| 2022-07-25 |
Gloydius lateralis |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
Exploring cryptic biodiversity in a world heritage site: a new pitviper (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae) from Jiuzhaigou, Aba, Sichuan, China [Mei-Hua Zhang, Sheng-Chao Shi, Cheng Li, Peng Yan, Ping Wang, Li Ding, Jie Du, Anđelka Plenković-Moraj, Jian-Ping Jiang, Jing-Song Shi] |
| 2022-07-22 |
Achalinus vanhoensis |
Xenodermidae |
A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Son La Province, Vietnam [NGHIA VAN HA, THOMAS ZIEGLER, TUONG DINH SY, MINH DUC LE, TRUONG QUANG , NGUYEN, VINH QUANG LUU] |
| 2022-07-11 |
Delma vescolineata |
Pygopodidae |
A new species of Delma Gray 1831 (Squamata: Pygopodidae) from the Hunter Valley and Liverpool Plains of New South Wales [STEPHEN V. MAHONY, TIMOTHY CUTAJAR, JODI J.L. ROWLEY] |
| 2022-06-30 |
Crocodylus johnstoni
(changed spelling) |
Crocodylidae |
Das Australische Krokodil wurde von Krefft 1873 nach Robert A. Johnstone benannt, dessen Name aber falsch geschrieben wurde (johnsoni statt johnstoni). Eine Korrektur wurde aufgrund der Internationalen Regeln für die zoologische Nomenklatur zur Korrektur falscher Originalschreibweisen, bisher nicht anerkannt. Die Australian Society of Herpetologists (ASH) möchte das jetzt endgültig richtigstellen. |
| 2022-06-27 |
Calamaria arcana |
Colubridae (Calamariinae) |
A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guangdong Province, southern China [Ho Yuen Yeung, Michael W. N. Lau, Jian-Huan Yang] |
| 2022-06-22 |
Cyrtodactylus phukhaensis |
Gekkonidae |
A New Cyrtodactylus Species (Reptila: Gekkonidae) from Nan Province, Northern Thailand [Siriwadee CHOMDEJ; Waranee PRADIT; Parinya PAWANGKHANANT; Chakkrapong KUENSAEN; Apichaya PHUPANBAI; Mali NAIDUANGCHAN; Promporn PIBOON; Korakot NGANVONGPANIT; Zhiyong YUAN; Yinpeng ZHANG Jing CHE; Phuping SUCHARITAKUL and Chatmongkon SUWANNAPOOM] |
| 2022-06-22 |
Darevskia salihae |
Lacertidae |
Hidden Diversity in a Narrow Valley: Description of New Endemic Palearctic Rock Lizard Darevskia (Squamata: Lacertidae) Species from Northeastern Turkey [Muammer Kurnaz, Mehmet Kürşat Şahin, and Ali İhsan Eroğlu] |
| 2022-06-20 |
Cnemaspis azhagu,
Cnemaspis kalakadensis,
Cnemaspis mundanthuraiensis |
Gekkonidae |
Three more novel species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India [Akshay Khandekar, Tejas Thackeray, Ishan Agarwal] |
| 2022-06-14 |
Lycodon anakradaya
Lycodon truongi |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Two new syntopic species of wolf snakes (genus Lycodon H. Boie in Fitzinger, 1826) from an imperiled ecosystem in the Song Giang River Valley of southern Vietnam (Squamata: Colubridae) Anh The Nguyen, Tang Van Duong, Perry L. Wood Jr., L. Lee Grismer] |
| 2022-06-10 |
Calorodius thorntonensis (comb. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Die on this hill? A new monotypic, microendemic and montane vertebrate genus from the Australian Wet Tropics [Janne J. Torkkola, Jessica Worthington Wilmer, Mark N. Hutchinson, Patrick J. Couper, Paul M. Oliver] |
| 2022-06-10 |
Leptophis ahaetulla |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Taxonomic revision of the parrot snake Leptophis ahaetulla (Serpentes, Colubridae) [Nelson Rufino de Albuquerque, Daniel S. Fernandes]
The following taxa are now full species: L. a. ahaetulla, L. a. bocourti, L. a. bolivianus, L. a. liocercus, L. a. marginatus, L. a. nigromarginatus, L. a. occidentalis, L. a. praestans and L. a. urostictus.
L. a. ortoni is placed in the synonymy of L. nigromarginatus
L. haileyi is placed in the synonymy of L. coeruleodorsus. |
| 2022-06-09 |
Urocotyledon norzilensis |
Gekkonidae |
The unexpected gecko: A new cryptic species within Urocotyledon inexpectata (Stejneger, 1893) from the northern granitic Seychelles [JAVIER LOBÓN-ROVIRA, SARA ROCHA, DAVID J. GOWER, ANA PERERA, D. JAMES HARRIS] |
| 2022-06-07 |
Ctenotus kutjupa |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new lizard species (Scincidae: Ctenotus) highlights persistent knowledge gaps on the biodiversity of Australia’s central deserts [Ivan Prates, Mark N. Hutchinson, Joel A. Huey, Mia J. Hillyer,Daniel L. Rabosky] |
| 2022-06-07 |
Anadia hollandi
|
Gymnophthalmidae |
One more and one less: a new species of large bromelicolous lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Anadia) from the Andean cloud forests of northwestern Colombia and the phylogenetic status of Anadia antioquensis [ADOLFO AMÉZQUITA, JUAN MANUEL DAZA, LEIDY ALEJANDRA BARRAGÁN CONTRERAS, CATALINA OREJUELA, LUCAS SANTIAGO BARRIENTOS, LUIS A. MAZARIEGOS H.] |
| 2022-06-03 |
Cyrtodactylus monilatus |
Gekkonidae |
A new species in the Cyrtodactylus oldhami group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand [Siriporn Yodthong, Attapol Rujirawan, Bryan L. Stuart, L. Lee Grismer, Akrachai Aksornneam, Korkhwan Termprayoon, Natee Ampai, Anchalee Aowphol] |
| 2022-06-01 |
Phalotris illustrator |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Taxonomic notes on the Phalotris bilineatus group (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Elapomorphini), with the description of a new species from northwestern Argentina [Gustavo. J. Scrocchi, Alejandro. R. Giraudo, Santiago J. Nenda] |
| 2022-05-26 |
Eublepharis pictus |
Eublepharidae |
Description of a new species of leopard geckos, Eublepharis Gray, 1827 from Eastern Ghats, India with notes on Eublepharis hardwickii Gray, 1827 [Zeeshan A. Mirza, Chandrashekaruni Gnaneswar] |
| 2022-05-25 |
Amyda ornata jongli |
Trionychidae |
A new subspecies of the Asiatic softshell turtle Amyda ornata (Gray, 1861) from its northern distribution range expand article infoPeter Praschag, Richard Gemel] |
| 2022-05-25 |
Ancylodactylus
A. kenyaensis (sp. nov.),
A. kituiensis (sp. nov.),
A. mathewsensis (sp. nov.),
A. laikipiensis (sp. nov.),
A. spawlsi (sp. nov.),
A. chyuluensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Resurrection of the African gecko genus Ancylodactylus Müller, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and description of six new species from Kenya [PATRICK K. MALONZA, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2022-05-23 |
Oligodon teyniei |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS Oligodon FITZINGER, 1826 (REPTILIA: COLUBRIDAE) FROM SOUTHERN LAOS [Patrick David, Sjon Hauser & Gernot Vogel] |
| 2022-05-20 |
Trimeresurus mayaae |
Viperidae |
A new cryptic species of green pit viper of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Serpentes, Viperidae) from northeast India [Yashpal Singh Rathee, Jayaditya Purkayastha, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Siddharth Dalal, Lal Biakzuala, Lal Muansanga, Zeeshan A. Mirza] |
| 2022-05-15 |
Phelsuma dorsivittata paradoxa (ssp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
Day geckos (Phelsuma) in northern Madagascar: first step to resolve a paradoxical case of mitochondrial paraphyly and morphological differentiation [Philip-Sebastian Gehring, Jary H. Razafindraibe, Miguel Vences & Frank Glaw] |
| 2022-05-15 |
Herpetoreas murlen |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Molecular phylogenetic analyses of lesser known colubrid snakes reveal a new species of Herpetoreas (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae), and new insights into the systematics of Gongylosoma scriptum and its allies from northeastern India [Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Amit Kumar Bal, Gernot Vogel & Lal Biakzuala] |
| 2022-05-14 |
Varanus citrinus (sp. nov.),
Varanus insulanicus (elevated from subspecies),
Varanus ocreatus (elevated from subspecies)
|
Varanidae |
Between a rock and a dry place: phylogenomics, biogeography, and systematics of ridge-tailed monitors (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus acanthurus complex) [Carlos J.Pavón-Vázquez, Damien Esquerré, Alison J.Fitch, Brad Maryan, Paul Doughty, Stephen C.Donnellan, J. Scott Keogh] |
| 2022-05-10 |
Sceloporus huichol |
Phrynosomatidae |
A new species of Sceloporus of the torquatus group (Reptilia: Phrynosomatidae) from West Mexico [OSCAR FLORES-VILLELA, ERIC N. SMITH, GUSTAVO CAMPILLO-GARCÍA, NORBERTO MARTÍNEZ-MÉNDEZ, JONATHAN A. CAMPBELL] |
| 2022-04-28 |
Leptodeira tarairiu |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Reassessing the systematics of Leptodeira (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) with emphasis in the South American species [João C. L. Costa, Roberta Graboski, Felipe G. Grazziotin, Hussam Zaher, Miguel T. Rodrigues, Ana Lúcia da C. Prudente] |
| 2022-04-28 |
Calyptommatus frontalis |
Gymnophthalmidae |
Morphological variation and genealogical discordance in Caatinga sand lizards Calyptommatus Rodrigues 1991 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with the description of a new species [RENATO SOUSA RECODER, SERGIO MARQUES-SOUZA, THIAGO SILVA-SOARES, CAROLINA NISA RAMIRO, THIAGO MARCIAL CASTRO, MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES] |
| 2022-04-27 |
Hemidactylus mahonyi
Hemidactylus srikanthani |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the rocky outcrops of the Deccan plateau, peninsular India [OMKAR D. ADHIKARI, N. S. ACHYUTHAN, G. CHETHAN KUMAR, RAHUL V. KHOT, M. V. SHREERAM, S.R. GANESH] |
| 2022-04-19 |
Scincella dunan |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new species of the genus Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Yonagunijima Island, Southern Ryukyus, Japan [YUKI KOIZUMI, HIDETOSHI OTA, TSUTOMU HIKIDA] |
| 2022-04-18 |
Leptophis dibernardoi |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A New Species of Parrot-Snake of the Genus Leptophis Bell, 1825 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from the Semi-Arid Region of Brazil [Nelson Rufino de Albuquerque, Fernanda Martins dos Santos, Diva Maria Borges-Nojosa, Robson Waldemar Ávila] |
| 2022-04-08 |
Pelodiscus shipian |
Trionychidae |
Disentangling the Pelodiscus axenaria complex, with the description of a new Chinese species and neotype designation for P. axenaria (Zhou, Zhang & Fang, 1991) [SHIPING GONG, UWE FRITZ, MELITA VAMBERGER, YANGCHUN GAO, BALÁZS FARKAS] |
| 2022-04-07 |
Tarentola panousei |
Phyllodactylidae |
from synonymy to full species: Tarentola panousei PASTEUR, 1959
On the identity of west Saharan geckos of the Tarentola ephippiata complex (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae), with comments on an extreme case of syntopy with their close relative T. annularis [Thore Koppetsch, Wolfgang Böhme] |
| 2022-04-05 |
Bauerius ansorgii (comb. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
neue Gattung: Bauerius
Systematic revision of Afrogecko ansorgii (Boulenger, 1907) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from western Angola [JAVIER LOBON-ROVIRA, WERNER CONRADIE, PEDRO VAZ PINTO, CHAD KEATES, SHELLEY EDWARDS, ANTON DU PLESSIS, WILLIAM R. BRANCH] |
| 2022-04-02 |
Hemidactylus hegdei |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of Large-Bodied Gecko of The Genus Hemidactylus goldfuss, 1820 from Southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India [Saunak Pal, Zeeshan A. Mirza] |
| 2021-03-31 |
Chelodina ipudinapi,
Elseya auramemoria,
Elseya eidolon,
Elseya nabire,
Elseya papua |
Chelidae |
The Batagur Monographs 4: 7-26: A NEW SPECIES OF CRYPTIC CHELODINA (TESTUDINES: CHELIDAE) FROM THE ARAMIA RIVER REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. [Joseph-Ouni, Mehdi & William P. McCord] |
| 2022-03-29 |
Cyrtodactylus vedda (sp. nov.),
Cyrtodactylus punctatus (comb. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
The hidden diversity and inland radiation of Sri Lanka’s ground-dwelling geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) [A. A. Thasun Amarasinghe, Suranjan Karunarathna, Patrick D. Campbell, A. K. Anusha Gayan, W. D. Bhanuka Ranasinghe, Anslem De Silva & Zeeshan A. Mirza] |
| 2022-03-28 |
Phyllopezus diamantino,
Phyllopezus selmae |
Phyllodactylidae |
Two new species of geckos of the genus Phyllopezus Peters, 1878 (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from northeastern Brazil [MARCOS J. M. DUBEUX, UBIRATAN GONÇALVES, CRISTIANE N. S. PALMEIRA, PEDRO M. S. NUNES, JOSÉ CASSIMIRO, TONY GAMBLE, FERNANDA P. WERNECK, MIGUEL T. RODRIGUES, TAMÍ MOTT] |
| 2022-03-24 |
Cnemaspis lagang,
Cnemaspis matahari,
Cnemaspis sirehensis |
Gekkonidae |
Three New Species of Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Sarawak, East Malaysia, Borneo [IZNEIL NASHRIQ, HAYDEN R. DAVIS, AARON M. BAUER, INDRANEIL DAS] |
| 2022-03-21 |
Cyrtodactylus kamengensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of bent-toed geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 from western Arunachal Pradesh, India [Zeeshan A. Mirza, Harshal S. Bhosale, Tejas Thackeray, Pushlar Phansalkar, Mandar Sawant, Gaurang G. Gowande, Harshil Patel] |
| 2022-03-20 |
Philothamnus brunneus,
Philothamnus mayombensis |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Phylogénie moléculaire des serpents du groupe Philothamnus heterodermus (Hallowell, 1857) (Squamata: Colubridae: Colubrinae) avec la description de deux espèces nouvelles [Jean-François TRAPE, Barry HUGHES, Marcel COLLET et Oleg MEDIANNIKOV] |
| 2022-03-17 |
Hebius terrakarenorum |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
On the distribution of the species of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Squamata: Natricidae) in northern Thailand, including the description of a new species and a discussion on snake diversity of this region [SJON HAUSER, TON SMITS, PATRICK DAVID] |
| 2022-03-16 |
Gehyra wongchan |
Gekkonidae |
A new Four-clawed Gecko from limestone hills in Lopburi Province, central Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae: Gehyra) [OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, WORAWITOO MEESOOK, KIRATI KUNYA, NATTASUDA DONBUNDIT, MONTRI SUMONTHA] |
| 2022-03-15 |
Hemidactylus aemulus,
Hemidactylus raya,
Hemidactylus saxicolus |
Gekkonidae |
Redescription of Hemidactylus giganteus Stoliczka, 1871 with the description of three new allied species (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820) from peninsular India [GANDLA CHETHAN KUMAR, ADITYA SRINIVASULU, CHELMALA SRINIVASULU] |
| 2022-03-14 |
Proctoporus katerynae,
Proctoporus optimus |
Gymnophthalmidae |
Molecular Phylogenetics and Comparative Examination of Voucher Museums Reveal Two New Species of Gymnophthalmid Lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Peruvian Andes, with Comments on Proctoporus guentheri (Boettger, 1891) [Luis Mamani, Roxana Cruz, Sergio Mallqui and Alessandro Catenazzi] |
| 2022-03-11 |
Stenocercus asenlignus,
Stenocercus leybachi,
Stenocercus qalaywasi,
Stenocercus nigrocaudatus |
Tropiduridae |
Four new species of polychromatic spiny-tailed iguanian lizards, genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae), from Peru [PABLO J. VENEGAS, LUIS A. GARCÍA-AYACHI, JUAN C. CHÁVEZ-ARRIBASPLATA, ANTONIO GARCÍA-BRAVO] |
| 2022-03-10 |
Tropiocolotes yomtovi |
Gekkonidae |
Taxonomic revision of the Tropiocolotes nattereri (Squamata, Gekkonidae) species complex, with the description of a new species from Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia [Marco Antônio Ribeiro-Júnior, Karin Tamar, Erez Maza, Morris Flecks, Philipp Wagner, Boaz Shacham, Marta Calvo, Philippe Geniez, Pierre-André Crochet, Claudia Koch, Shai Meiri] |
| 2022-03-07 |
Phalotris shawnella |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Phalotris (Serpentes, Colubridae, Elapomorphini) from Paraguay [Paul Smith, Jean-Paul Brouard, Pier Cacciali] |
| 2022-03-07 |
Cnemaspis sakleshpurensis,
Cnemaspis tigris,
Cnemaspis vijayae |
Gekkonidae |
Three new cryptic species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Karnataka, India [Akshay Khandekar, Tejas Thackeray, Ishan Agarwal] |
| 2022-03-03 |
Xenosaurus manipulus |
Xenosauridae |
A New Species of Xenosaurus (Squamata: Xenosauridae) from the Sierra de Juárez of Oaxaca, Mexico [Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca, Nicté Castresana-Villanueva, Luis Canseco-Márquez, Jonathan A. Campbell] |
| 2022-03-03 |
Bradypodion barbatulum,
Bradypodion baviaanense,
Bradypodion venustum |
Chamaeleonidae |
Convergence and vicariance: speciation of chameleons in the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa, and the description of three new species of Bradypodion Fitzinger, 1843 [Krystal A Tolley, Colin R Tilbury & Marius Burger] |
| 2022-02-18 |
Cyrtodactylus exercitus,
