| 2017-08-08 | Ctenotus pallasotus
Ctenotus rhabdotus | Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) | Lizards in pinstripes: morphological and genomic evidence for two new species of scincid lizards within Ctenotus piankai Storr and C. duricola Storr (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Australian arid zone [DANIEL L. RABOSKY, PAUL DOUGHTY, HUATENG HUANG] |
| 2017-07-26 | Gerrhopilus | Gerrhopilidae | New Species of Blindsnakes (Squamata: Gerrhopilidae) from the offshore islands of Papua New Guinea [FRED KRAUS] |
| 2017-07-20 | Liolaemus | Liolaemidae | A new species of lizard of the L. wiegmannii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from the Uruguayan Savanna [LAURA VERRASTRO, RAÚL MANEYRO, CAROLINE M. DA SILVA, IRAIA FARIAS] |
| 2017-07-19 | Oligodon saiyok | Colubridae | Oligodon saiyok, a new limestone-dwelling kukri snake (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand [MONTRI SUMONTHA, KIRATI KUNYA, SIRIWAT DANGSRI, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS] |
| 2017-07-17 | Gonatodes rayito | Sphaerodactylidae | A new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the western versant of the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela [WALTER E. SCHARGEL, GILSON A. RIVAS, JUAN E. GARCÍA-PÉREZ, CARLOS RIVERO-BLANCO, PAUL T. CHIPPINDALE, MATTHEW K. FUJITA] |
| 2017-07-13 | Oligodon huahin | Colubridae | A new kukri snake (Colubridae: Oligodon) from Hua Hin District, and the first record of O. deuvei from Thailand [OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, HENNING LARSEN, WINAI SUTHANTHANGJAI, PATRICK DAVID, MONTRI SUMONTHA] |
| 2017-07-03 | Oligodon culaochamensis | Colubridae | A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Cu Lao Cham Islands, central Vietnam [SANG NGOC NGUYEN, LUAN THANH NGUYEN, VU DANG HOANG NGUYEN, HOA THI PHAN, KE JIANG, ROBERT W. MURPHY] |
| 2017-06-30 | Rhadinella lisyae | Dipsadidae | A new species of Rhadinella (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Sierra de Agalta, Honduras [James R. McCranie] |
| 2017-06-27 | Rhynchocalamus ilamensis | Colubridae | A new species of the genus Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from Ilam province in western Iran [BEHZAD FATHINIA, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI, NASRULLAH RASTEGAR-POUYANI, HAMID DARVISHNIA] |
| 2017-06-23 | Eremias dzungarica | Lacertidae | MtDNA differentiation and taxonomy of Central Asian racerunners of Eremias multiocellata-E. przewalskii species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae) [VALENTINA F. ORLOVA, NIKOLAY A. JR. POYARKOV, MARINA A. CHIRIKOVA, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, MUNKHBAYAR MUNKHBAATAR, KHORLOOGHIYN MUNKHBAYAR, KHAYANKHYARVAGIJN TERBISH] |
| 2017-06-14 | Blythia hmuifang | Colubridae | A second species of the genus Blythia Theobald, 1868 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Mizoram, India [GERNOT VOGEL, HMAR TLAWMTE LALREMSANGA, VANLALHRIMA VANLALHRIMA] |
| 2017-06-13 | Acanthodactylus margaritae | Lacertidae | Systematic revision of Acanthodactylus busacki (Squamata: Lacertidae) with a description of a new species from Morocco [KARIN TAMAR, PHILIPPE GENIEZ, JOSÉ C. BRITO, PIERRE-ANDRÉ CROCHET] |
| 2017-06-12 | Pseudocalotes baliomus | Agamidae | A new species of Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Bukit Barisan Range of Sumatra with an Estimation of its phylogeny [MICHAEL B. HARVEY, KYLE SHANEY, AMIR HAMIDY, NIA KURNIAWAN, ERIC N. SMITH] |
| 2017-06-06 | Brachylophus gau | Iguanidae | A new species of iguana Brachylophus Cuvier 1829 (Sauria: Iguania: Iguanidae) from Gau Island, Fiji Islands [ROBERT N. FISHER, JONE NIUKULA, DICK WATLING, PETER S. HARLOW] |
| 2017-05-16 | Kinyongia itombwensis
Kinyongia rugegensis
Kinyongia tolleyae | Chamaeleonidae | Integrative taxonomy of the Central African forest chameleon, Kinyongia adolfifriderici (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), reveals underestimated species diversity in the Albertine Rift [DANIEL F. HUGHES, CHIFUNDERA KUSAMBA, MATHIAS BEHANGANA and ELI GREENBAUM] |
| 2017-05-16 | Trachylepis gonwouoi | Scincidae | A new species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Central Africa and a key to the Trachylepis of West and Central Africa [KAITLIN E. ALLEN, WALTER P. TAPONDJOU N., LUKE J. WELTON, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2017-05-15 | Tribolonotus choiseulensis
Tribolonotus parkeri | Scincidae | Two new species of Crocodile Skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Tribolonotus) from the Solomon Archipelago [ERIC N. RITTMEYER, CHRISTOPHER C. AUSTIN] |
| 2017-05-10 | Amblyrhynchus cristatus godzilla
A.c. hayampi
A.c. jeffreysi
A.c. trillmichi
