2009

 Article 
Zootaxa 2124: 51-62 (3 Jun. 2009) 5 plates; 52 references                            Accepted: 11 May 2009
Cyrtodactylus erythrops (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling gecko from Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand
AARON M. BAUER (USA), KIRATI KUNYA (Thailand), MONTRI SUMONTHA (Thailand), PIYAWAN NIYOMWAN (Thailand) , NONN PANITVONG (Thailand), OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium), LAWAN CHANHOME (Thailand) & TUNYAKORN KUNYA (Thailand)
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Zootaxa 2115: 47-55 (22 May 2009) 2 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 14 Apr. 2009
A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae) from Seram Island, Indonesia
PAUL OLIVER (Australia), PAUL EDGAR (UK), MUMPUNI (Indonesia), DJOKO T. ISKANDAR (Indonesia) & RON LILLEY (Indonesia)
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Zootaxa 2113: 41-54 (20 May 2009) 9 plates; 36 references                          Accepted: 10 Apr. 2009
A new species of Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from northern Mozambique
WILLIAM R. BRANCH (South Africa) & JULIAN BAYLISS (UK)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2103: 1-76 (11 May 2009) 32 plates; 56 references                          Accepted: 21 Apr. 2009
Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Malagasy dwarf geckos, genera Lygodactylus and Microscalabotes (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
MARTA PUENTE (Spain), FRANK GLAW (Germany), DAVID R. VIEITES (Spain) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 2095: 8-20 (8 May 2009) 5 plates; 33 references                          Accepted: 14 Apr. 2009
New species of Ptychozoon (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean
INDRANEIL DAS (Malaysia) & S. P. VIJAYAKUMAR (India)
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Zootaxa 2088: 15-23 (1 May 2009) 5 plates; 26 references                          Accepted: 16 Mar. 2009
A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Pulau Simeuleu, Mentawai Archipelago, Indonesia
INDRANEIL DAS (Malaysia) & KELVIN K. P. LIM (Singapore)
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Zootaxa 2079: 1-56 (22 Apr. 2009) 33 plates; 173 references                          Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
The anatomy and phylogenetic position of the Triassic dinosaur Staurikosaurus pricei Colbert, 1970
JONATHAS DE SOUZA BITTENCOURT & ALEXANDER WILHELM ARMIN KELLNER (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2079: 57-68 (22 Apr. 2009) 3 plates; 30 references                          Accepted: 16 Mar. 2009
A re-appraisal of the systematics of the African genus Chamaeleo (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae)
COLIN R. TILBURY & KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 2072: 31-55 (14 Apr. 2009) 9 plates; 50 references                           Accepted: 9 Mar. 2009
Cranial anatomy of Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of China
PAUL M. BARRETT (UK) & FENG-LU HAN (China)
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Zootaxa 2067: 1-28 (8 Apr. 2009) 4 plates; 103 references                           Accepted: 23 Feb. 2009
Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of West Indian racer snakes of the Tribe Alsophiini (Squamata, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae)
S. BLAIR HEDGES (USA), ARNAUD COULOUX (France) & NICOLAS VIDAL (France)
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Zootaxa 2060: 1-21 (1 Apr. 2009) 5 plates; 57 references                           Accepted: 12 Dec. 2008
Relationships, evolution and biogeography of Semaphore geckos, Pristurus (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) based on morphology
E.N. ARNOLD (UK)
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Zootaxa 2053: 32-42 (25 Mar. 2009) 3 plates; 34 references                           Accepted: 19 Feb. 2009
Myuchelys gen. nov. —a new genus for Elseya latisternum and related forms of Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae)
SCOTT THOMSON & ARTHUR GEORGES (Australia)
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Zootaxa 2050: 1-30 (23 Mar. 2009) 17 plates; 86 references                           Accepted: 17 Feb. 2009
A review of the African red–flanked skinks of the Lygosoma fernandi (BURTON, 1836) species group (Squamata: Scincidae) and the role of climate change in their speciation
PHILIPP WAGNER, WOLFGANG BÖHME (Germany), OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS (Gabon) & ANDREAS SCHMITZ (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 2045: 33-42 (18 Mar. 2009) 3 plates; 30 references                           Accepted: 23 Jan. 2009
Notes on distribution, variation and characterization of Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus Roze, 1959 (Serpentes: Colubridae) with the first records from Colombia
FELIPE FRANCO CURCIO (Brazil), SANTIAGO J. SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO (Brazil), JONH JAIRO MUESES-CISNEROS (Colombia) & MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2044: 1-22 (18 Mar. 2009) 14 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 19 Jan. 2009
A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Rakwana massif, Sri Lanka
L. J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE, DULAN RANGA VIDANAPATHIRANA, NETHU WICKRAMASINGHE & P. NAYANAKA RANWELLA (Sri Lanka)
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Zootaxa 2030: 49-58 (9 Mar. 2009) 5 plates; 58 references                           Accepted: 3 Feb. 2009
A new crocodyliform from the Alcântara Formation (Cenomanian), Cajual Island, Brazil
ALEXANDER W. A. KELLNER, ANDRÉ E. P. PINHEIRO, SERGIO A. K. AZEVEDO, DEISE D. R. HENRIQUES, LUCIANA BARBOSA DE CARVALHO & GUSTAVO R. OLIVEIRA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2028: 59-66 (6 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 12 Dec. 2008
Taxonomy of the Cuban blind snakes (Scolecophidia, Typhlopidae), with the description of a new large species
MICHEL DOMÍNGUEZ (Cuba) & LUIS V. MORENO (Spain)
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Zootaxa 2028: 41-50 (6 Mar. 2009) 6 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 21 Jan. 2009
Kinyongia asheorum sp. n., a new montane chameleon from the Nyiro Range, northern Kenya (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)
PETR NECAS (Czech), ROBERTO SINDACO (Italy), LUDĚK KOŘENÝ (Czech), JANA KOPEČNÁ (Czech), PATRICK KENYATTA MALONZA (Kenya) & DAVID MODRÝ (Czech)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2028: 31-40 (6 Mar. 2009) 8 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 6 Jan. 2009
First record of the genus Aristelliger (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in Cuba, with the description of a new species
LUIS M. DÍAZ (Cuba) & S. BLAIR HEDGES (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2027: 28-42 (4 Mar. 2009) 5 plates; 52 references                           Accepted: 30 Jan. 2009
Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) inhabiting the peninsula of Baja California
CHRISTOPHER BLAIR (Canada), FAUSTO R. MÉNDEZ DE LA CRUZ (Mexico), ANDRE NGO (Canada), JOHAN LINDELL (Sweden), AMY LATHROP (Canada) & ROBERT W. MURPHY (Canada)
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Zootaxa 2021: 42-56 (27 Feb. 2009) 5 plates; 38 references                           Accepted: 6 Jan. 2009
A new species of the genus Phymaturus of the flagellifer group from Central-Western Mendoza, Argentina (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemidae)
VALERIA CORBALÁN, ALEJANDRO SCOLARO & GUILLERMO DEBANDI (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 2019: 40-56 (23 Feb. 2009) 6 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 14 Jan. 2009
Two new diminutive species of Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER (USA), NORHAYATI AHMAD (Malaysia), CHAN KIN ONN (Malaysia), DAICUS BELABUT (Malaysia), MUIN, M. A. (Malaysia), PERRY L. WOOD, JR (USA), & JESSE L. GRISMER (USA)
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Zootaxa 2018: 58-68 (23 Feb. 2009) 10 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 14 Jan. 2009
A reassessment of Cuora cyclornata Blanck, McCord and Le, 2006 (Testudines, Geoemydidae) and a plea for taxonomic stability
