Masafumi Matsui

Masafumi Matsui (1950–), Japanese herpetologist.

• Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

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• 108 taxon names authored by Masafumi Matsui

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• 1 eponym of Masafumi Matsui

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• Matsui, M. 1976. A new toad from Japan. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University 25(1): 1–10. hdl: 2433/156004 Reference page. 

• Matsui, M. 1979. Amphibians from Sabah I. Systematic and natural history notes. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University 25: 303–346.

• Matsui, M. 1984. Morphometric variation analyses and revision of the Japanese toads (Genus Bufo, Bufonidae). Contributions from the Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University 26(3-4): 209–428. hdl: 2433/156031 Reference page. 

• Matsui, M. 1987. Isozyme variation in salamanders of the nebulosus-lichenatus complex of the genus Hynobius from eastern Honshu, Japan, with a description of a new species. Japanese Journal of Herpetology 12(2): 50–64. DOI: 10.5358/hsj1972.12.2_50 Reference page. 

• Matsui, T. & Matsui, M. 1990. A new brown frog (genus Rana) from Honshu, Japan. Herpetologica 46(1): 78–85. JSTOR. Reference page. 

• Matsui, M., Sato, T., Tanabe, S. & Hayashi, T. 1992. Electrophoretic analyses of systematic relationships and status of two hynobiid salamanders from Hokkaido (Amphibia: Caudata). Herpetologica 48(4): 408–416. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Matsui, M. 1994. A taxonomic study of the Rana narina complex, with description of three new species (Amphibia: Ranidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 111(4): 385–415. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1994.tb01489.x Reference page. 

• Matsui, M. 1997. Call characteristics of Malaysian Leptolalax with a description of two new species (Anura: Pelobatidae). Copeia 1997: 158–165.

• Kim, J.-B., Min, M.-S. & Matsui, M. 2003. A new species of lentic breeding Korean salamander of the genus Hynobius (Amphibia, Urodela). Zoological Science 20(9): 1163–1169. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.1163 Reference page. 

• Matsui, M., Khonsue, W. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2005. A new Ansonia from the Isthmus of Kra, Thailand (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae). Zoological Science 22(7): 809–814. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.809 Reference page. 

• Matsui, M., Yambun, P. & Sudin, A. 2007. Taxonomic relationships of Ansonia Inger, Tan, and Yambun, 2001 and Pedostibes maculatus (Mocquard, 1890), with a description of a new genus (Amphibia, Bufonidae). Zoological Science 24(11): 1159–1166. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.1159 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K., Misawa, Y. & Tanabe, S. 2007. Systematic Relationships of Hynobius okiensis among Japanese Salamanders (Amphibia: Caudata). Zoological Science 24(7): 746–751. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.746 hdl: 2433/85321 ResearchGate Reference page. 

• Matsui, M., Kuraishi, N., Jiang, J.-J., Ota, H., Hamidy, A., Orlov, N.L. & Nishikawa, K. 2010. Systematic reassessments of fanged frogs from China and adjacent regions (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Zootaxa 2345(1): 33–42.. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2345.1.3 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Panha, S., Khonsue, W. & Kuraishi, N. 2010. Two new species of the “kuhlii” complex of the genus Limnonectes from Thailand (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Zootaxa 2615: 1–22. Preview Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Tominaga, A., Liu, W.-Z., Khonsue, W., Grismer, L.L., Diesmos, A.C., Das, I., Sudin, A., Yambun, P., Yong, H., Sukumaran, J. & Brown, R.M. 2020. Phylogenetic relationships of Ansonia from Southeast Asia inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: Systematic and biogeographic implications (Anura: Bufonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54(2): 561–570. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.003 Reference page. 
• Nishikawa, K., Jiang, J.-P., Matsui, M., Mo, Y.-M., Chen, X.-H., Kim, J.-B., Tominaga, A. & Yoshikawa, N. 2010. Invalidity of Hynobius yunanicus and molecular phylogeny of Hynobius salamander from continental China (Urodela, Hynobiidae). Zootaxa 2426(1): 65–67. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2426.1.5 Reference page. 

• Matsui, M., Hamidy, A., Belabut, D.M., Ahmad, N., Panha, S., Sudin, A., Khonsue, W., Oh, H.-S., Yong, H.-S., Jiang, J.-P. & Nishikawa, K. 2011. Systematic relationships of Oriental tiny frogs of the family Microhylidae (Amphibia, Anura) as revealed by mtDNA genealogy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(1): 167–176. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.05.015 Reference page. 
• Nishikawa, K., Jiang, J.-P. & Matsui, M. 2011. Two New Species of Pachytriton from Anhui and Guangxi, China (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae). Current Herpetology 30(1): 15–31. DOI: 10.3105/018.030.0102 Reference page. 
• Nishikawa, K., Jiang, J.-P., Matsui, M. & Mo, Y.-M. 2011. Unmasking Pachytriton labiatus (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae), with description of a new species of Pachytriton from Guangxi, China. Zoological Science 28(6): 453–461. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.28.453 Reference page. 

