Editor, Dr. Aaron
Bauer (aaron.bauer@villanova.edu)
Geckos
Department of Biology, Villanova
University 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, Pennsylvania
19085 USA
Editor, Dr.
Richard Butler
(butler.richard.j@gmail.com)
fossil reptiles
Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und
Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany
Editor, Dr. David Gower (d.gower@nhm.ac.uk)
Snakes
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London,
SW7 5BD
UK
Editor, Dr. S.
Carranza (salvador.carranza@ibe.upf-csic.es) All
the other reptile groups
Institute of Evolutionary Biology
(CSIC-UPF) Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49
E-08003 Barcelona Spain
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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