1987

• Ota, H. 1987. A New Species of Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from Lanyu Island, Taiwan. Copeia 1987(1): 164–169. DOI: 10.2307/1446048 Reference page. 

1988

• Ota, H. & Hikida, T. 1988. A New Species of Lepidodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Sabah, Malaysia. Copeia 1988(3): 616–621. DOI: 10.2307/1445379 Reference page. 

1989

• Ota, H. & Crombie, R.I. 1989. A new lizard of the genus Lepidodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Batan Island, Philippines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102(3): 559–567. BHL Reference page. 

1994

• Grismer, L.L., Ota, H. & Tanaka S. 1994. Phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, with description of a new subspecies. Zoological Science 11(2): 319–335. BHL Reference page. 

1995

• Ota, H., Fisher, R.N., Ineich, I. & Case, T.J. 1995. Geckos of the Genus Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Reptilia) in Micronesia: Description of a New Species and Reevaluation of the Status of Gecko moestus Peters, 1867. Copeia 1995(1): 183–195. DOI: 10.2307/1446813 Reference page. 

1996

• Takeda, N. & Ota, H. 1996. Description of a new species of Takydromus from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, and a taxonomic redefinition of T. smaragdinus Boulenger 1887 (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Herpetologica 52(1): 77–88. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Ota, H., Sengoku, S. & Hikida, T. 1996. Two New Species of Luperosaurus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Borneo. Copeia 1996(2): 433–439. DOI: 10.2307/1446860 JSTOR Reference page. 

1999

• Ota, H., Ito, A. & Lin, J.-T. 1999. Systematic review of the Elapid snakes allied to Hemibungarus japonicus (Günther, 1868) in the East Asian Islands, with description of a new subspecies from the central Ryukyus. Journal of Herpetology 33(4): 675–687. DOI: 10.2307/1565585 Reference page. 

• Ota, H., Honda, M., Kobayashi, M., Sengoku, S. & Hikida, T. 1999. Phylogenetic Relationships of Eublepharid Geckos (Reptilia: Squamata): A Molecular Approach. Zoological Science 16(4): 659–666. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.16.659 Reference page. 

2000

• Brown, R.M., Supriatna, J. & Ota, H. 2000. Discovery of a New Species of Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus, and Comments on the Status of Luperosaurus serraticaudus. Copeia 2000(1): 191–209. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)2000[0191:DOANSO]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

2002

• Ota, H. & Matsui, M. 2002. On the authorship of Babina (Amphibia: Ranidae). Current Herpetology 21(1): 51–53. Abstract. Reference page. 

2013

• Kaiser, H., Crowther, B.I., Kelly, C.M.R., Luiselli, L., O’Shea, M., Ota, H., Passos, P., Schleip, W.D. & Wüster, W. 2013. Best practices: in the 21st Century, taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable only when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review. Herpetological Review 44(1): 8–23. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2014

• Honda, M., Kurita, T., Toda, M. & Ota, H. 2014. Phylogenetic Relationships, Genetic Divergence, Historical Biogeography and Conservation of an Endangered Gecko, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae), from the Central Ryukyus, Japan. Zoological Science 31(5): 309–320. DOI: 10.2108/zs130201 Reference page. 

2017

• Honda, M. & Ota, H. 2017. On the Live Coloration and Partial Mitochondrial DNA Sequences in the Topotypic Population of Goniurosaurus kuroiwae orientalis (Squamata: Eublepharidae), with Description of a New Subspecies from Tokashikijima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Asian Herpetological Research 8(2): 96–107. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.170003 Reference page. 

• Kurita, K., Ota, H. & Hikida, T. 2017. A new species of Plestiodon (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Senkaku Group, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Zootaxa 4254(5): 520–536. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.5.2 . Reference page.