| 2025-08-20 |
Cyrtodactylus mendoi (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
One more new bent-toed gecko of the Javanese Cyrtodactylus marmoratus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from East Java, Indonesia
[Awal Riyanto, Muhammad A. Fauzi, Ahmad M. Kadafi, Misbahul Munir, Amir Hamidy, Irvan Sidik, Richo Firmansyah, Retno Lestari, Fadhillah, Abinawanto, N. Smith] |
| 2025-08-13 |
Scincella qianica (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Discovery of a new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Guizhou Province, China
[Yuhao Xu, Shiyang Weng, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Tierui Zhang, Zeyu Li, Jundong Deng, Lifang Peng] |
| 2025-08-12 |
Lycodon calcarophilus (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new limestone-associated species of wolf snake in the Lycodon fasciatus complex (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae) from central Vietnam
[Gernot Vogel, Andrey M. Bragin, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Tan Van Nguyen] |
| 2025-08-12 |
Cyrtodactylus ayunpaensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Integrative taxonomic approaches revealed a new species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gia Lai Province, Central Highlands of Vietnam
[Thuong Huyen Nguyen, Hong Bich Ha, Matthew L. Murdoch, Jesse L. Grismer, L. Lee Grismer, Vinh Quang Luu] |
| 2025-08-08 |
Pachydactylus namibensis (sp. nov.),
Pachydactylus ovahimba (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Two New Species of Pachydactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Kaokoveld
[Diogo Parrinha, Mariana P. Marques, Amanda M. Picelli, Adriaan Jordaan, Lacey J. Bishop-Schouster, Matthew P. Heinicke, Aaron M. Bauer, and Luis M. P. Ceríaco] |
| 2025-08-06 |
Gonyosoma iadinum (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of the Gonyosoma prasinum species complex (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae) from Indochina
[Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Andrey M. Bragin, Sabira S. Idiiatullina, Tuan Anh Tran, Dac Xuan Le, Patrick David, Tan Van Nguyen] |
| 2025-08-05 |
Smithophis leptofasciatus (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A New Species of the Genus Smithophis Giri, et al., 2019 (Serpentes: Natricidae) from Mizoram, northeast India
[Lal Muansanga, Jayaditya Purkayastha, Vanlal Hruaia, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Lal Biakzuala, Ht Decemson, Hmar T. Lalremsanga and Sanath C. Bohra] |
| 2025-08-05 |
Gerrhonotus occidentalis (sp. nov.) |
Anguidae |
Phylogenomic Analyses Reveal Hidden Diversity in Gerrhonotus (Anguidae: Gerrhonotinae) and Description of a New Species from Western Mexico
[Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca, John J. Wiens, Uri Omar García Vázquez] |
| 2025-08-04 |
Cyrtodactylus maryantoi (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
New bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Simeulue Island, Indonesia
[Awal Riyanto, Sadina Tahara Jusivani, Mulyadi, Amir Hamidy, Isna Arofatun Nikmah] |
| 2025-08-04 |
Gekko (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of Gekko (Ptychozoon) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southwest China, with an Expanded Morphological Description of Gekko bannaensis
[Hao Xun, Hao-Nan Mu, Xiang-Le Zeng, Ling Li, Zheng-Pan Duan, Sheng-Quan Shu, Chang-Sheng Zuo, Wei Gao, Kai Wang, Jing Che] |
| 2025-08-01 |
Atractus nemosophis (sp. nov.),
Atractus xaxi (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A first phylogenetic and taxonomic approach to sleepyhead snakes from Venezuela (Dipsadidae: Atractus), with the description of two new Andean species
[Luis Felipe Esqueda, Fernando J.M. Rojas-Runjaic, Ana Prudente, Santos Bazó, Luis Fernando Navarrete, Edward Carmargo-Sillet, Juan Carlos Ortiz, Claudio Correa, Pablo Guerrero & Félix Urra] |
| 2025-07-30 |
Xylophis chenkaruppan (sp. nov.) |
Pareidae |
Hidden in the Sky Islands: A new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae: Xylophiinae) from montane habitats of Wayanad in the Western Ghats of India
[Surya Narayanan, Sandeep Das, Avrajjal Ghosh, Muhamed Jafer Palot, P. Umesh, David J. Gower, V. Deepak] |
| 2025-07-29 |
Hemiphyllodactylus guangnanensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from southeast Yunnan, China
[Hongxin Zhou, Yufan Ang, Liangwei Cui, Dongru Zhang, Ziqi Shen, Xiuyan Li, Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2025-07-29 |
Cyrtodactylus sakaeratensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Description of a new forest-dwelling bent-toed gecko of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand
[Natee Ampai, Anchalee Aowphol, Siriporn Yodthong, Korkhwan Termprayoon, L. Lee Grismer, Attapol Rujirawan] |
| 2025-07-24 |
Aphaniotis (sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
A New Species of Leaf-Nosed Aphaniotis (Squamata: Agamidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia
[Michael B. Harvey, Irvan Sidik, Nia Kurniawan, Eric N. Smith] |
| 2025-07-23 |
Plagiopholis styani |
Colubridae (Pseudoxenodontinae) |
Re-discovery and re-description of the true Plagiopholis styani (Boulenger, 1899) (Serpentes, Pseudoxenodontidae), with the taxonomic status of the populations previously considered as P. styani
[Shuo Liu, Zengyang Luo, Xi Xiao, Caichun Peng, Dongru Zhang, Shize Li] |
| 2025-07-23 |
Lygodactylus andavambato (sp. nov.),
Lygodactylus anjajavy (sp. nov.),
Lygodactylus arnei (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Revision of the Lygodactylus tolampyae complex, with descriptions of three additional new dwarf gecko species from Madagascar’s North West
[Miguel Vences, Cecilia Herrmann, Malte Multzsch, Sven Gippner, Delina Razafimanafo, Ny Ando Rahagalala, Sandratra Rakotomanga, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Frank Glaw, Aurélien Miralles] |
| 2025-07-22 |
Cyrtodactylus himachalensis (sp. nov.),
Cyrtodactylus shivalikensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of bent-toed geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 from the western Himalayas
[Virender K. Bhardwaj, Jayaditya Purkayastha, H. T. Lalremsanga, Zeeshan A. Mirza] |
| 2025-07-18 |
Cyrtodactylus vanarakshaka (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the montane forests of Dima Hasao District, Assam, India
[Manmath Bharali, Krijoboti Thaosen, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Jayaditya Purkayatha, Rupankar Bhattacharjee, Madhurima Das, Sanath Chandra Bohra] |
| 2025-07-15 |
Gekko fengshanensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of karst-adapted gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gekko) from Guangxi, southern China
[Zhong Huang, Hao-Tian Wang, Shuo Qi, Han-Ming Song, Yong Huang, Ying-Yong Wang, Yun-Ming Mo] |
| 2025-07-14 |
Cnemaspis brahmaputra (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new day gecko of the Cnemaspis podihuna (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) clade from Northeast India
[Amit Sayyed, Madhurima Das, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, Rupankar Bhattacharjee & Jayaditya Purkayastha] |
| 2025-07-01 |
Mesalina cryptica (sp. nov.) |
Lacertidae |
Phylogeny and systematics of Arabian lacertids from the Mesalina guttulata species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae), with the description of a new species
[Jiří Šmíd, Doubravka Velenská, Lukáš Pola, Karin Tamar, Salem Busais, Mohammed Shobrak, Mohammed Almutairi, Al Faqih Ali Salim, Saad Dasman Alsubaie, Raed Hamoud M. AlGethami, Abdulaziz Raqi AlGethami, Abdulkarim Saleh K Alanazi, Ahmed Mohajja Alshammari, Damien M. Egan, Ricardo O. Ramalho, David Olson, Josh Smithson, Laurent Chirio, Marius Burger, Ryan van Huyssteen, Melissa A. Petford & Salvador Carranza] |
| 2025-06-30 |
Dixonius noctivagus (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Dixonius Bauer, Good, & Branch, 1997 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a karstic archipelago in Western Cambodia
[L. Lee Grismer, Pablo Sinovas, Evan S. H. Quah, Sothearen Thi, Phyroum Chourn, Sophea Chhin, Seiha Hun, Anthony Cobos, Christian Ching, Matthew L. Murdoch, Jeren J. Gregory, Eddie Nguyen, Alex P. Hernandez, Amanda Kaatz, Jesse L. Grismer] |
| 2025-06-27 |
Rhoptropus cypticus (sp. nov.),
Rhoptropus megocellus (sp. nov.),
Rhoptropus minimus (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Three New Endemic Species of Namib Day Geckos (Gekkonidae: Rhoptropus) From the Namibe Province, Angola
[Javier Lobón-Rovira, Matthew P. Heinicke, Aaron M. Bauer, Werner Conradie, Pedro Vaz Pinto] |
| 2025-06-26 |
Pelias dagestanica (sp. nov.),
Pelias fiagdonica (sp. nov.) |
Viperidae (Viperinae) |
Shield-Head Vipers (dinniki) Complex of the Central and Eastern Caucasus
[Boris S. Tuniyev, T. V. Petrova, K. Yu. Lotiev, G. N. Iremashvili, A. A. Kruglikova] |
| 2025-06-23 |
Copeoglossum oreades (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
A saucerful of secrets: comparative osteology of the genus Copeoglossum Tschudi, 1845 (Squamata: Scincidae) reveals a new species from Central Brazil
[Julio C. Ferreira-Junior, Davor Vrcibradic, Vinícius Sudré, Paulo Passos] |
| 2025-06-19 |
Lerista munuwajarlu (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Scratching the surface of the Gulf Coastal Bioregion: Lerista munuwajarlu sp. nov. (Scincidae; Sphenomorphini), a new fossorial skink from the Northern Territory, Australia
[Anders Zimny, Eric Vanderduys, Jeanette E. Kemp, Stephen M. Zozaya] |
| 2025-06-17 |
Gekko liui (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Taxonomic review of Gecko (Japonigekko) species in Hainan Province and description of a new species
[Runbang Zhou, Hongxin Zhou, Hesheng Wang, Jialing Li, Xiuyan Li, Ziqi Shen, Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2025-06-13 |
Riopa deccanensis (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae (Lygosominae) |
A new species of Riopa Gray, 1839 (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India
[Bharath Bhupathi, Sumidh Ray, M. Karuthapandi, Deepa Jaiswal, V. Deepak, Pratyush P. Mohapatra] |
| 2025-06-12 |
Cyrtodactylus peninsularis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
The taxonomy of Cyrtodactylus consobrinus (Peters, 1871) (Squamata, Gekkonidae) and the description of a new species from the Thai-Malay Peninsula
[L. Lee Grismer, Amanda Kaatz, Jesse L. Grismer, Eddie Nguyen, Jeren J. Grergory, Perry L. Wood Jr., Matthew L. Murdoch, Shahrul Anuar, Chan Kin Onn, Muhamad A. Muin, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Evan S. H. Quah] |
| 2025-06-11 |
Anolis bitectus and Anolis lemniscatus (placed into the synonymy of Anolis binotatus) |
Anolidae |
Systematics of Ecuadorian anoles: Anolis bitectus Cope, 1864 and A. lemniscatus Boulenger, 1898, two junior synonyms of A. binotatus Peters, 1863 (Reptilia: Squamata: Anolidae)
[Fernando Ayala-Varela, Steven Poe, Valentina Posse-Sarmiento, Axel Fläschendräger, Gunther Köhler, Omar Torres-Carvajal] |
| 2025-06-06 |
Trimeresurus albolabris fario (comb. nov.) |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
Integrative analysis of geographic variation and species boundaries in the white-lipped pitviper complex (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae: Trimeresurus albolabris)
[Anita Malhotra, Mrinalini Walter, Guillem Limia Russel, Roger S. Thorpe] |
| 2025-06-06 |
Sibon nigralbus (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Sibon (Serpentes, Dipsadini) from French Guiana and amended diagnosis of Sibon nebulatus
[Antoine Fouquet, Alejandro Arteaga, Átilas R. De Sousa, Robson W. Avila] |
| 2025-06-04 |
Cyrtodactylus kampingpoiensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Geographically structured Genetic and Morphological Variation in A New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from a karstic archipelago in western Cambodia
[Evan S. H. Quah, L. Lee Grismer, Pablo Sinovas, Phyroum Chourn, Sophea Chhin, Seiha Hun, Anthony Cobos, Peter Geissler, Christian Ching, Matthew L. Murdoch, Sothearen Thi, Jeren J. Gregory, Eddie Nguyen, Alexis P. Hernandez, Amanda Kaatz and Jesse L. Grismer] |
| 2025-06-02 |
Paragehyra tsaranoro (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new microendemic gecko from the small forest fragments of south-eastern Madagascar (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Paragehyra)
[Francesco Belluardo, Costanza Piccoli, Javier Lobón-Rovira, Ivo Oliveira Alves, Malalatiana Rasoazanany, Franco Andreone, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Angelica Crottini] |
| 2025-05-16 |
Scincella alia (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new mountain species of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam
[Andrey M. Bragin, Evgeniy S. Zenin, Cuong Hung Dang, Tu Vu Anh Dinh, Tan Van Nguyen, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2025-05-15 |
Pareas capitulatus (sp. nov.) |
Pareidae |
A new species in the Pareas hamptoni group (Squamata, Pareidae) from southeastern Laos.