• Matsui, M. (manuscript April 2012): Leptolalax Zootaxa.
• Matsui, M., Hamidy, A., Murphy, R.W., Khonsue, W., Yambun, P., Tomohiko, S., Ahmad, N, Belabut, D.M. & Jiang, J.-P. Phylogenetic relationships of megophryid frogs of the genus Leptobrachium (Amphibia, Anura) as revealed by mtDNA gene sequences.
• Matsui, M.,Mumpuni & Hamidy A. 2012. Description of a New Species of Hylarana from Sumatra (Amphibia, Anura). Current Herpetology 31(1): 38–46. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.31.38 PDF. Reference page. 
• Kotaki, M., Kurabayashi, A., Matsui, M., Kuramoto, M., Hon Tjong, D. & Sumida, M. Molecular phylogeny of the diversified frogs of genus Fejervarya (anura: dicroglossidae).
• Yoshikawa, N., Matsui, M. & Nishikawa, K. Allozymic variation and phylogeography of two genetic types of Onychodactylus japonicus (Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae) sympatric in the Kinki District, Japan.
• Matsui, M. 2009. A New Species of Philautus (Amphibia, Anura, Rhacophoridae) from the Lowland of Sarawak, Western Borneo. Zoological Science. Tokyo 26: 437–442.
• Hamidy, A., Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K. & Belabut, D.M. 2012. Detection of cryptic taxa in Leptobrachium nigrops (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae), with description of two new species. Zootaxa 3398(1): 22–39. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3398.1.2 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

• Dehling, J.M. & Matsui, M. 2013. A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, East Malaysia (Borneo). Zootaxa 3670(1): 33–44. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.1.2 . Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Hamidy, A. & Eto, K. 2013. Description of a new species of Microhyla from Bali, Indonesia (Amphibia, Anura). Zootaxa 3670(4): 579–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.4.9 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Nishikawa, K., Matsui, M. & Nguyen, T.T. 2013. A New Species of Tylototriton from Northern Vietnam (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae). Current Herpetology 32(1): 34–49. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.32.34 Reference page. 
• Nishikawa, K., Khonsue, W., Pomchote, P. & Matsui, M. 2013. Two new species of Tylototriton from Thailand (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae). Zootaxa 3737(3): 261–279. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.5 Reference page. 
• Yoshikawa, N. & Matsui, M. 2013. A new salamander of the genus Onychodactylus from Tsukuba Mountains, Eastern Honshu, Japan (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae). Current Herpetology 32(1): 9–25. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.32.9 hdl: 2433/216846 Reference page. 
• Yoshikawa, N., Matsui, M., Tanabe, S. & Okayama, T. 2013. Description of a new salamander of the genus Onychodactylus from Shikoku and western Honshu, Japan (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae). Zootaxa 3693(4): 441–464. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.4.2 Reference page. 
• Weisrock, D.W., Macey, J.R., Matsui, M. & Mulcahy, D.G. 2013. Molecular phylogenetic reconstruction of the endemic Asian salamander family Hynobiidae (Amphibia, Caudata). Zootaxa 3626(1): 77–93. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.1.3 Reference page. 

• Chen, X., McKelvy, A.D., Grismer, L.L., Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K. & Burbrink, F.T. 2014. The phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of the Rainbow Tree Snake Gonyophis margaritatus (Peters, 1871) (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 3881(6): 532–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.6.3 Reference page. 
• Hamidy A. & Matsui M., 2014: A new species of Leptobrachium from the Kelabit Highland, northwestern Borneo (Anura, Megophryidae). Current herpetology 33(1): 57–67. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.33.57 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M. & Nishikawa, K. 2014. Description of a new species of Limnonectes from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (Dicroglossidae, Anura). Current Herpetology 33(2): 135–147. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.33.135 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Hamidy, A. & Kuraishi, N. 2014. A New Species of Polypedates from Sumatra, Indonesia (Amphibia: Anura). Species Diversity 19(1): 1–7. DOI: 10.12782/sd.19.1.001 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K. & Yambun, P. 2014. A new Leptolalax from the mountains of Sabah, Borneo (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae). Zootaxa 3753(5): 440–452. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.5.3 Reference page. 
• Nishikawa, K. & Matsui, M. 2014. Three new species of the salamander genus Hynobius (Amphibia, Urodela, Hynobiidae) from Kyushu, Japan. Zootaxa 3852(2): 203–226. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.2.3 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Nishikawa, K., Matsui, M. & Rao, D.-Q. 2014. A new species of Tylototriton (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae) from central Myanmar. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 60: 9–22. Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.T., Matsui, M. & Duc, H.M. 2014. A new tree frog of the genus Kurixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. Current Herpetology 33(2): 101–111. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.33.101 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.T., Matsui, M. & Eto, K. 2014. A new cryptic tree frog species allied to Kurixalus banaensis (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 21(4): 295–302. Reference page. 
• Yoshikawa, N. & Matsui, M. 2014. Two new salamanders of the genus Onychodactylus from Eastern Honshu, Japan (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae). Zootaxa 3866(1): 53–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.1.3 Reference page. 