A.c. wikelskii | Iguanidae | Shedding light on the Imps of Darkness: an integrative taxonomic revision of the Galápagos marine iguanas (genus Amblyrhynchus) [Aurélien Miralles, Amy Macleod, Ariel Rodríguez, Alejandro Ibáñez, Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcategui, Galo Quezada, Miguel Vences, Sebastian Steinfartz] |
| 2017-05-08 | Rhinophis roshanpererai | Uropeltidae | A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the central hills of Sri Lanka [L. J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE, DULAN RANGA VIDANAPATHIRANA, M. D. GEHAN RAJEEV, DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2017-05-08 | Gekko nadenensis | Gekkonidae | A new karst dwelling species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos [VINH QUANG LUU, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2017-05-03 | Cnemaspis leucura | Gekkonidae | A new species of Rock Gecko genus Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Western Sarawak, Malaysia [TAKAKI KURITA, KANTO NISHIKAWA, MASAFUMI MATSUI, TSUTOMU HIKIDA] |
| 2017-05-03 | Tropidophorus sebi | Scincidae | A new species of Tropidophorus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from Sarawak, East Malaysia (Borneo) [YONG MIN PUI, BENJAMIN R. KARIN, AARON M. BAUER, INDRANEIL DAS] |
| 2017-04-26 | Varanus douarrha | Varanidae | Reinstatement of Varanus douarrha Lesson, 1830 as a valid species with comments on the zoogeography of monitor lizards (Squamata : Varanidae) in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea [Valter Weijola, Fred Kraus, Varpu Vahtera, Christer Lindqvist and Stephen C. Donnellan] |
| 2017-04-20 | Plestiodon takarai | Scincidae | A new species of Plestiodon (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Senkaku Group, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan [KAZUKI KURITA, HIDETOSHI OTA, TSUTOMU HIKIDA] |
| 2017-04-12 | Cnemaspis kandambyi | Gekkonidae | Description of a new species of Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Knuckles Range of Sri Lanka [SUDESH BATUWITA, SAMPATH UDUGAMPALA] |
| 2017-03-30 | Dixonius kaweesaki | Gekkonidae | A new limestone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from Khao Sam Roi Yot massif, peninsular Thailand [MONTRI SUMONTHA, NIRUT CHOMNGAM, EAKARIT PHANAMPHON, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, CHUTINTON VIRIYAPANON, WANLADA THANAPRAYOTSAK, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS] |
| 2017-03-25 | Japalura ngoclinensis | Agamidae | A New Species of Japalura (Agamidae: Lacertilia: Reptilia) from Central Highland, Vietnam [Natalia B. ANANJEVA, Nikolay L. ORLOV and Tao Thien NGUYEN] |
| 2017-03-22 | Ninia teresitae | Dipsadidae | A new species of Ninia (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Chocó-Magdalena biogeographical province, western Colombia [TEDDY ANGARITA-SIERRA & JOHN D. LYNCH] |
| 2017-03-16 | Gerrhonotus lazcanoi | Anguidae | A New Species of Pygmy Alligator Lizard (Squamata: Anguidae) from Nuevo León, México [Javier Banda-Lea, Manuel Nevárez-de los Reyes, and Robert W. Bryson, Jr.] |
| 2017-03-15 | Atractus cerberus
Atractus esepe
Atractus pyroni | Dipsadidae | Molecular phylogeny of Atractus (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with emphasis on Ecuadorian species and the description of three new taxa [Alejandro Arteaga, Konrad Mebert, Jorge H. Valencia, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Nicolás Peñafiel, Carolina Reyes-Puig, José L. Vieira-Fernandes, Juan M. Guayasamin] |
| 2017-03-13 | Cyrtodactylus tambora | Gekkonidae | A new small bent-toed gecko of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the lower slopes of Mount Tambora, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia [AWAL RIYANTO, MULYADI MULYADI, JIMMY A. MCGUIRE, MIRZA D. KUSRINI, FEBYLASMIA FEBYLASMIA, IRFAN HAIDAR BASYIR, HINRICH KAISER] |
| 2017-03-07 | Gyiophis salweenensis | Homalopsidae | A new species of Mud Snake (Serpentes, Homalopsidae, Gyiophis Murphy & Voris, 2014) from Myanmar with a first molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus [EVAN S.H. QUAH, L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L., JR. WOOD, MYINT KYAW THURA, THAW ZIN, HTET KYAW, NGWE LWIN, MARTA S. GRISMER, MATTHEW L. MURDOCH] |
| 2017-02-09 | Gehyra einasleighensis | Gekkonidae | Systematics of a small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Einasleigh Uplands, Queensland: description of a new range restricted species [GAYLEEN BOURKE, RENAE C. PRATT, ERIC VANDERDUYS, CRAIG MORITZ] |
| 2017-02-01 | Vipera graeca | Viperidae | Artstatus für Vipera ursninii graecaNuclear markers support the mitochondrial phylogeny of Vipera ursinii–renardi complex (Squamata: Viperidae) and species status for the Greek meadow viper [EDVÁRD MIZSEI, DANIEL JABLONSKI, STEPHANOS A. ROUSSOS, MARIA DIMAKI, YANNIS IOANNIDIS, GÖRAN NILSON, ZOLTÁN T. NAGY] |
| 2016-12-30 | Atractus boimirim