PHILLIP Q. SPINKS, ROBERT C. THOMSON & H. BRADLEY SHAFFER (USA)
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Zootaxa 2018: 1-24 (23 Feb. 2009) 1 plates; 140 references                           Accepted: 6 Jan. 2009
A proposed higher taxonomy of anomodont therapsids
CHRISTIAN F. KAMMERER & KENNETH D. ANGIELCZYK (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2013: 17-29 (16 Feb. 2009) 7 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 12 Dec. 2008
A new microteiid lizard of the genus Acratosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Serra do Sincorá, State of Bahia, Brazil
MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES, JOSÉ CASSIMIRO, MARCO ANTONIO DE FREITAS & THAÍS FIGUEIREDO SANTOS SILV (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2012: 28-46 (16 Feb. 2009) 7 plates; 51 references                           Accepted: 10 Dec. 2008
Two new montane species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Peninsular Malaysia
PERRY L. WOOD JR. (USA), JESSE L. GRISMER (USA), L. LEE GRISMER (USA), NORHAYATI AHMAD (Malaysia), & CHAN KIN ONN (Malaysia) & AARON M. BAUER (USA)
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Zootaxa 2012: 47-68 (16 Feb. 2009) 7 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 10 Dec. 2008
Three rare and enigmatic South American skinks
AURÉLIEN MIRALLES (France), JUAN CARLOS CHAPARRO (Peru) & MICHAEL B. HARVEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 2008: 29-37 (11 Feb. 2009) 6 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 10 Dec. 2008
Further specimens and phylogenetic position of the recently described leaf turtle species Cyclemys gemeli (Testudines: Geoemydidae)
PETER PRASCHAG (Austria), ANNA K. HUNDSDÖRFER (Germany) & UWE FRITZ (Germany)
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Zootaxa 2008: 38-52 (11 Feb. 2009) 3 plates; 58 references                           Accepted: 18 Nov. 2008
A new species of lizard genus Gymnodactylus Spix, 1825 (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from Serra do Sincorá, northeastern Brazil, and the status of G. carvalhoi Vanzolini, 2005
JOSÉ CASSIMIRO & MIGUEL T. RODRIGUES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2008: 53-60 (11 Feb. 2009) 3 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 15 Dec. 2008
A new species of Pareas (Serpentes: Colubridae: Pareatinae) from the Gaoligong Mountains, southwestern China
KEJI GUO & XUEJIAN DENG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 2005: 1-23 (9 Feb. 2009) 0 plates; 53 references                           Accepted: 17 Dec. 2008
A checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: Additions and nomenclatural revisions
JAY M. SAVAGE & FEDERICO BOLAÑOS (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 1992: 53-67 (2 Feb. 2009) 9 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 10 Dec. 2008
Lizard in the clouds: a new highland genus and species of Gymnophthalmidae (Reptilia: Squamata) from Maringma tepui, western Guyana
Philippe J. R. Kok (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1988: 61-68 (27 Jan. 2009) 2 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 9 Dec. 2008
New species of Phrynocephalus (Squamata, Agamidae) from Qinghai, Northwest China
Xiang Ji, Yue-Zhao Wang & Zheng Wang (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1973: 51-60 (9 Jan. 2009) 3 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 10 Nov. 2008
Morphological variation in Thermophis Malnate (Serpentes: Colubridae), with an expanded description of T. zhaoermii
PENG GUO, SHAO YING LIU, SONG HUANG, MIAO HE, ZHI YU SUN, JIN CHAO FENG & ER MI ZHAO (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1969: 59-68 (5 Jan. 2009) 5 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 7 Nov. 2008
Rediscovery and redescription of the Andean earth-snake Atractus wagleri (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae)
PAULO PASSOS (Brazil) & JUAN C. ARREDONDO(Colombia)
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2008

 Article 
Zootaxa 1967: 53-62 (19 Dec. 2008) 4 plates; 35 references                        Accepted: 1 Oct. 2008
A new endemic cave dwelling species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve, Southwestern Vietnam
NGO VAN TRI (Vietnam), L. LEE GRISMER (USA) & JESSE L. GRISMER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1965: 1-49 (17 Dec. 2008) 34 plates; 44 references                        Accepted: 22 Oct. 2008
A revision of the Oligodon taeniatus (Günther, 1861) group (Squamata: Colubridae) , with the description of three new species from the Indochinese Region
PATRICK DAVID (France), GERNOT VOGEL (Germany) & JOHAN VAN ROOIJEN (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 1948: 57-68 (3 Dec. 2008) 7 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 17 Nov. 2008
A new species of jumping pitviper of the genus Atropoides (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from the Sierra de Botaderos and the Sierra La Muralla, Honduras
ERIC N. SMITH (USA) & JORGE A. FERRARI-CASTRO (Honduras)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1945: 51-66 (28 Nov. 2008) 2 plates; 51 references                    Accepted: 11 Nov. 2008
Dissecting the major African snake radiation: a molecular phylogeny of the Lamprophiidae Fitzinger (Serpentes, Caenophidia)
NICOLAS VIDAL (France), WILLIAM R. BRANCH (South Africa), OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium), S. BLAIR HEDGES (USA), DONALD G. BROADLEY (Zimbabwe), MICHAEL WINK (Germany), CORINNE CRUAUD (France), ULRICH JOGER (Germany) & ZOLTÁN TAMÁS NAGY (Belgium)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1942: 1-68 (26 Nov. 2008) 19 plates; 156 references                        Accepted: 4 Aug. 2008
Herpetological results of the 2002 expedition to Sarisariñama, a tepui in Venezuelan Guayana, with the description of five new species
CESAR L. BARRIO-AMOROS & CHARLES BREWER-CARIAS (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 1940: 25-40 (24 Nov. 2008) 2 plates; 19 references                     Accepted: 25 Sept. 2008
Rediscovery and redescription of the type of Philodryas laticeps Werner, 1900 and the taxonomic status of P. oligolepis Gomes, 1921 (Serpentes, Colubridae)
HUSSAM ZAHER (Brasil), GUSTAVO SCROCCHI (Argentina) & ROBERTA MASIERO Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1939: 19-37 (21 Nov. 2008) 33 plates; 44 references                       Accepted: 1 Oct. 2008
A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from southern Vietnam and Cambodia
PATRICK DAVID (France), GERNOT VOGEL (Germany) & OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1939: 38-50 (21 Nov. 2008) 3 plates; 34 references                       Accepted: 22 Oct. 2008
A new fragment for the understanding of the puzzling evolutive process of the Phymaturus genus: a new species of the patagonicus group from Patagonia, Argentina (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemidae)
JOSÉ ALEJANDRO SCOLARO & NORA RUTH IBARGÜENGOYTÍA (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1932: 18-26 (14 Nov. 2008) 4 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 22 Oct. 2008
The largest blindsnake in Mesoamerica: a new species of Typhlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from an isolated karstic mountain in Honduras
JOSIAH H. TOWNSEND (USA), LARRY DAVID WILSON (Honduras), LORRAINE P. KETZLER (Honduras)& ILEANA R. LUQUE-MONTES (Honduras)
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Zootaxa 1931: 1-24 (12 Nov. 2008) 10 plates; 57 references                           Accepted: 1 Oct. 2008
The distribution, taxonomy, and redescription of the geckos Cnemaspis affinis (Stoliczka 1887) and C. flavolineata (Nicholls 1949) with descriptions of a new montane species and two new lowland, karst- dwelling species from Peninsular Malaysia
L. Lee Grismer (USA), JESSE L. GRISMER (USA), PERRY L. WOOD, JR (USA) & Chan Kin Onn (Malaysia)
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Zootaxa 1931: 25-36 (12 Nov. 2008) 1 plate; 74  references                           Accepted: 1 Oct. 2008
Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Middle Eastern geckos of the genus Cyrtopodion and their selected relatives
JAN CERVENKA, LUKAS KRATOCHVIL & DANIEL FRYNTA (Czech Rep.)
