Teppei JONO
Associate Professor
Ph. D.
Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
E-mail mjusinondo(at)gmail.com
Research Interests
Animal communication
Speciation and maintenance of species diversity
Evolution of diversity in signals
Reproductive character displacement
Ecological & behabioral adaptation to urban
environment
Herpetology
Geckology
Publications
29. Okamoto, K., Jono, T. in press. Feeding behavior on honeydew excreted by the leucaena psyllid, Heteropsylla cubana, by the Hokou Gecko, Gekko hokouensis, on Iriomote Island, Japan. Herpetology Notes.
28. Okamoto, K., Jono, T., and Toda, M. 2021. Number of oviposition, oviposition interval, and period of sperm storage in Gekko hokouensis and G. yakuensis under captivity. Akamata 30: 21-25.
27. Jono, T. and Denda, T. 2020. A case of feeding on a fruit of Morus australis by an Okinawa gecko, Gekko sp. (in Japanese). Akamata 29:1–4.
26. Nishikawa, K., Sanamxay, D., Kurita, T., Hibino, M., Jono, T. and Nguyen, T. T. 2020. A new and highest record of Tylototriton notialis (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae). Academia Journal of Biology 42(4): 135–137.
25. Piao, Y., Chen, Z., Wu, Y., Shi, S, Takeuchi, H. Jono, T., Fukuda, M., Mori, A., Tang, Y., Chen, Q., and Ding, L. 2020. A New species of the genus Rhabdophis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) in southwestern Sichuan, China. Asian Herpetological Research 11(2): 95-107.
24. Yoshida, T., Ujiie, R., Savitzky, A. H., Jono, T., Inoue, T., Yoshinaga, N., Aburaya, S., Aoki, W., Takeuchi, H., Ding, L., Chen, Q., Cao, C., Tsai, T-S., de Silva, A., Mahaulpatha, D., Nguyen, T. T., Tang, Y., Mori, N. and Mori, A. 2020. Dramatic dietary shift maintains sequestered toxins in a chemically defended vertebrate predator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America117(11): 5964-5969 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1919065117.
23. Jono, T., Kojima, Y. and Mizuno, T. 2019. Novel cooperative antipredator tactics of an ant specialized against a snake. Royal Society Open Science 6(8): 190283.
22. Takeuchi, H., Savitzky, A. H., Ding, L., de Silva, A., Das, I., Nguyen, T. T., Tsai, T.-S., Jono, T., Zhu, G.-X., Mahaulpatha, D., Tang, Y. and Mori, A. 2018. Evolution of nuchal glands, unusual defensive organs of Asian natricine snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae), inferred from a molecular phylogeny. Ecology and Evolution 8(20): 10219–10232.
21. Okamoto, K., Jono, T., Ota, H. and Toda, M. 2017. First record of the common house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, from Takarajima Island of the Tokara Group, Ryukyu Archipelago (in Japanese). Akamata (27): 47–51.
20. Tokuyama, T., Toju, H., and Jono, T. 2017. Predation of two species of Gekko by Huntsman spider Heteropoda venatoria (in Japanese). Akamata (27): 21–24.
19. Toda, M. and Jono, T. 2017. Observation of geckos in Okinawajima under extraordinary cole weather in the winter of 2016 (in Japanese). Akamata (27): 7–12.
18. Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, D. M., Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Andoreone, F., Franzen, M., Glos, J., Hawlitschek, O., Jono, T., Mori, A., Ndriantsoa, H. S., Raminosoa, R. N., Riemann, C. J., Rödel, M.-O., Rosa, M. G., Vieites, R. D., Crottini, A., and Vences, M. 2017. Describing the smaller majority: integrative taxonomy reveals twenty-six new species of tiny microhylid frogs (genus Stumpffia) from Madagascar. Vertebrate Zoology 67(3):271–398.
17. Jono, T. 2016. Observations of breeding behavior of Gekko hokouensis and G. vertebralis in captivity (in Japanese). Akamata 26: 11–15.
16. Mori, A., Jono, T., Takeuchi, H., and Das, I. 2016. Rhabdophis conspicillatus (Red-bellied keelback): Morphology. Herpetological Review 47(3): 482–483.
15. Mori, A., Jono, T., Takeuchi, H., Ding, L., de Silva, A., Mahaulpatha, D. and Tang, Y. 2016. Morphology of the nucho-dorsal glands and related defensive displays in three species of Asian natricine snakes. Journal of Zoology 300(2016): 18–26.
14. Jono, T. 2016. Absence of temporal pattern in courtship signals suggests loss of species recognition in gecko lizards. Evolutionary Ecology 30(4): 583–600.
13. Miralles, A., Jono, T., Mori, A., Gandola, R., Erens, J., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. and Vences, M. 2016. A new perspective on the reduction of cephalic scales in fossorial legless skinks (Squamata, Scincidae). Zoologica Scripta 45(4): 380–393.
12. Mori, A., Jono, T., Ding, L., Zhu, G-X., Wang, J., Shi, H-T. and Tang, Y. 2016. Discovery of nucho-dorsal glands in Rhabdophis adleri. Current Herpetology 35(1): 53–58.
11. Chen, J., Jono, T., Cui, J., Yue, X., and Tang, Y. 2016. The acoustic properties of low intensity vocalizations match hearing sensitivity in the webbed-toed gecko, Gekko subpalmatus. Plos ONE 11(1): e0146677.