Atractus tartarus | Dipsadidae | Redescription of Atractus punctiventris and Description of Two New Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Brazilian Amazonia [Paulo Passos, Ana L.C. Prudente, and John D. Lynch] |
| 2016-12-30 | Boaedon littoralis
Boaedon longilineatus
Boaedon paralineatus
Boaedon perisilvestris
Boaedon subflavus | Lamprophiidae | Cinq serpents nouveaux du genre Boaedon Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Serpentes : Lamprophiidae) en Afrique centrale. Bull. Soc. Herp. Fr. 159 : 61-111 [TRAPE, Jean-François & Oleg MEDIANNIKOV 2016] |
| 2016-12-30 | Neue Gattung Sarada
Sarada darwini
Sarada superba
Sitana laticeps
Sitana spinaecephalus
Sitana visiri | Agamidae | Systematics and phylogeny of Sitana (Reptilia: Agamidae) of Peninsular India, with the description of one new genus and five new species [V. Deepak, Varad B. Giri, Mohammad Asif, Sushil Kumar Dutta, Raju Vyas, Amod M. Zambre, Harshal Bhosale, K. Praveen Karanth] |
| 2016-12-14 | Gehyra rohan | Gekkonidae | A new biogeographically disjunct giant gecko (Gehyra: Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from the East Melanesian Islands [PAUL M. OLIVER, JONATHAN R. CLEGG, ROBERT N. FISHER, STEPHEN J. RICHARDS, PETER N. TAYLOR, MERLIJN M. T. JOCQUE] |
| 2016-12-06 | Zygaspis maraisi | Amphisbaenidae | A new species of Zygaspis (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from north-eastern Mozambique [DONALD G. BROADLEY & G.JOHN MEASE] |
| 2016-12-06 | Madascincus miafina
Madascincus pyrurus | Scincidae | Species delimitation methods put into taxonomic practice: two new Madascincus species formerly allocated to historical species names (Squamata, Scincidae) [Aurélien Miralles, Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences] |
| 2016-12-05 | Stenocercus omari | Tropiduridae | A new species of iguanid lizard, genus Stenocercus (Squamata, Iguania), from the Central Andes in Peru (Squamata: Tropiduridae) [PABLO J. VENEGAS, LOURDES Y. ECHEVARRÍA, KARLA GARCÍA-BURNEO, CLAUDIA KOCH] |
| 2016-11-30 | Hemidactylus alfarraji
Hemidactylus asirensis
Artstatus für H. montanus and H. pauciporosus | Gekkonidae | Endemic Diversification in the Mountains: Genetic, Morphological, and Geographical Differentiation of the Hemidactylus Geckos in southwestern Arabia [Šmíd, Jiří; Mohammed Shobrak; Thomas Wilms; Ulrich Joger & Salvador Carranza] |
| 2016-11-16 | Liolaemus janequeoae
Liolaemus leftrarui | Liolaemidae | Two new Liolaemus lizards from the Andean highlands of Southern Chile (Squamata, Iguania, Liolaemidae) [Jaime Troncoso-Palacios, Hugo A. Díaz, German I. Puas, Edvin Riveros-Riffo, Alvaro A. Elorza] |
| 2016-11-16 | Cyrtodactylus rishivalleyensis
Cyrtodactylus srilekhae | Gekkonidae | Two new species of ground-dwelling Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) from the Mysore Plateau, south India [ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2016-10-30 | Madagascarophis lolo | Lamprophiidae | The Cat-eyed Snakes of Madagascar: Phylogeny and Description of a New Species of Madagascarophis (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) from the Tsingy of Ankarana [Sara Ruane, Frank T. Burbrink, Bernard Randriamahatantsoa, and Christopher J. Raxworthy] |
| 2016-10-30 | Anolis purpuronectes | Dactyloidae | A new species of semiaquatic Anolis (Squamata: Dactyloidae) from Oaxaca and Veracruz, Mexico. [Gray, Levi; Meza-Lázaro, Rubi; Poe, Steven; de Oca, Adrián Nieto-Montes] |
| 2016-10-05 | Oedura luritja | Diplodactylidae | Young relicts and old relicts: a novel palaeoendemic vertebrate from the Australian Central Uplands [Paul M. Oliver, Peter J. McDonald] |
| 2016-10-03 | Sphenomorphus sungaicolus | Scincidae | The first riparian skink (Genus: Sphenomorphus Strauch, 1887) from Peninsular Malaysia and its relationship to other Indochinese and Sundaic species [ALEXANDRA SUMARLI, L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L., JR. WOOD, AMIRRUDIN B. AHMAD, SYED RIZAL, LUKMAN H. ISMAIL, NUR AMALINA MOHD IZAM, NORHAYATI AHMAD, CHARLES W. LINKEM] |
| 2016-09-30 | Anolis landestoyi | Dactyloidae | Discovery of a Giant Chameleon-Like Lizard (Anolis) on Hispaniola and Its Significance to Understanding Replicated Adaptive Radiations [D. Luke Mahler, Shea M. Lambert, Anthony J. Geneva, Julienne Ng, S. Blair Hedges, Jonathan B. Losos, and Richard E. Glor] |
| 2016-09-30 | Eutropis austini
Eutropis greeri | Scincidae | Description of Two New Species of Eutropis (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka with a Redescription of Eutropis madaraszi (Méhely) [Sudesh Batuwita] |
| 2016-09-28 | Synophis niceforomariae | Dipsadidae | A revision and key for the tribe Diaphorolepidini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and checklist for the genus Synophis [R. ALEXANDER PYRON, ALEJANDRO ARTEAGA, LOURDES Y. ECHEVARRÍA, OMAR TORRES-CARVAJAL] |