Cyrtodactylus siahaensis |
Gekkonidae |
Two new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Northeast India [Jayaditya PURKAYASTHA, Hmar Tlawmte LALREMSANGA, Beirathie LITHO, Yashpal Singh RATHEE, Sanath Chandra BOHRA, Vabeiryureilai MATHIPI, Lal BIAKZUALA & Lal MUANSANGAA] |
| 2022-02-16 |
Rena klauberi
|
Leptotyphlopidae |
A new species of blindsnake from Jalisco, Mexico (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae) [Oscar A. Flores-Villela, Eric N. Smith, Luis Canseco-Márquez, Jonathan A. Campbell] |
| 2022-02-11 |
Acanthocercus ceriacoi |
Agamidae |
All in all it’s just another branch in the tree: A new species of Acanthocercus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Agamidae), from Angola [MARIANA P. MARQUES, DIOGO PARRINHA, BRUNA S. SANTOS, SUZANA BANDEIRA, BRETT O. BUTLER, ANA CAROLINA A. SOUSA, AARON M. BAUER, PHILIPP WAGNER] |
| 2022-02-11 |
Diploderma yangi |
Agamidae |
A New Species of Diploderma (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the upper Salween River in Eastern Tibet, China [KAI WANG, YINPENG ZHANG, XIANQI LI] |
| 2022-02-08 |
Cyrtodactylus namtiram |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Manipur State, northeast India, with a critical review highlighting extensive errors in literature covering bent-toed geckos of the Indo-Burma region [Stephen Mahony & Rachunliu G. Kamei] |
| 2022-02-04 |
Cyrtodactylus papeda |
Gekkonidae |
A New Bent-Toed Gecko of the Cyrtodactylus marmoratus Group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Obi Island, Indonesia [Awal Riyanto, Fata H. Faz, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, Misbahul Munir, Yuli S. Fitriana, Amir Hamidy, Mirza D. Kusrini, Paul M. Oliver] |
| 2022-02-04 |
Hemidactylus easai |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of large-bodied Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of India [Sandeep Das, Saunak Pal, Sasidharan Siddharth, Muhamed Jafer Palot, Veerappan Deepak, Surya Narayanan] |
| 2022-02-03 |
Gekko hulk (sp. nov.),
Gekko cf. albomaculatus
|
Gekkonidae |
Phylogenetic and multivariate analyses of Gekko smithii Gray, 1842 recover a new species from Peninsular Malaysia and support the resurrection of G. albomaculatus (Giebel, 1861) from Sumatra [L. Lee Grismer, Lelani del Pinto, Evan S. H. Quah, Shahrul Anuar, Micheal Cota, Jimmy A. McGuire, Djoko T. Iskandar, Perry L. Wood Jr, Jesse L. Grismer] |
| 2022-02-01 |
Oligodon tillacki |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Taxonomic Composition of the Oligodon arnensis (Shaw 1802) Species Complex (Squamata: Colubridae) with the Description of a New Species from India [Sanjaya K. Bandara, S.R. Ganesh, A. Suneth Kanishka, A. Dineth Danushka, Vivek R. Sharma, Patrick D. Campbell, Ivan Ineich, Gernot Vogel, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe] |
| 2022-01-31 |
Stellagama stellio |
Agamidae |
Stellgama stellio wird aufgeteilt in 3 Arten: Stellgama stellio, Stellagama cypriaca und Stellagama vulgaris
The story of a rock-star: multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation in the starred or roughtail rock agama, Laudakia stellio (Reptilia: Agamidae) [Emmanouela Karameta, Petros Lymberakis, Heinz Grillitsch, Çetin Ilgaz, Aziz Avci, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Kamil Candan, Philipp Wagner, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Panayiotis Pafilis, Nikos Poulakakis] |
| 2022-01-28 |
Cyrtodactylus lungleiensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus Gray: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the state of Mizoram, India [HMAR TLAWMTE LALREMSANGA, HAUZEL CHINLIANSIAMA, SANATH CHANDRA BOHRA, LAL BIAKZUALA, MATHIPI VABEIRYUREILAI, LAL MUANSANGA, FANAI MALSAWMDAWNGLIANA, GOSPEL ZOTHANMAWIA HMAR, H.T. DECEMSON, VANLAL SIAMMAWII, MADHURIMA DAS, JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA] |
| 2022-01-27 |
Abronia zongolica |
Anguidae |
A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Sierra de Zongolica of Veracruz, Mexico [Uri Omar García-Vázquez, Adam G. Clause, Jorge Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Erasmo Cazares-Hernández, Miguel Ángel de la Torre-Loranca] |
| 2022-01-27 |
Cyrtodactylus menglianensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from southwestern Yunnan, China [Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2022-01-24 |
Herpetoreas tpser |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Taxonomic Review of the Genus Herpetoreas (Serpentes: Natricidae), with the Description of a New Species from Tibet, China [Jin-Long Ren, Ke Jiang, Jun-Jie Huang, Patrick David and Jia-Tang Li] |
| 2022-01-21 |
Bothrops germanoi |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
Speciation process on Brazilian continental islands, with the description of a new insular lancehead of the genus Bothrops (Serpentes, Viperidae) [Fausto E. Barbo, William W. Booker, Marcelo R. Duarte, Betina Chaluppe, José A. Portes-Junior, Francisco L. Franco & Felipe G. Grazziotin] |
| 2022-01-20 |
Darevskia tuniyevi |
Lacertidae |
A new cryptic species of the Darevskia parvula group from NE Anatolia (Squamata, Lacertidae) [Oscar Arribas, Kamil Candan, Muammer Kurnaz, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Elif Yıldırım Caynak & Çetin Ilgaz] |
| 2022-01-19 |
Bothrops jabrensis |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
Isolated by dry lands: integrative analyses unveil the existence of a new species and a previously unknown evolutionary lineage of Brazilian Lanceheads (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops) from a Caatinga moist-forest enclave [Fausto E. Barbo, Felipe G. Grazziotin, Gentil A. Pereira-Filho, Marco A. Freitas, Stephenson H.F. Abrantes, and Marcelo N. de C. Kokubum] |
| 2022-01-18 |
Protoblepharus apatani (sp. nov.),
Protoblepharus medogensis (comb. nov.),
Protoblepharus nyingchiensis (comb. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
neue Gattung Protoblepharus:
A new ancient lineage of ablepharine skinks (Sauria: Scincidae) from eastern Himalayas with notes on origin and systematics of the group [Zeeshan A. Mirza, Andrey M. Bragin, Harshal Bhosale, Gaurang G. Gowande, Harshil Patel, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2022-01-10 |
Pareas abros (sp. nov.),
Pareas kuznetsovorum (sp. nov.),
Pareas berdmorei unicolor (comb. nov.),
Pareas berdmorei truongsonicus (ssp. nov.),
Pareas carinatus tenasserimicus (ssp. nov.) |
Pareidae |
An integrative taxonomic revision of slug-eating snakes (Squamata: Pareidae: Pareineae) reveals unprecedented diversity in Indochina [Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Tan Van Nguyen, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Platon V. Yushchenko, Peter Brakels, Linh Hoang Nguyen, Hung Ngoc Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Nikolai Orlov, Gernot Vogel] |
| 2022-01-01 |
Acanthosaura meridiona |
Agamidae |
Acanthosaura meridiona sp. nov. (Squamata: Agamidae), a new short-horned lizard from southern Thailandi [Poramad Trivalairat, Montri Sumontha, Kirati Kunya & Krittiya Chiangkul] |
| 2021-12-23 |
Geophis cansecoi |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Geophis (Dipsadidae) from Veracruz, Mexico, with comments on the validity of related taxa [Christoph I. Grünwald, Iván T. Ahumada-Carrillo, André J. Grünwald, Carlos E. Montaño-Ruvalcaba, and Uri O. García-Vázquez] |
| 2021-12-22 |
Gekko khunkhamensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos [SALY SITTHIVONG, OANH VAN LO, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, HANH THI NGO, THANANH KHOTPATHOOM, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER, VINH QUANG LUU] |
| 2021-12-19 |
Eutropis vertebralis (comb. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
The Delusion of Stripes: A Century-old Mystery of Five-lined Sun Skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae: Eutropis) of Peninsular India elucidated [A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, S.R.Ganesh, Zeeshan A.Mirza, Patrick D.Campbell, Olivier S.G.Pauwels, Silke Schweiger, Alexander Kupfer, Harshil Patel, Suranjan Karunarathna, Kaushik Deuti, Ivan Ineich, Jakob Hallermann, A.Abinawanto, Jatna Supriatna] |
| 2021-12-17 |
Agama bibronii (comb. nov.) |
Agamidae |
The correct name for the North African rock lizard is Agama bibronii A. Duméril in Duméril & Duméril, 1851, not Agama impalearis Boettger, 1874 (Reptilia, Squamata) [Wolfgang Denzer] |
| 2021-12-10 |
Echinosaura fischerorum |
Gymnophthalmidae |
A new and very spiny lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Echinosaura) from the Andes in northwestern Ecuador [Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz, Omar Torres-Carvajal, Juan P. Reyes-Puig, Miguel A. Urgiles-Merchán, Claudia Koch] |
| 2021-12-10 |
Ptyctolaemus chindwinensis |
Agamidae |
A new species of the genus Ptyctolaemus Peters, 1864 (Squamata, Agamidae) from Sagaing, Myanmar [Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Ye Htet Lwin, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2021-12-03 |
Helicops acangussu |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new oviparous species of Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Xenodontinae) from Brazilian Amazonia with reflections on the evolution of viviparity among hydropsine watersnakes [Antonio Moraes-da-Silva, Suellen Walterman, Nathalie Citeli, Pedro M.S.Nunes, Felipe Franco Curcio] |
| 2021-11-29 |
Mesoclemmys jurutiensis |
Chelidae |
A New Species of Amazon Freshwater Toad-Headed Turtle in the Genus Mesoclemmys (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from Brazil [Fábio A.G. Cunha, Iracilda Sampaio, Jeferson Carneiro, Richard C. Vogt] |
| 2021-11-29 |
Paraxenodermus (gen. nov.) |
Xenodermidae |
Stoliczkia borneensis wird Paraxenodermus borneensis
Phylogenetic relationships of xenodermid snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Xenodermidae), with the description of a new genus [V. Deepak, Samuel Lalronunga, Esther Lalhmingliani, Abhijit Das, Surya Narayanan, Indraneil Das, David J. Gower] |
| 2021-11-25 |
Vipera ammodytes buchholzi (ssp. nov.) |
Viperidae (Viperinae) |
VARIABILITÀ DI VIPERA AMMODYTES (LINNAEUS, 1758) (Reptilia Viperidae) IN ALCUNE ISOLE EGEE, CON DESCRIZIONE DI VIPERA AMMODYTES BUCHHOLZI SUBSP. NOVA. [AUGUSTO CATTANEO] |
2021-11-25
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Cyrtodactylus rukhadeva |
Gekkonidae |
A new cryptic arboreal species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the uplands of western Thailand [L. Lee Grismer, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Roman A. Nazarov, Platon V. Yushchenko, Mali Naiduangchan, Minh Duc Le, Vinh Quang Luu, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2021-11-18 |
Lepidophyma ramirezi |
Xantusiidae |
A New Species of Night Lizard of the Genus Lepidophyma (Xantusiidae) from Southern Mexico [José Daniel Lara-Tufiño, Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca] |
| 2021-11-11 |
Tropidodipsas papavericola (sp. nov.),
Tropidodipsas tricolor (sp. nov.),
Geophis annuliferaus (comb. nov.),
Geophis sanniolus (comb. nov.),
Geophis sartorii (comb. nov) |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Two new species of snail-eating snakes of the genus Tropidodipsas (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from southern Mexico, with notes on related species [Christoph I. Grünwald, Sarahi Toribio-Jiménez, Carlos Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Hector Franz-Chávez, Miguel A. Peñaloza-Montaño, Eduardo Y. Barrera-Nava, Jason M. Jones, Christopher M. Rodriguez, India M. Hughes, Jason L. Strickland, Jacobo Reyes-Velasco] |
| 2021-11-09 |
Rhabdophis confusus (sp. nov.),
Rhabdophis siamensis (comb. nov.),
Rhabdophis helleri (comb. nov.) |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Taxonomic Composition of the Rhabdophis subminiatus (Schlegel, 1837) Species Complex (Reptilia: Natricidae) with the Description of A New Species from China [Patrick David and Gernot Vogel] |
| 2021-11-03 |
Oxybelis transandinus |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Adding missing vines to the tree: multilocus phylogeny of New World vine snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae: Oxybelis), with description of a new species [Omar Torres-Carvajal, Mauricio Mejía-Guerrero & Claudia Terán] |
| 2021-11-02 |
Oligodon churahensis |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas [Zeeshan A. Mirza, Virender Kumar Bhardwaj, Harshil Patel] |
| 2021-10-30 |
Acanthocercus margaritae |
Agamidae |
A new species of the Acanthocercus atricollis complex (Squamata: Agamidae) [Philipp Wagner, Brett O. Butler, Luis M. P. Ceríaco & Aaron M. Bauer] |
2021-10-27
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Pelodiscus huangshanensis |
Trionychidae |
A new species of the Genus Pelodiscus Fitzinger, 1835 (Testudines: Trionychidae) from Huangshan, Anhui, China [YAN-AN GONG, LI-FANG PENG, SONG HUANG, YAN-FENG LIN, RU-YI HUANG, YU-HAO XU, DIAN-CHENG YANG, LIU-WANG NIE] |
2021-10-21
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Cyrtodactylus hutchinsoni |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern versant of New Guinea’s Central Cordillera [PAUL M. OLIVER, DENISE TAIMI KARKKAINEN, STEPHEN J. RICHARDS] |
| 2021-10-21 |
Podarcis thais |
Lacertidae |
Podarcis peloponnesiacus thais erhält Art-Status
Evidence of cryptic diversity in Podarcis peloponnesiacus and re-evaluation of its current taxonomy; insights from genetic, morphological, and ecological data [Athina Kiourtsoglou, Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou, Dimitris Poursanidis, Daniel Jablonski, Petros Lymberakis, Nikos Poulakakis] |
| 2021-10-20 |
Calotes farooqi stat. nov.,
Calotes vultuosus (comb. nov.) |
Agamidae |
Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reassessment of the widespread agamid lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Squamata, Agamidae) across South Asia [Gaurang Gowande, Saunak Pal, Daniel Jablonski, Rafaqat Masroor, Pushkar U. Phansalkar, Princia Dsouza, Aditi Jayarajan, Kartik Shanker] |
| 2021-10-15 |
Arrhyton albicollum |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new semifossorial snake of the genus Arrhyton (Squamata: Dipsadidae) from eastern Cuba, with taxonomic comments on other species [LUIS M. DÍAZ, ANSEL FONG G, DIEGO SALAS, S. BLAIR HEDGES] |
| 2021-10-12 |
Cyrtodactylus stellatus |
Gekkonidae |
A new insular species of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus group (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Tarutao Island, southern Thailand revealed by morphological and genetic evidence [Korkhwan Termprayoon, Attapol Rujirawan, Natee Ampai, Perry L. Wood Jr, Anchalee Aowphol] |
| 2021-10-06 |
Craspedocephalus macrolepis (comb. nov.),
Craspedocephalus peltopelor (sp. nov.),
Craspedocephalus travancoricus (sp. nov.),
Craspedocephalus occidentalis (comb. nov.) |
Viperidae |
Craspedocephalus peltopelor & C. travancoricus • Resolving Pitfalls in Pit Viper Systematics – A Multi-criteria Approach to Species Delimitation in Pit Vipers (Serpentes, Viperidae, Craspedocephalus) of Peninsular India reveals Cryptic Diversity [expand article infoAshok Kumar Mallik, Achyuthan Needamangalam Srikanthan, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan Ganesh, Seenapuram Palaniswamy Vijayakumar, Patrick D. Campbell, Anita Malhotra, Kartik Shanker] |
| 2021-10-05 |
Homonota itambere |
Phyllodactylidae |
A new species of Homonota (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from Paraguay [Hugo Cabral, Pier Cacciali] |
| 2021-10-04 |
Gloydius lipipengi,
Gloydius swild |
Viperidae |
Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gloydius (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with description of two new alpine species from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China [Jing-Song Shi, Jin-Cheng Liu, Rohit Giri, John Benjamin Owens, Vishal Santra, Sourish Kuttalam, Melvin Selvan, Ke-Ji Guo, Anita Malhotra] |
| 2021-10-02 |
Vipera latastei arundana,
Vipera monticola atlantica,
Vipera monticola saintgironsi |
Viperidae |
3 neue Unterarten
Integrative taxonomy reveals two species and intraspecific differentiation in the Vipera latastei–monticola complex [Fernando Martínez-Freiría, Inês Freitas, Guillermo Velo-Antón, Nahla Lucchini, Soumia Fahd, Said Larbes, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Xavier Santos, José C. Brito] |
| 2021-10-01 |
Lycophidion chirioi (sp .nov.)
Lycophidion jacksoni jacksoni (ssp. nov.)