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Zootaxa 1931: 57-67 (12 Nov. 2008) 2 plates; 59 references                          Accepted: 7 Oct. 2008
A redescription of 'Megalosaurus' hesperis (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Inferior Oolite (Bajocian, Middle Jurassic) of Dorset, United Kingdom
Roger B. J. Benson (UK)
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Zootaxa 1930: 18-38 (12 Nov. 2008) 8 plates; 62 references                           Accepted: 18 Aug. 2008
New pored Leposternon (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) from Brazilian Cerrado
SÍRIA RIBEIRO, WILIAN VAZ-SILVA & ALFREDO P. SANTOS-JR (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1925: 39-50 (7 Nov. 2008) 1 plate; 25 references                           Accepted: 18 Sept. 2008
Gecko on the rocks: an enigmatic new species of Gonatodes (Sphaerodactylidae) from Inselbergs of the Venezuelan Guayana
GILSON A. RIVAS (Venezuela) & WALTER E. SCHARGEL (USA)
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Zootaxa 1924: 53-68 (5 Nov. 2008) 7 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 30 Sept. 2008
A new insular species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER (USA) & NORHAYATI AHMAD (Malaysia)
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Zootaxa 1921: 1-23 (3 Nov. 2008) 9 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 16 Sept. 2008
Three new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER (USA), CHAN KIN ONN (Malaysia), JESSE L. GRISMER (USA), PERRY L. WOOD, JR. (USA) & DAICUS BELABUT (Malaysia)
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Zootaxa 1918: 26-38 (29 Oct. 2008) 6 plates; 39 references                             Accepted: 1 Oct. 2008
A new arboreal Lepidodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu: from egg to holotype
IVAN INEICH (France)
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Zootaxa 1918: 39-44 (29 Oct. 2008) 2 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 16 Sept. 2008
Redescription of Anolis rubribarbaris (Kuhler, McCranie, & Wilson 1999), a poorly-known Mesoamerican cloud forest anole (Squamata: Polychrotidae)
JOSIAH H. TOWNSEND (USA), LARRY DAVID WILSON (Honduras), ILEANA R. LUQUE-MONTES (Honduras) & LORRAINE P. KETZLER (Honduras)
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Zootaxa 1909: 1-15 (20 Oct. 2008) 10 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 30 Sept. 2008
A new highland species of Arthrosaura Boulenger, 1885 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Maringma tepui on the border of Guyana and Brazil
PHILIPPE J. R. KOK (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1909: 37-51 (20 Oct. 2008) 3 plates; 37 references                              Accepted: 1 Oct. 2008
Two new cave-dwelling species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southwestern Vietnam
NGO VAN TRI (Vietnam)
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Zootaxa 1894: 59-68 (8 Oct. 2008) 5 plates;  17 references                            Accepted: 31 Jul. 2008
A new species of large Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Melanesia
PAUL OLIVER (Australia), BURHAN TJATURADI (Indonesia), MUMPUNI (Indonesia), KELIOPAS KREY (Indonesia) & STEPHEN RICHARDS (Australia)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1893: 65-68 (6 Oct. 2008) 1 plates; 2 7 references                                 Accepted: 18 Aug. 2008
Comments on "Chersine Merrem, 1820 and Chersina Gray, 1831: a nomenclatural survey by Bour & Ohler, Zootaxa, 1752: 66–68"
UWE FRITZ & OTTO KRAUS (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1883: 1-27 (24 Sept. 2008) 1 plate; 26 references                           Accepted: 13 Aug. 2008
Taxonomic partitioning of Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Papua New Guinea
FRED KRAUS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1882: 57-68 (22 Sept. 2008) 11 plates; 31 references                          Accepted: 27 Jul. 2008
A rare alpine skink Oligosoma pikitanga n. sp. (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Llawrenny Peaks, Fiordland, New Zealand
TRENT P BELL & GEOFF B PATTERSON (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 1877: 49-58 (10 Sept. 2008) 5 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 29 Jul. 2008
A new species of Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia
CHAN KIN ONN (Malaysia) & L. LEE GRISMER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1875: 39-50 (12 Sept. 2008) 4 plates; 36 references                             Accepted: 31 Jul. 2008
A new species of the lizard genus Bachia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Cerrados of Central Brazil
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, AGUSTÍN CAMACHO, PEDRO MURILO SALES NUNES, RENATO SOUSA RECODER, MAURO TEIXEIRA JR., PAULA H. VALDUJO, JOSÉ MÁRIO B. GHELLERE, TAMÍ MOTT & CRISTIANO NOGUEIRA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1875: 51-68 (12 Sept. 2008) 4 plates; 23 references                             Accepted: 22 Jul. 2008
A new species of karst dwelling gecko (genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from the border region of Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER (USA), CHAN KIN ONN (Malaysia), NUROLHUDA NASIR (Malaysia) & MONTRI SUMONTHA (Thailand)
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Zootaxa 1873: 50-60 (10 Sept. 2008) 5 plates; 41 references                           Accepted: 28 Aug. 2008
A new genus and species of eyelid-less and limb reduced gymnophthalmid lizard from northeastern Brazil (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae)
MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES & EDNILZA MARANHÃO DOS SANTOS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1863: 1-120 (3 Sep. 2008) 23 plates; 152 references                           Accepted: 16 Jun. 2008
A phylogeny of Plesiosauria (Sauropterygia) and its bearing on the systematic status of Leptocleidus Andrews, 1922
Patrick S. Druckenmiller & Anthony P. Russell (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1860: 28-34 (1 Sep. 2008) 0 plates; 40 references                             Accepted: 11 Jul. 2008
A revised and updated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1857: 33-43 (27 Aug. 2008) 9 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 8 Jul. 2008
A new species of Cyrtopodion (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the northern areas of Pakistan
RAFAQAT MASROOR (Pakistan)
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Zootaxa 1847: 62-68 (11 Aug. 2008) 4 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 14 May 2008
A 100 million year old gecko with sophisticated adhesive toe pads, preserved in amber from Myanmar
E. NICHOLAS ARNOLD (UK) & GEORGE POINAR (USA)
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Zootaxa 1847: 19-33 (11 Aug. 2008) 8 plates; 29 references                              Accepted: 4 Jun. 2008
A new species of coralsnake of the genus Calliophis (Squamata: Elapidae) from the Central Province of Sri Lanka
ERIC N. SMITH (USA), KELUM MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI (Sri Lanka) & RUCHIRA SOMAWEERA (Sri Lanka)
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Zootaxa 1841: 1-30 (4 Aug. 2008) 7 plates; 170 references                              Accepted: 15 Jul. 2008
At the lower size limit in snakes: two new species of threadsnakes (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops) from the Lesser Antilles
S. BLAIR HEDGES (USA)
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Zootaxa 1828: 43-56 (23 Jul. 2008) 3 plates; 37 references                              Accepted: 8 Jul. 2008
Redescription and biogeography of Mabuya cochabambae Dunn with comments on Bolivian congeners (Lacertilia: Scincidae)
MICHAEL B. HARVEY (USA), RODRIGO AGUAYO (Boliva) & AURELIEN MIRALLES (France)
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Zootaxa 1813: 1-18 (30 Jun. 2008) 15 plates; 41 references                              Accepted: 14 May 2008