| 2016-09-23 | Cyrtodactylus varadgirii | Gekkonidae | A new species of the Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) collegalensis (Beddome, 1870) complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Western India [ISHAN AGARWAL, ZEESHAN A. MIRZA, SAUNAK PAL, SIMON T. MADDOCK, ANURAG MISHRA, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2016-09-19 | Placosoma limaverdorum | Gymnophthalmidae | A new species of lizard Placosoma Tschudi, 1847 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the relictual forest mountains of the State of Ceará, Brazil [DIVA MARIA BORGES-NOJOSA, ULISSES CARAMASCHI, MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES] |
| 2016-09-15 | Crenadactylus occidentalis
Crenadactylus pilbarensis
Crenadactylus tuberculatus | Diplodactylidae | Many things come in small packages: Revision of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus: Diplodactylidae) of Australia [PAUL DOUGHTY, RYAN J. ELLIS, PAUL M. OLIVER] |
| 2016-09-14 | Cnemaspis rajakarunai | Gekkonidae | Cnemaspis rajakarunai sp. nov., a rock dwelling day-gecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from Salgala, an unprotected lowland rainforest in Sri Lanka [L. J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE, DULAN RANGA VIDANAPATHIRANA, R. M. GAYAN PRIYANKARA RATHNAYAKE] |
| 2016-09-12 | Dendrelaphis sinharajensis | Colubridae | A new canopy-dwelling species of Dendrelaphis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Sinharaja, World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka [L.J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE] |
| 2016-09-09 | Cyrtodactylus soni | Gekkonidae | A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam [DZUNG TRUNG LE, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2016-09-08 | Lerista hobsoni
Lerista vanderduysi | Scincidae | Cryptic diversity within the narrowly endemic Lerista wilkinsi group of north Queensland—two new species (Reptilia: Scincidae) [PATRICK J. COUPER, ANDREW P. AMEY, JESSICA WORTHINGTON WILMER] |
| 2016-09-02 | Phyllodactylus pachamama | Phyllodactylidae | Applying n-dimensional hypervolumes for species delimitation: unexpected molecular, morphological, and ecological diversity in the Leaf-Toed Gecko Phyllodactylus reissii Peters, 1862 (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) from northern Peru. [CLAUDIA KOCH, MORRIS FLECKS, PABLO J. VENEGAS, PATRICK BIALKE, SEBASTIAN VALVERDE, DENNIS RÖDDER] |
| 2016-08-18 | Asaccus gardneri
Asaccus margaritae | Phyllodactylidae | Microendemicity in the northern Hajar Mountains of Oman and the United Arab Emirates with the description of two new species of geckos of the genus Asaccus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) [Salvador Carranza, Marc Simó-Riudalbas, Sithum Jayasinghe, Thomas Wilms, Johannes Els] |
| 2016-08-15 | Anilios zonula | Typhlopidae | A New Species of Blindsnake (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae: Anilios) from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. [Ryan J. Ellis] |
| 2016-08-11 | Geophis lorancai | Dipsadidae | A new species of earth snake (Dipsadidae, Geophis) from Mexico [Luis Canseco-Márquez, Carlos J. Pavón-Vázquez, Marco Antonio Lòpez-Luna, Adrian Nieto-Montes de Oca] |
| 2016-08-11 | Epictia venegasi
Epictia vonmayi | Leptotyphlopidae | Two new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Northern Peru [CLAUDIA KOCH, ROY SANTA CRUZ, HEIDY CÁRDENAS] |
| 2016-08-03 | Tupinambis cryptus
Tupinambis cuzcoensis
Tupinambis zuliensis | Teiidae | Cryptic, Sympatric Diversity in Tegu Lizards of the Tupinambis teguixin Group (Squamata, Sauria, Teiidae) and the Description of Three New Species [John C. Murphy, Michael J. Jowers, Richard M. Lehtinen, Stevland P. Charles, Guarino R. Colli, Ayrton K. Peres Jr, Catriona R. Hendry, R. Alexander Pyron] |
| 2016-08-01 | Pholidobolus ulisesi | Gymnophthalmidae | A new species of Andean microteiid lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae: Pholidobolus) from Peru, with comments on P. vertebralis [Pablo J. Venegas, Lourdes Y. Echevarría, Simón E. Lobos, Pedro M. Sales Nunes, and Omar Torres-Carvajal] |
| 2016-07-20 | Oligodon condaoensis | Colubridae | A new species of kukri snake (Squamata: Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from Con Dao Islands, southern Vietnam [SANG NGOC NGUYEN, VU DANG HOANG NGUYEN, SON HONG LE, ROBERT W. MURPHY] |
| 2016-07-20 | Sitana marudhamneydhal | Agamidae | Description of a new species of Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from southern India [V. DEEPAK, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, SANDEEP VARMA, R. CHAITANYA] |
| 2016-07-20 | Pseudogekko isapa | Gekkonidae | A new species of Pseudogekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Romblon Island Group, Central Philippines [CAMERON D. SILER, DREW R. DAVIS, ARVIN C. DIESMOS, FAITH GUINTO, COLLIN WHITSETT, RAFE M. BROWN] |
