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Bufo Gargarizans Miyakonis
The Miyako toad (''Bufo gargarizans miyakonis'') is a subspecies of the Asiatic toad that is Native species, native to the Miyako Islands, in the Ryukyu Islands, Ryūkyū Islands of Japan. Taxonomy In 1927, Japanese zoologist Yaichirō Okada, Okada Yaichirō included ''Bufo bufo miyakonis'' (Hermann Schlegel, Schlegel) in a study of the country's "tailless batrachians"; however, no further details were provided, making this a ''nomen nudum''. The Miyako toad was first Species description, described, as ''Bufo bufo miyakonis'', ''i.e.'', as a subspecies of the Common toad, by Okada in 1931, with Miyako-jima in the Ryukyu Islands, Ryūkyū Islands given as the Type locality (biology), type locality. In 1947, Robert F. Inger, Inger, arguing that Okada did not sufficiently distinguish his new subspecies from the Asiatic toad of China, treated this Zoological nomenclature, name as a Synonym (taxonomy), synonym of ''Bufo bufo gargarizans''. In 1980, ''et al.'', Biological species concep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaichirō Okada
was a Japanese zoologist. He was born in Ishikawa Prefecture. Okada studied at the Imperial Fisheries Institute (now Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology). He was a professor at Tokyo Higher Normal School (now University of Tsukuba), and after World War II he taught at Mie University from 1950, where he was dean of Fisheries. After retirement he served as a professor at Tokai University is a private non-sectarian higher education institution located in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded by Dr. Shigeyoshi Matsumae. It was accredited under Japan's old educational system in 1946 and under the new system in 1950. In 2008, Tokai Un .... As a zoologist, has contributed in the field of fish taxonomy, as well as reptiles and amphibians. Okada's primary work in English was ''Fishes of Japan'', which published in 1955 by Maruzen and subsequently issued in revised editions. References 20th-century Japanese zoologists Japanese mammalogists 1892 births 1976 death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |