Tsutomu Hikida
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Tsutomu Hikida | |
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疋田 努 | |
| Born | 1951 (age 74–75) Usuki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University |
| Known for | Research on reptiles and amphibians |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology, Herpetology |
| Institutions | Kyoto University |
Tsutomu Hikida (Japanese: 疋田 努, born 1951) is a Japanese zoologist and herpetologist. He is an emeritus professor at Kyoto University, known for his extensive research in herpetology, particularly the systematics, taxonomy, and biogeography of reptiles and amphibians.
He has served as president of the Herpetological Society of Japan and as chairman of its Committee on Standard Japanese Names.[1]
Hikida was born in Usuki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, in 1951. He graduated from the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, in 1974, and completed coursework for the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, in 1979 without submitting a dissertation.[2]
From 1979 to 1995, he served as an assistant in the Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. He was later promoted to associate professor and then full professor, retiring from Kyoto University in 2016.[3]