A primitive istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from the Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous), northeast China
XIAOLIN WANG (P.R. China), DIOGENES DE ALMEIDA CAMPOS (Brazil), ZHONGHE ZHOU (P.R. China) & ALEXANDER W. A. KELLNER (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1800: 1-85 (16 Jun. 2008) 5 plates; 613 references                              Accepted: 16 Apr. 2008
A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania)
DANIEL PINCHEIRA-DONOSO (UK), J. ALEJANDRO SCOLARO (Argentina) & PIOTR SURA (Poland)
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Zootaxa 1788: 21-36 (9 Jun. 2008) 5 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 14 May 2008
A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from north-east Queensland, Australia
CONRAD J. HOSKIN & MEGAN HIGGIE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1786: 48-60 (9 Jun. 2008) 2 plates; 40 references                              Accepted: 7 May 2008
When starvation challenges the tradition of niche conservatism: On a new species of the saxicolous genus Phymaturus from Patagonia Argentina with pseudoarboreal foraging behaviour (Iguania, Liolaemidae)
JOSE ALEJANDRO SCOLARO (Argentina), NORA RUTH IBARGUENGOYTIA (Argentina) & DANIEL PINCHEIRA-DONOSO (UK)
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Zootaxa 1778: 59-68 (28 May 2008) 2 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 15 Apr. 2008
New species of Gekko (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from China: morphological and molecular evidence
KAIYA ZHOU & QIUXIAN WANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1771: 1-15 (19 May 2008) 3 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 12 Mar. 2008
A new species of Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Pulau Perhentian Besar, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER (USA) & CHAN KIN ONN (Malaysia)
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Zootaxa 1771: 16-30 (19 May 2008) 9 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 25 Mar. 2008
A new species of Goniurosaurus from Cat Ba Island, Hai Phong, northern Vietnam (Squamata: Eublepharidae)
THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany), NGUYEN QUANG TRUONG (Vietnam), ANDREAS SCHMITZ (Switzerland), ROSWITHA STENKE (Vietnam) & HERBERT ROSLER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1764: 66-68 (7 May 2008) 1 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 2 Apr. 2008
Rediscovery of the holotype of Ditaxodon taeniatus (Peters in Hensel, 1868) (Serpentes: Colubridae) and invalidation of the neotype designation
RENATO S. BERNILS (Brazil), CHRISTOPH KUCHARZEWSKI (Germany), JULIO CESAR DE MOURA-LEITE (Germany) & AXEL KWET (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1758: 61-68 (28 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 12 Mar. 2008
Naming one of the world's rarest chelonians, the southern Batagur
PETER PRASCHAG (Austria), ROBERT S. SOMMER (Germany), COLIN MCCARTHY (UK), RICHARD GEMEL (Austria) & UWE FRITZ (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1752: 66-68 (18 Apr. 2008) 0 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 12 Mar. 2008
Chersine Merrem, 1820 and Chersina Gray, 1831: a nomenclatural survey
Roger Bour & Annemarie Ohler (France)
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Zootaxa 1750: 59-67 (16 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 25 Mar. 2008
A new species of night-lizard of the genus Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from the Cuicatlan Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico
LUIS CANSECO-MARQUEZ, GUADALUPE GUTIIEREZ-MAYEN & ANDRES ALBERTO MENDOZA-HERNANDEZ (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1750: 32-42 (16 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 54 references                              Accepted: 26 Mar. 2008
A new red-eyed Gekko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Aaron M. Bauer (USA), Montri Sumontha (Thailand), & Olivier S. G. Pauwels (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1743: 43-52 (7 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 7 Feb. 2008
A new gecko of the genus Tarentola (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Eastern Cuba
LUIS M. DIAZ (Cuba) & S. BLAIR HEDGES (USA)
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Zootaxa 1743: 53-61 (7 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 3 Mar. 2008
Morphological variation in Xenoxybelis boulengeri (Procter, 1923) (Serpentes, Xenodontinae, Philodryadini)
ANA LUCIA DA COSTA PRUDENTE, MARCIO ANDRE AMORIM DA SILVA, WALDIMA ALVES DA ROCHA & FRANCISCO LUIS FRANCO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1729: 37-48 (20 Mar. 2008) 9 plates; 35 references                              Accepted: 13 Feb. 2008
A new species of the snake genus Fimbrios from Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Truong Son, central Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae)
THOMAS ZIEGLER (GERMANY), PATRICK DAVID (FRANCE), AURELIEN MIRALLES (FRANCE), DOAN VAN KIEN (VIETNAM) & NGUYEN QUANG TRUONG (VIETNAM)
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Zootaxa 1729: 8-22 (20 Mar. 2008) 8 plates; 62 references                              Accepted: 6 Dec. 2007
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Malaysia including a literature survey of mensural and meristic data in the genus
HERBERT ROSLER & FRANK GLAW (GERMANY)
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Zootaxa 1721: 65-68 (7 Mar. 2008) 1 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 18 Jan. 2008
On the type specimens of the recently described Sulawesi pitviper Tropidolaemus laticinctus Kuch, Gumprecht & Melaun 2007 (Squamata: Viperidae)
ANDRE KOCH (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1719: 53-60 (5 Mar. 2008) 6 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 4 Jan. 2008
New species of Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo)
INDRANEIL DAS, MAKLARIN LAKIM & PIUS KANDAUNG (Malaysia)
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Zootaxa 1717: 51-67 (3 Mar. 2008) 9 plates; 41 references                              Accepted: 18 Jan. 2007
Redescription of Liolaemus dorbignyi Koslowsky, 1898 and description of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae)
ANDRES SEBASTIAN QUINTEROS, CRISTIAN SIMON ABDALA & FERNANDO JOSE LOBO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1715: 57-68 (29 Feb. 2008) 2 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 11 Jan. 2008
A new species of insular pitviper of the genus Cryptelytrops (Squamata: Viperidae) from southern Vietnam
L. LEE GRISMER (USA), NGO VAN TRI (Vietnam) & JESSE L. GRISMER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1715: 27-42 (29 Feb. 2008) 12 plates; 36 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
Descriptions of two new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827 (Squamata : Gekkonidae) endemic to southern Vietnam
NGO VAN TRI (Vietnam) & AARON M. BAUER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1705: 40-50 (18 Feb. 2008) 7 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
A new Nactus gecko (Gekkonidae) and a new Leiolopisma skink (Scincidae) from La Reunion, Indian Ocean, based on recent fossil remains and ancient DNA sequence
E. NICHOLAS ARNOLD (UK) & ROGER BOUR (France)
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Zootaxa 1703: 25-46 (13 Feb. 2008) 7 plates; 37 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
Systematic status and correct nomen of the western North African cat snake: Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner, 1909) (Serpentes: Colubridae), with comments on the other taxa in the dhara-obtusus group
PIERRE-ANDRE CROCHET (France), JENS B. RASMUSSEN (Denmark), THOMAS WILMS (Germany), PHILIPPE GENIEZ (France), JEAN-FRANCOIS TRAPE (Senegal) & WOLFGANG BOHME (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1703: 47-61 (13 Feb. 2008) 3 plates; 63 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