• Eto, K., Matsui, M. & Nishikawa, K. 2015. Description of a new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from Borneo. Current Herpetology 34(2): 128–139. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.34.128 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.T., Matsui, M. & Eto, K. 2015. Mitochondrial phylogeny of an Asian tree frog genus Theloderma (Anura: Rhacophoridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 85: 59–67. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.02.003 Reference page. 
• Le, D.T., Nguyen, T.T. Nishikawa, K., Nguyen, S.L.H., Pham, A.V., Matsui, M., Bernardes, M. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2015. A new species of Tylototriton Anderson, 1871 (Amphibia: Salamandridae) from northern Indochina. Current Herpetology 34: 38–50. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.34.38 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Khonsue, W., Panha, S. & Eto, K. 2015. A New Tree Frog of the Genus Gracixalus from Thailand (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae). Zoological Science 32(2): 204–210. DOI: 10.2108/zs140238 Reference page. 

• Dehling, J.M., Matsui, M. & Yambun Imbun, P. 2026. A new small montane species of Philautus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Salamandra 52(2): 77–90. PDF Reference page. 
• Eto, K., Matsui, M. & Nishikawa, K. 2016. A new highland species of dwarf litter frog genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Sarawak. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64: 194–203. PDF Reference page. 

• Kurita, T., Nishikawa, K., Matsui, M. & Hikida, T. 2017. A new species of Rock Gecko genus Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Western Sarawak, Malaysia. Zootaxa 4258(5): 525–538. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.5.2 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Eto, K., Nishikawa, K., Hamidy, A., Belabut, D., Ahmad, N., Panha, S., Khonsue, W. & Grismer, L.L. 2017. Mitochondrial phylogeny of Leptolalax From Malay Peninsula and Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae). Current Herpetology 36(1): 11–21. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.36.11 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Ohler, A., Eto, K. & Nguyen, T.T. 2017. Distinction of Gracixalus carinensis from Vietnam and Myanmar, with description of a new species. Alytes 33(1-4): 25–37. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K., Eto, K. & Hossman, M.Y.B. 2017. A new species of Pelophryne from western Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (Anura, Bufonidae). Zoological Science 34(4): 345–350. DOI: 10.2108/zs170008 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Eto, K., Belabut, D.M. & Nishikawa, K. 2017. A new Kalophrynus (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Current Herpetology 36(2): 75–86. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.36.75 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Misawa, Y., Nishikawa, K. & Shimada, T. 2017. A new species of lentic breeding salamander (Amphibia, Caudata) from central Japan. Current Herpetology 36(2): 116–126. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.36.116 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K. & Tominaga, A. 2017. Taxonomic relationships of Hynobius stejnegeri and H. yatsui, with description of the Amber-Colored Salamander from Kyushu, Japan (Amphibia: Caudata). Zoological Science 34(6): 538–545. DOI: 10.2108/zs170038 Reference page. 

• Matsui, M., Khonsue, W. & Panha, S. 2018. Two New Species of Ansonia from Thailand (Anura: Bufonidae). Zoological Science 35(1): 39–48. DOI: 10.2108/ZS170120 Reference page. 
• Atmaja, V.Y., Hamidy, A., Arisuryanti, T., Matsui, M. & Smith, E.N. 2018. A New Species of Microhyla (Anura: Microhylidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia. Treubia 45: 25–46. Reference page. 
• Eto, K., Matsui, M., Hamidy, A., Munir, M. & Iskandar, D. 2018. Two New Species of the Genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Kalimantan, Indonesia. Current Herpetology 37(2): 95–105. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.37.95 Reference page. 