| 2016-07-18 | Drymarchon kolpobasileus | Colubridae | A cryptic new species of Indigo Snake (genus Drymarchon) from the Florida Platform of the United States [KENNETH L. KRYSKO, MICHAEL C. GRANATOSKY, LEROY P. NUÑEZ, DANIEL J. SMITH] |
| 2016-07-15 | Bothriechis nubestris | Viperidae | A cryptic palm-pitviper species (Squamata: Viperidae: Bothriechis) from the Costa Rican highlands, with notes on the variation within B. nigroviridis [TIFFANY M. DOAN, ANDREW J. MASON, TODD A. CASTOE, MAHMOOD SASA, CHRISTOPHER L. PARKINSON] |
| 2016-07-07 | Dixonius minhlei | Gekkonidae | First molecular verification of Dixonius vietnamensis Das, 2004 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of a new species from Vinh Cuu Nature Reserve, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam [THOMAS ZIEGLER, ANDREAS BOTOV, TAO THIEN NGUYEN, AARON M. BAUER, IAN G. BRENNAN, HANH THI NGO, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN] |
| 2016-07-07 | Pseudocalotes drogon
Pseudocalotes rhaegal
Pseudocalotes viserion | Agamidae | Dragons in the mist: three new species of Pseudocalotes Fitzinger (Squamata: Agamidae) from the sky island archipelago of Peninsular Malaysia [L. LEE GRISMER, EVAN S. H. QUAH, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, SHAHRUL ANUAR, ABDUL MUIN, HAYDEN R. DAVIS, MATTHEW L. MURDOCH, JESSE L. GRISMER, MICHAEL COTA, ANTHONY J. COBOS] |
| 2016-09-30 | Helicops nentur | Dipsadidae | A New Species of Helicops (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Hydropsini) from Southeastern Brazil [Costa, Henrique C.; Diego J. Santana, Fernando Leal, Ricardo Koroiva, and Paulo C.A. Garcia] |
| 2016-06-30 | Mesaspis cuchumatanus | Anguidae | A New Species of Mesaspis (Squamata: Anguidae) from the High Cuchumatanes of Guatemala [Israel Solano-Zavaleta, Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca, and Jonathan A. Campbell] |
| 2016-06-30 | Bachia remota | Gymnophthalmidae | A New Species of Bachia Gray 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Eastern Guiana Shield [Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A.; Marcélia B. da Silva, and Jucivaldo D. Lima 2016] |
| 2016-06-29 | Eremias isfahanica | Lacertidae | A new species of the genus Eremias Fitzinger, 1834 (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Central Iran, supported by mtDNA sequences and morphology [ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI, SAEED HOSSEINIAN, SOOLMAZ RAFIEE, HAJI GHOLI KAMI, MEHDI RAJABIZADEH, MICHAEL WINK] |
| 2016-06-29 | Epictia martinezi
Epictia pauldwyeri
Epictia resetari
Epictia schneideri
Epictia vindumi
Epictia wynni | Leptotyphlopidae | Morphological review and taxonomic status of the Epictia phenops species group of Mesoamerica, with description of six new species and discussion of South American Epictia albifrons, E. goudotii, and E. tenella (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) [Van Wallach] |
| 2016-06-28 | Brachymeles dalawangdaliri | Scincidae | Additions to Philippine Slender Skinks of the Brachymeles bonitae Complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) III: a new species from Tablas Island [DREW R. DAVIS, AARON D. GEHEBER, JESSA L. WATTERS, MICHELLE L. PENROD, KATHRYN D. FELLER, ALISSA ASHFORD, JOSH KOURI, DANIEL NGUYEN, KATHRYN SHAUBERGER, KYRA SHEATSLEY, CLAIRE WINFREY, RACHEL WONG, MARITES B. SANGUILA, RAFE M. BROWN, CAMERON D. SILER] |
| 2016-06-28 | Brachymeles ilocandia | Scincidae | Additions to Philippine Slender Skinks of the Brachymeles bonitae Complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) II: a new species from the northern Philippines [CAMERON D. SILER, DREW R. DAVIS, ELYSE S. FREITAS, NICHOLAS A. HURON, AARON D. GEHEBER, JESSA L. WATTERS, MICHELLE L. PENROD, MONICA PAPEȘ, ANDREW AMREIN, ALYSSA ANWAR, DONTAE COOPER, TUCKER HEIN, ANNALISA MANNING, NEERAL PATEL, LAUREN PINAROC, ARVIN C. DIESMOS, MAE L. DIESMOS, CARL H. OLIVEROS, RAFE M. BROWN] |
| 2016-06-26 | Brachymeles ligtas | Scincidae | Additions to Philippine Slender Skinks of the Brachymeles bonitae Complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae): A new species from Lubang Island [AARON D. GEHEBER, DREW R. DAVIS, JESSA L. WATTERS, MICHELLE L. PENROD, KATHRYN D. FELLER, CONNER S. DAVEY, ELYSE D. ELLSWORTH, RACHEL L. FLANAGAN, BRENDAN B. HEITZ, TANA MOORE, MARIE D. C. NGUYEN, AUSTYN ROBERTS, JOHN SUTTON, MARITES B. SANGUILA, CHARLES W. LINKEM, RAFE M. BROWN, CAMERON D. SILER] |
| 2016-06-22 | Vipera walser | Viperidae | A new vertebrate for Europe: the discovery of a range-restricted relict viper in the western Italian Alps [SAMUELE GHIELMI, MICHELE MENEGON, STUART J. MARSDEN, LORENZO LADDAGA and SYLVAIN URSENBACHER] |
| 2016-06-22 | Lygosoma ashwamedhi jetzt Eutropis ashwamedhi | Scincidae | No longer supple? Molecular phylogeny suggests generic reassignment of Lygosoma ashwamedhi (Sharma, 1969) (Reptilia: Scincidae) [CHELMALA SRINIVASULU, BHARGAVI SRINIVASULU, ADITYA SRINIVASULU, MIDATHALA SEETHARAMARAJU] |