Origin of the eastern brownsnake, Pseudonaja textilis (Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril) (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) in New Guinea: evidence of multiple dispersals from Australia, and comments on the status of Pseudonaja textilis pughi Hoser 2003
DAVID J. WILLIAMS (Australia), MARK O'SHEA (Australia), ROLAND L. DAGUERRE (UK), CATHARINE E. POOK (UK), WOLFGANG WUSTER (UK), CHRISTOPHER J. HAYDEN (USA), JOHN D. MCVAY (USA), OWEN PAIVA (Papua New Guinea), TEATULOHI MATAINAHO (Papua New Guinea), KENNETH D. WINKEL (Australia) & CHRISTOPHER C. AUSTIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1700: 21-34 (7 Feb. 2008) 11 plates; 36 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
A new ground-dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Maharashtra, with a key to the Hemidactylus of India
VARAD B. GIRI (India) & AARON M. BAUER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1700: 35-52 (7 Feb. 2008) 8 plates; 64 references                              Accepted: 28 Nov. 2007
A new species of Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka
INDRANEIL DAS (Malaysia), ANSLEM DE SILVA (Sri Lanka) & CHRISTOPHER C. AUSTIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1700: 53-62 (7 Feb. 2008) 4 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
A new Petracola and re-description of P. ventrimaculatus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)
David Kizirian, Sarah Bayefsky-Anand, April Eriksson, MINH LE & Maureen A. Donnelly (USA)
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Zootaxa 1691: 53-66 (29 Jan. 2008) 1 plates; 36 references                              Accepted: 25 Nov. 2007
A new species of insular skink (Genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger 1843) from the Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, West Malaysia with the first report of the herpetofauna of Pulau Singa Besar and an updated checklist of the herpetofauna of Pulau Langkawi
L. LEE GRISMER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1685: 55-66 (21 Jan. 2008) 6 plates; 52 references                              Accepted: 28 Nov. 2007
Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical water snake Hydrops triangularis (Serpentes, Colubridae)
NELSON R. DE ALBUQUERQUE & THALES DE LEMA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1674: 27-37 (7 Jan. 2008) 6 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
A new, brightly colored species of Pseudoboa Schneider, 1801 from the Amazon Basin (Serpentes, Xenodontinae)
HUSSAM ZAHER, MARIA ERMELINDA OLIVEIRA & FRANCISCO LUIS FRANCO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1644: 1-40 (23 Nov. 2007)  30 plates; 73 references                            Accepted: 27 Sep. 2007
Revision of the Tropidolaemus wagleri-complex (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae). I. Definition of included taxa and redescription of Tropidolaemus wagleri (Boie, 1827)
GERNOT VOGEL (Germany), PATRICK DAVID (France), MARIO LUTZ (Philippines), JOHAN VAN ROOIJEN (The Netherlands) & NICOLAS VIDAL (France)
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Zootaxa 1613: 1-22 (12 Oct. 2007)  8 plates; 83 references                            Accepted: 31 Aug. 2007
Genetic and morphological differentiation of Mosor rock lizards, Dinarolacerta mosorensis (Kolombatovic, 1886), with the description of a new species from the Prokletije Mountain Massif (Montenegro) (Squamata: Lacertidae)
KATARINA LJUBISAVLJEVIC (Serbia), OSCAR ARRIBAS (Spain), GEORG DZUKIC (Serbia) & SALVADOR CARRANZA (Spain) 
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Zootaxa 1613: 57-65 (12 Oct. 2007)  5 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 28 Aug. 2007
A new species of Hydrodynastes Fitzinger, 1843 from central Brazil (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontinae)
FRANCISCO L. FRANCO, DANIEL S. FERNANDES & BRUNO M. BENTIM (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1612: 1-24 (10 Oct. 2007)  15 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 24 Aug. 2007
Two new species of Lankascincus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sripada Sanctuary (Peak Wilderness), in Sri Lanka
L. J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE, ROSHAN RODRIGO, NIHAL DAYAWANSA & U. L. D. JAYANTHA (Sri Lanka)
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Zootaxa 1609: 53-68 (8 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 57 references                            Accepted: 10 Sep. 2007
Molecular phylogeny of the Sceloporus torquatus species-group (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)
NORBERTO MARTINEZ-MENDEZ & FAUSTO R. MENDEZ-DE LA CRUZ (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1607: 35-46 (3 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 24 Aug. 2007
Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi, a new peirosaurid crocodile (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil
ISMAR DE SOUZA CARVALHO, FELIPE MESQUITA DE VASCONCELLOS & SANDRA APARECIDA SIMIONATO TAVARES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1587: 27-41 (17 Sep. 2007)  6 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 25 Aug. 2007
A new velvet Gecko (Gekkonidae: Oedura) from south-east Queensland, Australia
PATRICK J. COUPER (Australia), LAUREN D. KEIM (Australia) & CONRAD J. HOSKIN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1582: 1-17 (12 Sep. 2007)  11 plates; 54 references                            Accepted: 3 Aug. 2007
Achillesaurus manazzonei, a new alvarezsaurid theropod (Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Rio Negro Province, Argentina
AGUSTIN G. MARTINELLI & EZEQUIEL I. VERA (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1538: 1-84 (30 Jul. 2007) 38 plates; 102 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
Phylogeny of the boulengeri group (Iguania: Liolaemidae, Liolaemus) based on morphological and molecular characters
CRISTIAN SIMON ABDALA  (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1532: 51-68 (26 Jul. 2007) 7 plates; 65 references                            Accepted: 20 Jun. 2007
Get an eyeful of this: a new species of giant spitting cobra from eastern and north-eastern Africa (Squamata: Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja)
WOLFGANG WUSTER (UK) & DONALD G. BROADLEY (Zimbabwe)
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Zootaxa 1524: 47-55 (9 Jul. 2007) 4 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
A new species of Phymaturus from rocky outcrops in the central steppe of Rio Negro province, Patagonia Argentina (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemidae)
JOSE ALEJANDRO SCOLARO & NORA RUTH IBARGUENGOYTIA (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1517: 53-62 (28 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Malagasy pseudoxyrhophiine snake genera Geodipsas and Compsophis based on morphological and molecular data
FRANK GLAW (Germany), ZOLTAN T. NAGY (Belgium) & MIGUEL VENCES (GERMANY)
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Zootaxa 1515: 31-68 (25 Jun. 2007) 13 plates; 125 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)
DONALD. G. BROADLEY (Zimbabwe) & VAN WALLACH (USA)
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Zootaxa 1514: 1-36 (25 Jun. 2007) 27 plates; 137 references                            Accepted: 23 Apr. 2007
An account of the generic and specific names, and type specimens of viperid taxa described by Albert Franz Theodor Reuss (Squamata: Viperidae)
LASZLO KRECSAK (Hungary)
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Zootaxa 1501: 1-30 (7 Jun. 2007) 6 plates; 33 references                            Accepted: 7 Mar. 2007
A revision of the Venezuelan Anoles I: A new Anolis species from the Andes of Venezuela with the redescription of Anolis jacare Boulenger 1903 (Reptilia: Polychrotidae) and the clarification of the status of Anolis nigropunctatus Williams 1974
GABRIEL N. UGUETO (USA), GILSON RIVAS FUENMAYOR (Venezuela), TITO BARROS (Venezuela), SANTIAGO J. SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO (Colombia) & JUAN E. GARCÍA-PÉREZ (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 1493: 1-40 (31 May 2007) 21 plates; 89 references                            Accepted: 12 Mar. 2007