Lycophidion tchadensis (sp .nov.) |
Lamprophiidae |
Three new snakes of the genus Lycophidion Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Lamprophiidae) in Central Africa [Jean-François TRAPE] |
| 2021-10-01 |
Oligosoma kakerakau |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
A new species of Oligosoma (Squamata: Scincidae) from the northern North Island, New Zealand [BENJAMIN P. BARR, DAVID G. CHAPPLE, RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH, GEOFF B. PATTERSON, NGĀTIWAI TRUST BOARD] |
| 2021-09-28 |
Acanthodactylus zagrosicus |
Lacertidae |
A new species of Acanthodactylus Fitzinger, 1834 (Sauria: Lacertidae) from the Zagros Mountains, Iran [OMID MOZAFFARI, SIMA MOHAMMADI, REIHANEH SABERI-PIROOZ, FARAHAM AHMADZADEH] |
| 2021-09-27 |
Selvasaura almendarizae |
Gymnophthalmidae |
A New Species of Microtegu Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from Amazonian Ecuador [Omar Torres-Carvajal, Vanessa Parra, Pedro M. Sales Nunes, Claudia Koch] |
| 2021-09-27 |
Praeteropus auxilliger,
Praeteropus monachus |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Diversity and Systematics of Limbless Skinks (Anomalopus) from Eastern Australia and the Skeletal Changes that Accompany the Substrate Swimming Body Form [Mark N. Hutchinson, Patrick Couper, Andrew Amey, Jessica Worthington Wilmer] |
2021-09-25
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Cyrtodactylus hekouensis |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Karst Forests of Daweishan National Nature Reserve, Yunnan, China [Yinpeng ZHANG, Xiaolong LIU, Justin BERNSTEIN, Jian WANG and Zhiyong YUAN] |
| 2021-09-23 |
Cnemaspis balerion,
Cnemaspis flavigularis,
Cnemaspis galaxia,
Cnemaspis jackieii,
Cnemaspis lithophilis,
Cnemaspis nigriventris,
Cnemaspis nimbus,
Cnemaspis palanica,
Cnemaspis regalis,
Cnemaspis rubraoculus,
Cnemaspis smaug,
Cnemaspis wallaceii |
Gekkonidae |
Diversifying on the Ark: multiple new endemic lineages of dwarf geckos from the Western Ghats provide insights into the systematics and biogeography of South Asian Cnemaspis (Reptilia: Squamata) [Saunak Pal, Zeeshan A. Mirza, Princia Dsouza, Kartik Shanker] |
| 2021-09-23 |
Liolaemus warjantay |
Liolaemidae |
A new species of Liolaemus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from the Reserva Paisajística Subcuenca del Cotahuasi, southwestern Peru [Misshell D. Ubalde-Mamani, Roberto C. Gutiérrez, Juan C. Chaparro, Alvaro J. Aguilar-Kirigin, José Cerdeña, Wilson Huanca-Mamani, Stefanny Cárdenas-Ninasivincha, Ana Lazo-Rivera, and Cristian S. Abdala] |
| 2021-09-18 |
Hebius weixiensis |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925) [Shao-Bing Hou, Zhi-Yong Yuan, Ping-Fan Wei, Gui-Gang Zhao, Gao-Hui Liu, Yun-He Wu, Wen-Jing Shen, Jin-Min Chen, Peng Guo5, Jing Che] |
| 2021-09-18 |
Tropidophorus guangxiensis hongjiangensis |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Neotype designation and redescription of Tropidophorus guangxiensis Wen, 1992 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae), with description of a new subspecies from central South China [Ke-Ji Guo, Fu Shu, Nan-Fei Wu, Shun-De Chen, Mian Hou, Sheng-Chao Shi, Xue-Jian Deng] |
| 2021-09-17 |
Gerrhopilus sumatranus,
Gerrhopilus suturalis (revalidated) |
Gerrhopilidae |
A new species of Gerrhopilus (family: Gerrhopilidae), with comments on the taxonomic status of Gerrhopilus ater suturalis (Brongersma) [Addison H. Wynn] |
| 2021-09-09 |
Lepidodactylus babuyanensis,
Lepidodactylus bakingibut,
Lepidodactylus bisakol,
Lepidodactylus nakahiwalay |
Gekkonidae |
Taxonomic Revision of Scaly-toed Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Lepidodactylus) in the Northern Philippines, with Descriptions of Four New Species [Samuel J. Eliades, Rafe M. Brown, Wen-San Huang, Cameron D. Siler] |
| 2021-09-07 |
Neue Gattungen:
Alpinoscincus, Nubeoscincus, Ornithuroscincus und Palaia |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
Revision of the montane New Guinean skink genus Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae), with the description of four new genera and nine new species [Alex Slavenko, Karin Tamar, Oliver J S Tallowin, Fred Kraus, Allen Allison, Salvador Carranza, Shai Meiri] |
| 2021-09-06 |
Pedioplanis serodioi |
Lacertidae |
A revision of Angolan species in the genus Pedioplanis Fitzinger (Squamata: Lacertidae), with the description of a new species [DIOGO PARRINHA, MARIANA P. MARQUES, MATTHEW P. HEINICKE, FARKHANDA KHALID, KELLY L. PARKER, KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY, JACKIE L. CHILDERS, WERNER CONRADIE, AARON M. BAUER, LUIS M. P. CERÍACO] |
| 2021-09-02 |
Hemidactylus kimbulae |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka with Redescription of H. hunae Deraniyagala, 1937 [A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe; Suranjan Karunarathna; Patrick D. Campbell; Majintha Madawala; Anslem de Silva] |
| 2021-09-02 |
Stegonotus nancuro |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Stegonotus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the remnant coastal forests of southern Timor-Leste [HINRICH KAISER, CHRISTINE M. KAISER, SVEN MECKE, MARK O’SHEA] |
| 2021-08-31 |
Cyrtodactylus gulinqingensis |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Southern Yunnan, China [Shuo Liu, Qisheng Li, Mian Hou, Nikolai L. Orlov, Natalia B. Ananjeva] |
| 2021-08-31 |
Hemiphyllodactylus goaensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of the genus Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Goa, India [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, DIKANSH S. PARMAR, NITIN SAWANT, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2021-08-26 |
Liotyphlops bondensis (revalidated)
Liotyphlops bondensis armandoi (ssp. nov.) |
Anomalepididae |
The status of the anomalepidid snake Liotyphlops albirostris and the revalidation of three taxa based on morphology and ecological niche models [Camilo A. Linares-Vargas, Wilmar Bolívar-García, Alexandra Herrera-Martínez, Daniel Osorio-Domínguez, Oscar E. Ospina, Richard Thomas, Juan D. Daza] |
| 2021-08-25 |
Salvadora lineata (elevated from subspecies) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Phylogenetic relationships based on morphological data and taxonomy of the genus Salvadora Baird & Girard, 1853 (Reptilia, Colubridae) [Carlos A. Hernández-Jiménez, Oscar Flores-Villela, Aranzazú Aguilar-Bremauntz, Jonathan A. Campbell] |
| 2021-08-25 |
Cyrtodactylus hamidyi |
Gekkonidae |
Another New Bent-toed Gecko, genus Cyrtodactylus Gray 1837 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Borneo [AWAL RIYANTO, MUHAMMAD ALIF FAUZI, IRVAN SIDIK, MUMPUNI, MOHAMMAD IRHAM, NIA KURNIAWAN, HIDETOSHI OTA, TAKU OKAMOTO, TSUTOMU HIKIDA, L. LEE GRISMER] |
| 2021-08-25 |
Enyalioides feiruzae |
Hoplocercidae |
A new species of wood lizard (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from the Río Huallaga Basin in Central Peru [Pablo J. Venegas, Germán Chávez, Luis A. García-Ayachi, Vilma Duran, Omar Torres-Carvajal] |
| 2021-08-25 |
Achalinus dehuaensis |
Xenodermidae |
A new species of the Achalinus rufescens complex (Xenodermidae: Achalinus) from Fujian Province, China [KE LI, YA-YONG WU, RUI-YING XU, FEI ZHU, JIN-LONG REN, PENG GUO, BING-JUN DONG] |
| 2021-08-20 |
Oreosaurus bisbali |
Gymnophthalmidae |
A new species of Oreosaurus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Turimiquire Massif, northeastern Venezuela (Cercosaurinae, Selvasaura) from the Andes of northern Peru [GILSON A. RIVAS, PEDRO M. SALES NUNES, AGNIESZKA BARAN, MICHAEL J. JOWERS, ERIC N. SMITH, CRISTIAN HERNÁNDEZ-MORALES, WALTER E. SCHARGEL] |
| 2021-08-19 |
Mesalina adrarensis,
Mesalina simoni saharae |
Lacertidae |
Phylogeographic diversification of the Mesalina olivieri species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) with the description of a new species and a new subspecies endemic from North West Africa [Cristian Pizzigalli, Pierre-André Crochet, Philippe Geniez, Fernando Martínez-Freiría, Guillermo Velo-Antón, José Carlos Brito] |
| 2021-08-18 |
Hemiphyllodactylus dalatensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Da Lat Plateau, Vietnam [QUYEN HANH DO, KHOI VU NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, CUONG THE PHAM, THOMAS ZIEGLER, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN] |
| 2021-08-17 |
Chilabothrus ampelophis |
Boidae (Boinae) |
A SMALL NEW ARBOREAL SPECIES OF WEST INDIAN BOA (BOIDAE; CHILABOTHRUS) FROM SOUTHERN HISPANIOLA [Miguel A. Landestoy T., R. Graham Reynolds, Robert W. Henderson] |
| 2021-08-13 |
Rhabdophis bindi |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Hidden in the plain sight: a new species of Rhabdophis (Serpentes: Natricinae) from the Rhabdophis himalayanus complex [ABHIJIT DAS, ERIC N. SMITH, IRVAN SIDIK, GOUTAM C. SARKER, BITUPAN BORUAH, NAITIK G. PATEL, B.H.C.K MURTHY, V. DEEPAK] |
| 2021-08-13 |
Hemidactylus tamhiniensis |
Gekkonidae |
A cryptic new species of rupicolous Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to H. aaronbaueri Giri, 2008 from the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2021-08-12 |
Liolaemus basadrei |
Liolaemidae |
A new lizard of the Liolaemus montanus group that inhabits the hyperarid desert of southern Peru [Pablo Valladares-Faúndez, Pablo Franco León, Cesar Jove Chipana, Marco Navarro Guzmán, Javier Ignacio-Apaza, César Cáceres Musaja, Robert Langstroth, Álvaro Aguilar-Kirigin, Roberto C. Gutierrez, and Cristián S. Abdala] |
| 2021-08-09 |
Hemidactylus carivoensis,
Hemidactylus cinganji,
Hemidactylus faustus,
Hemidactylus pfindaensis |
Gekkonidae |
Between sand, rocks and branches: an integrative taxonomic revision of Angolan Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820, with description of four new species [APARNA LAJMI, VARAD B. GIRI, TANERAW SINGH, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2021-08-05 |
neue Gattung
Agasthyagama |
Agamidae |
Otocryptis beddomii jetzt Agasthyagama beddomii
A molecular and morphological study of Otocryptis Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Agamidae) reveals a new genus from the far south of the Western Ghats, Peninsular India [ACHYUTHAN N. SRIKANTHAN, OMKAR DILIP ADHIKARI, SUMAITHANGI RAJAGOPALAN GANESH, KAUSHIK DEUTI, KALPANA DAS, VIDISHA M. KULKARNI, GAURANG G. GOWANDE, KARTIK SHANKER] |
| 2021-08-05 |
Pareas temporalis |
Pareidae |
A new species of Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae) from southern Vietnam [Duong T. T. Le, Thinh G. Tran, Huy D. Hoang, Bryan L. Stuart] |
| 2021-08-02 |
Podarcis lusitanicus |
Lacertidae |
Nuclear phylogenies and genomics of a contact zone establish the species rank of Podarcis lusitanicus (Squamata, Lacertidae) [Guilherme Caeiro-Dias, Sara Rocha, Alvarina Couto, Carolina Pereira, Alan Brelsford, Pierre-André Crochet, Catarina Pinho] |
| 2021-07-27 |
Selvasaura evasa |
Gymnophthalmidae |
An elusive new species of gymnophthalmid lizard (Cercosaurinae, Selvasaura) from the Andes of northern Peru [Lourdes Y. Echevarría, Pablo J. Venegas, Luis A. García-Ayachi, Pedro M. Sales Nunes] |
| 2021-07-23 |
Potamites hydroimperator |
Gymnophthalmidae |
A new riparian Andean Potamites (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophtalmidae) from El Sira Mountains, central Peru, with comments on P. ecpleopus Cope 1875, and on the taxonomy and biogeography of Potamites [Germán CHÁVEZ, Jose MALQUI & Alessandro CATENAZZI] |
| 2021-07-18 |
Gonyosoma hainanense |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new snake species of the genus Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Hainan Island, China [Li-Fang Peng, Yong Zhang, Song Huang, Frank T. Burbrink, Jin-Min Chen, Mian Hou, Yi-Wu Zhu, Hang Yang, Ji-Chao Wang] |
| 2021-07-08 |
Cyrtodactylus orlovi |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ninh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam [Quyen Hanh Do, TRUNG MY PHUNG, HANH THI NGO, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER, CUONG THE PHAM, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN] |
| 2021-07-06 |
Elaphe xiphodonta |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A sheep in wolf's clothing: Elaphe xiphodonta sp. nov. (Squamata, Colubridae) and its possible mimicry to Protobothrops jerdonii [Shuo Qi, Jing-Song Shi, Yan-Bo Ma, Yi-Fei Gao, Shu-Hai Bu, L. Lee Grismer, Pi-Peng Li, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2021-07-06 |
Stoliczkia vanhnuailianai |
Xenodermidae |
A new species of Stoliczkia Jerdon, 1870 (Serpentes: Xenodermidae) from Mizoram, India [SAMUEL LALRONUNGA, K. LALHMANGAIHA, ISAAC ZOSANGLIANA, ESTHER LALHMINGLIANI, DAVID J. GOWER, ABHIJIT DAS, V. DEEPAK] |
| 2021-07-06 |
Goniurosaurus chengzheng |
Eublepharidae |
Goniurosaurus chengzheng sp. nov., a new species of Leopard Gecko from Guangxi, China (Squamata: Eublepharidae) [XIAO-YU ZHU, YI-JIAO LIU, YUN BAI, CRISTIAN ROMÁN-PALACIOS, ZHENG LI, ZHU-QING HE] |
| 2021-07-03 |
Cyrtodactylus bapme |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) from the Garo Hills, Meghalaya State, north-east India, and discussion of morphological variation for C. urbanus [Rachunliu G. Kamei & Stephen Mahony] |
| 2021-06-30 |
Gekko stoliczkai |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of the genus Gekko Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, with an overview of congeners from the Andaman and Nicobar Islandsa [S.R. Chandramouli, G. Gokulakrishnan, C. Sivaperuman, and L. Lee Grismer] |
| 2021-06-29 |
Japalura austeniana
(comb. nov.) |
Agamidae |
Pseudocalotes austeniana jetzt Japalura austeniana
On the systematics and the phylogenetic position of the poorly known, montane dragon-lizard species Pseudocalotes austeniana (Annandale, 1908) (Squamata, Agamidae, Draconinae) [Gaurang G. Gowande, Harshal S. Bhosale, Pushkar U. Phansalkar, Mandar Sawant, Zeeshan A. Mirza] |
| 2021-06-25 |
Achalinus huangjietangi |
Xenodermidae |
A New Species of the Genus Achalinus from Huangshan, Anhui, China (Squamata: Xenodermidae) [Ruyi HUANG, Lifa ng PENG, Lei YU, Tia nqi HUANG, Ke JIANG, Li DING, Jinka ng CHANG, Dia ncheng YANG, Yuhao XU and Song HUANG] |
| 2021-06-24 |
Anolis nemonteae |
Dactyloidae |
A new giant anole (Squamata: Iguanidae: Dactyloinae) from southwestern Ecuador [FERNANDO AYALA-VARELA, SEBASTIÁN VALVERDE, STEVEN POE, ANDREA E. NARVÁEZ, MARIO H. YÁNEZ-MUÑOZ, OMAR TORRES-CARVAJAL] |
| 2021-06-22 |
Eutropis brevis (revalidated),
Eutropis dawsoni (revalidated),
Eutropis gansi (synonymised) |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
Taxonomic reassessment of Eutropis macularia (Blyth, 1853) complex in the Western Ghats of India: Resurrection of Eutropis brevis (Günther, 1875), Eutropis dawsoni (Annandale, 1909) and synonymisation of Eutropis gansi (Das, 1991) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) [S. R. Ganesh, Kaushik Deuti, N. S. Achyuthan, Patrick Campbell, Sujoy Raha, Probhat Bag, Sudipta Debnath] |
| 2021-06-22 |
Gonyosoma coeruleum |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854) [Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Ye Htet Lwin, Qiaoyan Wang, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2021-06-14 |
Calamaria nebulosa |
Colubridae (Calamariinae) |
Description of a new species of Southeast Asian reed snake from northern Laos (Squamata: Colubridae: Genus Calamaria F. Boie, 1827) with a revised diagnosis of Calamaria yunnanensis Chernov, 1962 [Justin L. Lee] |
| 2021-06-11 |
Metlapilcoatlus borealis |
Viperidae |
Molecular Phylogenetics and Morphometrics Reveal a New Endemic Jumping Pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Metlapilcoatlus) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico [Mauricio Tepos-Ramírez, Oscar Flores-Villela, Julián A. Velasco, Carlos Pedraza Lara, Oscar R. García Rubio, Robert C. Jadin] |
| 2021-06-11 |
Cyrtodactylus dianxiensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Western Yunnan, China [Shuo Liu & Dingqi Rao] |
| 2021-06-08 |
Epictia guayaquilensis (comb. nov.)
|
Leptotyphlopidae |
Osteology of the enigmatic threadsnake species Epictia unicolor and Trilepida guayaquilensis (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) with generic insights [Claudia Koch, Angele Martins, Mitali Joshi, Roberta R. Pinto, Paulo Passos] |
| 2021-06-08 |
Oligodon tolaki |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Description of a New Oligodon (Squamata: Colubridae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia, Including Redescriptions of O. waandersi and O. propinquus [A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, Sujan M. Henkanaththegedara, Patrick D. Campbell, Awal Riyanto, Jakob Hallermann, Gernot Vogel] |
| 2021-06-08 |
Boiga whitakeri |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India with a molecular phylogeny and expanded characterisation of related species [S.R. GANESH, ASHOK KUMAR MALLIK, N.S. ACHYUTHAN, KARTIK SHANKER, GERNOT VOGEL] |
| 2021-06-03 |
Rhabdophis helleri (elevated from subspecies) |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
High genetic divergence but low morphological differences in a keelback snake Rhabdophis subminiatus (Reptilia, Colubridae) [Qin Liu, Xinhong Xie, Yayong Wu, Guocheng Shu, Keji Guo, Peng Guo, Liangwei Cui] |
| 2021-06-02 |
Cyrtodactylus aaronbaueri,
Cyrtodactylus agarwali,
Cyrtodactylus bengkhuaiai,
Cyrtodactylus karsticola |
Gekkonidae |
Four new Bent-toed geckos (Cyrtodactylus Gray: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeast India [JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA, HMAR TLAWMTE LALREMSANGA, SANATH CHANDRA BOHRA, LAL BIAKZUALA, H.T. DECEMSON, LAL MUANSANGA, MATHIPI VABEIRYUREILAI, SURAJ CHAUHAN, YASHPAL SINGH RATHEE] |
| 2021-05-31 |
Liolaemus pikunche |
Liolaemidae |
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF THE LIOLAEMUS ELONGATUS GROUP FROM THE ANDES OF CENTRAL CHILE (IGUANIA: LIOLAEMIDAE) DESCRIPCIÓN DE UNA NUEVA ESPECIE DEL GRUPO DE LIOLAEMUS ELONGATUS DE LOS ANDES DE CHILE CENTRAL (IGUANIA: LIOLAEMIDAE) [Jaime Troncoso-Palacios, Diego Ramírez-Álvarez] |
| 2021-05-28 |
Liolaemus reichei (revalidated) |
Liolaemidae |
An Endemic and Endangered New Species of the Lizard Liolaemus montanus Group from Southwestern Peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with a Key for the Species of the L. reichei Clade [Aarón J. Quiroz, Ling Huamaní-Valderrama, Roberto C. Gutiérrez, Álvaro J. Aguilar-Kirigin, Evaristo López-Tejeda, Ana Lazo-Rivera, Wilson Huanca-Mamani, Pablo Valladares-Faúndez, Juan J. Morrone, José Cerdeña, Juan C. Chaparro, and Cristian S. Abdala] |
| 2021-05-31 |
Hemiphyllodactylus zhutangxiangensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Yunnan, China and its phylogenetic relationship to other congeners [ADE PRASETYO AGUNG, L. LEE GRISMER, JESSE L. GRISMER, EVAN S. H. QUAH, ADA CHORNELIA, JIANMEI LU, ALICE C. HUGHES] |
| 2021-05-27 |
Cnemaspis gunasekarai
Cnemaspis gunawardanai |
Gekkonidae |
Two new rupicolous day geckos of the Cnemaspis alwisi group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka. [A.A.Thasun Amarasinghe, Suranjan Karunarathna, Majintha Madawala & Anslem de Silva] |
| 2021-05-20 |
Celestinae (subfam. nov.),
Siderolamprinae (subfam. nov.),
Advenus (gen. nov.),
Caribicus (gen. nov.),
Comptus (gen. nov.),
Mesoamericus (gen. nov.) |
Diploglossidae |
Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae) [MOLLY SCHOOLS & S. BLAIR HEDGES ] |
| 2021-05-20 |
Trimeresurus kuiburi |
Viperidae |
A new karst-dwelling, colorful pitviper (Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from northern Peninsular Thailand [MONTRI SUMONTHA, SUNUTCHA SUNTRARACHUN, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, NIRUT CHOMNGAM, PRAPANTH IAMWIRIYAKUL, LAWAN CHANHOME] |
| 2021-05-19 |
Psammophis turpanensis |
Psammophiidae |
A new species of Psammophis (Serpentes: Psammophiidae) from the Turpan Basin in northwest China [MINLI CHEN, JINLONG LIU, BO CAI, JUN LI, NA WU, XIANGUANG GUO] |
| 2021-05-18 |
Alopoglossus gansorum,
Alopoglossus indigenorum,
Alopoglossus tapajosensis |
Alopoglossidae |
Uncovering hidden species diversity of alopoglossid lizards in Amazonia, with the description of three new species of Alopoglossus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidae) [Marco Antônio Ribeiro-Júnior, Paola María Sánchez-Martínez, Leandro João Carneiro de Lima Moraes, Uécson Suendel Costa de Oliveira, Vinícius Tadeu de Carvalho, Dante Pavan, Erik Henrique de Lacerda Choueri, Fernanda P. Werneck, Shai Meiri] |
| 2021-05-15 |
Erythrolamprus aenigma |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Erythrolamprus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontini) from the savannas of northern South America [Omar M. Entiauspe-Neto, Arthur D. Abegg, Claudia Koch, Leroy P. Nuñez, Weverton S. Azevedo, Leandro J. C. L. Moraes, Arthur Tiutenko, Tatiane S. Bialves & Daniel Loebmann] |
| 2021-05-13 |
Lycodon fasciolatus (comb. nov.),
Platyceps josephi (sp. nov.),
Platyceps plinii comb. nov. |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Revealing two centuries of confusion: new insights on nomenclature and systematic position of Argyrogena fasciolata (Shaw, 1802) (auctt.), with description of a new species from India (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) [V. Deepak, Surya Narayanan, Pratyush P. Mohapatra, Sushil K. Dutta, Gnanaselvan Melvinselvan, Ashaharraza Khan, Kristin Mahlow, Frank Tillack] |
2021-05-12
|
Hemidactylus gramineus |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of Ground-Dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo [Luis M. P. Ceríaco, Aaron M. Bauer, Chifundera Kusamba, Ishan Agarwal, Eli Greenbaum] |
| 2021-05-12 |
Cyrtodactylus ngati |
Gekkonidae |
First record of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vietnam with description of a new species [DZUNG TRUNG LE, SALY SITTHIVONG, TUNG THANH TRAN, L. LEE GRISMER, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER, VINH QUANG LUU] |
| 2021-05-12 |
Dixonius mekongensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new sandstone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius mekongensis) from the Thai-Lao border [OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, NONN PANITVONG, KIRATI KUNYA, MONTRI SUMONTHA] |
| 2021-05-11 |
Cnemaspis krishnagiriensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new medium-sized rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the C. bangara clade from granite boulder habitats in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India [ISHAN AGARWAL, TEJAS THACKERAY, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR] |
| 2021-05-11 |
Cnemaspis uttaraghati |
Gekkonidae |
A novel small-bodied rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India, with comments on the status of C. indraneildasii, Bauer 2000 [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2021-05-11 |
Gekko pradapdao |
Gekkonidae |
A new cave-dwelling Gekko (Gekko) from Lopburi Province, central Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae) [WORAWITOO MEESOOK, MONTRI SUMONTHA, NATTASUDA DONBUNDIT, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS] |
| 2021-05-10 |
Phymaturus niger,
Phymaturus robustus |
Liolaemidae |
Morphological and Genetic Divergence within the Phymaturus payuniae Clade (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with the Description of Two New Species [Fernando Lobo, Diego A. Barrasso, Thomas Hibbard, Matías Quipildor, Demian Slodki, Soledad Valdecantos, Néstor G. Basso] |
| 2021-05-07 |
Calotes goetzi,
Calotes geissleri,
Calotes vindumbarbatus |
Agamidae |
Integrative approach to resolve the Calotes mystaceus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 species complex (Squamata: Agamidae) [Philipp Wagner, Flora Ihlow, Timo Hartmann, Morris Flecks, Andreas Schmitz & Wolfgang Böhme] |
| 2021-05-04 |
Ahaetulla rufusoculara |
Colubridae (Ahaetuliinae) |
A new species of Ahaetulla Link, 1807 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Mekong Delta, Vietnam [NGON QUANG LAM, TRAN THI ANH THU, LUAN THANH NGUYEN, ROBERT W. MURPHY, SANG NGOC NGUYEN] |
| 2021-05-03 |
Gekko phuyenensis |
Gekkonidae |
Gekko phuyenensis sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new species from southern Vietnam [VU DANG HOANG NGUYEN, LUAN THANH NGUYEN, NIKOLAI L. ORLOV, ROBERT W. MURPHY, SANG NGOC NGUYEN] |
| 2021-05-01 |
Dasypeltis congolensis |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Une nouvelle espèce de serpent mangeur d’œufs du genre Dasypeltis Wagler (Squamata : Colubridae : Colubrinae) en Afrique centrale [V. Deepak, Surya Narayanan, Pratyush P. Mohapatra, Sushil K. Dutta, Gnanaselvan Melvinselvan, Ashaharraza Khan, Kristin Mahlow, Frank Tillack] - Bull. Soc. Herp. Fr. 177: 65-80 |
| 2021-04-28 |
Dixonius somchanhae |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vientiane Capital, Laos [THUONG HUYEN NGUYEN, VINH QUANG LUU, SALY SITTHIVONG, HANH THI NGO, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2021-04-27 |
Toxicodryas adamanteus,
Toxicodryas vexator |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Night stalkers from above: A monograph of Toxicodryas tree snakes (Squamata: Colubridae) with descriptions of two new cryptic species from Central Africa [ELI GREENBAUM, KAITLIN E. ALLEN, EUGENE R. VAUGHAN, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, VAN WALLACH, CHIFUNDERA KUSAMBA, WANDEGE M. MUNINGA, MWENEBATU M. ARISTOTE, FRANCK M. M. MALI, GABRIEL BADJEDJEA, JOHANNES PENNER, MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL, JACQUELINE RIVERA, VIKTORIA STERKHOVA, GRANT JOHNSON, WALTER P. TAPONDJOU N, RAFE M. BROWN ] |
| 2021-04-23 |
Pedioplanis branchi,
Pedioplanis mayeri |
Lacertidae |
Lizards of a different stripe: phylogenetics of the Pedioplanis undata species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae), with the description of two new species [Jackie L. Childers, Sebastian Kirchhof, Aaron M. Bauer] |
| 2021-04-21 |
Antaresia papuensis,
Antaresia maculosa peninsularis |
Pythonidae |
Phylogeography, historical demography and systematics of the world’s smallest pythons (Pythonidae, Antaresia) [Damien Esquerré, Stephen C.Donnellan, Carlos J.Pavón-Vázquez, Jéssica Fenker, J. Scott Keogh] |
| 2021-04-21 |
Mokopirirakau galaxias |
Diplodactylidae |
A new, enigmatic species of black-eyed gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Mokopirirakau) from North Otago, New Zealand [CAREY KNOX, RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH, STUART V. NIELSEN, TONY JEWELL, TRENT BELL] |
| 2021-04-20 |
Cyrtodactylus hantu,
Cyrtodactylus miriensis |
Gekkonidae |
Genetically diverse yet morphologically conserved: Hidden diversity revealed among Bornean geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) [Hayden R. Davis, Indraneil Das, Adam D. Leaché, Benjamin R. Karin, Ian G. Brennan, Todd R. Jackman, Izneil Nashriq, Kin Onn Chan, Aaron M. Bauer] |
| 2021-04-19 |
Sceloporus dixoni
Sceloporus hesperus |
Phrynosomatidae |
Cryptic diversity across the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt of Mexico in the montane bunchgrass lizard Sceloporus subniger (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) [ROBERT W. BRYSON, JR., JARED A. GRUMMER, ELIZABETH M. CONNORS, JOSEPH TIRPAK, JOHN E. MCCORMACK, JOHN KLICKA] |
| 2021-04-15 |
Xylophis deepaki |
Pareidae |
A new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India [Surya Narayanan, Pratyush P. Mohapatra, Amirtha Balan, Sandeep Das, David J. Gower] |
| 2021-04-09 |
Subdoluseps vietnamensis |
Scincidae (Lygosominae) |
A new skink of the genus Subdoluseps Freitas, Datta-Roy, Karanth, Grismer & Siler, 2019 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam [MANH VAN LE, VU DANG HOANG NGUYEN, HOA THI PHAN, ATTAPOL RUJIRAWAN, ANCHALEE AOWPHOL, THI-DIEU-HIEN VO, ROBERT W. MURPHY, SANG NGOC NGUYEN] |
| 2021-04-09 |
Thamnodynastes silvai |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 from western Amazonia, with notes on morphology for members of the Thamnodynastes pallidus group (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Tachymenini) [VIVIAN C. TREVINE, JOSÉ RANCÉS CAICEDO-PORTILLA, MARINUS HOOGMOED, ROBERT A. THOMAS, FRANCISCO L. FRANCO, GIOVANNA G. MONTINGELLI, MARIELA OSORNO-MUÑOZ, HUSSAM ZAHER] |
| 2021-04-06 |
Gekko cib |
Gekkonidae |
Review of the Gekko (Japonigekko) subpalmatus complex (Squamata, Sauria, Gekkonidae), with description of a new species from China [ZHI-TONG LYU, CHAO-YU LIN, JIN-LONG REN, KE JIANG, YIN-PENG ZHANG, SHUO QI, JIAN WANG] |
| 2021-04-05 |
Pseudopus apodus levantinus |
Anguidae |
Morphological and genetic differentiation in the anguid lizard Pseudopus apodus supports the existence of an endemic subspecies in the Levant [Daniel Jablonski, Marco Antônio Ribeiro-Júnior, Shai Meiri, Erez Maza, Oleg V. Kukushkin, Marina Chirikova, Angelika Pirosová, Dušan Jelić, Peter Mikulíček, David Jandzik] |
| 2021-03-31 |
Dispholidus pembae |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Description of a new species of Boomslang (Dispholidus Duvernoy, 1832) from the island of Pemba (Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania) [Barry Hughes] |
| 2021-03-31 |
Achalinus panzhihuaensis
Achalinus yangdatongi |
Xenodermidae |
Two new species and a new country record of the genus Achalinus (Reptilia: Squamata: Xenodermidae) from China [SHAO-BING HOU, KAI WANG, PENG GUO, JIN-MIN CHEN, ZHI-YONG YUAN, JING CHE] |
| 2021-03-31 |
Cnemaspis schalleri |
Gekkonidae |
A new small-bodied, polymorphic Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to C. monticola Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2021-03-30 |
Acanthodactylus ilgazi |
Lacertidae |
Contribution to the taxonomic knowledge of Acanthodactylus(Squamata, Lacertidae): Description of a new lacertid lizard species from Eastern Anatolia, Turkey [Muammer Kurnaz, Mehmet Kürşat Şahin] |
| 2021-03-30 |
Subdoluseps nilgiriensis |
Scincidae (Lygosominae) |
A new species of Asian gracile skink (Scincidae: Lygosominae: Subdoluseps) from the rain-shadow belts of Nilgiri hills, Western Ghats, India [S. R. GANESH, ACHYUTHAN N. SRIKANTHAN, AVRAJJAL GHOSH, OMKAR DILIP ADHIKARI, SHREE VARSHA VIJAY KUMAR, ANIRUDDHA DATTA-ROYS] |
| 2021-03-30 |
Kataphraktosaurus ungerhamiltoni |
Gymnophthalmidae |
neue Gattung Kataphraktosaurus
Discovery of an additional piece of the large gymnophthalmid puzzle: a new genus and species of stream spiny lizard (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the western Guiana Shield in Venezuela [FERNANDO J.M. ROJAS-RUNJAIC, CÉSAR L. BARRIO-AMORÓS, J. CELSA SEÑARIS, IGNACIO DE LA RIVA, SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Atractus akerios,
Atractus nawa,
Atractus pachacamac,
Atractus ukupacha |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Systematic review of the polychromatic ground snakes Atractus snethlageae complex reveals four new species from threatened environments [Paulo R. Melo-Sampaio, Paulo Passos, Ana L.C. Prudente, Pablo J. Venegas, Omar Torres-Carvajal] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Vipera (Pelias) tuniyevi |
Viperidae |
The taxonomic status of the vipers of the Pelias (kaznakovi) complex in the middle-flow of the Kura River basin in the East Transcaucasia [N.B. Ananjeva, V.N. Gabaev, G.N. Iremashvili, K.Yu. Lotiev and T.V. Petrova] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Ctenophorus modestus |
Agamidae |
Wiedereinsetzung von Ctenophorus modestus (Ahl, 1926)
Elevation of Divergent Color Polymorphic and Monomorphic Lizard Lineages (Squamata: Agamidae) to Species Level [Caroline M. Dong, Greg R. Johnston, Devi Stuart-Fox, Adnan Moussalli, Katrina J. Rankin, Claire A. McLean] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Gekko jinjiangensis |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of the Gekko japonicus Group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southwest China [Yinmeng HOU, Shengchao SHI, Gang WANG, Guocheng SHU, Puyang ZHENG, Yin QI, Gaohui LIU, Jianping JIANG, Feng XIE] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Cnemaspis lokugei |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of day gecko (Reptilia, Gekkonidae, Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from Sri Lanka with an updated ND2 gene phylogeny of Sri Lankan and Indian species [Suranjan Karunarathna, Anslem de Silva, Dinesh Gabadage, Madhava Botejue, Majintha Madawala, Kanishka D. B. Ukuwela] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Cyrtodactylus kulenensis |
Gekkonidae |
Molecular phylogenetics, PCA, and MFA recover a new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from an isolated sandstone massif in northwestern Cambodia [L. LEE GRISMER, PETER GEISSLER, THY NEANG, TIMO HARTMANN, PHILIPP WAGNER, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Trimeresurus guoi |
Viperidae |
A New Species of Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Squamata: Viperidae) from Southwestern China, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar [Zening CHEN, Shengchao SHI, Jun GAO, Gernot VOGEL, Zhaobin SONG, Li DING and Rong DAI] |
| 2021-03-24 |
Lepidophyma lusca |
Xantusiidae |
A new species of Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from San Luis Potosí, México, with notes on its physiological ecology [DIEGO M. ARENAS-MORENO, FRANCISCO J. MUÑOZ-NOLASCO, ADÁN BAUTISTA-DEL MORAL, LUIS A. RODRÍGUEZ-MIRANDA, SAÚL F. DOMÍNGUEZ-GUERRERO, FAUSTO R. MÉNDEZ-DE LA CRUZ] |
| 2021-03-24 |
Asthenodipsas ingeri |
Pareidae |
On the taxonomic status of Asthenodipsas vertebralis (Boulenger, 1900) (Squamata: Pareidae) in Borneo with the description of a new species [EVAN S. H. QUAH, KELVIN K.P. LIM, L. LEE GRISMER] |
| 2021-03-22 |
Liolaemus yarabamba |
Liolaemidae |
An Endemic and Endangered New Species of the Lizard Liolaemus montanus Group from Southwestern Peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with a Key for the Species of the L. reichei Clade [Aarón J. Quiroz, Ling Huamaní-Valderrama, Roberto C. Gutiérrez, Álvaro J. Aguilar-Kirigin, Evaristo López-Tejeda, Ana Lazo-Rivera, Wilson Huanca-Mamani, Pablo Valladares-Faúndez, Juan J. Morrone, José Cerdeña, Juan C. Chaparro, and Cristian S. Abdala] |
| 2021-03-19 |
Pareas victorianus |
Pareidae |
A new species of the Pareas monticola complex (Squamata: Serpentes: Pareidae) from Chin Mountains with additions to the Pareas fauna of Myanmar [Gernot Vogel, Tan Van Nguyen, Than Zaw & Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2021-03-19 |
Cnemaspis rajgadensis |
Gekkonidae |
Dwarfs of the fortress: A new cryptic species of dwarf gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Rajgad fort in the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India [Amit Sayyed, Vivek Philip Cyriac, Anish Pardeshi, Shauri Sulakhe] |
| 2021-03-19 |
Gonocephalus pyrius |
Agamidae |
A New Angle-Headed Dragon (Agamidae: Gonocephalus) from Montane Forests of the Southern Bukit Barisan Range of Sumatra [Michael B. Harvey, Inna Rech, Awal Riyanto, Nia Kurniawan, Eric N. Smith] |
| 2021-03-19 |
Plestiodon longiartus |
Scincidae (Scincinae) |
A New Species of Blue-Tailed Skink (Scincidae: Plestiodon) from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico [Uri O. García-Vázquez, Carlos J. Pavón-Vázquez, Manuel Feria-Ortiz, Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca] |
| 2021-03-19 |
Sitana sushili |
Agamidae |
A new species of Sitana (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Deccan Peninsula Biogeographic Zone of India [V. DEEPAK, FRANK TILLACK, NILADRI B. KAR, VIVEK SARKAR, PRATYUSH. P. MOHAPATRA] |
| 2021-03-18 |
Bungarus suzhenae |
Elapidae |
Multiple lines of evidence reveal a new species of Krait (Squamata, Elapidae, Bungarus) from Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar [Ze-Ning Chen, Sheng-Chao Shi, Gernot Vogel, Li Ding, Jing-Song Shi] |
| 2021-03-17 |
Cyrtodactylus raglai |
Gekkonidae |
A new granite cave-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko from Vietnam of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis group (Squamata; Gekkonidae) and a discussion on cave ecomorphology [Anh The Nguyen, Tang Van Duong, L. Lee Grismer, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2021-03-15 |
Liolaemus messii |
Liolaemidae |
Diversification and geological history of the Liolaemus ornatus group (Squamata: Iguania) of Argentina including the recognition of a new species [Soledad Ruiz, Matías Quipildor, Mario Ricardo Ruiz-Monachesi, Leonardo Escalante, Soledad Valdecantos, Fernando Lobo] |
| 2021-03-15 |
Phyllodactylus cleofasensis |
Phyllodactylidae |
A new species of leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylidae, Phyllodactylus) from María Cleofas Island, Nayarit, Mexico [Tonatiuh Ramírez-Reyes, Ilse K. Barraza-Soltero, Jose Rafael Nolasco-Luna, Oscar Flores-Villela, Armando H. Escobedo-Galván] |
| 2021-03-11 |
Bothrops oligobalius |
Viperidae |
Molecular and phenotypic data reveal a new Amazonian species of pit vipers (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops) [Francisco Dal Vechio, Ivan Prates, Felipe G. Grazziotin Roberta Graboski & Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues] |
| 2021-03-10 |
Trioceros wolfgangboehmei |
Chamaeleonidae |
A new chameleon of the Trioceros affinis species complex (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae) from Ethiopia [Thore Koppetsch, Petr Nečas, Benjamin Wipflers] |
| 2021-03-05 |
Amphisbaena elbakyanae |
Amphisbaenidae |
A new species of Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Orinoquian region of Colombia [Juan José Torres-Ramírez, Teddy Angarita-Sierra, Mario Vargas-Ramírez] |
| 2021-03-05 |
Diploderma bowoense,
Diploderma formosgulae |
Agamidae |
Two New Species of Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the Hengduan Mountain Region in China and Rediscovery of D. brevicaudum (Manthey, Wolfgang, Hou, Wang, 2012) [KAI WANG, WEI GAO, JIAWEI WU, WENJIE DONG, XIAOGANG FENG, WENJING SHEN, JIEQIONG JIN, XIUDONG SHI, YIN QI, CAMERON D. SILER, JING CHE] |
| 2021-03-02 |
Cyrtodactylus zhenkangensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Yunnan, China [Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2021-02-27 |
Aspidoscelis preopatae |
Teiidae |
A New Diploid Parthenogenetic Whiptail Lizard from Sonora, Mexico is the ‘Missing Link’ in the Evolutionary Transition to Polyploidy [Anthony J. Barley, Tod W. Reeder, Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca, Charles J. Cole, and Robert C. Thomson] |
| 2021-02-26 |
Paroedura rennerae |
Gekkonidae |
Completing a taxonomic puzzle: integrative review of geckos of the Paroedura bastardi species complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae) [Aurélien Miralles, Teddy Bruy, Angelica Crottini, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Mark D. Scherz, Robin Schmidt, Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences] |
| 2021-02-22 |
Oligodon bivirgatus |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Oligodon H. Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Hainan Island, China [TIANYU QIAN, SHUO QI, JINGSONG SHI, YUYAN LU, ROBERT W. G. JENKINS, YANNI MO, PIPENG LI ] |
| 2021-02-21 |
Madatyphlops eudelini |
Typhlopidae |
Morphological, osteological, and genetic data support a new species of Madatyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) endemic to Mayotte Island, Comoros Archipelago [Oliver Hawlitschek, Mark D. Scherz, Kathleen C. Webster, Ivan Ineich, Frank Glaw] |
| 2021-02-15 |
Liolaemus brizuelai |
Liolaemidae |
Redescription of Liolaemus robertmertensi, Hellmich 1964 (Iguania: Liolaemidae) with description of a new species [Fernández, M. G.; Abdala, Cristian S.; Ruiz-Monachesi, Mario R.; Semhan, Romina V.; Quinteros, A. Sebastían] |
| 2021-02-15 |
Liolaemus hugoi |
Liolaemidae |
Descripción, relaciones filogenéticas y estado de conservación de una nueva especie de Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) de la Patagonia, Argentina [Ana L. Bulacios Arroyo, Romina V. Semhan, Marcos M. Paz, Pablo Chafrat, Cristian S. Abdala] |
| 2021-02-15 |
Stenocercus ica |
Tropiduridae |
A new species of the genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from the Peruvian Pacific coast (Ica region) [Alejandro Mendoza, César Ramírez, Diego Barrera & César Aguilar-Puntriano] |
| 2021-02-04 |
Stegonotus aplini |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A striking new species of Papuan groundsnake (Stegonotus: Colubridae) from southern Papua New Guinea, with a dichotomous key to the genus in New Guinea [MARK O’SHEA, STEPHEN J. RICHARDS] |
| 2021-02-02 |
Oligosoma kahurangi |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
A new alpine skink species (Scincidae: Eugongylinae: Oligosoma) from Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand [GEOFF B. PATTERSON, RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH] |
| 2021-02-11 |
Hemiphyllodactylus zalonicus |
Gekkonidae |
The phylogeny of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with a description of a new species from the Mangin Range, Sagaing Region, northern Myanmar [Grismer, L. Lee; May Thu Chit , Parinya Pawangkhanant , Roman A. Nazarov , Than Zaw & Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2021-02-02 |
Agama wachirai |
Agamidae |
A new of species of the Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896 complex (Squamata: Agamidae) from northern Kenya [PATRICK K. MALONZA, STEPHEN SPAWLS, BRIAN FINCH, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2021-01-31 |
Lycodon obvelatus
Lycodon serratus |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Lycodon H. Boie in Fitzinger, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) in China, with description of two new species and resurrection and elevation of Dinodon septentrionale chapaense Angel, Bourret, 1933 [Kai Wang, Zhong-Bin Yu, Gernot Vogel, Jing Che] |
| 2021-01-31 |
Liolaemus yauri |
Liolaemidae |
Una nueva especie de lagartija del género Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) endémica de la Puna del sur de Perú [Luis P. Arapa-Aquino, Cristian S. Abdala, Ling Huamaní-Valderrama, Roberto C. Gutiérrez, José A. Cerdeña, Aarón J. Quiroz, Juan C. Chaparro] |
| 2021-01-31 |
Liolaemus hauthali,
Liolaemus terani |
Liolaemidae |
Historia y taxonomía: redescripción de Liolaemus andinus Koslowsky, 1895 y descripción de dos nuevas especies de Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) [Abdala, Cristian Simón; Díaz Gómez, Juan Manuel; Langstroth, Roberto] |
| 2021-01-31 |
Diploderma angustelinea,
Diploderma aorun,
Diploderma flavilabre,
Diploderma panchi,
Diploderma panlong,
Diploderma qilin |
Agamidae |
Systematic revision of mountain dragons (Reptilia: Agamidae: Diploderma) in China, with descriptions of six new species and discussion on their conservation [Kai Wang Jinlong Ren Jiawei Wu Ke Jiang Jieqiong Jin Shaobing Hou Puyang Zheng Feng Xie Cameron D. Siler Jing Che] |
| 2021-01-28 |
Anatololacerta finikensis,
Anatololacerta ibrahimi |
Lacertidae |
More evidence of cryptic diversity in Anatololacerta species complex Arnold, Arribas and Carranza, 2007 (Squamata: Lacertidae) and re-evaluation of its current taxonomy [Danae Karakasi, Çetin Ilgaz, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Kamil Candan, Özgür Güçlü, Tolga Kankılıç, Nurettin Beşer, Roberto Sindaco, Petros Lymberakis, und Nikos Poulakakis] |
| 2021-01-28 |
Brookesia nana |
Chamaeleonidae |
Extreme miniaturization of a new amniote vertebrate and insights into the evolution of genital size in chameleons [Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Oliver Hawlitschek, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Mark D. Scherz & Miguel Vences] |
| 2021-01-28 |
Cyrtodactylus arunachalensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 from Arunachal Pradesh, India [Zeeshan A. Mirza, Harshal Bhosale, Faizan Ansari, Pushkar Phansalkar, Mandar Sawant, Gaurang Gowande, Harshil Patel] |
| 2021-01-22 |
Naultinus flavirictus |
Diplodactylidae |
A new species of Naultinus from the Te Paki area, northern New Zealand [RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH, STUART V. NIELSEN, JUDITH A. LYSAGHT, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2021-01-22 |
Myanophis thanlyinensis |
Homalopsidae |
Neue Gattung Myanophis
A new genus and species of mud snake from Myanmar (Reptilia, Squamata, Homalopsidae) [GUNTHER KÖHLER, KHIN PA PA KHAING, NI LAR THAN, DAMIAN BARANSKI, TILMAN SCHELL, CAROLA GREVE, AXEL JANKE, STEFFEN U. PAULS] |
| 2021-01-21 |
Pareas xuelinensis |
Pareidae |
A new species of the genus Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae) from Yunnan, China [Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2021-01-19 |
Hebius igneus |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A revision of the dark-bellied, stream-dwelling snakes of the genus Hebius (Reptilia: Squamata: Natricidae) with the description of a new species from China, Vietnam and Thailand [PATRICK DAVID, GERNOT VOGEL, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, NIKOLAI L. ORLOV, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2021-01-18 |
Oligodon phangan,
Oligodon promsombuti |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Two new Kukri Snake species (Colubridae: Oligodon) from the Nakhon Si Thammarat Mountain Range, and addition of O. ocellatus to the fauna of Thailand [OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, KANOKORN THONGYAI, PAJAPON CHANTONG, MONTRI SUMONTHA] |
| 2021-01-15 |
Boaedon mendesi |
Lamprophiidae |
Taxonomic revision of the Jita snakes (Lamprophiidae: Boaedon) from São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea), with the description of a new species [Luis MP Ceríaco, Ana Lisette Arellano, Robert C Jadin, Mariana P Marques, Diogo Parrinha & Jakob Hallermann] |
| 2021-01-14 |
Oxybelis inkaterra |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new vine snake (Reptilia, Colubridae, Oxybelis) from Peru and redescription of O. acuminatus [Robert C. Jadin, Michael J. Jowers, Sarah A. Orlofske, William E. Duellman, Christopher Blair, John C. Murphy] |
| 2021-01-13 |
Cyrtodactylus chungi |
Gekkonidae |
A new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Binh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam [Sabrina Ostrowski, Minh Duc Le, Hanh Thi Ngo, Cuong The Pham, Trung My Phung, Truong Quang Nguyen & Thomas Ziegler] |
| 2021-01-12 |
Afroedura donveae,
Afroedura praedicta,
Afroedura vazpintorum,
Afroedura wulfhaackei |
Gekkonidae |
Rock island melody: A revision of the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group, with descriptions of four new endemic species from Angola [William R. Branch, Andreas Schmitz, Javier Lobón-Rovira, Ninda L. Baptista, Telmo António, Werner Conradie] |
| 2021-02-15 |
Liolaemus kunza,
Liolaemus salitrosus |
Liolaemidae |
Increasing knowledge of the denizens of saline environments through integrative taxonomy: new Argentinian endemic taxa of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) and their evolutionary relationships [Cristian S. Abdal, Marcos M. Paz, Romina V. Semhan, Noelia García, Alvaro J. Aguilar-Kirigin, María E. Farías, Pablo Valladares, Roberto Gutiérrez Poblete, Matías A. Quipildor, Julián Valdes & Robert Langstroth ] |
| 2021-01-07 |
Liolaemus galactostictos |
Liolaemidae |
A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Squamata) of the Liolaemus capillitas clade (Squamata, Liolaemini, Liolaemus elongatus-kriegi group) from Sierra de Velasco, La Rioja Province, Argentina [LUCIANO JAVIER AVILA, JUAN ESTEBAN VRDOLJAK, CINTIA DÉBORA MEDINA, JUAN GARCÍA MASSINI, CRISTIAN HERNÁN FULVIO PEREZ, JACK W. JR. SITES, MARIANA MORANDO] |
| 2021-01-07 |
Helicops phantasma |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Long known, brand new, and possibly threatened: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes; Xenodontinae) from the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin, Brazil [ANTONIO MORAES-DA-SILVA, RENATA CECÍLIA AMARO, PEDRO M. SALES NUNES, MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES, FELIPE FRANCO CURCIO] |
| 2020-12-31 |
Nyctophilopython oenpelliensis |
Pythonidae |
Nawaran Esquerré, Donnellan, Brennan, Lemmon, Lemmon, Zaher, Grazziotin & Keogh, 2020 is an invalid junior synonym of Nyctophilopython Wells & Wellington, 1985 (Squamata, Pythonidae): simple priority without Zoobank pre-registration [HINRICH KAISER, SCOTT A. THOMSON, GLENN M. SHEA] |
| 2020-12-31 |
Lucasium microplax |
Diplodactylidae |
Revision of Lucasium stenodactylus (Boulenger, 1896; Squamata: Diplodactylidae), with the resurrection of L. woodwardi (Fry, 1914) and the description of a new species from south-central Australia [Jack A. Eastwood, Paul Doughty, Mark N. Hutchinson and Mitzy Pepper] |
| 2020-12-31 |
Asymblepharus medogensis,
Asymblepharus nyingchiensis |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Amphibians and Reptiles in Tibet–Diversity and Evolution. Science Press, Beijing, China. 803 pp [Che J, Jiang K, Yan F, Zhang Y. 2020] |
| 2020-12-23 |
Levitonius mirus |
Cyclocoridae |
Neue Gattung Levitonius
A New, Miniaturized Genus and Species of Snake (Cyclocoridae) from the Philippines [Jeffrey L. Weinell, Daniel J. Paluh, Cameron D. Siler, Rafe M. Brown] |
| 2020-12-20 |
Ramphotyphlops mollyozakiae |
Typhlopidae |
Redescription of the Thailand blindsnake “Ramphotyphlops ozakiae Wallach in Niyomwan, 1999,” nomen nudum, as Ramphotyphlops mollyozakiae n. sp. [Van Wallach] |
| 2020-12-20 |
Nucras damarana |
Lacertidae |
A reevaluation of records of Sandveld lizards, Nucras Gray, 1838 (Squamata: Lacertidae), from northern Namibia [Aaron M. Bauer, Matthew Murdoch, and Jackie L. Childers] |
| 2020-12-17 |
Pareas kaduri |
Pareidae |
A new species of snail-eating snakes of the genus Pareas Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Serpentes) from eastern Himalayas, India [Harshal Bhosale, Pushkar Phansalkar, Mandar Sawant, Gaurang Gowande, Harshil Patel, Zeeshan A. Mirza] |
| 2020-12-17 |
Hemidactylus flavicaudus,
Hemidactylus xericolus |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of yellow-tailed Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from rocky outcrops on the Telangana Plateau, India [APARNA LAJMI, VARAD B. GIRI, TANERAW SINGH, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2020-12-16 |
Leptodeira misinawui |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of cat-eyed snake (Serpentes: Dipsadinae: Leptodeirini) from the Andes of southern Ecuador [OMAR TORRES-CARVAJAL, JUAN C. SÁNCHEZ-NIVICELA, VALENTINA POSSE, ELVIS CELI, CLAUDIA KOCH] |
| 2020-12-15 |
Alopoglossus theodorusi |
Alopoglossidae |
A New Species of Alopoglossus Boulenger (1885) (Squamata, Alopoglossidae) from the Lowlands of the Eastern Guiana Shield, with Assessment of the Taxonomic Status of A. copii surinamensis [Marco Antônio Ribeiro-Júnior, Shai Meiri, Antoine Fouquet] |
| 2020-12-15 |
Uroplatus fangorn,
Uroplatus fivehy |
Gekkonidae |
Towards completion of the species inventory of small-sized leaf-tailed geckos: two new species of Uroplatus from northern Madagascar [FANOMEZANA M. RATSOAVINA, FRANK GLAW, ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA, ANDOLALAO RAKOTOARISON, DAVID R. VIEITES, OLIVER HAWLITSCHEK, MIGUEL VENCES, MARK D. SCHERZ] |
| 2020-12-08 |
Stegonotus caligocephalus |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Carefully examining Bornean Stegonotus (Serpentes, Colubridae): the montane groundsnake population in Sabah is a new and distinct species [CHRISTINE M. KAISER, JACK LAPIN, MARK O’SHEA, HINRICH KAISER] |
| 2020-12-07 |
Achalinus zugorum |
Xenodermidae |
Discovery of a New Species of Enigmatic Odd-Scaled Snake (Serpentes: Xenodermidae: Achalinus) from Ha Giang Province, Vietnam [Aryeh H. Miller, Hayden R. Davis, Anh Mai Luong, Quyen Hanh Do, Cuong The Pham, Thomas Ziegler, Justin L. Lee, Kevin De Queiroz, R. Graham Reynolds, Truong Quang Nguyen] |
| 2020-12-04 |
Toropuku inexpectatus |
Diplodactylidae |
Earning your stripes: a second species of striped gecko in the New Zealand gecko genus Toropuku (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae) [RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH, STUART V. NIELSEN, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-11-27 |
Kinosternon cora |
Kinosternidae |
A New Species of Mud Turtle of Genus Kinosternon (Testudines: Kinosternidae) from the Pacific Coastal Plain of Northwestern Mexico [JESÚS A. LOC-BARRAGÁN, JACOBO REYES-VELASCO, GUILLERMO A. WOOLRICH-PIÑA, CHRISTOPH I. GRÜNWALD, MYRIAM VENEGAS DE ANAYA, JUDITH A. RANGEL-MENDOZA, MARCO A. LÓPEZ-LUNA] |
| 2020-11-24 |
Cnemaspis ranganaensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India [AMIT SAYYED, SHAURI SULAKHE] |
| 2020-11-18 |
Dendragama schneideri (revalidated) |
Agamidae |
Phylogeny and biogeography of Sumatra´s cloud forest lizards of the genus Dendragama and status of Acanthosaura schneideri [Kyle J. Shaney, Michael B. Harvey, Amir Hamidy, Nia Kurniawan, Eric N. Smith] |
| 2020-11-18 |
Stenocercus catherineae,
Stenocercus dracopennatus,
Stenocercus flagracanthus,
Stenocercus philmayi |
Tropiduridae |
Four new species of Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Iguania) from the Department of Amazonas in northeastern Peru [Pablo J. Venegas, Luis A. García-Ayachi, Juan C. Chávez-Arribasplata, Germán Chávez, Iván Wong, Antonio García-Bravo] |
| 2020-11-18 |
Rhinophis karinthandani |
Uropeltidae |
A new Indian species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 closely related to R. sanguineus Beddome, 1863 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) [FILIPA L. SAMPAIO, SURYA NARAYANAN, VIVEK PHILIP CYRIAC, GOVINDAPPA VENU, DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2020-11-16 |
Hemidactylus nicolauensis,
Hemidactylus boavistensis boavistensis,
Hemidactylus boavistensis chevalieri |
Gekkonidae |
A new endemic species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from São Nicolau Island, Cabo Verde [RAQUEL VASCONCELOS, GUNTHER KÖHLER, PHILIPPE GENIEZ, PIERRE-ANDRÉ CROCHET] |
| 2020-11-14 |
Pareas geminatus |
Pareidae |
A new species of the Pareas hamptoni complex (Squamata: Serpentes: Pareidae) from the Golden Triangle [Li Ding, Zening Chen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Tan Van Nguyen, Nikolay A. Poyarkov & Gernot Vogel] |
| 2020-11-11 |
Goniurosaurus gollum |
Eublepharidae |
Goniurosaurus gezhi sp. nov., a new gecko species from Guangxi, China (Squamata: Eublepharidae) [Shuo Qi, Jian Wang, L. Lee Grismer, Hong-Hui Chen, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2020-11-10 |
Lucasium iris |
Diplodactylidae |
Beauty in the eye of the beholder: a new species of gecko (Diplodactylidae: Lucasium) from inland north Queensland, Australia [ERIC VANDERDUYS, CONRAD J. HOSKIN, ALEX S. KUTT, JUSTIN M. WRIGHT, STEPHEN M. ZOZAYA] |
| 2020-11-10 |
Gonatodes castanae |
Sphaerodactylidae |
The Stoor Hobbit of Guangdong: Goniurosaurus gollum sp. nov., a cave-dwelling Leopard Gecko (Squamata, Eublepharidae) from South China [JUAN E. CARVAJAL-COGOLLO, JORGE A. EGUIS-AVENDAÑO, FABIO LEONARDO MEZA-JOYA] |
| 2020-11-09 |
Achalinus tranganensis |
Xenodermidae |
A new species of Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Trang An Landscape Complex, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam [VINH QUANG LUU, THOMAS ZIEGLER, NGHIA VAN HA, OANH VAN LO, TUOI THI HOANG, HANH THI NGO, MINH DUC LE, DUNG HOANG TRAN, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN] |
| 2020-11-05 |
Ahaetulla borealis,
Ahaetulla farnsworthi,
Ahaetulla malabarica,
Ahaetulla sahyadrensis,
Ahaetulla travancorica |
Colubridae (Ahaetuliinae) |
Disentangling vines: a study of morphological crypsis and genetic divergence in vine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Ahaetulla) with the description of five new species from Peninsular India [ASHOK KUMAR MALLIK, ACHYUTHAN N. SRIKANTHAN, SAUNAK P. PAL, PRINCIA MARGARET D’SOUZA, KARTIK SHANKER, SUMAITHANGI RAJAGOPALAN GANESH] |
| 2020-11-05 |
Goniurosaurus varius |
Eublepharidae |
A definition of the Goniurosaurus yingdeensis group (Squamata, Eublepharidae) with the description of a new species [Shuo Qi, L. Lee Grismer, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Liang Zhang, Pi-Peng Li, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2020-11-04 |
Chlorosoma dunupyana |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A phantom on the trees: Integrative taxonomy supports a reappraisal of rear-fanged snakes classification (Dipsadidae: Philodryadini) [Paulo R.Melo-Sampaio, Paulo Passos, Angele R. Martins, W. Bryan Jennings, Julio C. Moura-Leite, Sérgio A. A.Morato, Pablo J.Venegas, Germán Chávez, Nathocley M.Venâncio, Moisés B.Souza] |
| 2020-11-02 |
Oxyrhopus emberti |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Oxyrhopus Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Bolivian Andes [LUCINDO GONZALES, STEFFEN REICHLE, OMAR M. ENTIAUSPE-NETO] |
| 2020-11-02 |
Trimeresurus davidi |
Viperidae |
A new species of green pit viper of the genus TrimeresurusLacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean [S.R. Chandramouli, Patrick D. Campbell, and Gernot Voge] |
| 2020-10-28 |
Scincella baraensis |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam [SANG NGOC NGUYEN, VU DANG HOANG NGUYEN, LUAN THANH NGUYEN, ROBERT W. MURPHY] |
| 2020-10-23 |
Eirenis rafsanjanicus |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of the genus Eirenis Jan, 1863 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Kerman Province in South-central Iran [MORTEZA AKBARPOUR, NASRULLAH RASTEGAR-POUYANI, BEHZAD FATHINIA, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI] |
| 2020-12-16 |
Toxicocalamus goodenoughensis |
Elapidae |
A New Species of New Guinea Worm-Eating Snake (Elapidae: Toxicocalamus Boulenger, 1896), with Comments on Postfrontal Bone Variation Based on Micro-computed Tomography [Jackson R. Roberts, Christopher C. Austin] |
| 2020-10-15 |
Hemidactylus hannasabinae,
Hemidactylus vernayi |
Gekkonidae |
A correction to a recent review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two additional species [LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, ISHAN AGARWAL, MARIANA P. MARQUES, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-10-14 |
Nactus aktites,
Nactus allenallisoni,
Nactus alotau,
Nactus amplus,
Nactus arceo,
Nactus chrisaustini,
Nactus erugatus,
Nactus fredkrausi,
Nactus grevifer,
Nactus intrudusus,
Nactus inundatus,
Nactus kamiali,
Nactus modicus,
Nactus nanus,
Nactus notios,
Nactus panaeati,
Nactus papua,
Nactus rainerguentheri,
Nactus robertfisheri,
Nactus septentrionalis |
Gekkonidae |
Diversity in Pacific Slender-Toed Geckos, Nactus pelagicus Complex (Reptilia: Squamata), of New Guinea and Adjacent Islands [George R. Zug] |
| 2020-10-12 |
Smithophis arunachalensis |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Description of a new species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India [ABHIJIT DAS, V. DEEPAK, ASHOK CAPTAIN, EDWARD O. Z. WADE, DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2020-10-10 |
Ophisops agarwali |
Lacertidae |
Lost before being recognized? A new species of thegenus Ophisops (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Gujarat, India [HARSHIL PATEL & RAJU VYAS] |
| 2020-10-09 |
Achalinus pingbianensis |
Xenodermidae |
A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermatidae) from southeastern Yunnan Province, China) [KE LI, MIN YU, YA-YONG WU, LIN-HONG LIAO, KUI TANG, QIN LIU, PENG GUO] |
| 2020-10-07 |
Oxybelis koehleri,
Oxybelis rutherfordi |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Not withering on the evolutionary vine: systematic revision of the Brown Vine Snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Oxybelis) from its northern distribution [Robert C. Jadin, Christopher Blair, Sarah A. Orlofske, Michael J. Jowers, Gilson A. Rivas, Laurie J. Vitt, Julie M. Ray, Eric N. Smith & John C. Murphy] |
| 2020-10-07 |
Caaeteboia gaeli |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A second new species for the rare dipsadid genus Caaeteboia Zaher et al., 2009 (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil [Montingelli, Giovanna Gondim; Barbo, Fausto Erritto; Pereira Filho, Gentil Alves; Santana, Gindomar Gomes; França, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues; Grazziotin, Felipe Gobbi; Zaher, Hussam] |
| 2020-10-07 |
Hemiphyllodactylus dupanglingensis |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Reptilia: Squamata) from Hunan Province, China [Bing ZHANG, Tianyu QIAN, Xiangjin JIANG, Bo CAI, Xuejian DENG, Daode YANG] |
| 2020-10-05 |
Toxicocalamus mattisoni |
Elapidae |
A new species of Toxicocalamus (Squamata: Elapidae) from Papua New Guinea [FRED KRAUS] |
| 2020-10-05 |
Trachylepis boehmei |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
A new species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Amhara Region, Ethiopia, and a key to the Ethiopian Trachylepis [THORE KOPPETSCH] |
| 2020-11-14 |
Pareas andersonii, Pareas modestus (revalidated) |
Pareidae |
Taxonomic reassessment of the Pareas margaritophorus-macularius species complex (Squamata, Pareidae) [Gernot Vogel, Tan Nguyen, Nikolay Poyarkov, H.T. Lalremsanga, Vanlalhrima Vanlalhrima, Lal Biakzuala] |
| 2020-10-02 |
Ceratophora ukuwelai |
Agamidae |
A new species of the genus Ceratophora Gray, 1835 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from a lowland rainforest in Sri Lanka, with insights on rostral appendage evolution in Sri Lankan agamid lizards [Suranjan Karunarathna, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Chamara Amarasinghe, Thilina Surasinghe, Andrey V. Bushuev, Majintha Madawala, Vladislav A. Gorin, and Anslem De Silva] |
| 2020-10-02 |
Stenocercus diploauris,
Stenocercus nigrobarbatus |
Tropiduridae |
Two new sympatric species of Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania) from the inter-Andean valley of the Mantaro River, Peru [PABLO J. VENEGAS, LOURDES Y. ECHEVARRÍA, LUIS A. GARCÍA-AYACHI, CAROLL Z. LANDAURO] |
| 2020-09-28 |
Tantilla lydia |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Tantilla of the taeniata group (Squamata: Colubridae) from Refugio de Vida Silvestre Barras de Cuero y Salado in Caribbean coastal Honduras [Cristopher A. Antúnez-Fonseca, Jocelyn A. Castro, Farlem G. España,Josiah H. Townsend, and Larry D. Wilson] |
| 2020-09-23 |
Lygodactylus baptistai,
Lygodactylus nyaneka,
Lygodactylus tchokwe |
Gekkonidae |
A revision of the Dwarf Geckos, genus Lygodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Angola, with the description of three new species [MARIANA P. MARQUES, LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, MATTHEW D. BUEHLER, SUZANA A. BANDEIRA, JOYCE M. JANOTA, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-09-21 |
Cercosaura pacha |
Gymnophthalmidae |
A New Species of Andean Gymnophthalmid Lizard (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Peruvian Andes, and Resolution of Some Taxonomic Problems [Luis Mamani, Juan C. Chaparro, Claudio Correa, Consuelo Alarcón, Cinthya Y. Salas, and Alessandro Catenazzi] |
| 2020-09-21 |
Lycodon deccanensis |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Lycodon (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Deccan Plateau of India, with notes on the range ofLycodon travancoricus (Beddome, 1870) and a revised key to peninsular Indian forms [S.R. Ganesh, Kaushik Deuti, K.G. Punith, N.S. Achyuthan, Ashok Kumar Mallik, Omkar Adhikari, and Gernot VogeI] |
| 2020-09-20 |
Podarcis galerai |
Lacertidae |
Multilocus and morphological analysis of south‐eastern Iberian Wall lizards (Squamata, Podarcis) [Marta Bassitta, Joana M. Buades, Ana Pérez‐Cembranos, Valentín Pérez‐Mellado, Barbara Terrasa, Richard P. Brown, Pilar Navarro, Javier Lluch, Jesús Ortega, Jose A. Castro, Antònia Picornell, Cori Ramon] |
| 2020-09-18 |
Cnemaspis selenolagus |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the C. siamensis group from Tenasserim Mountains, Thailand [L. LEE GRISMER, PLATON V. YUSHCHENKO, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, MALI NAIDUANGCHAN, CHATMONGKON SUWANNAPOOM, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2020-09-16 |
Cyrtodactylus maelanoi |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from the Thai Highlands with a discussion on the evolution of habitat preference [L. LEE GRISMER, ATTAPOL RUJIRAWAN, KORKHWAN TERMPRAYOON, NATEE AMPAI, SIRIPORN YODTHONG, PERRY L. JR WOOD, JAMIE R. OAKS, ANCHALEE AOWPHOL] |
| 2020-09-16 |
Hemiphyllodactylus minimus |
Gekkonidae |
A novel, diminutive Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a sacred grove in Odisha, eastern India [PRATYUSH P. MOHAPATRA, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, SUSHIL K. DUTTA, CUCKOO MAHAPATRA, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2020-09-15 |
Macropholidus montanuccii |
Gymnophthalmidae |
Description and Phylogeny of a New Species of Andean Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the Huancabamba Depression [Omar Torres-Carvajal, Pablo J. Venegas, Pedro M. Sales Nunes] |
| 2020-09-15 |
Goniurosaurus gezhi |
Eublepharidae |
Goniurosaurus gezhi sp. nov., a new gecko species from Guangxi, China (Squamata: Eublepharidae) [XIAO-YU ZHU, GUANG-YU CHEN, CRISTIAN ROMÁN-PALACIOS, ZHENG LI, ZHU-QING HE] |
| 2020-09-15 |
Dixonius dulayaphitakorum |
Gekkonidae |
A new leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from the city of Ranong, southwestern Thailand [MONTRI SUMONTHA, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS] |
| 2020-09-14 |
Hemidactylus sirumalaiensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new medium-bodied rupicolous Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Sirumalai massif, Tamil Nadu, India [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, SWAPNIL PAWAR, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2021-09-11 |
Calamaria alcalai |
Colubridae (Calamariinae) |
A new species of reed snake, genus Calamaria (Colubridae: Calamariinae), from Mindoro Island, Philippines [Jeffrey L. Weinell, Alan E. Leviton, Rafe M. Brown] |
| 2020-09-11 |
Brachymeles burksii (revalidated) |
Scincidae (Scincinae) |
Additions to Philippine slender skinks of the Brachymeles bonitaecomplex (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) IV: Resurrection and redescription of Brachymeles burksi [Cameron D. Siler,Elyse S. Freitas, Jennifer A. Sheridan, Stephanie N. Maguire, Drew R. Davis, Jessa L. Watters, Kai Wang, Arvin C. Diesmos, and Rafe M. Brown] |
| 2020-09-11 |
Cylindrophis slowinskii |
Cylindrophiidae |
Molecular phylogeny of Asian pipesnakes, genus Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Squamata: Cylindrophiidae), with the description of a new species from Myanmar [JUSTIN M. BERNSTEIN, AARON M. BAUER, JIMMY A. MCGUIRE, EVY ARIDA, HINRICH KAISER, MAX KIECKBUSCH, SVEN MECKE] |
| 2020-09-09 |
Pseudogekko hungkag |
Gekkonidae |
Unexpected Discovery of Another New Species of Philippine False Gecko (Gekkonidae; Pseudogekko) from the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon Island [Tracy, Matthew D. Buehler, Cameron D. Siler] |
| 2020-09-09 |
Abronia morenica |
Anguidae |
A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from a Protected Area in Chiapas, Mexico [Adam G. Clause, Roberto Luna-Reyes, Adrián Nieto-Montes De Oca] |
| 2020-09-08 |
Cnemaspis palakkadensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new cryptic species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), in the C. littoralis complex, from Anakkal, Palakkad, Kerala, India [Amit Sayyed, Vivek Philip Cyriac, and Raveendan Dileepkumar] |
| 2020-09-04 |
Cnemaspis stellapulvis |
Gekkonidae |
A new cryptic Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from an isolated granite hill on the Mysore Plateau, Karnataka, India [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2020-09-02 |
Liolaemus anqapuka |
Liolaemidae |
Some color in the desert: description of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from southern Peru, and its conservation status [Ling Huamaní-Valderrama, Aarón J. Quiroz, Roberto C. Gutiérrez, Álvaro Aguilar-Kirigin, Wilson Huanca-Mamani, Pablo Valladares-Faúndez, José Cerdeña, Juan C. Chaparro, Roy Santa Cruz, and Cristian S. Abdala] |
| 2020-09-01 |
Alopoglossus avilapiresae,
Alopoglossus collii |
Alopoglossidae |
Eight in one: morphological and molecular analyses reveal cryptic diversity in Amazonian alopoglossid lizards (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea). [Marco Antonio Ribeiro-Júnior, Erik Choueri, Simon Lobos, Pablo Venegas, Omar Torres-Carvajal, Fernanda Werneck] |
| 2020-09-01 |
Dixonius pawangkhananti |
Gekkonidae |
A new limestone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from coastal hills in Cha-am, peninsular Thailand [OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, NIRUT CHOMNGAM, HENNING LARSEN, MONTRI SUMONTHA] |
| 2020-08-27 |
Cnemaspis rishivalleyensis,
Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis |
Gekkonidae |
Geckos in the granite: two new geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from rocky, scrub habitats in Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India [ISHAN AGARWAL, TEJAS THACKERAY, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR] |
| 2020-08-27 |
Atheris hetfieldi |
Viperidae (Viperinae) |