[Bryan L. Stuart, Sengvilay Seateun, Niane Sivongxay, Siliphone Souvannavong, Somphouthone Phimmachak] |
| 2025-05-15 |
Elaiophis (gen. nov.),
Elaiophis inornatus (comb. nov.) |
Lamprophiidae |
Generic affinities of African house snakes revised: a new genus for Lamprophis inornatus (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae: Lamprophiinae: Boaedontini)
[Arthur Tiutenko, Anastasiia Maliuk & Claudia Koch] |
| 2025-05-15 |
Liolaemus misti (sp. nov.) |
Liolaemidae |
A new species of the Liolaemus walkeri clade (Squamata: Liolaemidae) in the volcanic chain of Arequipa, Peru
[Roy Santa-Cruz, Amaranta Canazas-Terán, Renato Bejarano, Evaristo López, Alberto Morales, Rudolf von May, Alessandro Catenazzi & César Aguilar-Puntriano] |
| 2025-05-14 |
Scincella auranticaudata (sp. nov.),
Scincella honbaaensis (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Two New Skinks of the Genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam
[Sang Ngoc Nguyen, Luan Thanh Nguyen, Manh Van Le, Vu Dang Hoang Nguyen, Khanh Duy Phan, Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo, Robert W. Murphy, Jing Che] |
| 2025-05-13 |
Gekko prep (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Description of a new species of the subgenus Japonigekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Gekko) from Hainan, China
[Run-Bang Zhou, Kai-Zheng Chen, Qiao-Min Liu, Xing-Jun Li, Xv-Ming Qi, Jia-Ling Li, Xiao-Peng Peng] |
| 2025-05-12 |
Hemiphyllodactylus diaoluoshanensis (sp. nov.),
Hemiphyllodactylus jianfenglingensis (sp. nov.),
Hemiphyllodactylus lingshuiensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Descriptions of three new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Hainan Island, China
[Hao-Tian Wang, Feng-Bin Yu, Pu-Yang Zheng, Hao-Yu Zhang, Xu-Ming Qi, Zhao-Xuan Jiang, Mao-Liang Li, Shuo Qi, Han-Ming Song, Hao-Cong Yang, Ming-Hong Huang, Guo-Yi Li, Wei Wang, Shi-Li Wang, Yan-Ni Mo, Feng Xie, Pi-Peng Li, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2025-05-08 |
Scincella montana (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A New Species of Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico
[Antonio Esaú Valdenegro-Brito, Anibal H. Díaz De La Vega-Pérez, Uri Omar García-Vázquez] |
| 2025-05-08 |
Nucras margaritae (sp. nov.) |
Lacertidae |
The Nucras (Squamata: Lacertidae) of the eastern Zambezi River Basin, with the description of a new species from Zambia
[Aaron M. Bauer, Jackie L. Childers, Marius Burger] |
| 2025-05-06 |
Dixonius sambhupura (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Along the Mekong: a new leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius sambhupura) from northeastern Cambodia
[Barbosa, Matheus R., Diogo Parrinha, Mariana P. Marques, Mohamed Harun, Renato S. Recoder, Marco A. de Sena, Samuel Bila, Ivan Ineich, Daniel S. Fernandes, Paulo Passos, Miguel T. Rodrigues & Luis M. P. Ceríaco] |
| 2025-05-05 |
Trachylepis farooqii (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
A long-know new species of the Trachylepis maculilabris species complex (Squamata: Scincidae) from south-eastern Africa
[Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Mariana P. Marques, Diogo Parrinha, Arthur Tiutenko, Jeffrey L. Weinell, Brett O. Butler, Aaron M. Bauer] |
| 2025-05-01 |
Aspidomorphus dimorphus (sp. nov.) |
Elapidae |
A new species of Aspidomorphus (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Papua New Guinea
[Fred Kraus] |
| 2025-04-28 |
Hemidactylus dungeri (sp. nov.),
Hemidactylus silaensis (sp. nov.),
Hemidactylus tchadensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Three new Hemidactylus from Nigeria and Chad (Sauria, Gekkonidae)
[Jean-François TRAPE & Oleg MEDIANNIKOV] |
| 2025-04-25 |
Dibamus oetamai (sp. nov.) |
Dibamidae |
A new Blind Skink (Reptilia: Dibamidae: Dibamus) from Buton Island, Indonesia
[M. Dwi Prasetyo, D. Satria Yudha, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, Ivan Ineich, G.R. Gillespie & Awal Riyanto] |
| 2025-04-24 |
Anolis torresfundorai (sp. nov.) |
Anolidae |
A revision of the Anolis carolinensis subgroup supports three species in Cuba, including a new cryptic species (Squamata: Anolidae)
[Javier Torres, Dexter Reilly, Claudia Nuñez-Penichet, R. Graham Reynolds, Richard E. Glor] |
| 2025-04-22 |
Trimeresurus cryptographicus (sp. nov.) |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
A snake can change its finery: a new cryptic species of the Trimeresurus kanburiensis complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) from central Thailand with an unusual ontogenetic color change
[Parinya Pawangkhanant, Sabira S. Idiiatullina, Tan Van Nguyen, Thiti Ruangsuwan, Tomoya Matsukoji, Patrick David, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2025-04-21 |
Sphenomorphus luelaiorum (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A New Skink of the Genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 from Mid-Elevation Cloud Forests of Taiwan
[Yu-Te Wang, Tzong-Han Lin, Hui-Yun Tseng, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Si-Min Lin] |
| 2025-04-17 |
Lygodactylus namoroka (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Molecular systematics of the enigmatic dwarf gecko Lygodactylus ornatus and description of a new species of the L. verticillatus group from the North West of Madagascar
[Andolalao Rakotoarison, Sven Gippner, Malte Multzsch, Aurélien Miralles, Delina Razafimanafo, Alida Hasiniaina, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences] |
| 2025-04-15 |
Prasinohaema scurrula (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new species of montane Prasinohaema (Sphenomorphini: Scincidae) from the South-fold Mountains of New Guinea
[Alex Slavenko, Glenn M. Shea, Stephen J Richards, Paul M. Oliver] |
| 2025-04-14 |
Lycodon latifasciatus (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of wolf snake Lycodon Fitzinger, 1826 from China and Myanmar (Squamata: Colubridae), and new data on Lycodon gongshan Vogel & Luo, 2011
[TAN VAN NGUYEN, JUSTIN L. LEE, KE JIANG, LI DING, MAY THU CHIT, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV, GERNOT VOGEL] |
| 2025-04-09 |
Blaesodactylus ganzhorni (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
An updated survey of molecular diversity in Madagascar's velvet geckos, genus Blaesodactylus, with description of a new species from the island’s arid West
[MIGUEL VENCES, AURELIEN MIRALLES, IVAN INEICH, ANDOLALAO RAKOTOARISON, CHRISTIAN GLASENAPP, MARK D. SCHERZ, JÖRN KÖHLER, FRANK GLAW, ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA] |
| 2025-04-08 |
Hemidactylus guineensis (resurrected) |
Gekkonidae |
A study of Hemidactylus angulatus Hallowell, 1854 in West and Central Africa (Sauria, Gekkonidae), with resurrection of Hemidactylus guineensis Peters, 1868
[EAN-FRANÇOIS TRAPE, LAURENT CHIRIO, ALLAN CHIRIO, INESTIN AMONA, OLEG MEDIANNIKOV] |
| 2025-04-04 |
Goggia sabula (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
New Pygmy Gecko (Goggia: Gekkonidae) from the arid Northern Cape Province of South Africa
[WERNER CONRADIE, COURTNEY HUNDERMARK, LUKE KEMP, CHAD KEATES] |
| 2025-04-04 |
Dendrelaphis anthracina (sp. nov.),
Dendrelaphis atra (sp. nov.),
Dendrelaphis melanarkys (sp. nov.),
Dendrelaphis roseni (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Ahaetuliinae) |
New species of snakes of the genus Dendrelaphis (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Milne Bay Islands, Papua New Guinea
[FRED KRAUS] |
| 2025-04-04 |
Sibynophis grahami (full species level) |
Colubridae
(Sibynophiinae) |
On the taxonomy of Sibynophis grahami (Boulenger, 1904) with remarks on morphology, distribution, natural history, and conservation status (Squamata: Sibynophiidae: Sibynophis)
[Tan Van Nguyen, Gernot Vogel] |
| 2025-04-03 |
Sceloporus mendezdelacruzi (sp. nov.) |
Phrynosomatidae |
Phylogenetic relationships and species delimitation of bunchgrass lizards of the genus Sceloporus from Mexico with the description of a new species
[Tristan Charran, Jesús A Loc-Barragan, Rafael Alejandro Calzada-Arciniega, Liz A Alfaro-Juantorena, Raúl Cueva Del Castillo, Christopher Blair, Víctor H Jiménez-Arcos] |
| 2025-04-02 |
Tachymenoides goodallae (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A New Species of Tachymenoides (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Tachymenini) from Peru with Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Galvarinus tarmensis (Walker, 1945)
[Edgar Lehr, Mikael Lundberg, Juan Carlos Cusi, Jack W. Sites, Jr., Claudia Torres and César Aguilar-Puntriano] |
| 2025-03-31 |
Dendrelaphis thasuni (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Ahaetuliinae) |
A new species of Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Reptilia: Colubridae) from an isolated misty mountain in the South Eastern intermediate zone of Sri Lanka
[Anusha Atthanagoda, Anslem de Silva, Gernot Vogel, Sithara Udayanga, Champika Bandara, Majintha Madawala, L. Lee Grismer, Suranjan Karunarathna] |
| 2025-03-27 |
Lerista karichigara (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Lerista karichigara sp. nov. (Scincidae; Sphenomorphini), a new fossorial skink from Australia's underexplored Gulf Plains Bioregion
[STEPHEN M. ZOZAYA, ERIC VANDERDUYS, SCOTT A. MACOR, WESLEY J. READ, ANDREW P. AMEY] |
| 2025-03-20 |
Sphenomorphus striatafaucium (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Skink stargazing: On the status and taxonomy of the Sphenomorphus stellatus complex (Boulenger, 1900) in Borneo, with the description of a new species (Squamata: Scincidae)
[EVAN S.H. QUAH, L. LEE GRISMER] |
| 2025-03-20 |
Calotes zhaoermii (sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
A New Cryptic Species of Calotes (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Southeastern Xizang Autonomous Region, China
[KAI WANG, FU SHU, LING LI, WEN-JIE DONG, HAO-NAN MU, MING SU, WEN-BO ZHU, MENG-FEI ZHANG, KE-JI GUO, JING CHE] |
| 2025-03-20 |
Lycodon meridionalis (placed into the synonymy of Lycodon flavozonatus) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Evaluation of the Validity of the Wolf Snake Species Lycodon meridionalis (Bourret, 1935) (Serpentes: Colubridae)
[Shimin Li, Hongxin Zhou, Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2025-03-17 |
Hebius (Natrix) gilhodesi (revalidated) |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Same but different: A systematic reassessment of the Hebius khasiensis Boulenger, 1890 (Reptilia: Squamata: Natricidae) species complex from the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot supports the revalidation of Natrix gilhodesi Wall, 1925 as a valid species
[SANATH CHANDRA BOHRA, TAN VAN NGUYEN, GERNOT VOGEL, HMAR TLAWMTE LALREMSANGA, LAL BIAKZUALA, MADHURIMA DAS, HOLINESS WARJRI, GOLDENSTAR THONGNI, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV, JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA] |
| 2025-03-14 |