The diversity of a snake community in a karst forest ecosystem in the central Truong Son, Vietnam, with an identification key
THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany), RALF HENDRIX (Germany), VU NGOC THANH (Vietnam), MARTINA VOGT (Vietnam), BERNHARD FORSTER (Vietnam) & DANG NGOC KIEN (Vietnam)
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Zootaxa 1493: 41-51 (31 May 2007) 2 plates; 49 references                            Accepted: 20 Mar. 2007
A phylogeny of the enigmatic Madagascan geckos of the genus Uroplatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
ELI GREENBAUM (USA), AARON M. BAUER (USA), TODD R. JACKMAN (USA), MIGUEL VENCES (Germany) & FRANK GLAW (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1493: 66-68 (31 May 2007) 0 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 26 Apr. 2007
The taxonomic status of the Venezuelan snakes Atractus matthewi and A. nororientalis (Serpentes, Colubridae)
PHILIPPE J. R. KOK (Belgium), GILSON A. RIVAS FUENMAYOR (Venezuela) and OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS (Belgium)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1490: 1-63 (31 May 2007) 31 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 20 Mar. 2007
Review of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka with the description of five new species
L. J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE & D. A. I. MUNINDRADASA (Sir Lanka)
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Zootaxa 1472: 1-28 (14 May 2007) 6 plates; 93 references                            Accepted: 17 Mar. 2007
A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups
THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany), ANDREAS SCHMITZ (Switzerland), ANDRE KOCH (Germany) & WOLFGANG BOHME (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1470: 35-46 (10 May 2007) 4 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
Redescription and variation of Micrurus paraensis Cunha & Nascimento 1973 (Serpentes: Elapidae)
DARLAN TAVARES FEITOSA, ANA LUCIA DA COSTA PRUDENTE & ANA CAROLINE DE LIMA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1470: 47-57 (10 May 2007) 7 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
A new species of Leiosaurus (Iguania: Leiosauridae) from central-western Argentina
ALEJANDRO LASPIUR, JUAN CARLOS ACOSTA & CRISTIAN S. ABDALA (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1462: 41-60 (30 Apr. 2007) 12 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 14 Mar. 2007
A new species of the natricine snake genus Amphiesma from the Indochinese Region (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae)
PATRICK DAVID (France), RAOUL H. BAIN (USA), NGUYEN QUANG TRUONG (Vietnam), NIKOLAI L. ORLOV (Russia), GERNOT VOGEL (Germany), VU NGOC THANH(Vietnam) & THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1452: 25-42 (19 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 57 references                             Accepted: 14 Mar. 2007
The limits of polymorphism in Liolaemus rothi: Molecular and phenotypic evidence for a new species of the Liolaemus boulengeri clade (Iguanidae, Liolaemini) from boreal Patagonia of Chile
DANIEL PINCHEIRA-DONOSO (UK), J. ALEJANDRO SCOLARO (Argentina) & JAMES A. SCHULTE II (USA)
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Zootaxa 1452: 43-54 (19 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 22 references                             Accepted: 15 Mar. 2007
A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Squamata: Liolaemini) from southern Mendoza province, Argentina
LUCIANO JAVIER AVILA (Argentina), MARIANA MORANDO (Argentina), CRISTIAN HERNAN FULVIO PEREZ (Argentina)&JACK W. SITES, JR. (USA)
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Zootaxa 1452: 55-68 (19 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 32 references                             Accepted: 15 Mar. 2007
Iguanian species-richness in the Andes of boreal Patagonia: Evidence for an additional new Liolaemus lizard from Argentina lacking precloacal glands (Iguania, Liolaeminae)
DANIEL PINCHEIRA-DONOSO (UK)& J. ALEJANDRO SCOLARO (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1447: 1-26 (12 Apr. 2007) 10 plates; 36 references                             Accepted: 24 Jan. 2007
A new species of coralsnake (Micrurus: Elapidae) from southern Brazil
MARCOS DI-BERNARDO, MARCIO BORGES-MARTINS & NELSON JORGE DA SILVA, JR. (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1446: 1-20 (12 Apr. 2007) 13 plates; 45 references                             Accepted: 7 Mar. 2007
A new species of Temple Pitviper (Tropidolaemus Wagler, 1830) from Sulawesi, Indonesia (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae)
ULRICH KUCH, ANDREAS GUMPRECHT & CHRISTIAN MELAUN (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1445: 35-48 (9 Apr. 2007) 9 plates; 50 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Another new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, central Truong Son, Vietnam
ASTRID HEIDRICH (Germany), HERBERT ROSLER (Germany), VU NGOC THANH (Vietnam), WOLFGANG BOHME (Germany) & THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1430: 1-86 (22 Mar. 2007) 26 plates; 168 references                           Accepted: 27 Feb. 2007
Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera
E. NICHOLAS ARNOLD (UK), OSCAR ARRIBAS (Spain) & SALVADOR CARRANZA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1426: 1-26 (15 Mar. 2007) 17 plates; 72 references                             Accepted: 29 Nov. 2006
The identity of the Javan Krait, Bungarus javanicus Kopstein, 1932 (Squamata: Elapidae): evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence analyses and morphology
ULRICH KUCH & DIETRICH MEBS (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1426: 68 (15 Mar. 2007)  2 references                                                    Accepted: 7 Mar. 2007
Corrections to species names recently placed in Kinyongia and Nadzikambia (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae) 
COLIN R. TILBURY, KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY & WILLIAM R. BRANCH (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 1425: 53-61 (15 Mar. 2007) 7 plates; 24 references                               Accepted: 2 Feb. 2007
A new side-necked turtle (Pleurodira, Pelomedusoides) from the Santana Formation (Early Cretaceous), Araripe Basin, Northeastern Brazil
GUSTAVO RIBEIRO DE OLIVEIRA & ALEXANDER WILHELM ARMIN KELLNER (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1425: 63-68 (15 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 2 Feb. 2007
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Papua New Guinea
FRED KRAUS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1422: 45-58 (8 Mar. 2007) 7 plates; 30 references                             Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
A new species of taipan (Elapidae: Oxyuranus) from central Australia
PAUL DOUGHTY, BRAD MARYAN, STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN & MARK N. HUTCHINSON (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1408: 1-78 (15 Feb. 2007)  12 plates; 185 references                              Accepted: 13 Dec. 2006
A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)
D.G. BROADLEY & V. WALLACH
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Zootaxa 1402: 59-68 (1 Feb. 2007)  4 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 29 Nov. 2006
Rediscovery of the enigmatic blind snake genus Xenotyphlops in northern Madagascar, with description of a new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)
V. WALLACH (USA), V. MERCURIO (Germany) & F. ANDREONE (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1400: 1-26 (29 Jan. 2007)  11 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 9 Dec. 2006
Eleven new species of snakes of the genus Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Hispaniola and Cuba
R. THOMAS & S.B. HEDGES (USA)