10. Jono, T., Ding, L., Kaito, T., Tang, Y. and Toda, M. 2015. Reevaluation of the taxonomic status of a poorly known gecko, Gekko liboensis (Reptilia: Squamata). Asian Herpetological Research 6(3): 229–236.
9. Jono, T., Bauer, M. A., Brennan, I. and Mori, A. 2015. New species of Blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tsingy karstic outcrops in Ankarana National Park, northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 3980(3): 406–416.
8. Jono, T. 2015. Feeding behavior on tree sap and planthopper-derived honeydew by a fish-scale gecko (Geckolepis sp.) in a dry forest of Madagascar. Current Herpetology 34(1): 85–88.
7. Jono, T., Nishikawa, K., Ding, L. and Tang, Y. 2014. Geographic distribution: Paramesotriton hongkongensis (Hongkong warty newt). Herpetological Review 45(4): 651.
6. Tawa, Y., Jono, T. and Numata, H. 2014. Circadian and temperature control of activity in Schlegel's Japanese gecko, Gekko japonicus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae). Current Herpetology 33(2): 1–8.
5. Jono, T., Kawamura, T. and Koda, R. 2013. Invasion of Yakushima Island, Japan, by the subtropical lizard Japalura polygonata polygonata (Squamata: Agamidae). Current Herpetology 32(2): 142–149.
4. Murai, S., Jono, T. and Hongo, Y. 2013. Gekko japonicus (Japanese gecko): sap feeding. Herpetological Review 44(2): 323–324.
3. Mochida, K. and Jono, T. 2012. Field observations and laboratory experiments of aposematic behaviour in the sword-tailed newt, Cynops ensicauda (in Japanese). Akamata 23: 21–24.
2. Jono, T. and Inui, Y. 2012. Secret calls from under the eaves: acoustic behavior of the Japanese
house gecko, Gekko japonicus. Copeia 2012: 145–149.
1. Jono, T. 2008. An observation of nectar feeding by the mourning gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris, from Yanahajima Island of Izena Village, Ryukyu Archipelago (in Japanese). Akamata 19: 9–11.
Education
2012 Doctor of Science, Zoology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Supervisor: Dr. Mori, A. (Kyoto University)
2009 Master of Science, Zoology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Supervisor: Dr. Mori, A. (Kyoto University)
2007 Bachelor of Education, Biology, Osaka Kyoiku University, Osaka, Japan
Teaching Experience
April, 2022-March, 2023 Associate Professor of Human Environmental Studies, Hiroshima Shudo University
April, 2020-March, 2022 Assistant Professor of Human Environmental Studies, Hiroshima Shudo University
October, 2018-March, 2019 Lacturer of Biology, University of the Ryukyus
April, 2018 Lacturer of Ecology, University of the Ryukyus
April-August, 2013 Lecturer of Biology, Kyoto College of Health and Hygiene
November, 2012 Lecturer of Behavioral Ecology, Aichi University of Education
September, 2012 Lecturer in Yakushima Fieldwork Course, Kyoto University
April-July, 2010 Teaching Assistant, Kyoto Gakuen University
April-July, 2009 Teaching Assistant, Kyoto Gakuen University
Research Experience
19. Feb, 2020 Fieldwork on snakes at Bandung, Jawa, Indonesia
18. Sep, 2019 Fieldwork on geckos at central Vietnam
17. Sep, 2019 Fieldwork on reptiles at Yunnan, China
16. Jun, 2019 Fieldwork on reptiles at Chongqing, China
15. Sep, 2018. Fieldwork on reptiles at Yunnan, China
14. May~June, 2018 Fieldwork on reptiles at Laos
13. Mar, 2017~ Fieldwork on geckos at Mazu Group and Taiwan Island, Taiwan
12. Aug, 2017 and Aug, 2018 Behavioral fieldwork on geckos at Borneo, Malaysia
11. Apr, 2016~ Fieldwork on geckos at several islands in southern Japan
10. July, 2015. Fieldwork on reptiles at Guangdong and Fujian, China
9. June, 2015. Field work on geckos at northern Vietnam
8. April, 2015. Field work on reptiles at Hainan Island and Guangdong, China
7. August, 2014 Field work on reptiles and amphibians at Guizhou and Guanxi, China
6. June-July, 2014 Field work on reptiles and amphibians at Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Beijing, China
5. April, 2014 Field work on reptiles and amphibians at Guangdong, China
4. September, 2013 Field work on reptiles at Sichuan, China
3. December, 2009-February, 2010; November, 2010-February, 2011; December, 2012-February, 2013; January-March, 2014 (for total 12 months) Behavioral field work on reptiles in Madagascar
2. 2007-2012 Behavioral field work on Gekko species at Nansei Islands, Japan.
1. 2006-present Behavioral experiment on Gekko species at Japan and China
Grants and Fellowships
2018~2019 University of the Ryukyus Research Project Promotion Grant (Strategic Research Grant)
2017~2020 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Wakate B from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2016~2019 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2016~2019 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2015~2016 The Collaborative Research of Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus
2014~2016 The Research Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China for International Young Scientists
2013~2015 The Fellowship for Young International Scientists of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2013 The Kyoto University Research Funds for Young Scientists (Start-up) FY 2013
2011~2013 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2011~2013 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Awards
March, 2019 JSBBA2019 Selected Presentation
March, 2017 ESJ64 English Presentation Award
March, 2012 ESJ56 Best Poster Prize in Behavior
Professional Memberships
The Herpetological Society of Japan(HSJ)
The Okinawa Herpetological Society