Tantilla palamala (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Morphological and molecular analyses of mountain centipede snake (Serpentes: Tantilla) reveal a new species from Venezuelan Andes
[Luis Felipe Esqueda, Fernando J.M. Rojas-Runjaic, Claudio Correa, Juan Carlos Ortiz, Pablo Guerrero, Juan David Jiménez-Bolaños, Santos Bazó, Pablo Athenogoras Moreno-Pérez, Melanio Aguilar and Félix Urra] |
| 2025-03-07 |
Lepidodactylus exoris (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae) from Misima Island, Papua New Guinea
[PAUL M. OLIVER, STEPHEN J. RICHARDS] |
| 2025-03-06 |
Ovophis zhaoermii (sp. nov.) |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
A new species of the genus Ovophis Burger in Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981 (Serpentes, Viperidae) from southern Yunnan, China
[Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Mingzhong Mo, Mei Li, Biao Li, Xiong Luo, Dingqi Rao, Song Li] |
| 2025-03-06 |
Scincella cherriei stuarti (elevated to species level) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Taxonomic status and sexual dimorphism of the brown forest skink, Scincella cherriei stuarti (Smith 1941) (Squamata: Scincidae)
[ANTONIO ESAÚ VALDENEGRO BRITO, URI OMAR GARCÍA VÁZQUEZ] |
| 2025-03-03 |
Cyrtodactylus annapurnaensis (sp. nov.),
Cyrtodactylus chitwanensis (sp. nov.),
Cyrtodactylus karanshahi (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A review of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of Nepal with descriptions of three new species
[SANTOSH BHATTARAI, BIVEK GAUTAM, BISHAL PRASAD NEUPANE, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, ISHAN AGARWAL, FRANK TILLACK, ASHLEY R. OLSON, FIONA HOGAN, WENDY WRIGHT] |
| 2025-03-01 |
Homonota chelemini (sp. nov.) |
Phyllodactylidae |
A new gecko (Phyllodactylidae: Homonota whitii group) from the Diaguita highlands, Argentina, with an updated phylogeny for the genus
[Mariana Morando, Kevin I. Sánchez, Juan E. Vrdoljak, Cristian H. F. Pérez, Jack W. Sites Jr., Luciano J. Avila] |
| 2025-02-28 |
Gekko ichangensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
New Species of the Genus Gekko Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Hubei, China
[Jing Cao, Phuping Sucharitakul, Minhua Tie, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Fang Yan, Siriwadee Chomdej] |
| 2025-02-25 |
Protobothrops flavirostris (sp. nov.) |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
A new endemic karst-associated species of lance-headed pit viper (Squamata, Viperidae, Protobothrops) from Laos
[Rupert J. Grassby-Lewis, Peter Brakels, Nathanaël Maury, Saly Sitthivong, David Frohlich, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Sabira S. Idiiatullina, Tan Van Nguyen, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2025-02-24 |
Pristurus ali (sp. nov.),
Pristurus assareen (sp. nov.),
Pristurus feulneri (sp. nov.),
Pristurus omanensis (sp. nov.) |
Sphaerodactylidae |
Cryptic speciation in arid mountains: An integrative revision of the Pristurus rupestris species complex (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) from Arabia based on morphological, genetic and genomic data, with the description of four new species
[Bernat Burriel-Carranza, Thore Koppetsch, Juliana Tabares, Adrián Talavera, Gabriel Mochales-Riaño, Maria Estarellas, Benjamin Wipfler, Johannes Els, Marc Simó-Riudalbas, Dean Adams, Saleh Al Saadi, Joan Garcia-Porta, Karin Tamar, Jiří Šmíd, Salvador Carranza] |
| 2025-02-24 |
Tropidophorus kouzhitongi (sp. nov.),
Tropidophorus hongjiangensis (elevated from subspecies) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Designation of the Lectotype for Tropidophorus laotus (Reptilia: Scincidae) and Description of A New Closely Related Species from Southern Yunnan Province, China
[Kai Wang, Ling Li, Varad Deepak, Somphouthone Phimmachak, Stephane Grosjean, Nicolas Vidal, Zhong-Xiong Fu, Feng-Fei Wang, Guo-Jin Shen, Bryan Stuart, Jing Che] |
| 2025-02-20 |
Ptyodactylus bischoffsheimi (reinstated from the synonymy of Ptyodactylus puiseuxi) |
Phyllodactylidae |
Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Levant fan-footed gecko Ptyodactylus puiseuxi Boutan, 1893 and the resurrection of Ptyodactylus bischoffsheimi Boutan, 1893 (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae)
[Karin Tamar, Salvador Carranza, Jiří Šmíd, & Jiří Moravec] |
| 2025-02-15 |
Chamaeleo incognitus (sp. nov.) |
Chamaeleonidae
(Chamaeleoninae) |
The New Mysterious Highland Flap-Necked Chameleons from East Africa, with remarks on the status of Chamaeleo roperi BOULENGER, 1890 and Chamaeleo martensi MERTENS, 1964 (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae)
[Petr Nečas] |
| 2025-02-15 |
Holaspis ngalangi (sp. nov.) |
Lacertidae |
The genus Holaspis (Squamata: Lacertidae) in Angola: a tale of forgotten specimens and disappearing forests, with the description of a new species
[Diogo Parrinha, Mariana P. Marques, Francisco M. P. Gonçalves, Arthur Tiutenko, Aaron M. Bauer & Luis M .P. Ceríaco] |
| 2025-02-14 |
Gekko shiva (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Gekko (Gekko) shiva, a new limestone-dwelling gecko from Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae)
[OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, WORAWITOO MEESOOK, NATTASUDA DONBUNDIT, TANASAK JINDAMAD, NITTAYA TOPAI, MONTRI SUMONTHA] |
| 2025-02-14 |
Gehyra shiva (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new limestone-dwelling Four-clawed Gecko from Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae: Gehyra)
[WORAWITOO MEESOOK, NATTASUDA DONBUNDIT, TANASAK JINDAMAD, NITTAYA TOPAI, KIRATI KUNYA, WINAI SUTHANTHANGJAI, MANEERAT SUTHANTHANGJAI, NATTHAPHAT CHOTJUCKDIKUL, TEERAPHAT CHONKAMNORD, MONTRI SUMONTHA, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS] |
| 2025-02-13 |
Liolaemus fiambala (sp. nov.) |
Liolaemidae |
Integrated taxonomy using morphology and DNA sequences: recognition of a new species with comments on the geological history of the Liolaemus capillitas clade (Squamata: Iguania)
[Soledad Ruiz, MatÍas Quipildor, Sebastián Decima, Soledad Valdecantos & Fernando Lobo] |
| 2025-02-11 |
Dixonius hinchangsi (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new sandstone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius hinchangsi) from Khon Kaen Province, northeastern Thailand
[OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, SUNANDAN DAS, KIRATI KUNYA, MONTRI SUMONTHA, NATTASUDA DONBUNDIT, THOMAS P. C. PAUWELS, GONTRAN SONET, JONATHAN BRECKO, WORAWITOO MEESOOK] |
| 2025-02-10 |
Scincella truongi (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Son La Province, northwestern Vietnam
[Anh Van Pham, Thomas Ziegler, Cuong The Pham, Thao Ngoc Hoang, Hanh Thi Ngo, Minh Duc Le] |
| 2025-02-06 |
Cnemaspis enneaporus (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Another new karst-dwelling rock gecko in the Cnemaspis siamensis group (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand
[Attapol Rujirawan, Akrachai Aksornneam, Siriporn Yodthong, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Bryan L. Stuart, Anchalee Aowphol] |
| 2025-02-06 |
Hemiphyllodactylus laowozhenensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from western Yunnan, China
[Hongxin Zhou, Xiaohan Wang, Liangwei Cui, Dongru Zhang, Ziqi Shen, Xiuyan Li, Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2025-02-05 |
Acanthosaura cuongi (sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
A new species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Truong Son Mountain Range, Vietnam
[Hai Ngoc Ngo, Linh Tu Hoang Le, Tao Thien Nguyen, Tuan Minh Nguyen, Ngan Thi Nguyen, Tien Quang Phan, Truong Quang Nguyen, Thomas Ziegler and Dang Trong Do] |
| 2025-02-04 |
Oedura atra (sp. nov.) |
Diplodactylidae |
A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from basalt habitat of inland north Queensland, Australia
[CONRAD J. HOSKIN] |
| 2025-02-03 |
Hemidactylus amarasinghei (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new tuberculate house gecko species (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Hemidactylus) from the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India
[AMIT SAYYED, RAHUL KHOT, JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA] |
| 2025-01-31 |
Echinosaura embera (sp. nov.) |
Gymnophthalmidae |
A new species of hedgehog-lizard of the genus Echinosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Colombia and Panama with a reevaluation of the conservation status of the genus
[JUAN D. VÁSQUEZ-RESTREPO, JUAN M. DAZA] |
| 2025-01-30 |
Leptophis mystacinus (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of parrot snake, Leptophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Brazilian Cerrado
[Nelson R. Albuquerque, Roullien H. Martins, Priscila S. Carvalho, Donald B. Shepard, Diego J. Santana] |
| 2025-01-28 |
Trimeresurus erythrochloris (sp. nov.) |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
A new species of karst-associated pitviper of the Trimeresurus kanburiensis complex (Squamata: Viperidae) from eastern Thailand
[Parinya Pawangkhanant, Sabira S. Idiiatullina, Ton Smits, Ian Dugdale, Andrew Pierce, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom & Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2025-01-27 |
Lampropholis isla (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
A new species of Lampropholis skink (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Scawfell Island, mid-east Queensland, Australia
[CONRAD J. HOSKIN] |
| 2025-01-21 |
Tropidurus galileii (sp. nov.) |
Tropiduridae |
Microendemism can be the rule in the Brazilian Caatinga: evidence from flat lizards of the Tropidurus semitaeniatus group (Squamata: Tropiduridae)
[Elaine Ferreira, Iuri Ribeiro Dias, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues & André L. G. Carvalho] |
| 2025-01-20 |
Lycodon poyarkovi (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Lycodon Fitzinger, 1826 from the Northern part of the Truong Son Mountains, Central Vietnam (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae)
[TAN VAN NGUYEN, GERNOT VOGEL] |
| 2025-01-16 |
Scincella chengduensis (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Hidden Urban Biodiversity: A New Species of the Genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Southwest China
[Ru-Wan Jia, Zong-Yuan Gao, Di-Hao Wu, Guan-Qi Wang, Gang Liu, Min Liu, Ke Jiang, De-Chun Jiang, Jin-Long Ren and Jia-Tang Li] |
| 2025-01-16 |
Cyrtodactylus pecelmadiun (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species Belonging to the Cyrtodactylus sadleiri Complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) Has Been Discovered in East Java, Indonesia
[AWAL RIYANTO, IRVAN SIDIK, AMIR HAMIDY, L. LEE GRISMER, ABINAWANTO] |
| 2025-01-15 |
Rhoptropus nivimontanus (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Namib Day Gecko (Gekkonidae: Rhoptropus Peters, 1869) from the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola
[DIOGO PARRINHA, MARIANA P. MARQUES, ARTHUR TIUTENKO, MATTHEW P. HEINICKE, AARON M. BAUER, LUIS M.P. CERÍACO] |