• Tominaga, A., Matsui, M. & Nishikawa, K. 2019. Two new species of lotic breeding salamanders (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae) from western Japan. Zootaxa 4550(4): 525–544. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.4.3 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Okawa, H., Nishikawa, K., Aoki, G., Eto, K., Yoshikawa, N., Tanabe, S., Misawa, Y. & Tominaga, A. 2019. Systematics of the widely distributed Japanese Clouded Salamander, Hynobius nebulosus (Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae), and its closest relatives. Current Herpetology 38(1): 32–90. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.38.32 Reference page. 
• Tominaga, A., Matsui, M., Tanabe, S. & Nishikawa, K. 2019. A revision of Hynobius stejnegeri, a lotic breeding salamander from western Japan, with a description of three new species (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae). Zootaxa 4651(3): 401–433. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.3.1 Reference page. 

• Matsui, M. & Tominaga, A. 2020. Distinct Species Status of a Microhyla from the Yaeyama Group of the Southern Ryukyus, Japan (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Current Herpetology 39(2): 120–136. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.39.120 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M. & Tominaga, A. 2020. A new species of Buergeria from the southern Ryukyus and northwestern Taiwan (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae). Current Herpetology 39(2): 160–172. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.39.160 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K., Eto, K. & Hossman, M.Y. 2020. Two New Ansonia from Mountains of Borneo (Anura, Bufonidae). Zoological Science 37(1): 91–101. DOI: 10.2108/zs190078 Reference page. 

• Fukuyama, I., Matsui, M., Eto, K., Hossman, M.Y.B. & Nishikawa, K. 2021. Discovery of a deeply divergent and highly endemic frog lineage from Borneo: A taxonomic revision of Kalophrynus nubicola Dring, 1983 with descriptions of two new species (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 293: 326–343. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2021.06.016 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K., Eto, K., Hamidy, A., Hossman, Y. & Fukuyama, I. 2021. A new Occidozyga from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (Anura: Dicroglossidae).Zootaxa 4926(4): 535–546. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.4.4 Reference page. 

• Eto, K., Matsui, M. & Sugahara, T. 2022. Description of a new subterranean breeding brown frog (Ranidae: Rana) from Japan. Zootaxa 5209(4): 401–425. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.4.1 Reference page. 
• Yoshikawa, N. & Matsui, M. 2022. New salamander of the genus Onychodactylus from central Honshu, Japan (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae). Current Herpetology 41: 82–100. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.41.82 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Misawa, Y., Yoshikawa, N. & Nishikawa, K. 2022. Taxonomic reappraisal of Hynobius tokyoensis, with description of a new species from northeastern Honshu, Japan (Amphibia: Caudata). Zootaxa 5168(2): 207–221. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.2.7 Reference page. 

• Eto, K. & Matsui, M. 2023. A new Brown Frog from the Goto Islands, Japan with taxonomic revision on the subspecific relationships of Rana tagoi (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae). Current Herpetology 42(2): 191–209. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.42.191 Reference page. 

• Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K., Eto, K., Hamidy, A., Sudin, A., Hossman, Y., Gumal, M. & Vairappan, C.S. 2024. Revision of the Limnonectes kuhlii-like Fanged Frogs from Malaysian Borneo (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae). Current Herpetology 43: 226–277. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.43.226 Reference page. 

• Gonggoli, A.D., Shimada, T., Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K., Sidik, I., Kadafi, A.M., Farajallah, A. & Hamidy, A. 2025. Two new species of fanged frog from southeastern Borneo, Indonesia (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae). Zootaxa 5575(3): 387–408. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.3 Reference page. 
• Gonggoli, A.D., Shimada, T., Nishikawa, K., Matsui, M., Larson, T., Smith, E.N. & Hamidy, A. 2025. Unveiling a new species of Fanged Frog (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from southeastern Borneo, Indonesia. Species Diversity 30: 177–191. DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.30.177 Reference page. 
• Lin, C-F., Chang, C-W., Matsui, M., Shen, C-C., Tominaga, A. & Lin, S-M. 2025. Description of a new music frog (Anura, Ranidae, Nidirana) critically endangered in Taiwan. ZooKeys 1229: 245–273. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1229.139344 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K., Eto, K. & Hossman, M.Y. 2025. Unnoticed for a Century and a Half: Bornean Leaf Litter Frog, Leptobrachella gracilis, is Not a Single Species (Anura, Megophryidae). Current Herpetology 44(2): 157–176. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.44.157 Reference page. 
• Shimada, T., Matsui, M. & Tanaka, K. 2025. Genetic and morphological variation analyses of Dryophytes japonicus (Anura, Hylidae) with description of a new species from northeastern Japan. Zootaxa 5590(1): 61–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.1.3 Reference page. 

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