Nishikawa; Sotaro Hara

  Zoological Science, 21 Nov. 2023

  
• Morphological differentiation in giant salamanders, Andrias japonicus, A. davidianus, and their hybrids (Urodela, Cryptobranchidae), and its taxonomic implications

  SOTARO HARA; KANTO NISHIKAWA; MASAFUMI MATSUI; MASAKO YOSHIMURA

  Zootaxa, 08 Nov. 2023, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Geographic Variation in Skull Morphology of the Japanese Crocodile Newt, Echinotriton andersoni (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae), Inferred from Geometric Morphometrics

  Kotaro Ozaki; Atsushi Tominaga; Masafumi Matsui; Sotaro Hara; Kanto Nishikawa

  Current Herpetology, 23 Feb. 2023

  
• Osteological characteristics of the Setouchi salamander Hynobius setouchi (Urodela, Hynobiidae)

  Sotaro Hara; Kanto Nishikawa

  The Anatomical Record, 15 Oct. 2021, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Taxonomic clarification and neotype designation of two Taiwanese salamanders (Amphibia, Urodela, Hynobiidae)

  KANTO NISHIKAWA; YU-TEN JU; SHENG-WUN JHENG; YOU-ZHU LIN; SOTARO HARA; JUNE-SHIANG LAI; SI-MIN LIN; KUANG-YANG LUE

  Zootaxa, 03 Jun. 2021

  
• Intraspecific Variation in the External and Skeletal Morphology of Hynobius setouchi Matsui, Okawa, Tanabe et Misawa, 2019 (Amphibia: Urodela: Hynobiidae)

  Sotaro Hara; Kanto Nishikawa

  Zoological Science, 02 Jul. 2020, Lead author, Corresponding author

  

Awards

• 27 Sep. 2019

  最優秀発表賞（AVIS9）

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Experimental Practice in Biology II

  N421, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Experimental Practice in Biology I

  N420, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Experimental Practice in Biology I

  N420, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Experimental Practice in Biology II

  N421, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Studies of Biology B

  9270, Fall, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 4
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Studies of Biology A

  9269, Spring, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 4
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Seminar on Natural History A

  9267, Spring, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Introduction to Natural Sciences A

  0074, Spring, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Seminar on Natural History B

  9268, Fall, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Fundamentals for Transdisciplinary Research 10

  KK11, Spring, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Experimental Practice in Biology I

  N420, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Experimental Practice in Biology II

  N421, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Experimental Practice in Biology II

  N421, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Experimental Practice in Biology I

  N420, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Studies of Biology A

  9269, Spring, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 4
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Studies of Biology B

  9270, Fall, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 4
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Seminar on Natural History B

  9268, Fall, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Seminar on Natural History A

  9267, Spring, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Experimental Practice in Biology II

  N421, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Experimental Practice in Biology I

  N420, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Experimental Practice in Biology I

  N420, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Experimental Practice in Biology II

  N421, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Studies of Biology B

  9270, Fall, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 4
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Studies of Biology A

  9269, Spring, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 4
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Seminar on Natural History B

  9268, Fall, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Seminar on Natural History A

  9267, Spring, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Experimental Practice in Biology II

  N421, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Experimental Practice in Biology I

  N420, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Experimental Practice in Biology I

  N420, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Experimental Practice in Biology II

  N421, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Studies of Biology

  9153, Year-long, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 8
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Seminar on Natural History

  9244, Year-long, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 4
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Special Lecture on Natural History

  9111, Year-long, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 4