| 2025-01-14 |
Oligodon cicadophagus (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Oligodon cicadophagus, a new kukri snake from southern peninsular Thailand (Squamata: Colubridae)
[OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, NATTASUDA DONBUNDIT, MONTRI SUMONTHA, WORAWITOO MEESOOK] |
| 2025-01-14 |
Hemiphyllodactylus khpoh (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of lowland karst-dwelling Slender Gecko Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a karstic archipelago in western Cambodia
[L. LEE GRISMER, PABLO SINOVAS, EVAN S. H. QUAH, SOTHEAREN THI, PHYROUM CHOURN, SOPHEA CHHIN, SEIHA HUN, ANTHONY COBOS, PETER GEISSLER, CHRISTIAN CHING, MATTHEW L. MURDOCH] |
| 2025-01-13 |
Boaedon broadleyi (sp. nov.),
Boaedon subniger (sp. nov.),
Boaedon arabicus (elevated from subspecies) |
Lamprophiidae |
Two new species of Boaedon from Ethiopia and Somalia, with a review of the species of East Africa
[JAKOB HALLERMANN, OLIVER HAWLITSCHEK] |
| 2025-01-10 |
Sepsina caluanda (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae (Scincinae) |
Buried in the Sands of Time: A New Species of Sepsina Bocage, 1866, from Angola (Squamata: Scincidae)
[Diogo Parrinha, Mariana P. Marques, Ana Carolina Andrade De Sousa, Aaron M. Bauer, Luis M.P. Ceríaco] |
| 2025-01-06 |
Cyrtodactylus nangunhe (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Yunnan Nangunhe National Nature Reserve, China
[Shuo Liu, Zhimin Li, Wenguang Duan, Mian Hou & Dingqi Rao] |
| 2024-12-24 |
Dibamus elephantinus (sp. nov.) |
Dibamidae |
A new species of blind skink of the genus Dibamus Duméril et Bibron, 1839 (Squamata, Dibamidae) from Cambodia
[Andrey M. Bragin, Neang Thy, Vladislav A. Gorin, Alexandra Lisenkova, Varvara Bogatyreva, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2024-12-21 |
Achalinus jianghuaensis (sp. nov.) |
Xenodermidae |
A New Species of Genus Achalinus from Hunan Province, China (Squamata: Xenodermatidae)
[Jie Huang, Taifu Huang, Hui Li, Shengqiang Liu, Ziliang Zhang, Youxiang Zhang, Tao Wu] |
| 2024-12-21 |
Diploderma nangunhe (sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
A New Species of Diploderma (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Yunnan Nangunhe National Nature Reserve, China
[Shuo Liu, Zhimin Li, Tong Yang, Mian Hou, Dingqi Rao, Natalia Borisovna Ananjeva] |
| 2024-12-21 |
Pelodiscus huike (sp. nov.),
Pelodiscus jiangxiensis (junior synonym of Pelodiscus axenari),
Pelodiscus shipian (junior synonym of Pelodiscus axenari) |
Trionychidae |
Shedding Light into the Confusing History of Pelodiscus axenaria (Zhou, Zhang et Fang, 1991), Clarifying and Correcting Its Taxonomic Position within the P. axenaria Complex with the Description of Yet Another Pelodiscus Species
[Jia-Yu Liu, Wen Fu, Yi-Han Ma, Ting Zhou, Torsten Blanck, Gong-Jian Zhou, Ya-Mei Xiao, Xiao-Yang Mo] |
| 2024-12-17 |
Herpetoreas abros (sp. nov) |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A New Species of Herpetoreas Günther, 1860 (Serpentes: Natricidae) from Yunnan, China
[Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Hongxin Zhou, Changsheng Zuo, Fawang Yin and Dingqi Rao] |
| 2024-12-16 |
Diplolaemus vulcanus (sp. nov.) |
Leiosauridae |
A straightforward workflow to explore species diversity using the Patagonian lizards of the Diplolaemus genus (Iguania: Leiosauridae) as a study case, with the description of a new species
[Juan Vrdoljak, Kevin Imanol Sánchez, Andrea González-Marín, Mariana Morando, Luciano Javier Avila] |
| 2024-12-16 |
Diploglossidae, Celestinae |
Diploglossidae (Celestinae) |
A new forest lizard fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Diploglossidae, Celestinae)
[MOLLY SCHOOLS, S. BLAIR HEDGES]
17 new species:
- Celestus capitulates, C. hesperius, C. jamesbondi, C. oligolepis
- Comptus arboreus
- Panolopus lanceolatus, P. lapierrae, P. semitaeniatus, P. unicolor
- Sauresia agramma, S. cayemitae, S. gracilis, S. pangnolae, S. synoria
- Wetmorena obscura, W. orosaura
17 elevated from subspecies:
- Comptus (Celestus) alloeides, C. (Celestus) weinandi
- Panolopus (Celestus) aenetergum, P. aporus, P. (Celestus) chalcorhabdus, P. (Celestus) diastatus, P. (Celestus) emys, P. (Celestus) hylonomus, P. leionotus, P. (Celestus) melanchrous, P. (Celestus) neiba, P. (Celestus) nesobous, P. oreistes, P. psychonothes, P. saonae
- Wetmorena (Celestus) mylica, W. (Celestus) surda
Celestus fowleri placed into synonymy of Celestus striatus
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| 2024-12-14 |
Gloydius variegatus (sp. nov.) |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
One mountain, two tigers: A new species of Gloydius (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the upper Lancang Valley in Xizang, China, with comments on the diagnostic characters and evolution of the G. strauchi (Bedriaga, 1912) species complex
[Jin-Long Ren, Jun-Jie Huang, Wei Wu, Ke Jiang, Jia-tang Li] |
| 2024-12-13 |
Oligodon zhangfujii (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Description of a new species of Kukri snake (Serpentes: Colubridae: Oligodon) from Xizang, China
[Ke Jiang, Di-Hao Wu, Jun-Jie Huang, Jin-Long Ren, Zong-Yuan Gao, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Jia-tang Li] |
| 2024-12-12 |
Platyceps gallagheri (sp. nov.),
Platyceps hajarensis (sp. nov.),
Platyceps masirae (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Three new cliff racer species from the Sultanate of Oman (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae) and zoogeographic traits of its herpetofauna
[Beat Schätti, Frank Tillack, Andrea Stutz, Christoph Kucharzewski] |
| 2024-12-12 |
Liopholis parva (sp. nov.),
Liopholis purnululu (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Egerniinae) |
Molecular and morphological assessment of the Liopholis inornata (Rosén, 1905) species group (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from northern Western Australia
[KEN P. APLIN, BRAD MARYAN, KYLE N. ARMSTRONG, CHRIS R. PAVEY, STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN] |
| 2024-12-12 |
Lycodon yunnanensis (comb. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Solving of the long-term question: resurrection of Dinodon yunnanensis Werner, 1922 (Squamata: Colubridae: Lycodon)
[GERNOT VOGEL, SHUO LIU, PATRICK DAVID, TAN VAN NGUYEN] |
| 2024-12-04 |
Colubroelaps adleri (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new endemic insular species of the genus Colubroelaps (Squamata, Serpentes, Colubroidea) from Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
[Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Andrey M. Bragin, Tan Van Nguyen] |
| 2024-12-04 |
Dixonius burmanicus (comb. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Rediscovery and redescription of Dixonius siamensis (Boulenger, 1899) (Squamata: Gekkonidae), type species of the genus, with lectotype designation
[OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, SUNANDAN DAS, JONATHAN BRECKO, HENRIK BRINGSØE, MONTRI SUMONTHA] |
| 2024-12-02 |
Liotyphlops pino (sp. nov.) |
Anomalepididae |
A new species of the genus Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) from the Caribbean coast of Honduras
[CRISTOPHER A. ANTÚNEZ-FONSECA, JOSUE RAMOS-GALDAMEZ, JOSÉ MARIO SOLÍS, JUAN C. DIAZ-RICAURTE, LARRY DAVID WILSON] |
| 2024-11-30 |
Ophisops venustus (sp. nov.) |
Lacertidae |
NOTES ON THE Ophisops beddomei COMPLEX (SQUAMATA: LACERTIDAE) WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW ALLIED CRYPTIC SPECIES FROM WESTERN INDIA
[Harshil Patel, Raju Vyas, Tejas Thackeray, Saunak Pal & Zeeshan A. Mirza] |
| 2024-11-28 |
Cyrtodactylus borgattaorum (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new granite cave dwelling endemic species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Hon Son Island, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam
[THINH GIA TRAN, NGON QUANG LAM, TRUONG MINH NHAT NGUYEN, NGA THI NGUYEN, THAO THI PHUONG NGUYEN, JACOB SMITH, VU DANG HOANG NGUYEN, L LEE GRISMER] |
| 2024-11-27 |
Achalinus nanshanensis occidentalis (ssp. nov.) |
Xenodermidae |
Taxonomic Revision of Ningshan Odd-Scaled Snake, Achalinus ningshanensis (Serpentes, Xenodermidae), with Description of a New Subspecies from Western China
[Yuhao Xu, Shun Ma, Bo Cai, Diancheng Yang, Tianyou Zhang, Tianxuan Gu, Fengcheng Zhu, Song Huang and Lifang Peng] |
| 2024-11-20 |
Lygodactylus lobeke (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of African diurnal dwarf geckos (Gekkonidae: Lygodactylus) from the Lower Guinea rainforest
[BEATE RÖLL, PEDRO VAZ PINTO, JAVIER LOBÓN-ROVIRA] |
| 2024-11-20 |
Atractus dativus (sp. nov.),
Atractus muisca (sp. nov.),
Atractus pearti (sp. nov.),
Atractus tritono (sp. nov.),
Atractus uroborus (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Taxonomy without borders: Revision of the genus Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes between Colombia and Venezuela
[Paulo Passos, Elson Meneses-Pelayo, Luciana O. Ramos, Angele R. Martins, Alessandra Machado, Ricardo T. Lopes, César Barrio-Amorós, John D. Lynch] |
| 2024-11-18 |
Rhacodactylus willihenkeli (sp. nov.) |
Diplodactylidae |
A new species of giant gecko of the genus Rhacodactylus from New Caledonia (Squamata, Gekkota, Diplodactylidae)
[GUNTHER KÖHLER, JOACHIM SAMEIT, ROBERT SEIPP, KATHARINA GEISS] |
| 2024-11-11 |
Scincella fansipanensis (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new species of the genus Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Mount Fansipan, Hoang Lien Son Range, northwestern Vietnam
[SHINYA OKABE, MASAHARU MOTOKAWA, YUKI KOIZUMI, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, TAO THIEN NGUYEN, HAI TUAN BUI] |
| 2024-11-11 |
Cyrtodactylus kanchanadit (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus Group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Surat Thani Province, Thailand Underscores This Group’s Remarkable Diversity on the Thai-Malay Peninsula
[Korkhwan Termprayoon, Attapol Rujirawan, Larry Lee Grismer and Anchalee Aowphol] |
| 2024-11-11 |
Hemiphyllodactylus bokor (sp. nov.),
Hemiphyllodactylus samkos (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Review of the Slender Geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Hemiphyllodactylus) of the Cardamom Mountains of southwestern Cambodia, with descriptions of two new species and one country record
[THY NEANG, VIREAK SAMORN, SEIHA HUN, ADAM HENSON, BRYAN L. STUART] |
| 2024-11-01 |
Liopholis aputja (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Egerniinae) |
A new species of rock skink (Scincidae: Liopholis) from the Central Ranges bioregion of arid Australia
[JULES E. FARQUHAR, JORDAN A. MULDER, WYN RUSSELL, MARGARET L. HAINES, ANANGU RANGERS, DAVID G. CHAPPLE] |
| 2024-11-01 |
Oligosoma carinacauda (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
The Okuru skink (Oligosoma carinacauda sp. nov) of South Westland, New Zealand—simply elusive or extinct?
[TRENT BELL, GEOFF B. PATTERSON] |
| 2024-10-29 |
Ovophis malhotrae (now Ovophis anitae) |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
The status of the nomen "Ovophis malhotrae" (Squamata, Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae)
[Patrick David, Thierry Frétey, Gernot Vogel] |
| 2024-10-23 |
Bothriechis |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
Die von Arteaga et al. (2024) vorgeschlagenen Taxa sollten nicht als eigenen Arten, sondern eher als jüngere Synonyme oder höchstens als Unterarten betrachtet werden:
A revision of recent taxonomic changes to the eyelash palm pitviper, Bothriechis schlegelii (Serpentes, Viperidae)
[Jacobo Reyes-Velasco] |
| 2024-10-21 |
Anguiculus (gen. nov.),
Anguiculus dicaprioi (sp. nov.),
Anguiculus rappii (comb. nov.),
|
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Phylogeny and systematics of the colubrid snake genera Liopeltis and Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) and description of a new Himalayan endemic genus and species
[Zeeshan A. Mirza, Virender K. Bhardwaj, Saunak Pal, H. T. Lalremsanga, Gernot Vogel, Patrick D. Campbell & Harshil Patel] |
| 2024-10-21 |
Gongylosoma calamaria (comb. nov.),
Gongylosoma frenata (comb. nov.),
Gongylosoma pallidonuchalis (comb. nov.) |
Colubridae
(incertae sedis) |
Phylogeny and systematics of the colubrid snake genera Liopeltis and Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) and description of a new Himalayan endemic genus and species
[Zeeshan A. Mirza, Virender K. Bhardwaj, Saunak Pal, H. T. Lalremsanga, Gernot Vogel, Patrick D. Campbell & Harshil Patel] |
| 2024-10-19 |
Hemiphyllodactylus jinghongensis (sp. nov.),
Hemiphyllodactylus menglianensis (sp. nov.),
Hemiphyllodactylus mengsongcunensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Integrative Taxonomy Revealed High Diversity of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and the Description of Three New Species from Yunnan Province, China
[Hongxin Zhou, Xiuyan Li, Chaoying Yuan, Liangwei Cui, Shuo Liu and Dingqi Rao] |
| 2024-10-17 |
Gekko alpinus (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Discovery of a new species of the subgenus Japonigekko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gekko) from the Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China: the best Japonigekko mountaineer
[Shun Ma, Sheng-Chao Shi, Cheng Shen, Li-Ming Chang, Jian-Ping Jiang] |
| 2024-10-16 |
Gehyra corona (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new insular species of Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Papua New Guinea closely related to Gehyra oceanica
[Fred Kraus, Varpu Vahtera and Valter Weijola] |
| 2024-10-16 |
Ophiophagus kaalinga (sp. nov.),
Ophiophagus salvatana (sp. nov.),
Ophiophagus bungarus (comb. nov.) |
Elapidae |
Taxonomic revision of the king cobra Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836) species complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae), with the description of two new species
[Indraneil Das, P. Gowri Shankar, Priyanka Swamy, Rhiannon C. Williams, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, P. Prashanth, Gunanidhi Sahoo, S.P. Vijayakumar, Jacob Höglund, Kartik Shanker, Sushil K. Dutta, S.R. Ganesh, Wolfgang Wüster] |
| 2024-10-16 |
Pseudogonatodes fuscofortunatus (sp. nov.) |
Sphaerodactylidae |
Morphology and molecular systematics support a new species of Pseudogonatodes (Squamata: Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) from Venezuela with a remarkable telescoped skull
[Walter E. Schargel, Cristian Hernández-Morales, Juan D. Daza, Michael J. Jowers, Andrés Camilo Montes-Correa, Mayke De Freitas, Kathryn A. Sullivan, Tony Gamble, Aaron M. Bauer and Gilson A. Rivas] |
| 2024-10-15 |
Calotes sinyik (sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
A new small-sized Calotes Cuvier (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae) from the Subansiri river basin, Arunachal Pradesh, India
[HARSHIL PATEL, TEJAS THACKERAY, CHINTAN SHETH, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2024-10-10 |
Lycodon neomaculatus (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
The nomenclatural status of “Anoplophallus maculatus” Cope, 1895, its consequences on the systematics of Lycodon subcinctus auctorum, and the description of a new species (Squamata: Colubridae)
[TAN VAN NGUYEN, JUSTIN L. LEE, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, STEVIE R. KENNEDY-GOLD, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV, PATRICK DAVID, GERNOT VOGEL] |
| 2024-10-08 |
Cyrtodactylus belanegara (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Another New Bent-Toed Gecko of the Cyrtodactylus marmoratus Group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from West Java, Indonesia
[Awal Riyanto, Isna A. Hikmah, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, A. Abinawanto, Amir Hamidy] |
| 2024-10-03 |
Diplodactylus fyfei (sp. nov.),
Diplodactylus tjoritjarinya (sp. nov.) |
Diplodactylidae |
Vicars in the desert: Substrate specialisation and paleo-erosion underpin cryptic speciation in an Australian arid-zone lizard lineage (Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus)
[Peter J. McDonald, Aaron L. Fenner, Janne Torkkola, Paul M. Oliver] |
| 2024-10-02 |
Chironius whipala (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Sipo Snake, Chironius (Serpentes: Colubridae), from the Yungas of Bolivia
[Oliver Quinteros-Muñoz, Pedro Gómez-Murillo, Teresa Camacho-Badani, Rodrigo Aguayo, Rene Carpio-Real,Edson Pérez, Bladimir Marca, Lucindo Gonzales, and Omar Torres-Carvajal] |
| 2024-09-26 |
Asaccus authenticus (sp. nov.)
Asaccus ingae (revalidated) |
Phyllodactylidae |
Taxonomy of Iranian Asaccus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) with description of a new species from southern Iran
[ROMAN A. NAZAROV, HOSSEIN NABIZADEH, MEHDI RAJABIZADEH, DANIEL A. MELNIKOV, VALENTINA R. VOLKOVA, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI] |
| 2024-09-24 |
Amphisbaena amethysta (sp. nov.) |
Amphisbaenidae |
A new four-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) from the north of Espinhaço Mountain Range, Brazil
[Síria Ribeiro, Alfredo P. Santos Jr, Isabelly G. Martins, Elaine C. S. Oliveira, Roberta Graboski, Thiago Barbosa Da Silveira, Matheus H. M. Benício, Wilian Vaz-Silva] |
| 2024-09-20 |
Mabuya yasuniensis (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
The skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) of Ecuador, with description of a new Amazonian species
[Omar Torres-Carvajal, Camila Sandoval, Diego A. Paucar] |
| 2024-09-20 |
Cyrtodactylus panitvongi (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Cyrtodactylus panitvongi, a new cave-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko from Lopburi Province, central Thailand (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
[OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, NATTHAPHAT CHOTJUCKDIKUL, NATTASUDA DONBUNDIT, MONTRI SUMONTHA, WORAWITOO MEESOOK] |
| 2024-09-19 |
Gehyra aquilonia (sp. nov.),
Gehyra chrysopeleia (sp. nov.),
Gehyra louisiadensis (sp. nov.),
Gehyra maculicincta (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
New species of Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Papua New Guinea
[Fred Kraus] |
| 2024-09-19 |
Cyrtodactylus meesookae (sp. nov.),
Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Two new cave-dwelling species of Bent-toed Geckos from Saraburi and Loei provinces, Thailand (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus)
[MONTRI SUMONTHA, NONN PANITVONG, KIRATI KUNYA, NATTASUDA DONBUNDIT, WINAI SUTHANTHANGJAI, MANEERAT SUTHANTHANGJAI, EAKARIT PHANAMPHON, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS] |
| 2024-09-19 |
Cnemaspis geethaiyerae (sp. nov.),
Cnemaspis kanyakumariensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the southern tip of the Western Ghats, India
[Ishan Agarwal, Tejas Thackeray and Akshay Khandekar] |
| 2024-09-16 |
Typhlops cubae (resurrected) |
Typhlopidae |
Resurrection of Typhlops cubae Bibron, 1843 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), with taxonomic comments on the Typhlops lumbricalis species group
[MANUEL ITURRIAGA, MICHEL DOMÍNGUEZ, VÍCTOR HUGO REYNOSO] |
| 2024-09-10 |
Brookesia nofy (sp. nov.) |
Chamaeleonidae
(Brookesiinae) |
A new miniaturized species of leaf chameleon, genus Brookesia, from a littoral forest fragment in eastern Madagascar
[ANDOLALAO RAKOTOARISON, ALIDA FRANKLINE HASINIAINA, FRANK GLAW, MIGUEL VENCES] |
| 2024-09-13 |
Gonyosomini (trib. nov),
Verdigrophis (gen. nov),
Verdigrophis coeruleus (comb. nov),
Verdigrophis prasinus (comb. nov),
Gonyophis, Rhadinophis, Rhynchophis (gen. revalidated) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Revalidation of the Arboreal Asian Snake Genera Gonyophis Boulenger, 1891; Rhynchophis Mocquard, 1897; and Rhadinophis Vogt, 1922, with Description of a New Genus and Tribe (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae)
[Van Wallach, Rune Midtgaard, Emma Hsiao] |
| 2024-09-05 |
Cyrtodactylus mamberamo (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of narrow-banded Cyrtodactylus (Gekkonidae) from northern New Guinea
[PAUL M. OLIVER, NICHOLAS BOOTHROYD, BURHAN TJATURADI, AWAL RIYANTO, DJOKO T. ISKANDAR, STEPHEN J. RICHARDS] |
| 2024-09-03 |
Cyrtodactylus khlonghatensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of karst-dwelling bent-toed gecko of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from eastern Thailand and the phylogenetic placement of C. intermedius
[Natee Ampai, Attapol Rujirawan, Siriporn Yodthong, Korkhwan Termprayoon, Bryan L. Stuart, Anchalee Aowphol] |
| 2024-09-02 |
Liolaemus aluen (sp. nov.) |
Liolaemidae |
Desde los últimos confines: nueva especie de lagartija Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) de la estepa patagónica de Santa Cruz, Argentina
[Agustina San Millán, Cristian Simón Abdala] |
| 2024-08-29 |
Mesalina ardestanica (sp. nov.),
Mesalina bardaskanensis (sp. nov.),
Mesalina esfarayensis (sp. nov.),
Mesalina halilica (sp. nov.),
Mesalina kermanensis (sp. nov.),
Mesalina khuzestanensis (sp. nov.) |
Lacertidae |
Description of six new species from Mesalina watsonana complex in the Iranian plateau and neighboring regions
[HAMID BOROUMAND, SOHEILA SHAFIEI BAFTI, REIHANEH SABERI-PIROOZ, WOLFGANG BÖHME, FARAHAM AHMADZADEH] |
| 2024-08-27 |
Leiolepis glaurung (sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
The description of the first rock-dwelling species of butterfly lizard Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 (Squamata, Agamidae) from the Khorat Plateau in northeastern Thailand
[Pratyaporn Wanchai, Attapol Rujirawan, Matthew L. Murdoch, Akrachai Aksornneam, Pattarapon Promnun, Amanda Kaatz, Jeren J. Gregory, Eddie Nguyen, William Van Iderstein, Evan S. H. Quah, L. Lee Grismer, Jesse L. Grismer, Anchalee Aowphol] |
| 2024-08-27 |
Nactus simakal (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Nactus gecko from boulder-pile habitat on Dauan Island, Torres Strait, Australia
[CONRAD J. HOSKIN, ALEXANDER DAVIES, KIERAN ALAND] |
| 2024-08-22 |
Hemidactylus gubanensis (sp. nov.),
Hemidactylus huluul (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the coastal areas of northern Somaliland
[Tomáš Mazuch, Vojtěch Janák, Doubravka Velenská, Annamaria Nistri, Hassan Sh Abdirahman Elmi, Jiří Šmíd] |
| 2024-08-21 |
Teretrurus agumbensis (sp. nov.),
Teretrurus albiventer (sp. nov.),
Teretrurus periyarensis (sp. nov.),
Teretrurus siruvaniensis (sp. nov.) |
Uropeltidae |
Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India
[Vivek P. Cyriac, S.R. Ganesh, Zeba Madani, Avrajjal Ghosh, Vidisha Kulkarni, Kartik Shanker] |
| 2024-08-18 |
Ptyas bachmaensis (sp. nov) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of green rat snake (Squamata: Colubridae: Ptyas) from Vietnam
[Sang Ngoc Nguyen, Ba Dinh Vo, Nikolai L. Orlov, Khanh Duy Phan, Manh Van Le, Luan Thanh Nguyen, An Thien Tran, Robert W. Murphy, Jing Che] |
| 2024-08-17 |
Cyrtodactylus laevis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of Cyrtodactylus tibetanus Group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Xizang Autonomous Region, China
[Shun Ma, Sheng-Chao Shi,Tian-Yu Qian, Lu-Lu Sui, Bin Wang and Jian-Ping Jiang] |
| 2024-08-16 |
Amphisbaena lumbricalis (placed into the synonymy of Amphisbaena carvalhoi) |
Amphisbaenidae |
Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini, 1996 is a synonym of Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965 (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)
[RAUL FERNANDES DANTAS SALES, ULISSES CARAMASCHI, ELIZA MARIA XAVIER FREIRE] |
| 2024-08-12 |
Ahaetulla longirostris (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Ahaetuliinae) |
A new long-snouted vine snake species in the genus Ahaetulla Link, 1807 (Colubridae: Chrysopeleinae) from India
[Zeeshan A. Mirza, Soham Pattekar, Sourabh Verma, Bryan L. Stuart, Jayaditya Purkayastha, Pratyush Mohapatra, Harshil Patel] |
| 2024-08-07 |
Smithophis mizoramensis (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A New Species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 from the Indo-Burma Region
[Zeeshan A. Mirza, Virender K. Bhardwaj, Jote Chawntual Lalmuanawma, Girish Choure, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Ashok Captain, Akshay Zagade and Harshil Patel] |
| 2024-07-29 |
Cyrtodactylus barailensis (sp. nov.),
Cyrtodactylus kiphire (sp. nov.),
Cyrtodactylus manipurensis (sp. nov.),
Cyrtodactylus namdaphaensis (sp. nov.),
Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis (sp. nov.),
Cyrtodactylus siangensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Description of six new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeastern India
[Bitupan Boruah, Surya Narayanan, Neelavar Ananthram Aravind, Samuel Lalronunga, V. Deepak, Abhijit Das] |
| 2024-07-24 |
Tropidophorus vongx (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A New Species of the Genus Tropidophorus Duméril, Bibron, 1839 (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from China-Vietnam Border Region in Southeastern Yunnan Province, China
[Kai Wang, Ling Li, Hao-Nan Mu, Sheng-Jing Xu and Jing Che] |
| 2024-07-24 |
Panaspis ericae (sp. nov.),
Panaspis mundavambo (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
A treasure trove of endemics: two new species of snake-eyed skinks of the genus Panaspis Cope, 1868 (Squamata, Scincidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, southwestern Angola
[Mariana P. Marques, Diogo Parrinha, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Arthur Tiutenko, Aaron M. Bauer, Luis M. P. Ceríaco] |
| 2024-07-24 |
Hemiphyllodactylus houaphanensis (sp. nov.),
Hemiphyllodactylus vanhoensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Integrative taxonomy reveals two new species of karst-dwelling Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the border region of Laos and Vietnam
[VINH QUANG LUU, TUOI THI HOANG, HONG BICH HA, JESSE L. GRISMER, MATTHEW MURDOCH, SALY SITTHIVONG, VILAY PHIMPASONE, L. LEE GRISMER] |
| 2024-07-18 |
Neopalaia (nom. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Neopalaia nom. nov., a new name for Palaia Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri, 2021 (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae)
[UMAKANT BHOOPATI DESHMUKH] |
| 2024-07-09 |
Hebius citrinoventer (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A new species of the genus Hebius (Squamata, Natricidae) from Yunnan, China
[Yu-Hao Xu, Dian-Cheng Yang, Yan-An Gong, Kai-Chen Ouyang, Shi-Yang Weng, Jun-Dong Deng, Song Huang, Li-Fang Peng] |
| 2024-07-09 |
Ctenotus rungulla (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Ctenotus rungulla sp. nov. (Scincidae; Sphenomorphinae), a new sandstone-associated skink that highlights reptile endemism in Queensland's Gregory Range
[Stephen M. Zozaya, Dylan W. Case, & Conrad J. Hoskin] |
| 2024-07-09 |
Uropeltis caudomaculata (sp. nov.),
Uropeltis guentheri (revalidated) |
Uropeltidae |
A new species of Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the eastern escarpment of the southern Western Ghats, India
[DAVID J. GOWER, SANDEEP DAS, V. DEEPAK, JASON D. GERARD, SURYA NARAYANAN] |
| 2024-07-02 |
Hebius vibakari ruthveni (placed into the synonymy of Hebius vibakari vibakari) |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Taxonomic re-evaluation of the subspecies of Hebius vibakari (Boie, 1826) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Natricidae), with new evidence from central and northern China
[ZONG-YUAN GAO, JUN-JIE HUANG, LI DING, KE JIANG, JIE MAO, JIN-LONG REN] |
| 2024-07-01 |
Trimeresurus cyanolabris (sp. nov.) |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
A new species of green pitviper of the Trimeresurus macrops complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) from South Central Coastal Region of Vietnam
[SABIRA S. IDIIATULLINA, TAN VAN NGUYEN, ANDREY M. BRAGIN, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, DAC XUAN LE, GERNOT VOGEL, PATRICK DAVID, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2024-06-26 |
Thamnophis ahumadai (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A new species of Thamnophis (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Jalisco, Mexico, with a discussion on the phylogeny, taxonomy, and distribution of snakes related to Thamnophis scalaris
[Christoph I. Grünwald, María del Carmen G. Mendoza-Portilla, André J. Grünwald, Carlos Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Héctor Franz-Chávez, Uri O. García-Vázquez, Jacobo Reyes-Velasco] |
| 2024-06-25 |
Cyrtodactylus regicavernicolus (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species in the Cyrtodactylus intermedius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) group from an isolated limestone karst formation in southwestern Cambodia
[SOPHEA CHHIN, THY NEANG, SOMALY CHAN, KIMSRENG KONG, RATANAK OU, VISATHA IN, VIREAK SAMORN, RATHA SOR, VANNY LOU, SOPHA SIN, MENG CHHIM, BRYAN L. STUART, L. LEE GRISMER] |
| 2024-06-24 |
Erythrolamprus darwinnunezi (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A New Species of Erythrolamprus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes of Ecuador
[Omar Torres-Carvajal, Katherin C. Hinojosa, Diego A. Paucar] |
| 2024-06-21 |
Cyrtodactylus hangvaensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Another new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1927 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the angularis group from the karstic landscape of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, central Vietnam
[TANG VAN DUONG, LIEN VAN VU, HIEN THI THU VU, DAN MULCAHY, ANDREY M. BRAGIN, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV JR., L. LEE GRISMER] |
| 2024-06-20 |
Melanoseps sokokensis (sp. nov.),
Scolecoseps ashei (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae (Scincinae) |
Two New Species of Limbless Skinks in the Genus Melanoseps and Scolecoseps from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya
[Patrick K. Malonza, Joash O. Nyamache, Beryl A. Bwong] |
| 2024-06-14 |
Cnemaspis agamalaiensis (sp. nov.),
Cnemaspis anaimalaiensis (sp. nov.),
Cnemaspis anuradhae (sp. nov.),
Cnemaspis tenkasiensis (sp. nov.),
Cnemaspis valparaiensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Five new species of the Cnemaspis beddomei clade (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from high elevation, evergreen forests of the Southern Western Ghats, India
[AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2024-06-13 |
Lygodactylus herilalai (sp. nov.),
Lygodactylus morii (sp. nov.),
Lygodactylus schwitzeri (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Taxonomizing a truly morphologically cryptic complex of dwarf geckos from Madagascar: molecular evidence for new species-level lineages within the Lygodactylus tolampyae complex
[MIGUEL VENCES, MALTE MULTZSCH, MILENA ZERBE, SVEN GIPPNER, FRANCO ANDREONE, ANGELICA CROTTINI, FRANK GLAW, JÖRN KÖHLER, SANDRATRA RAKOTOMANGA, SOLOHERY RASAMISON, ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA] |
| 2024-06-12 |
Cnemaspis puterisantubongae (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Description of a new sandstone-dwelling species of genus Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Gunung Santubong National Park, southwestern Sarawak, Malaysia
[AKAKI KURITA, KANTO NISHIKAWA, MOHAMAD YAZID HOSSMAN, TAKAFUMI MIZUNO, HIROTOSHI SATO, MELVIN GUMAL] |
| 2024-06-11 |
Diploderma qiaojiaense (sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
A New Species of Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae) from Northeastern Yunnan Province, China
[Shuo Liu, Mian Hou and Dingqi Rao] |
| 2024-06-07 |
Cnemaspis basalticola (sp. nov.),
Cnemaspis kalsubaiensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the far northern peaks of the Western Ghats, India
[Akshay Khandekar, Tejas Thackeray, Ishan Agarwal, Satpal Gangalmale, Saurabh Kininge & Sunil M. Gaikwad] |
| 2024-05-30 |
Japalura mictophola (sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
A new montane-dwelling species of Japalura Gray, 1853 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India
[Zeeshan A. Mirza, Gaurang Gowande, Tejas Thackeray, Harshal Bhosale, Mandar Sawant, Pushkar Phansalkar & Harshil Patel] |
| 2024-05-30 |
Eublepharis macularius smithi is now a junior synonym of Eublepharis madarensis [SHARMA, 1980] |
Eublepharidae |
A Further taxonomic reassessment of Cyrtodactylus madarensis Sharma, 1980 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) now in the genus Eublephairs Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Eublephariade)
[Zeeshan A. Mirza] |
| 2024-05-30 |
Ovophis jenkinsi (sp. nov.) |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
A new mountain pitviper of the genus Ovophis Burger in Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981 (Serpentes, Viperidae) from Yunnan, China
[Xian-Chun Qiu, Jin-Ze Wang, Zu-Yao Xia, Zhong-Wen Jiang, Yan Zeng, Nan Wang, Pi-Peng Li, Jing-Song Shi] |
| 2024-05-30 |
Cyrtodactylus phamiensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of the Cyrtodactylus chauquangensis group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the borderlands of extreme northern Thailand
[L. Lee Grismer, Anchalee Aowphol, Jesse L. Grismer, Akrachai Aksornneam, Evan S. H. Quah, Matthew L. Murdoch, Jeren J. Gregory, Eddie Nguyen, Amanda Kaatz, Henrik Bringsøe, Attapol Rujirawan] |
| 2024-05-30 |
Rhynchocalamus hejazicus (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
The missing piece of the puzzle: A new and widespread species of the genus Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864 (Squamata, Colubridae) from the Arabian Peninsula
[Fulvio Licata, Lukáš Pola, Jiří Šmíd, Adel A. Ibrahim, André Vicente Liz, Bárbara Santos, László Patkó, Ayman Abdulkareem, Duarte V. Gonçalves, Ahmed Mohajja AlShammari, Salem Busais, Damien M. Egan, Ricardo M. O. Ramalho, Josh Smithson, José Carlos Brito] |
| 2024-05-30 |
Rhampholeon bombayi (sp. nov.),
Rhampholeon monteslunae (sp. nov.),
Rhampholeon msitugrabensis (sp. nov.),
Rhampholeon nalubaale (sp. nov.),
Rhampholeon plumptrei (sp. nov.) |
Chamaeleonidae |
Taxonomy of the Rhampholeon boulengeri Complex (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae): Five New Species from Central Africa’s Albertine Rift
[DANIEL F. HUGHES, MATHIAS BEHANGANA, WILBER LUKWAGO, MICHELE MENEGON, J. MAXIMILIAN DEHLING, PHILIPP WAGNER, COLIN R. TILBURY, TRISAN SOUTH, CHIFUNDERA KUSAMBA, ELI GREENBAUM] |
| 2024-05-29 |
Scincella liangshanensis (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new species of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sichuan Province, Southwest China
[Ru-Wan Jia, Zong-Yuan Gao, Di-Hao Wu, Jin-Long Ren, Dechun Jiang, Wei Wu] |
| 2024-05-29 |
Rhinophis dinarzardae (sp. nov.),
Rhinophis martin (sp. nov.) |
Uropeltidae |
Two new species of the shieldtail snake genus Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), from the Rakwana and the Knuckles Massifs of Sri Lanka
[DAVID J. GOWER, FILIPA L. SAMPAIO, DULAN RANGA VIDANAPATHIRANA, L. J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE] |
| 2024-05-20 |
Chironius nigelnoriegai (sp. nov.),
Chironius cochranae (elevated from subspecies) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Rectifying a century of misidentifications: a taxonomic re-evaluation of sipo snakes (Colubridae: Chironius) on Trinidad
[Robert C. Jadin, Michael J. Jowers, Christopher Blair, Rickaela K. Ludwig, Xabier Salgado-Irazabal, & John C. Murphy] |
| 2024-05-11 |
Kinosternon albogulare (elevated from subspecies),
Kinosternon cruentatum (elevated from subspecies) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Diversity and biogeography of South American mud turtles elucidated by multilocus DNA sequencing (Testudines: Kinosternidae)
[Juan Pablo Hurtado-Gómez, Mario Vargas-Ramírez, John B. Iverson, Walter G. Joyce, James R. McCranie, Claudia Paetzold, Uwe Fritz] |
| 2024-05-08 |
Dixonius chotjuckdikuli (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Another new micro-endemic, limestone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from Phetchaburi Province, western Thailand
[NATTASUDA DONBUNDIT, MONTRI SUMONTHA, MANEERAT SUTHANTHANGJAI, WINAI SUTHANTHANGJAI, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS] |
| 2024-05-07 |
Takydromus guilinensis (sp. nov.) |
Lacertidae |
A New Species of the Genus Takydromus (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Northeastern Guangxi, China
[Kun Guo, Yong-Hao Hu, Jian Chen, Jun Zhong and Xiang Ji] |
| 2024-04-29 |
Diploderma daduense (sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
A New Species of Diploderma (Squamata, Agamidae) from the Valley of Dadu River in Sichuan Province, with a Redescription of Topotypes of D. splendidum from Hubei Province, China
[Bo Cai, Fengjing Liu, Dong Liang, Mian Hou, Huaming Zhou, Jiayun Zhong, Jing Li and Jiang Chang] |
| 2024-04-29 |
Cyrtodactylus binhdinhensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Another new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Binh Dinh Province, south-central Vietnam
[HANH THI NGO, QUYEN HANH DO, DANG TRONG DO, CUONG THE PHAM, THANH PHUONG THI BUI, ANH THI NGOC HO, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, THOMAS ZIEGLER, MINH DUC LE] |
| 2024-04-26 |
Oligodon speleoserpens (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of karst-associated kukri snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from southern Thailand
[Parinya Pawangkhanant, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Harry Ward-Smith, Rupert Grassby-Lewis, Montri Sumontha, Nikita S. Kliukin, Sabira S. Idiiatullina, Alexei V. Trofimets, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Justin L. Lee] |
| 2024-04-25 |
Psammodynastidae (fam. nov.) |
Psammodynastidae |
Resolving the elapoid phylogeny: systematics of Psammodynastes and Buhoma (Elapoidea: Serpentes), with the description of a new Asian snake family
[Sunandan Das, Eli Greenbaum, Jonathan Brecko, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Sara Ruane, Stacy Pirro & Juha Merilä] |
| 2024-04-23 |
Cnemaspis persephone (sp. nov.),
Cnemaspis sanctus (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Two new nocturnal species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the wynadensis clade from the southern Western Ghats, India
[Akshay Khandekar, Tejas Thackeray, Ishan Agarwal] |
| 2024-04-19 |
Herpetoreas davidi (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Taxonomic reassessment of the Herpetoreas xenura (Wall, 1907) (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae) from Myanmar with description of a new species
[Tan Van Nguyen, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Lal Biakzuala, Gernot Vogel] |
| 2024-04-17 |
Boa atlantica (sp. nov.)
Boa occidentalis (elevated from subspecies) |
Boidae (Boinae) |
The good, the bad and the boa: An unexpected new species of a true boa revealed by morphological and molecular evidence
[Rodrigo Castellari Gonzalez, Lorena Corina Bezerra de Lima, Paulo Passos and Maria José J. Silva] |
| 2024-04-17 |
Hemiphyllodactylus gengmaensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from southwest Yunnan, China
[Hongxin Zhou, Shimin Li, Ziqi Shen, Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2024-04-16 |
Oligosoma eludens (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
Oligosoma eludens sp. nov. (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Hawkdun, Ida, and Saint Bathans Ranges of North Otago, Aotearoa/New Zealand
[CAREY KNOX, DAVID G. CHAPPLE, TRENT BELL] |
| 2024-04-15 |
Tropidophis boulengeri (comb. nov.),
Tropidophis gularis (comb. nov.) |
Tropidophiidae |
Trachyboa synonymized with Tropidophis:
Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the dwarf boas of the family Tropidophiidae (Serpentes: Alethinophidia)
[Hussam Zaher, Carlos Trusz, Claudia Koch, Omar M. Entiauspe-Neto, Jaqueline Battilana & Felipe G. Grazziotin] |
| 2024-04-15 |
Lerista arenicola, Lerista microtis intermedia, Lerista microtis schwaneri (placed into the synonymy of Lerista microtis) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Morphological and genetic data challenge species and subspecies in the Lerista microtis group (Squamata: Scincidae)
[JULES E. FARQUHAR, IVAN PRATES, PAUL DOUGHTY, DANIEL L. RABOSKY, DAVID G. CHAPPLE] |
| 2024-04-12 |
Cyrtodactylus thalang (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phuket Island, Thailand with a discussion of the group’s potential biogeography
[L. LEE GRISMER, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, ANDREY M. BRAGIN, ALEXEY V. TROFIMETS, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, CHATMONGKON SUWANNAPOOM, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2024-04-05 |
Micrurus anibal (sp. nov.),
Micrurus bonita (sp. nov.),
Micrurus janisrozei (sp. nov.) |
Elapidae |
Integrative taxonomy of Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820) (Serpentes, Elapidae) reveals three new species of coral snake
[Lywouty R. S. Nascimento, Roberta Graboski, Nelson J. Silva JR, Ana L. C. Prudente] |
| 2024-04-04 |
Trimeresurus lanna (sp. nov.),
Trimeresurus tenasserimensis (sp. nov.) |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
An integrative taxonomic revision of the Trimeresurus popeiorum group of pitvipers (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) with descriptions of two new species from the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot
[Sabira S. Idiiatullina, Tan Van Nguyen, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Lawan Chanhome, Zeeshan A. Mirza, Patrick David, Gernot Vogel, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2024-03-27 |
Phrynocephalus kangsuensis (sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
Species divergence in valleys: the phylogeny of Phrynocephalus forsythii complex and description of a new species
[Qianru Liang, Lei Shi] |
| 2024-03-27 |
Trimeresurus kraensis (sp. nov.) |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
Another new species of karst-associated pitviper (Serpentes, Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from the Isthmus of Kra, Peninsular Thailand
[Sabira S. Idiiatullina, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Tanapong Tawan, Lawan Chanhome, Tan Van Nguyen, Patrick David, Gernot Vogel, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2024-03-27 |
Cnemaspis sathuragiriensis (sp. nov.),
Cnemaspis vangoghi (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of the Cnemaspis galaxia complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the eastern slopes of the southern Western Ghats
[Akshay Khandekar, Tejas Thackeray, Ishan Agarwal] |
| 2024-03-25 |
Cnemaspis barkiensi (sp. nov.),
Cnemaspis chandoliensis (sp. nov.),
Cnemaspis maharashtraensis (sp. nov.),
Cnemaspis sahyadriensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A preliminary taxonomic revision of the girii clade of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of four new species from southern Maharashtra, India
[AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, SUNIL M. GAIKWAD, TEJAS THACKERAY, SATPAL GANGALMALE, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2024-03-22 |
Cyrtodactylus tehetehe (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Another New Species of the Cyrtodactylus annulatus Complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Maratua an Adjacent Island to Borneo, Indonesia
[HUDA WIRADARMA, DHIKA RINO PRATAMA, YULI SULISTYA FITRIANA, AMIR HAMIDY, ERIC N. SMITH, HARY WAWANGNINGRUM, AWAL RIYANTO] |
| 2024-03-20 |
Scincella ouboteri (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Hoa Binh Province, northern Vietnam
[ANH VAN PHAM, CUONG THE PHAM, MINH DUC LE, HAI NGO NGOC, THOMAS ZIEGLER, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN] |
| 2024-03-20 |
Microlophus slevini (sp. nov.)