| 2016-06-10 | Liolaemus parthenos | Liolaemidae | The First Parthenogenetic Pleurodont Iguanian: A New All-female Liolaemus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from Western Argentina [Cristián S. Abdala, Diego Baldo, Ricardo A. Juárez, and Robert E. Espinoza] |
| 2016-06-10 | Leiocephalus sixtoi | Leiocephalidae | A new dune-dwelling lizard of the genus Leiocephalus (Iguania, Leiocephalidae) from the Dominican Republic [GUNTHER KÖHLER, MARCOS J. RODRÍGUEZ BOBADILLA, S. BLAIR HEDGES] |
| 2016-06-10 | Phymaturus rahuensis | Liolaemidae | A new lizard species of the Phymaturus patagonicus group (Squamata: Liolaemini) from northern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina [ANDREA GONZÁLEZ MARÍN, CRISTIAN HERNÁN FULVIO PÉREZ, IGNACIO MINOLI, Mariana Morando, Luciano Javier Avila] |
| 2016-06-02 | Hemiphyllodactylus huishuiensis | Gekkonidae | A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Guizhou, China [JIE YAN, YUBO LIN, WEIBO GUO, PENG LI, KAIYA ZHOU] |
| 2016-06-01 | Strophurus congoo | Diplodactylidae | A new species of gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from north Queensland, Australia [ERIC VANDERDUYS] |
| 2016-05-30 | Chilabothrus argentum | Boidae | Discovery of a Remarkable New Boa from the Conception Island Bank, Bahamas [R. Graham Reynolds, Alberto R. Puente-Rolón, Anthony J. Geneva, Kevin J. Aviles-Rodriguez, and Nicholas C. Herrmann] |
| 2016-05-11 | Blaesodactylus victori | Gekkonidae | A new species of Blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tsingy limestone outcrops in Namoroka National Park, north-western Madagascar [IVAN INEICH, FRANK GLAW, MIGUEL VENCES] |
| 2016-05-10 | Parsigecko ziaiei | Gekkonidae | A new genus and species of gekkonid lizard (Squamata: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) from Hormozgan Province with a revised key to gekkonid genera of Iran [BARBOD SAFAEI-MAHROO, HANYEH GHAFFARI, STEVEN C. ANDERSON] |
| 2016-05-09 | Trachylepis thomensis
Trachylepis principensis | Scincidae | A review of the genus Trachylepis (Sauria: Scincidae) from the Gulf of Guinea, with descriptions of two new species in the Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845) species complex [LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, MARIANA P. MARQUES, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2016-05-05 | Cyrtodactylus hitchi | Gekkonidae | A new Bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Mekongga Mountains, South East Sulawesi, Indonesia [AWAL RIYANTO, HELLEN KURNIATI, ANDREW ENGILIS, JR] |
| 2016-05-03 | Hemiphyllodactylus cicak | Gekkonidae | Phylogenetic relationships of geckos of the Hemiphyllodactylus harterti group, a new species from Penang Island, Peninsular Malaysia, and a likely case of true cryptic speciation [ANTHONY COBOS, L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. WOOD, JR., EVAN S. H. QUAH, SHAHRUL ANUAR, MOHD ABDUL MUIN] |
| 2016-05-02 | Cyrtodactylus calamei
Cyrtodactylus hinnamnoensis
Cyrtodactylus sommerladi | Gekkonidae | Evolution in karst massifs: Cryptic diversity among bent-toed geckos along the Truong Son Range with descriptions of three new species and one new country record from Laos [VINH QUANG LUU, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI, Truong QUang Nguyen, MINH DUC LE, NICOLE SCHNEIDER, HANH THI NGO, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2016-04-29 | Gehyra girloorloo | Gekkonidae | Systematics of small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia: redescription of G. kimberleyi Börner & Schüttler, 1983 and description of a new restricted range species [PAUL M. OLIVER, GAYLEEN BOURKE, RENAE C. PRATT, PAUL DOUGHTY, CRAIG MORITZ] |
| 2016-04-26 | Cyrtodactylus hidupselamanya
Cyrtodactylus lenggongensis | Gekkonidae | Two new Bent-toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex from Peninsular Malaysia and multiple instances of convergent adaptation to limestone forest ecosystems [L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. WOOD, JR, SHAHRUL ANUAR, MARTA S. GRISMER, EVAN S. H. QUAH, MATTHEW L. MURDOCH, MOHD ABDUL MUIN, HAYDEN R. DAVIS, CÉSAR AGUILAR, RANDY KLABACKA, ANTHONY J. COBOS, ANCHALEE AOWPHOL, JACK W. SITES, JR] |
| 2016-04-12 | Rhadinella dysmica | Dipsadidae | A new species of Rhadinella (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico [GUSTAVO CAMPILLO, LUIS FERNANDO DÁVILA-GALAVÍZ, OSCAR FLORES-VILLELA, JONATHAN A. CAMPBELL] |
| 2016-04-04 | Bothrops sazimai | Viperidae | Another new and threatened species of lancehead genus Bothrops (Serpentes, Viperidae) from Ilha dos Franceses, Southeastern Brazil [Fausto E. Barbo, João Luiz Gasparini, Antonio P. Almeida, Hussam Zaher, Felipe G. Grazziotin, Rodrigo B. Gusmão, José Mário G. Ferrarini, Ricardo J. Sawaya] |
| 2016-03-30 | Amphisbaena filiformis | Amphisbaenidae | A new two-pored species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado, with a key to the two-pored species of Amphisbaena [SÍRIA RIBEIRO, JERRIANE O. GOMES, HELDER LÚCIO RODRIGUES DA SILVA, CARLOS EDUARDO D. CINTRA, NELSON JORGE DA JR. SILVA] |
| 2016-03-30 | Norops mccraniei
Norops wilsoni | Dactyloidae | A taxonomic revision of the Norops tropidonotus complex (Squamata, Dactyloidae), with the resurrection of N. spilorhipis (Álvarez del Toro and Smith, 1956) and the description of two new species [Gunther Köhler, Josiah H. Townsend, and Claus Bo P. Petersen] |
| 2016-03-24 | Diplodactylus ameyi | Diplodactylidae | A new species of gecko from arid inland regions of eastern Australia (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae) [PATRICK J. COUPER, PAUL M. OLIVER] |
| 2016-03-31 | Abronia cuetzpali | Anguidae | A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico [Jonathan A. Campbell, Israel Solano-Zavaleta, Oscar Flores-Villela, Itzue W. Caviedes-Solis, and Darrel R. Frost] |
| 2016-03-30 | Malayotyphlops andyi
Malayotyphlops denrorum | Typhlopidae | Two New Species of Malayotyphlops from the Northern Philippines, with Redescriptions of Malayotyphlops luzonensis (Taylor) and Malayotyphlops ruber (Boettger) [Addison H. Wynn, Arvin C. Diesmos, and Rafe M. Brown] |
| 2016-03-23 | Tytthoscincus batupanggah
Tytthoscincus leproauricularis | Scincidae | Two new species of diminutive leaf-litter skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Tytthoscincus) from Gunung Penrissen, Sarawak, Malaysia (northern Borneo) [BENJAMIN R. KARIN, INDRANEIL DAS, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2016-03-21 | Microgecko chabaharensis | Gekkonidae | A new species of the genus Microgecko Nikolsky, 1907 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from southern Iran [ALI GHOLAMIFARD, NASRULLAH RASTEGAR-POUYANI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI, AZAR KHOSRAVANI, SEYYED SAEED HOSSEINIAN YOUSEFKHANI, HAMZEH ORAEI] |
| 2016-03-21 | Cylindrophis subocularis | Cylindrophiidae | An inconspicuous, conspicuous new species of Asian pipesnake, genus Cylindrophis (Reptilia: Squamata: Cylindrophiidae), from the south coast of Jawa Tengah, Java, Indonesia, and an overview of the tangled taxonomic history of C. ruffus (Laurenti, 1768) [MAX KIECKBUSCH, SVEN MECKE, LUKAS HARTMANN, LISA EHRMANTRAUT, MARK O’SHEA, HINRICH KAISER] |
| 2016-03-21 | Bitis harenna | Viperidae | A new large species of Bitis Gray, 1842 (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia [DAVID J. GOWER, EDWARD O. Z. WADE, STEPHEN SPAWLS, WOLFGANG BÖHME, EVAN R. BUECHLEY, DANIEL SYKES, TIMOTHY J. COLSTON] |
| 2016-03-21 | Letheobia mbeerensis | Typhlopidae | A new species of Letheobia (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from central Kenya [PATRICK K. MALONZA, AARON M. BAUER, JACOB M. NGWAVA] |
| 2016-03-16 | Tytthoscincus panchorensis | Scincidae | The transfer of two clades of Malaysian Sphenomorphus Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae) into the genus Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos, & Brown and the description of a new Malaysian swamp-dwelling species [L. LEE GRISMER, MOHD ABDUL MUIN, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, SHAHRUL ANUAR, CHARLES W. LINKEM] |
| 2016-03-10 | Cyrtodactylus phetchaburiensis | Gekkonidae | A new Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from Phetchaburi Province, Thailand [OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, MONTRI SUMONTHA, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2016-03-09 | Oedura bella
Oedura fimbria | Diplodactylidae | Systematic revision of the marbled velvet geckos (Oedura marmorata species complex, Diplodactylidae) from the Australian arid and semi-arid zones [PAUL M. OLIVER, PAUL DOUGHTY] |
| 2016-03-04 | Melanophidium khairei | Uropeltidae | A reassessment of Melanophidium Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Western Ghats of peninsular India, with the description of a new species [DAVID J. GOWER, VARAD GIRI, ASHOK CAPTAIN, MARK WILKINSON] |
| 2016-03-02 | Wallaceophis gujaratenesis | Colubridae | A New Miocene-Divergent Lineage of Old World Racer Snake from India [Zeeshan A. Mirza, Raju Vyas, Harshil Patel, Jaydeep Maheta, Rajesh V. Sanap] |
| 2016-02-26 | Ptychozoon bannaense | Gekkonidae | Description of a new species of the genus Ptychozoon (Squamata: Gekkonidae), representing a new national record of this genus from southern Yunnan Province, China [YING-YONG WANG, JIAN WANG, ZU-YAO LIU] |
| 2016-02-23 | Varanus semotus | Varanidae | A new blue-tailed Monitor lizard (Reptilia, Squamata, Varanus) of the Varanus indicus group from Mussau Island, Papua New Guinea [Valter Weijola, Stephen Donnellan, Christer Lindqvist] |
