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2008

 Correspondence 
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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 Article 
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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 Correspondence 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Correspondence 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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2007

 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Monograph 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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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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 Article 
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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 Monograph 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Monograph 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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