The Bush Vipers, genus Atheris Cope, 1862 (Squamata: Viperidae) of Bioko Island, Gulf of Guinea, with the description of a new species [LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, MARIANA P. MARQUES, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-08-26 |
Cyrtodactylus amphipetraeus |
Gekkonidae |
A new species Cyrtodactytlus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Thailand and the phylogenetic placement of C. inthanon and C. doisuthep [SIRIWADEE CHOMDEJ, CHATMONGKON SUWANNAPOOM, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, WARANEE PRADIT, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, L. LEE GRISMER, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2020-08-18 |
Eutropis resetarii |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
Description of a new species of Eutropis (Sauria: Scincidae) from the Central Hills of Sri Lanka with the resurrection of Eutropis lankae (Deraniyagala) [Sudesh Batuwita, Sampath Udugampala, Udeni Edirisinghe] |
| 2020-08-14 |
Acanthosaura liui |
Agamidae |
A new species of the genus Acanthosaura (Squamata, Agamidae) from Yunnan, China, with comments on its conservation status [Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Mingzhong Mo, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2020-08-13 |
Acanthosaura prasina |
Agamidae |
A New Species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Highlands, Vietnam [Natalia Borisovna Ananjeva, Oleg A. Ermakov, Sang Ngoc Nguyen, Tao Thien Nguyen, Robert W. Murphy, Svetlana A. Lukonina, Nikolai L. Orlov] |
| 2020-08-12 |
Cyrtodactylus kohrongensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new insular species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) group from Cambodia with a discussion of habitat preference and ecomorphology [L. LEE GRISMER, CHAN KIN ONN, JAMIE R. OAKS, THY NEANG, LANG SOKUN, MATTHEW L. MURDOCH, BRYAN L. STUART, JESSE L. GRISMER] |
| 2020-08-07 |
Dipsas bothropoides |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A New Species of Snail-Eating Snake, Dipsas Cope, 1860 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dipsadinae), from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil [Konrad Mebert, Paulo Passos, Daniel S. Fernandes, Omar Machado Entiauspe-Neto, Fatima Queiroz Alvez, Alessandra S. Machado, Ricardo T. Lopes] |
| 2020-08-07 |
Cyrtodactylus houaphanensis,
Cyrtodactylus ngoiensis |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos, including new finding and expanded diagnosis of C. bansocensis [NICOLE SCHNEIDER, VINH QUANG LUU, SALY SITTHIVONG, ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ, MINH DUC LE, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2020-08-03 |
Hemiphyllodactylus nahangensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam [QUYEN HANH DO, CUONG THE PHAM, TIEN QUANG PHAN, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN] |
| 2020-07-31 |
Tropidophis steinleini |
Tropidophiidae |
A new species of Tropidophis (Squamata: Tropidophiidae) and molecular phylogeny of the Cuban radiation of the genus [Luis M. Díaz and Antonio Cádiz] |
| 2020-07-30 |
Sinomicrurus nigriventer |
Elapidae |
On the systematic status of Calliophis macclellandi nigriventer Wall, 1908 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae) [ZEESHAN A. MIRZA, VISHAL VARMA, PATRICK D CAMPBELL] |
| 2020-07-29 |
Chironius gouveai |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Taxonomic Revision of Chironius bicarinatus (Wied 1820) (Serpentes: Colubridae), with Description of a New Species [Omar Machado Entiauspe-Neto, Mariana Lúcio lyra, Claudia Koch, Fernando Marques Quintela, Arthur Diesel Abegg, Daniel Loebmann] |
| 2020-07-29 |
Pholidobolus condor,
Pholidobolus dolichoderes,
Pholidobolus fascinatus,
Pholidobolus samek |
Gymnophthalmidae |
Systematics of Pholidobolus lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from southern Ecuador, with descriptions of four new species [Vanessa Parra, Pedro M. Sales Nunes, Omar Torres-Carvajal] |
| 2020-07-29 |
Lycodon cathaya |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of the genus Lycodon (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Guangxi, China [Jian Wang, Shuo Qi, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2020-07-27 |
Brachyorrhos pygmaeus |
Homalopsidae |
A new species of Brachyorrhos from Seram, Indonesia and notes on fangless homalopsids (Squamata, Serpentes) [John C. Murphy and Harold K. Voris] |
| 2020-07-21 |
Eutropis alcalai |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
A new species of Sun Skink (Reptilia: Scincidae: Eutropis) from the Zamboanga Peninsula, southwestern Mindanao Island, Philippines [Anthony J. Barley, Marites B. Sanguila and Rafe M. Brown] |
| 2020-07-17 |
Magdalenasaura adercum,
Magdalenasaura leurosquama |
Gymnophthalmidae |
Neue Gattung Magdalenasaura:
Filling the gaps in a highly diverse Neotropical lizard lineage: a new and endemic genus of Cercosaurinae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with the description of two new species from the Northern Andes of Colombia [José M. Fang, Juan D. Vásquez-Restrepo, Juan M. Daza] |
| 2020-07-16 |
Hemiphyllodactylus pardalis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand that converges in morphology and color pattern on Pseudogekko smaragdinus (Taylor) from the Philippines [L. LEE GRISMER, PLATON V. YUSHCHENKO, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, MALI NAIDUANGCHAN, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, VALENTINA F. ORLOVA, CHATMONGKON SUWANNAPOOM, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2020-07-15 |
Cyrtodactylus camortensis
Cyrtodactylus nicobaricus |
Gekkonidae |
A review of the Gekkonid genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago with the description of two new species from the Nicobar Islands [S.R. Chandramouli] |
| 2020-07-13 |
Rhinophis mendisi |
Uropeltidae |
A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from southwestern Sri Lanka [DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2020-07-09 |
Rhinophis gunasekarai |
Uropeltidae |
A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Reptilia: Uropeltidae), from cloud forest of the Knuckles massif of Sri Lanka [L.J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE, DULAN RANGA VIDANAPATHIRANA, NETHU WICKRAMASINGHE, DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2020-07-08 |
Boaedon bocagei,
Boaedon branchi,
Boaedon fradei |
Lamprophiidae |
A review of the Angolan House snakes, genus Boaedon Duméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in the Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) species complex [Jakob Hallermann, Luis MP Ceríaco, Andreas Schmitz, Raffael Ernst, Werner Conradie, Luke Verburgt, Mariana P Marques & Aaron M Bauer] |
| 2020-07-08 |
Limnophis branchi |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Kissing cousins: a review of the African genus Limnophis Günther, 1865 (Colubridae: Natricinae), with the description of a new species from north-eastern Angola [Werner Conradie, V. Deepak, Chad Keates and David J. Gower] |
| 2020-07-01 |
Sitana dharwarensis |
Agamidae |
A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 (Squamata: Agamidae) from northern Karnataka, India [Ambekar, Mayuresh, Arya Murthy & Zesshan A. Mirza] |
| 2020-07-01 |
Phalotris cerradensis |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Phalotris (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from Cerrado in the Northeast of Brazil [Adriano Lima Silveira] |
| 2020-06-25 |
Rhabdophis chiwen |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A New Species of the Genus Rhabdophis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) in Southwestern Sichuan, China [Yige PIAO, Zening CHEN, Yanqing WU, Shengchao SHI, Hirohiko TAKEUCHI, Teppei JONO, Masaya FUKUDA, Akira MORI, Yezhong TANG, Qin CHEN and Li DING] |
| 2020-06-25 |
Smithophis linearis |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A new species of the genus Smithophis (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae) from southwestern China and northeastern Myanmar [GERNOT VOGEL, ZENING CHEN, V. DEEPAK, DAVID J. GOWER, JINGSONG SHI, LI DING, MIAN HOU] |
| 2020-06-24 |
Cnemaspis avasabinae |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of South Asian Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India [ISHAN AGARWAL, AARON M BAUER, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR] |
| 2020-06-23 |
Diploderma menghaiense |
Agamidae |
A New Species of Diploderma (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Yunnan Province, China [Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Jian Wang, Natalia Borisovna Ananjeva, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2020-06-20 |
Rhadinaea eduardoi |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Rhadinaea eduardoi eingestuft als "junior synonym" von Coniophanes fissidens
A partial molecular phylogeny of Rhadinaea and related genera (Squamata, Dipsadidae) with comments on the generic assignment of Rhadinaea eduardoi [Ricardo Palacios-Aguilar, Uri Omar García-Vázquez] |
| 2020-06-19 |
Hemiphyllodactylus bonkowskii,
Hemiphyllodactylus ngocsonensis |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam [TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, QUYEN HANH DO, HANH THI NGO, ANH VAN PHAM, CUONG THE PHAM, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2020-06-19 |
Sphenomorphus phuquocensis |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam with a discussion of biogeography and character state evolution in the S. stellatus group [L. LEE GRISMER, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, VLADIMIR V. BOBROV, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2020-06-17 |
Cnemaspis magnifica |
Gekkonidae |
A new large-bodied, rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to Cnemaspis heteropholis Bauer, 2002 from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, SAUNAK PAL, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2021-06-09 |
Phymaturus katenke |
Liolaemidae |
Description of Phymaturus katenke, a new species of lizard (Iguania: Liolaemidae) discovered through DNA barcoding [José Alejandro SCOLARO, Valeria CORBALÁN, Lorena OBREGÓN STREITENBERGER and Osvaldo Fabián TAPPARI] |
| 2020-06-09 |
Pareas menglaensis,
Pareas mengziensis |
Pareidae |
A revised taxonomy of Asia snail-eating snakes Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae): evidence from morphological comparison and molecular phylogeny [Ping Wang, Jing Che, Qin Liu, Ke Li, Jie Qiong Jin, Ke Jiang, Lei Shi, Peng Guo] |
| 2020-06-08 |
Cyrtodactylus phumyensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam [SABRINA OSTROWSKI, DANG TRONG DO, MINH DUC LE, HANH THI NGO, CUONG THE PHAM, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, VAN THI HONG NGUYEN, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2020-06-03 |
Cnemaspis nicobaricus |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of dwarf gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar archipelago with an expanded description of Cnemaspis anderson (Annandale 1905) of the Andaman Islands [S.R. Chandramouli] |
| 2020-05-31 |
Cnemaspis bangara,
Cnemaspis graniticola,
Cnemaspis yelagiriensis |
Gekkonidae |
Granite boulders act as deep‐time climate refugia: A Miocene divergent clade of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Mysore Plateau, India, with descriptions of three new species [Ishan Agarwal, Tejas Thackeray, Saunak Pal, Akshay Khandekar] |
| 2020-05-29 |
Eremias kakari |
Lacertidae |
A new species of Eremias (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the arid mountains of Pakistan [RAFAQAT MASROOR, MUHAMMAD KHISROON, MUAZZAM ALI KHAN, DANIEL JABLONSKI] |
| 2020-05-26 |
Alopoglossus harrisi |
Alopoglossidae |
A species‐level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea) [Cristian Hernández Morales, Marcelo J. Sturaro, Pedro M. Sales Nunes, Sebastian Lotzkat, Pedro L.V. Peloso] |
| 2020-05-22 |
Microgecko tanishpaensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Microgecko Nikolsky, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Pakistan [RAFAQAT MASROOR, MUHAMMAD KHISROON, MUAZZAM ALI KHAN] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Liolaemus qalaywa |
Liolaemidae |
An endemic new species of Andean lizard of the genus Liolaemus from southern Peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae) and its phylogenetic position [Juan C. Chaparro, Aarón J. Quiroz, Luis Mamani, Roberto C. Gutiérrez, Peter Condori, Ignacio De la Riva, Gabriela Herrera-Juárez, José Cerdeña, Luis P. Arapa, and Cristian S. Abdala] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Eutropis dattaroyi |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
A REVISION OF Eutropis rudis (BOULENGER, 1887), RESURRECTION OF E. lewisi (BARTLETT, 1895) AND DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES (REPTILIA: SCINCIDAE) FROM GREAT NICOBAR [A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, S.R. Chandramouli, Kaushik Deuti, Patrick D. Campbell, Sujan M. Henkanaththegedara & Suranjan Karunarathna] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Lankascincus merrill |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A NEW SPECIES OF Lankascincus GREER, 1991 (REPTILIA: SCINCIDAE) FROM THE RAKWANA HILLS OF SRI LANKA [L.J. Mendis Wickramasinghe, Dulan Ranga Vidanapathirana & Nethu Wickramasinghe] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Lankascincus sameerai |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
NEW SPECIES OF Lankascincus GREER, 1991 (REPTILIA: SCINCIDAE) WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE L. gansi GROUP [A. Suneth Kanishka, A. Dineth Danushka & A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Cyrtodactylus jatnai |
Gekkonidae |
A NEW BENT-TOED GECKO SPECIES OF THE GENUS Cyrtodactylus GRAY, 1827 (SQUAMATA: GEKKONIDAE) FROM THE WEST BALI NATIONAL PARK, BALI, INDONESIA [A. A. Thasun Amarasinghe, Awal Riyanto, Mumpuni & Lee L. Grismer] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Cnemaspis manoae |
Gekkonidae |
NEW DIMINUTIVE DAY GECKO SPECIES OF THE GENUS Cnemaspis STRAUCH, 1887 (REPTILIA: GEKKONIDAE) FROM PILIKUTTUWA, NEAR THE CAPITAL OF SRI LANKA [A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe & Suranjan Karunarathna] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Dendrelaphis wickrorum |
Colubridae (Ahaetuliinae) |
A NEW SPECIES OF Dendrelaphis BOULENGER, 1890 (REPTILIA: COLUBRIDAE) FROM THE WET ZONE OF SRI LANKA WITH A REDESCRIPTION OF Dendrelaphis bifrenalis (BOULENGER, 1890) [A. Dineth Danushka, A. Suneth Kanishka, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, Gernot Vogel & Sampath S. Seneviratne] |
| 2020-05-10 |
Naja nana |
Elapidae |
Une nouvelle et remarquable espèce de naja semi-aquatique (Elapidae, sous-genre Boulengerina Dollo, 1886) de la République Démocratique du Congo [Collet M. and Trape. J-F] |
| 2020-05-20 |
Eutropis caraga,
Eutropis cuprea,
Eutropis gubataas,
Eutropis islamaliit,
Eutropis lapulapu,
Eutropis palauensis,
Eutropis sahulinghangganan ,
Eutropis sibalom |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
Taxonomic Revision of Philippine Sun Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Eutropis), and Descriptions of Eight New Species [Anthony J. Barley, Arvin C. Diesmos, Cameron D. Siler, Christopher M. Martinez, Rafe M. Brown] |
| 2020-05-20 |
Oedura nesos |
Diplodactylidae |
A new velvet gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from Groote Eylandt, Northern Territor [PAUL M. OLIVER, CHRIS J. JOLLY, PHILLIP L. SKIPWITH, LEONARDO G. TEDESCHI, GRAEME R. GILLESPIE] |
| 2020-05-18 |
Panaspis annettesabinae |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
A new species of African Snake-Eyed Skink (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Ethiopia [TIMOTHY J. COLSTON, R. ALEXANDER PYRON, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-05-18 |
Lobulia sabini |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
A new species of Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea [FRED KRAUS] |
| 2020-05-15 |
Acanthosaura aurantiacrista |
Agamidae |
Acanthosaura aurantiacrista (Squamata: Agamidae), a new long horn lizard from northern Thailand [Poramad Trivalairat, Kirati Kunya, Lawan Chanhome, Montri Sumontha, Taksa Vasaruchapong, Nirut Chomngam, Krittiya Chiangkul] |
| 2020-05-14 |
Rhinophis melanoleucus |
Uropeltidae |
A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Wayanad region of peninsular India [VIVEK PHILIP CYRIAC, SURYA NARAYANAN, FILIPA L. SAMPAIO, PAVUKANDY UMESH, DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2020-05-13 |
Varanus bennetti |
Varanidae |
Taxonomy of Micronesian monitors (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanus): endemic status of new species argues for caution in pursuing eradication plans [Valter Weijola, Varpu Vahtera, André Koch, Andreas Schmitz and Fred Kraus] |
| 2020-05-13 |
Uma thurmanae |
Phrynosomatidae |
A new cryptic species of fringe-toed lizards from southwestern Arizona with a revised taxonomy of the Uma notata species complex (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) [ELIZABETH G. DERYCKE, ANDREW D. GOTTSCHO, DANIEL G. MULCAHY, KEVIN DE QUEIROZ] |
| 2020-05-13 |
Suta gaikhorstorum |
Elapidae |
Parasuta wird zum Synonym für Suta:
What’s under the hood? Phylogeny and taxonomy of the snake genera Parasuta Worrell and Suta Worrell (Squamata: Elapidae), with a description of a new species from the Pilbara, Western Australia [BRAD MARYAN, IAN G. BRENNAN, MARK N. HUTCHINSON, LUKAS S. GEIDANS] |
| 2020-05-12 |
Cnemaspis lineatubercularis |
Gekkonidae |
Integrative taxonomy of the rock-dwelling gecko Cnemaspis siamensis complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae) reveals a new species from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, southern Thailand [Natee Ampai, Perry L. Wood Jr, Bryan L. Stuart, Anchalee Aowphol] |