| 2016-02-22 | Natrix astreptophora | Natricidae | Integrative taxonomy provides evidence for the species status of the Ibero-Maghrebian grass snake Natrix astreptophora [Felix Pokrant, Carolin Kindler, Martin Ivanov, Marc Cheylan, Philippe Geniez, Wolfgang Böhme and Uwe Fritz] |
| 2016-02-18 | Mabuya parviterrae | Scincidae | A new species of skink from the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuya) [S. Blair Hedges, Olivier Lorvelec, Nicolas Barré, Joël Berchel, Marion Diard Combot, Nicolas Vidal, and Claudie Pavis] |
| 2016-02-18 | Malayemys isan | Geoemydidae | A NEW SNAIL-EATING TURTLE OF THE GENUS Malayemys LINDHOLM, 1931 (GEOEMYDIDAE) FROM THAILAND AND LAOS [Montri Sumontha, Timothy R. Brophy, Kirati Kunya, Suthep Wiboonatthapol and Olivier S. G. Pauwels] |
| 2016-02-10 | Cyrtodactylus equestris
Cyrtodactylus rex | Gekkonidae | The Knight and the King: two new species of giant bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae, Squamata) from northern New Guinea, with comments on endemism in the North Papuan Mountains [Paul Oliver, Stephen Richards, Mumpuni Mumpuni, Herbert Rösler] |
| 2016-02-10 | Gopherus evgoodei | Testudinidae | The desert tortoise trichotomy: Mexico hosts a third, new sister-species of tortoise in the Gopherus morafkai–G. agassizii group [Taylor Edwards, Alice Karl, Mercy Vaughn, Philip Rosen, Christina Meléndez Torres, Robert W. Murphy] |
| 2016-02-10 | Cyrtodactylus bansocensis | Gekkonidae | A new species of karst-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos [VINH QUANG LUU, Truong QUang Nguyen, MINH DUC LE, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2016-01-31 | Anolis apletolepis
Anolis chlorodius
Anolis divius
Anolis eladioi
Anolis gonavensis
Anolis leucodera
Anolis prasinorius
Anolis viridius | Dactyloidae | A revision of the green anoles of Hispaniola with description of eight new species (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae) [Gunther Köhler & S. Blair Hedges] |
| 2016-01-31 | Japalura iadina
Japalura laeviventris | Agamidae | Two new species of Japalura (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Hengduan Mountain Range, China [Kai WANG, Ke JIANG, Da-Hu ZOU, Fang YAN, Cameron D. SILER, Jing CHE] |
| 2016-01-26 | Cyrtodactylus klakahensis | Gekkonidae | A new species of bent-toed gecko, genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Jawa Timur Province, Java, Indonesia, with taxonomic remarks on C. fumosus (Müller, 1895) [LUKAS HARTMANN, SVEN MECKE, MAX KIECKBUSCH, FELIX MADER, HINRICH KAISER] |
| 2016-01-22 | Lepidoblepharis nukak | Sphaerodactylidae | A new Lepidoblepharis lizard (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the Colombian Guyana shield [MARTHA LUCIA CALDERÓN-ESPINOSA, GUIDO FABIAN MEDINA-RANGEL] |
| 2016-01-20 | Paracontias ampijoroensis
Paracontias mahamavo | Scincidae | A new perspective on the reduction of cephalic scales in fossorial legless skinks (Squamata, Scincidae) [Aurélien Miralles, Teppei Jono, Akira Mori, Robert Gandola, Jesse Erens, Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw and Miguel Vences] |
| 2016-01-22 | Cyrtodactylus rufford | Gekkonidae | Cyrtodactylus rufford, a new cave-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos [VINH QUANG LUU, THOMAS CALAME, TRUONG QUANG Nguyen, MINH DUC LE, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2016-01-20 | Liolaemus uniformis | Liolaemidae | A new species of Liolaemus related to L. nigroviridis from the Andean highlands of Central Chile (Iguania, Liolaemidae) [Jaime Troncoso-Palacios, Alvaro A. Elorza, German I. Puas, Edmundo Alfaro-Pardo] |
| 2016-01-08 | Lygodactylus wojnowskii | Gekkonidae | A new species of dwarf gecko in the genus Lygodactylus (squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Kenya [PATRICK K. MALONZA, CAROLINA GRANTHON, DEAN A. WILLIAMS] |
| 2016-01-06 | Cordylus namakuiyus | Cordylidae | A review of Cordylus machadoi (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southwestern Angola, with the description of a new species from the Pro-Namib desert [EDWARD L. STANLEY, LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, SUZANA BANDEIRA, HILARIA VALERIO, MICHAEL F. BATES, WILLIAM R. BRANCH] |
| 2016-01-05 | Cyrtodactylus gunungsenyumensis | Gekkonidae | A new species of karst forest Bent-toed Gecko (genus Cyrtodactylus Gray) not yet threatened by foreign cement companies and a summary of Peninsular Malaysia’s endemic karst forest herpetofauna and the need for its conservation [L. LEE GRISMER, P. L., JR. WOOD, SHAHRUL ANUAR, H. R. DAVIS, A. J. COBOS, M. L. MURDOCH] |
| 2016-01-05 | Elseya flaviventralis | Chelidae | A new species of freshwater turtle of the genus Elseya (Testudinata: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from the Northern Territory of Australia [SCOTT THOMSON, ARTHUR GEORGES] |