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Zootaxa 1399: 57-68 (29 Jan. 2007)  9 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 20 Dec. 2006
A new species of Rhynchocalamus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from Turkey
K. OLGUN, A. AVCI, C. ILGAZ, N. UZUM & C. YILMAZ (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 1399: 1-56 (29 Jan. 2007)  146 references                                             Accepted: 10 Nov. 2006
Catalogue of the available scientific species-group names for lizards of the genus Phrynocephalus Kaup, 1825 (Reptilia, Sauria, Agamidae)
A.V. BARABANOV & N.B. ANANJEVA (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1395: 1-31 (22 Jan. 2007)  87 references                                             Accepted: 29 Nov. 2006
A checklist and key to the snakes of the genus Geophis (Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae), with commentary on distribution and conservation
L.D. WILSON & J.H. TOWNSEND (USA)
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Zootaxa 1394: 25-45 (18 Jan. 2007)  16 plates; 43 references                            Accepted: 29 Nov. 2006
A new species of Dendrelaphis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Southeast Asia
G. Vogel (Germany) & J. VAN ROOIJEN (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 1394: 1-23 (18 Jan. 2007)  5 plates; 38 references                              Accepted: 10 Nov. 2006
A new polytypic species of the genus Uromastyx Merrem 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Leiolepidinae) from southwestern Arabia
T.M. WILMS (Germany) & A. SCHMITZ (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 1393: 19-26 (18 Jan. 2007)  2 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 23 Nov. 2006
A new species of Liotyphlops (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil
E.M.X. FREIRE, U. CARAMASCHI & A.J.S. ARGOLO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1387: 27-38 (8 Jan. 2007)  12 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 10 Nov. 2006
A new subspecies, Eumeces schneiderii barani n. ssp (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) from Turkey
Y. KUMLUTAS, H. ARIKAN, C. ILGAZ & Y. KASKA (Turkey)
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2006

Zootaxa 1378: 19-35 (11 Dec. 2006) 6 plates; 57 references                            Accepted: 30 Oct. 2006
A new snake of the genus Atractus Wagler, 1828 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from Kaieteur National Park, Guyana, northeastern South America
P.J.R. KOK (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1369: 19-33 (30 Nov. 2006) 7 plates; 21 references                             Accepted: 26 Oct. 2006
A new species of Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka
L.J.M. WICKRAMASINGHE (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 1363: 23-38 (23 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 47 references                            Accepted: 5 Oct. 2006
A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera
C.R. TILBURY , K.A. TOLLEY & W.R. BRANCH (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 1361: 33-43 (20 Nov. 2006) 5 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 16 Oct. 2006
A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Iguanidae) from San Guillermo National Park, western Argentina
J.C. MONGUILLOT, M.R. CABRERA, J.C. ACOSTA & J. VILLAVICENCIO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1317: 57-68 (21 Sept. 2006) 5 plates; 12  references                          Accepted:  17 Jul. 2006
A new species of Semaphore gecko Pristurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Mauretania, represents a 4700km range extension for genus
P. GENIEZ (France)& E.N. ARNOLD (UK)
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Zootaxa 1317: 21-33 (21 Sept. 2006) 3 plates; 16  references                          Accepted:  21 Aug. 2006
A new species of the Liolaemus darwinii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Catamarca Province, Argentina
C.S. ABDALA & J.M.D. GÓMEZ (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1313: 1-38 (14 Sept. 2006) 9 plates; 37  references                             Accepted:  16 Aug. 2006
A new species of Varanus Merrem (Squamata: Varanidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with observations on sexual dimorphism in closely related species
K.P. APLIN, A.J. FITCH & D.J. KING (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1305: 1-19 (31 Aug. 2006)  4 plates; 23  references                             Accepted:  13 Jun. 2006
A new species of pitviper of the genus Popeia (Squamata: Viperidae) from Pulau Tioman, Pahang, West Malaysia
L.L. GRISMER, J.L. GRISMER & J.A. MCGUIRE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1297: 17-22 (17 Aug. 2006) 1 plate; 14 references                              Accepted:  27 Jul. 2006
The neotype of the type species of the neotropical iguanian genus Phymaturus: a critical commentary on a recent opinion of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
J.M. CEI & J.A. SCOLARO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1293: 1-78 (14 Aug. 2006) 31 plates; 103 references                        Accepted:  20 Jul. 2006
A revision of the Trimeresurus puniceus-complex (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) based on morphological and molecular data
P. DAVID (France), G. VOGEL (Germany), S.P. VIJAYAKUMAR (India) & N. VIDAL (France)
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Zootaxa 1285: 21-29 (11 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 23 references                            Accepted:  30 Jun. 2006
A new species of Atractus Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Eastern Amazonia, Brazil
A.L.D.C. PRUDENTE & M.C. DOS SANTOS-COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1271: 1-27 (24 Jul. 2006) 7 plates; 30 references                               Accepted: 30 Jun. 2006
Taxonomic summary of Conopsis, Günther, 1858 (Serpentes: Colubridae)
I. GOYENECHEA & O. FLORES-VILLELA (Mexico) 
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Zootaxa 1247: 59-68 (29 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 1 Jun. 2006
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Papua New Guinea
F. KRAUS & A. ALLISON (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1242: 1-20 (23 Jun. 2006) 6 plates; 55 references                               Accepted: 25 May 2006
A review of the gekkotan lizards of Bénin, with the description of a new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
A.M. BAUER (USA), S. TCHIBOZO ( (Benin), O.S.G. PAUWELS  (Belgium) & G. LENGLET (Belgium) 
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Zootaxa 1240: 1-55 (21 Jun. 2006) 10 plates; 82 references                               Accepted: 17 Mar. 2006
Description of a new endemic species of mountain lizard from Northwestern Spain: Iberolacerta galani sp. nov. (Squamata : Lacertidae)
O. ARRIBAS (Spain), S. CARRANZA (Spain) & G. ODIERNA (Italy) 
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Zootaxa 1237: 27-44 (19 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 4 May 2006
New Carlia fusca complex lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from New Guinea, Papua-Indonesia
G.R. ZUG & A. ALLISON (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1225: 39-56 (5 Jun. 2006) 10 plates; 58 references                              Accepted: 10 Apr. 2006
A new natricine snake of the genus Amphiesma (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from the central Truong Son, Vietnam
T. ZIEGLER (Germany) & L.K. QUYET (Vietnm) 
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Zootaxa 1205: 55-68 (18 May 2006)  5 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 10 Apr. 2006
Muscular characters in the phylogeny of Liolaemus (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae): a reappraisal
V. ABDALA, C. ABDALA & M.J. TULLI (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1201: 63-68 (15 May 2006)  21 references                                            Accepted: 7 Apr. 2006
The new sauropod from Spain: Galveosaurus or Galvesaurus?