| 2020-05-08 |
Goniurosaurus kwanghua |
Eublepharidae |
A new species of Goniurosaurus from Hainan Island, China based on molecular and morphological data (Squamata: Sauria: Eublepharidae) [XIAO-YU ZHU, CHU-ZE SHEN, YUN-FEI LIU, LIN CHEN, ZHENG LI, ZHU-QING HE] |
| 2020-05-08 |
Cnemaspis chengodumalaensis,
Cnemaspis zacharyi |
Gekkonidae |
A preliminary 16S rRNA phylogeny of the Indian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of two new cryptic species from the C. wynadensis clade [Vivek Philip Cyriac, Muhamed Jafer Palot, Kaushik Deuti & P. K. Umesh] |
| 2020-05-07 |
Anolis callainus |
Dactyloidae |
A replacement name for the Hispaniolan anole formerly referred to as Anolis chlorocyanus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 [Gunther Köhler and S. Blair Hedges] |
| 2020-05-05 |
Eremias fahimii |
Lacertidae |
Fahimi’s racerunner, a new species of the genus Eremias Fitzinger, 1834 (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Iran [OMID MOZAFFARI, FARAHAM AHMADZADEH, REIHANEH SABERI-PIROOZ] |
| 2020-04-30 |
Trimeresurus caudornatus |
Viperidae |
A new pit viper of the genus Trimeresurus (Lacépède, 1804) (Squamata: Viperidae) from Southwest China [ZENING CHEN, JIANPING YU, GERNOT VOGEL, SHENGCHAO SHI, ZHAOBIN SONG, YEZHONG TANG, JIA YANG, LI DING, CANGSONG CHEN] |
| 2020-04-30 |
Atheris mongoensis |
Viperidae |
Une nouvelle espèce du genre Atheris Cope, 1862, de la province de l’Équateur en République Démocratique du Congo (Squamata: Viperidae) [Marcel COLLET & Jean-Francois TRAPE] |
| 2020-04-23 |
Eryx sistanensis |
Boidae (Erycinae) |
A new species of Eryx (Serpentes: Erycidae) from Iran [NAEIMEH ESKANDARZADEH, NASRULLAH RASTEGAR-POUYANI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI, JAMIL ZARGAN, ASHKAN HAJINOURMOHAMADI, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, SOHEIL SAMI, MAHDI RAJABIZADEH, HOSSEIN NABIZADEH, MAJID NAVAIAN] |
| 2020-04-23 |
Cnemaspis tubaensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia with an updated checklist of the herpetofauna of Tuba Island [EVAN S. H. QUAH, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, M.S. SHAHRUL ANUAR, MOHD ABDUL MUIN] |
| 2020-04-21 |
Persiophis fahimii |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Neue Gattung Persiophis
Additions to the phylogeny of colubrine snakes in Southwestern Asia, with description of a new genus and species (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) [Mahdi Rajabizadeh, R. Alexander Pyron, Roman Nazarov, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Dominique Adriaens, Anthony Herrel] |
| 2020-04-21 |
Dolichophis (Hierophis) andreanus |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Hierophis andreanus umbenannt in Dolichophis andreanus
Additions to the phylogeny of colubrine snakes in Southwestern Asia, with description of a new genus and species (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) [Mahdi Rajabizadeh, R. Alexander Pyron, Roman Nazarov, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Dominique Adriaens, Anthony Herrel] |
| 2020-04-21 |
Liopeltis tiomanica |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new Liopeltis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia [HANNAH E. SOM, L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, EVAN S. H. QUAH, RAFE M. BROWN, ARVIN C. DIESMOS, JEFFREY L. WEINELL, BRYAN L. STUART] |
| 2020-04-20 |
Cyrtodactylus culaochamensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new endemic insular Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodctylus) from Quang Nam Province, Central Vietnam [NGO VAN TRI, L. LEE GRISMER, PHAM HONG THAI, P.L. JR WOOD] |
| 2020-04-15 |
Trimeresurus salazar |
Viperidae |
A new species of green pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) from western Arunachal Pradesh, India [Zeeshan A. Mirza, Harshal S. Bhosale, Pushkar U. Phansalkar, Mandar Sawant, Gaurang G. Gowande, Harshil Patel] |
| 2020-04-14 |
Marisora aquilonaria
Marisora lineola
Marisora syntoma
Marisora urtica |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
A morphological and molecular revision of lizards of the genus Marisora Hedges & Conn (Squamata: Mabuyidae) from Central America and Mexico, with descriptions of four new species [JAMES R. MCCRANIE, AMY J. MATTHEWS, S. BLAIR HEDGES] |
| 2020-04-13 |
Iguana melanoderma |
Iguanidae |
Painted black: Iguana melanoderma (Reptilia, Squamata, Iguanidae) a new melanistic endemic species from Saba and Montserrat islands (Lesser Antilles) [Michel Breuil, David Schikorski, Barbara Vuillaume, Ulrike Krauss, Matthew N. Morton, Elizabeth Corry, Nicolas Bech, Mišel Jelić, Frédéric Grandjean] |
| 2020-04-13 |
Cyrtodactylus phnomchiensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary [Thy Neang, Adam Henson, Bryan L. Stuart] |
| 2020-04-10 |
Lepidodactylus pollostos |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of small Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Salawati Island, Indonesia [Denise Taimi Karkkainen, Stephen J. Richards, Fred Kraus, Burhan Tjaturadi, Keliopas Krey und Paul M. Oliver] |
| 2020-04-09 |
Chelus orinocensis |
Chelidae |
Genomic analyses reveal two species of the matamata (Testudines: Chelidae: Chelus spp.) and clarify their phylogeography [Mario Vargas-Ramírez, Susana Caballero, Mónica A. Morales-Betancourt, Carlos A. Lasso, Laura Amaya, José Gregorio Martíne, Maria das Neves Silva Viana, Richard C. Vogt, Izeni Pires Farias, Tomas Hrbek, Patrick D.Campbell, Uwe Fritz] |
| 2020-04-06 |
Dixonius lao |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the karst forest of Khammouane Province, central Laos [THUONG HUYEN NGUYEN, SALY SITTHIVONG, HANH THI NGO, VINH QUANG LUU, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2020-03-28 |
Petracola pajatensis |
Gymnophthalmidae |
A new species of Petracola (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Río Abiseo National Park, San Martín, Peru [Lily O. Rodríguez and Luis Mamani] |
| 2020-03-27 |
Emydocephalus orarius |
Elapidae |
A new species of turtle-headed sea Snake (Emydocephalus: Elapidae) endemic to Western Australia [JAMES H. NANKIVELL, CLAIRE GOIRAN, MATHEW HOURSTON, RICHARD SHINE, ARNE R. RASMUSSEN, VICKI A. THOMSON, KATE L. SANDERS] |
| 2020-03-27 |
Hemiphyllodactylus kyaiktiyoensis,
Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini,
Hemiphyllodactylus pinlaungensis,
Hemiphyllodactylus zwegabinensis |
Gekkonidae |
Four new Burmese species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from distantly related parapatric clades from the Shan Plateau and Salween Basin [L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, EVAN S. H. QUAH, MYINT KYAW THURA, JAMIE R. OAKS, AUNG LIN] |
| 2020-03-26 |
Uropeltis rajendrani |
Uropeltidae |
A new species of Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Anaikatty Hills of the Western Ghats of India [S.R. Ganesh & N.S. Achyuthan] |
| 2020-03-25 |
Smaug swazicus |
Cordylidae |
A taxonomic revision of the south-eastern dragon lizards of the Smaug warreni (Boulenger) species complex in southern Africa, with the description of a new species (Squamata: Cordylidae) [Michael F. Bates, Edward L. Stanley] |
| 2020-03-24 |
Xylophis mosaicus |
Pareidae |
Description of a new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae: Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India [V. DEEPAK, SURYA NARAYANAN, SANDEEP DAS, K.P. RAJKUMAR, P.S. EASA, K.A. SREEJITH, DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2020-03-18 |
Cyrtodactylus evanquahi |
Gekkonidae |
A new potentially endangered limestone-associated Bent-toed Gecko of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) complex from northern Peninsular Malaysia [PERRY L. JR. WOOD, L. LEE GRISMER, MOHD ABDUL MUIN, SHAHRUL ANUAR, JAMIE R. OAKS] |
| 2020-03-15 |
Microgecko laki |
Gekkonidae |
Ein neuer Zwerggecko aus der Gattung Microgecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) aus dem Iran [Farhang Torki] |
| 2020-03-13 |
Hemidactylus afarensis,
Hemidactylus lanzai |
Gekkonidae |
Phylogeny and Systematic Revision of the Gecko Genus Hemidactylus from the Horn of Africa (Squamata: Gekkonidae) [Jiří Šmíd, Tomáš Mazuch, Lucie Nováková, David Modrý, Patrick K. Malonza, Hassan Sh Abdirahman Elmi, Salvador Carranza, Jiří Moravec] |
| 2020-03-10 |
Protobothrops kelomohy |
Viperidae |
Protobothrops kelomohy sp. nov. (Squamata: Viperidae), the Second Known Species of Lance-Headed Pit Viper from Thailand [Montri Sumontha, Taksa Vasaruchapong, Niruth Chomngam, Sunutcha Suntrarachun, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Weerasak Sompan, Ton Smits, Kirati Kunya, Lawan Chanhome] |
| 2020-03-06 |
Dryocalamus chithrasekarai |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Dryocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae) endemic to the rainforests of southwestern Sri Lanka [L.J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE, DULAN RANGA VIDANAPATHIRANA, VISHAN PUSHPAMAL, NETHU WICKRAMASINGHE] |
| 2020-03-04 |
Ablepharus bivittatus |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
Ablepharus bivittatus ist jetzt Asymblepharus bivittatus:
Taxonomic investigation of the genus Ablepharus (Sauria; Scincidae) with molecular and morphological methods in Anatolian populations [Emin BOZKURT, Kurtuluş OLGUN] |
| 2020-03-04 |
Ablepharus anatolicus |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
Ablepharus budaki anatolicus ist jetzt Ablepharus anatolicus:
Taxonomic investigation of the genus Ablepharus (Sauria; Scincidae) with molecular and morphological methods in Anatolian populations [Emin BOZKURT, Kurtuluş OLGUN] |
| 2020-03-03 |
Acanthodactylus lacrymae,
Acanthodactylus montanus |
Lacertidae |
Morphology and multilocus phylogeny of the Spiny-footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus) complex reveal two new mountain species from the Moroccan Atlas [AURÉLIEN MIRALLES, PHILIPPE GENIEZ, MENAD BEDDEK, DANIEL MENDEZ ARANDA, JOSÉ CARLOS BRITO, RAPHAËL LEBLOIS, PIERRE-ANDRÉ CROCHET] |
| 2020-03-03 |
Hydrosaurus celebensis
Hydrosaurus microlophus |
Agamidae |
Hydrosaurus celebensis und Hydrosaurus microlophus gelten nicht mehr als Synonym von Hydrosaurus amboinensis: Dragons in neglect: Taxonomic revision of the Sulawesi sailfin lizards of the genus Hydrosaurus Kaup, 1828 (Squamata, Agamidae) [WOLFGANG DENZER, PATRICK D. CAMPBELL, ULRICH MANTHEY, ANDREA GLÄSSER-TROBISCH, ANDRÉ KOCH] |
| 2020-03-02 |
Panaspis mocamedensis |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
A review of the African snake-eyed skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Angola, with the description of a new species [LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, MATTHEW P. HEINICKE, KELLY L. PARKER, MARIANA P. MARQUES, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-03-01 |
Sinomicrurus peinani |
Elapidae |
A new species of the genus Sinomicrurus (Serpentes: Elapidae) from China and Vietnam [Qin Liu, Jiao-Wen Yan, Shao-Bing Hou, Ping Wang, Sang Ngoc Nguyen, Robert W. Murphy, Jing Che, Peng Guo] |
| 2020-02-28 |
Hemidactylus nzingae,
Hemidactylus paivae |
Gekkonidae |
A review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two new species [LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, ISHAN AGARWAL, MARIANA P. MARQUES, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-02-24 |
Scelotes farquharsoni |
Scincidae (Scincinae) |
A NEW SPECIES OF SCELOTES (SAURIA: SCINCIDAE) FROM KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA [LYNN R. G. RAW] |
| 2020-02-24 |
Dendrelaphis vogeli |
Colubridae (Ahaetuliinae) |
A new species of the genus Dendrelaphis (Squamata: Colubridae) from Yunnan Province, China, with discussion of the occurrence of D. cyanochloris (Wall, 1921) in China [KE JIANG, JIN-LONG REN, JUN-FENG GUO, ZENG WANG, LI DING, JIA-TANG LI] |
| 2020-02-23 |
Lakigecko aaronbaueri |
Gekkonidae |
Neue Gattung Lakigecko
A new gecko genus from Zagros Mountains, Iran [Farhang Torki] |
| 2020-02-19 |
Opisthotropis hungtai |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Re-examination of the Chinese record of Opisthotropis maculosa (Squamata, Natricidae), resulting in the first national record of O. haihaensis and description of a new species [Jian Wang, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Chao-Yu Lin, Jian-Huan Yang, Truong Quang Nguyen, Minh D. Le, Thomas Ziegler, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2020-02-15 |
Wilsonosaura |
Gymnophthalmidae |
Neue Gattung Wilsonosaura
A new cryptic genus of terrestrial lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the eastern Andes of central Peru [Edgar Lehr, Jiří Moravec & Rudolf von May] |
| 2020-02-13 |
Cyrtodactylus urbanus |
Gekkonidae |
Another new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Guwahati, Assam, India [JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA, MADHURIMA DAS, SANATH CHANDRA BOHRA, AARON M. BAUER, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2020-02-04 |
Calumma emelinae,
Calumma ratnasariae,
Calumma tjiasmantoi |
Chamaeleonidae |
Untangling the trees: Revision of the Calumma nasutum complex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) [David Prötzel, Mark D. Scherz, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Miguel Vences, Frank Glaw] |
| 2020-01-31 |
Crotalus ehecatl,
Crotalus mictlantecuhtli |
Viperidae |
Accessing cryptic diversity in Neotropical rattlesnakes (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus) with the description of two new species [RUBÉN ALONSO CARBAJAL-MÁRQUEZ, JOSÉ ROGELIO CEDEÑO-VÁZQUEZ, ARELY MARTÍNEZ-ARCE, EDGAR NERI-CASTRO, SALIMA C. MACHKOUR- M’RABET] |
| 2020-01-30 |
Gonatodes machelae |
Sphaerodactylidae |
A new diurnal gecko in the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Margarita Island, Venezuela [CARLOS RIVERO-BLANCO, WALTER E. SCHARGEL] |
| 2020-01-29 |
Liolaemus balagueri |
Liolaemidae |
A new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) of the group L. montanus from the coastal hills of Southern Peru [Luis Villegas Paredes, Ling Huamaní-Valderrama, César Luque-Fernández, Roberto Carlos Gutiérrez Poblete, Aarón Josué Quiróz, Cristian Simón Abdala] |
| 2020-01-29 |
Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis,
Hemiphyllodactylus peninsularis |
Gekkonidae |
Two more new Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, India [ISHAN AGARWAL, AARON M BAUER, SAUNAK PAL, ACHYUTHAN N SRIKANTHAN, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR] |
| 2020-01-29 |
Gonatodes chucuri
|
Sphaerodactylidae |
A new species of the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sauria: Sphaerodactylidae) from the western flank of the Cordillera Oriental in Colombia, with description of its hemipenial morphology [ELSON MENESES-PELAYO, JUAN P. RAMÍREZ] |
| 2020-01-28 |
Asthenodipsas borneensis |
Pareidae |
A taxonomic revision of Asthenodipsas malaccana Peters, 1864 (Squamata: Pareidae) with a description of a new species from Borneo [EVAN S.H. QUAH, L. LEE GRISMER, KELVIN K.P. LIM, M.S. SHAHRUL ANUAR, KIN ONN CHAN] |
| 2020-01-27 |
Riolama grandis,
Riolama stellata |
Gymnophthalmidae |
Lizards from the Lost World: two new species and evolutionary relationships of the Pantepui highland Riolama (Gymnophthalmidae) [Renato Recoder, Ivan Prates, Sergio Marques-Souza, Agustín Camacho, Pedro M Sales Nunes, Francisco Dal Vechio, José Mario Ghellere, Roy W McDiarmid, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues] |
| 2020-01-27 |
Gehyra arnhemica,
Gehyra arnhemica,
Gehyra calcitectus,
Gehyra chimera,
Gehyra gemina,
Gehyra lapistola,
Gehyra lauta |
Gekkonidae |
Crypsis and convergence: integrative taxonomic revision of the Gehyra australis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia [Paul M. Oliver, Audrey Miranda Prasetya, Leonardo G. Tedeschi, Jessica Fenker, Ryan J. Ellis, Paul Doughty, Craig Moritz] |
| 2020-01-20 |
Anolis neglectus |
Dactyloidae |
Discovery of a new species of Anolis lizards from Brazil and its implications for the historical biogeography of montane Atlantic Forest endemics [Ivan Prates, Paulo Roberto Melo-Sampaio, Kevin de Queiroz, Ana Carolina Carnaval, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues und Leandro de Oliveira Drummond] |
| 2020-01-23 |
Cyrtodactylus crustulus |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae: Squamata) from Manus Island, and extended description and range extension for Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis (De Rooij) [PAUL M. OLIVER, RYAN HARTMAN, CAMERON D. TURNER, TAYLOR A. WILDE, CHRISTOPHER C. AUSTIN, STEPHEN J. RICHARDS] |
| 2020-01-09 |
Amphisbaena acangaoba |
Amphisbaenidae |
A New Worm Lizard Species (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae: Amphisbaena) with Non-autotomic Tail, from Northeastern Brazil [Leonardo B. Ribeiro, Samuel C. Gomides, Henrique C. Costa] |
| 2020-01-08 |
Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the mountains of northeastern Papua New Guinea: older than the hills [FRED KRAUS, PAUL M. OLIVER] |
| 2020-01-07 |
Cyrtodactylus dattkyaikensis
Cyrtodactylus taungwineensis |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a karstic archipelago in the Salween Basin of southern Myanmar (Burma) [L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, EVAN S. H. QUAH, MARTA S. GRISMER, MYINT KYAW THURA, JAMIE R. OAKS, AUNG LIN] |
| 2020-01-06 |
Oligodon rostralis |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 from the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with additional information on Oligodon annamensis Leviton, 1953 (Squamata: Colubridae) [Hung Ngoc Nguyen, Bang Van Tran, Linh Hoang Nguyen, Thy Neang, Platon V. Yushchenko, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