B. SÁNCHEZ-HERNÁNDEZ (UK) 
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Zootaxa 1193: 1-39 (4 May 2006) 12 plates; 75 references                              Accepted: 24 Jan. 2006
Morphological systematics of kingsnakes, Lampropeltis getula complex (Serpentes: Colubridae), in the eastern United States
K.L. KRYSKO & W.S. JUDD (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1188: 1-22 (28 Apr. 2006) 8 plates; 38 references                              Accepted: 16 Mar. 2006
Speciation in the "Várzéa" flooded forest: a new Mabuya (Squamata, Scincidae) from Western Amazonia
A. MIRALLES (France), C.L. BARRIO-AMORÓS (Venezuela), G. RIVAS (Venezuela) & J.C. CHAPARRO-AUZA (Peru) 
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Zootaxa 1133: 61-68 (23 Feb. 2006) 1 plate; 4 references                                   Accepted: 6 Jan. 2006
A new species of Liolaemus from central steppes of Chubut, Patagonia Argentina (Reptilia: Iguania: Iguanidae)
J.A. SCOLARO  & J.M. CEI  (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1106: 35-43 (10 Jan. 2006) 2 plates; 19 references                                Accepted: 7 Nov. 2005
A new Andean species of Liolaemus of the darwinii Complex (Reptilia: Iguanidae)
MARIO R. CABRERA & JULIO C. MONGUILLOT (Argentina)
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2005

Zootaxa 1093: 61-68 (8 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 8 references                                 Accepted: 13 Oct. 2005
Description of a new Geodipsas snake from northern Madagascar (Squamata: Colubridae)
V. MERCURIO & F. ANDREONE  (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1073: 31-35 (1 Nov. 2005) 1 plate; 7 references                                    Accepted: 10 Sept. 2005
Rediscovery and redescription of the Malagasy dwarf gecko Lygodactylus klemmeri
M. PUENTE (Spain), A.P. RASELIMANANA (Madagascar) & M. VENCES (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 1061: 1-28 (11 Oct. 2005) 7 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 20 Sept. 2005
The genus Nactus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae): a phylogenetic analysis and description of two new species from the Papuan Region
F. KRAUS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1042: 1-26 (30 Aug. 2005) 15 plates; 35 references                               Accepted: 29 Jun. 2005
On the cranial morphology of Elapomorphus, Phalotris and Apostolepis (Serpentes: Colubridae), and its phylogenetic significance
C. HOFSTADLER-DEIQUES & T. DE LEMA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1042: 27-38 (30 Aug. 2005) 6 plates; 23 references                             Accepted: 28 Jul. 2005
A new species of reed snake, Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae), from the Central Truong Son (Annamite mountain range), Vietnam
T. ZIEGLER (Germany) & LE KHAC QUYET (Vietnam)
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Zootaxa 1038: 1-10 (19 Aug. 2005) 10 plates; 27 references                               Accepted: 19 Jul. 2005
An electrophoretic comparison of the venoms of a colubrid and various viperid snakes from Turkey and Cyprus, with some taxonomic and phylogenetic implications
H. ARIKAN, B. GÖÇMEN, A. MERMER & H. BAHAR  (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 1034: 1-20 (11 Aug. 2005) 8 plates; 48 references                                 Accepted: 5 Jul. 2005
Galveosaurus herreroi, a new sauropod dinosaur from Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian-Berriasian) of Spain
B. SANCHEZ-HERNANDEZ  (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1013: 19-34 (30 Jun. 2005) 9 plates; 36 references                               Accepted: 15 Jun. 2005
Geographical variation and taxonomy of the snail-eating snake Dipsas albifrons (Sauvage, 1884), with comments on the systematic status of Dipsas albifrons cavalheiroi Hoge, 1950 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dipsadinae)
P. PASSOS, R. FERNANDES  & M. PORTO  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 953: 1-14 (22 Apr. 2005) 5 plates; 35 references                                      Accepted: 7 Apr. 2005
Variation and taxonomic status of the aquatic coral snake Micrurus surinamensis (Cuvier, 1817) (Serpentes: Elapidae)
P. PASSOS & D.S. FERNANDES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 895: 1-11 (10 Mar. 2005) 2 plates; 30 references                                  Accepted: 2 Mar. 2005
A new species of Mabuya (Squamata, Scincidae) from the Venezuelan Andes
A. MIRALLES (France), G. RIVAS (Venezuela) & W.E. SCHARGEL (USA) 
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Zootaxa 863: 1-28 (18 Feb. 2005) 2 plates; 104 references                               Accepted: 5 Dec. 2004
Molecular review of the genus Panaspis sensu lato (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Cameroon, with special reference to the status of the proposed subgenera
A. SCHMITZ (Switzerland), I. INEICH (France) & L. CHIRIO (France)
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2004

Zootaxa 792: 1-11 (24 December 2004)  4 plates, 17 references                   Accepted: 16 Dec. 2004
A new species of Hoplodactylus (Reptilia: Pygopodidae) from the Takitimu Mountains, South Island, New Zealand
T.R. JEWELL & R.A.B. LESCHEN (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 772: 1-11 (14 December 2004) 3 plates; 26 references                          Accepted: 1 Dec. 2004
Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling gecko from southern Thailand
O.S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium), A.M. BAUER (USA), M. SUMONTHA (Thailand) & L. CHANHOME (Thailand)
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Zootaxa 727: 1-63 (15 November 2004) 20 plates; 87 references                      Accepted: 24 Oct. 2004
A review of morphological variation in Trimeresurus popeiorum (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of two new species
G. VOGEL (Germany), P. DAVID (France) & O.S. G. PAUWELS (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 690: 1-24 (18 October 2004) 11 plates; 36 references                      Accepted: 30 Sept. 2004
A new early dinosaur (Sauropodomorpha) from the Caturrita Formation (Late Triassic), Paraná Basin, Brazil
L.A. LEAL, S.A.K. AZEVEDO, A.W.A. KELLNER & Á.A.S. DA ROSA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 634: 1-24 (8 September 2004) 4 plates; 42 references                    Accepted: 20 Aug. 2004
Morphological and genetic evidence of the full species status of Iberolacerta cyreni martinezricai (Arribas, 1996)
O. ARRIBAS & S. CARRANZA (Spain)
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2003

Zootaxa 376: 1-18 (4 December 2003) 6 plates; 37 references           Accepted: 26 November 2003
Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Thailand
A.M. BAUER (USA) , M. SUMONTHA (Thailand) & O.S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 334: 1-7 (21 October 2003) 3 plates; 15 references                   Accepted: 13 October 2003
A new species of hood-displaying Thamnodynastes (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Atlantic forest in southeast Brazil
F.L. FRANCO, T.G.A. FERREIRA, O.A.V. MARQUES  & I. SAZIMA (Brazil)
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