|
Tropiduridae |
A new species of lava lizard (Iguanidae: Tropidurinae: Microlophus) from the Galápagos
[OMAR TORRES-CARVAJAL] |
| 2024-03-11 |
Myrrophis dakkrongensis (sp. nov.) |
Homalopsidae |
A new species of mud snake (Squamata: Homalopsidae: Myrrophis) from southern Vietnam
[Sang Ngoc Nguyen, Manh Van Le, Amy Lathrop, Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo, Robert W. Murphy, Jing Che] |
| 2024-03-07 |
Pseudocalotes jingpo (sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
A New Species of the Genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from Southwest Yunnan, China
[Yuhao Xu, Yanan Gong, Mian Hou, Shiyang Weng, Shuo Liu, Jundong Deng, Junkang Hu and Lifang Peng] |
| 2024-03-07 |
Letheobia wrayi (sp. nov.) |
Typhlopidae |
A new species of gracile blind snake in the genus Letheobia (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from Sagalla Hill, south-eastern Kenya
[Patrick K. Malonza] |
| 2024-03-07 |
Calotes iadina (sp. nov.),
Calotes yunnanensis (resurrected) |
Agamidae |
Systematic revision of the Calotes jerdoni complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the Pan-Himalaya
[Kai Wang, V. Deepak, Abhijit Das, L. Lee Grismer, Shuo Liu, Jing Che] |
| 2024-03-01 |
Goniurosaurus nebulozonatus (sp. nov.) |
Eublepharidae |
Genetic and Morphological Studies on Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae), with a Description of a New Species from the Northern Part of Okinawajima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan
[Takaki Kurita, Mamoru Toda] |
| 2024-03-01 |
Trachischium nyalamense (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny and Morphological Comparisons Provide New Insights into Systematics of the Genus Trachischium Günther, 1858 (Serpentes: Natricidae)
[Peng Guo, Qin Liu, Jie Qiong Jin, Fu Shu, Ya Yong Wu, Jing Che] |
| 2024-03-01 |
Pseudogonatodes quihuai (sp. nov.) |
Sphaerodactylidae |
A new dwarf gecko of the genus Pseudogonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the eastern slope of the Andean Cordillera de Mérida in northern South America
[FERNANDO J. M. ROJAS-RUNJAIC, CLAUDIA KOCH, SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER, ANA L. C. PRUDENTE] |
| 2024-02-25 |
Bunopus orientalis (comb. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Some like it hot: Past and present phylogeography of a desert dwelling gecko across the Arabian Peninsula
[Lukáš Pola, Pierre-André Crochet, Philippe Geniez, Mohammed Shobrak, Salem Busais, Daniel Jablonski, Rafaqat Masroor, Timur Abduraupov, Salvador Carranza, Jiří Šmíd] |
| 2024-02-20 |
Trachylepis bouri (sp. nov.),
Trachylepis hilariae (sp. nov.),
Trachylepis ovahelelo (sp. nov.),
Trachylepis suzanae (sp. nov.),
Trachylepis vunongue (sp. nov.),
Trachylepis wilsoni (sp. nov.) ,
Trachylepis albopunctata (revalidated from synonymy),
Trachylepis ansorgii (revalidated from synonymy),
Trachylepis maculilabris (revalidated from synonymy),
Trachylepis huilensis (elevated from subspecies) |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
The Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) of Angola: An Integrative Taxonomic Review with the Description of Seven New Species
[Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Mariana P. Marques, Diogo Parrinha, Arthur Tiutenko, Jeffrey L. Weinell, Brett O. Butler, Aaron M. Bauer] |
| 2024-02-19 |
Cyrtodactylus luci (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of the Cyrtodactylus chauquangensis species group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Lao Cai Province, Vietnam
[Tung Thanh Tran, Quyen Hanh Do, Cuong The Pham, Tien Quang Phan, Hanh Thi Ngo, Minh Duc Le, Thomas Ziegler, Truong Quang Nguyen] |
| 2024-02-16 |
Eunectes akayima (sp. nov.) |
Boidae (Boinae) |
Disentangling the Anacondas: Revealing a New Green Species and Rethinking Yellows
[Jesus Antonio Rivas, Paola De la Quintana, Marco Mancuso, Gilson A Rivas, Sandra Mariotto, David Salazar-Valenzuela, Marcelo Tepeña Baihua, Penti Baihua, Gordon Burghardt, Freek Vonk, Emil Hernández, Juán Elías García-Pérez, Bryan Fry and Sarah Corey-Rivas] |
| 2024-02-15 |
Chalcides montanus pallaryi (ssp. nov.) |
Scincidae (Scincinae) |
Resolving the identity of Pallary’s Skink: a new taxon of the genus Chalcides (Squamata: Scincidae) from Morocco and Algeria
[Philippe Geniez, Dave Lutgen, Yves Hingrat, Vincent Rivière, Menad Beddek, Olivier Peyre & Pierre-André Crochet] |
| 2024-02-08 |
Bothriechis hussaini (sp. nov.),
Bothriechis khwargi (sp. nov.),
Bothriechis klebbai (sp. nov.),
Bothriechis rahimi (sp. nov.),
Bothriechis rasikusumorum (sp. nov.),
Bothriechis nigroadspersus (revalidated),
Bothriechis nitidus (revalidated),
Bothriechis torvus (revalidated) |
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
Systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii (Serpentes, Viperidae), with the description of five new species and revalidation of three
[Alejandro Arteaga, R. Alexander Pyron, Abel Batista, Jose Vieira, Elson Meneses Pelayo, Eric N. Smith, César L. Barrio Amorós, Claudia Koch, Stefanie Agne, Jorge H. Valencia, Lucas Bustamante, Kyle J. Harris] |
| 2024-02-02 |
Dibamus deimontis (sp. nov.) |
Dibamidae |
Another new species of Dibamus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Nui Chua National Park, Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam
[NIKITA S. KLIUKIN, ANDREY M. BRAGIN, TAN VAN NGUYEN, SON XUAN LE, TIN TRONG VO TRAN, VLADISLAV A. GORIN, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2024-02-01 |
Grayia obscura (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Grayiinae) |
Phylogenetics and Integrative Taxonomy of African Water Snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Grayia)
[Teslin Chaney, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Zoltán T. Nagy, Václav Gvoždík, Chifundera Kusamba, Gabriel Badjedjea, Franck M. Masudi, Jeannot B. Akuboy, Raffael Ernst, Jean-François Trape, Laurent Chirio, Werner Conradie, Chad Keates, Van Wallach, Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou, Eugene R. Vaughan, Eli Greenbaum] |
| 2024-01-31 |
Enyalioides cyanocephalus (sp. nov.),
Enyalioides dickinsoni (sp. nov.) |
Hoplocercidae |
Two New Species of Wood Lizards (Hoplocercinae: Enyalioides) from Cordillera de Colán in north-eastern Peru
[Pablo J. Venegas, Luis A. García-Ayachi, Juan C. Chávez-Arribasplata, Axel Marchelie, Santiago Bullard, Eduardo Quispe, Juan D. Valencia, Jasmín Odar and Omar Torres-Carvajal] |
| 2024-01-30 |
Bungarus sagittatus (sp. nov.) |
Elapidae |
A new species of krait of the genus Bungarus (Squamata, Elapidae) from Ratchaburi Province, western Thailand
[Akrachai Aksornneam, Attapol Rujirawan, Siriporn Yodthong, Yik-Hei Sung, Anchalee Aowphol] |
| 2024-01-27 |
Pareas guanyinshanensis (sp. nov.)> |
Pareidae |
Description of a New Species of the Pareas hamptoni Complex from Yunnan, China, with Confirmation of P. hamptoni Sensu Stricto in China (Squamata, Pareidae)
[Shuo Liu, Mingzhong Mo, Mei Li, Biao Li, Xiong Luo, Dingqi Rao and Song Li] |
| 2024-01-25 |
Agasthyagama edge (sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
Discovery of a new species of kangaroo lizard (Squamata: Agamidae: Agasthyagama) from the southern Western Ghats of India
[Sandeep Das, Saunak Pal, Surya Narayanan, K. Subin, Muhamed Jafer Palot, K. P. Rajkumar, V. Deepak] |
| 2024-01-24 |
Tantilla selmae (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Integrated evidence sheds light on the taxonomy of the widespread Tantilla melanocephala species complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) and indicates the existence of a new species from southern South America
[Weverton dos Santos Azevedo, Francisco Luís Franco, Lucas Menezes, Tobias Saraiva Kunz & Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin] |
| 2024-01-23 |
Papuascincus borealis (sp. nov.),
Papuascincus eldorado (sp. nov.) |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Gold in the mountains: Striking new species of Papuascincus (Sphenomorphini: Scincidae) from New Guinea
[Alex Slavenko, Stephen J. Richards, Stephen C. Donnellan, Allen Allison, Paul M. Oliver] |
| 2024-01-23 |
Gekko paucituberculatus (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Description of a new karst-adapted species of the subgenus Japonigekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Gekko) from Guangxi, southern China
[Hao-Tian Wang, Shuo Qi, Dan-Yang Zhou, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2024-01-23 |
Chironius dracomaris (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Revision of the Chironius bicarinatus complex (Serpentes: Colubridae): Redefined species boundaries and description of a new species
[Vinícius Sudré, Albedi Andrade-Junior, Manuella Folly, Josué A. R. Azevedo, Robson Waldemar Ávila, Felipe Franco Curcio, Pedro M. Sales Nunes, Paulo Passos] |
| 2024-01-19 |
Dravidoseps (gen. nov.),
D. gingeeensis (sp. nov.),
D. jawadhuensis (sp. nov.),
D. kalakadensis (sp. nov.),
D. srivilliputhurensis (sp. nov.),
D. tamilnaduensis (sp. nov.),
D. goaensis (comb. nov.),
D. nilgiriensis (comb. nov.),
D. pruthi (comb. nov.) |
Scincidae (Lygosominae) |
A non-adaptive radiation of viviparous skinks from the seasonal tropics of India: Systematics of Subdoluseps (Squamata: Scincidae), with description of a new genus and five cryptic new species
[Ishan Agarwal, Tejas Thackeray, Akshay Khandekar] |
| 2024-01-17 |
Achalinus nanshanensis (sp. nov.) |
Xenodermidae |
A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata, Xenodermatidae) from southwest Hunan Province, China
[Hui Li, Le-Qiang Zhu, Bei Xiao, Jie Huang, Shao-Wu Wu, Li-Xun Yang, Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Xiao-Yang Mo] |
| 2024-01-10 |
Sinomicrurus gorei (revalidated from synonymy) |
Elapidae |
Reappraisal of the systematics of two sympatric coral snakes (Reptilia: Elapidae) from Northeast India
[Lal Biakzuala, Zeeshan A. Mirza, Harshil Patel, Yashpal Singh Rathee & Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga] |
| 2024-01-03 |
Abronia cunemica (sp. nov.) |
Anguidae |
Bridging the gap: A new species of arboreal Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Northern Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
[Adam G. Clause, Roberto Luna-Reyes,Oscar M. Mendoza-Velázquez, Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca, Israel Solano-Zavaleta] |
| 2024-01-02 |
Pseudoindotyphlops (gen. nov.),
Pseudoindotyphlops exiguus (comb. nov.),
Pseudoindotyphlops porrectus (comb. nov.) |
Typhlopidae |
Molecular data reveals a new genus of blindsnakes within Asiatyphlopinae from India
[Chinta Sidharthan, Pragyadeep Roy, K Praveen Karanth] |
| 2023-12-30 |
Petracola amazonensis (sp. nov.),
Petracola shurugojalcapi (sp. nov.)
|
Gymnophthalmidae |
Two new species of gymnophthalmid lizards of the genus Petracola (Squamata: Cercosaurinae) from the Andes of northeastern Peru, and their phylogenetic relationships
[Luis Mamani, Víctor J. Vargas, Juan C. Chaparro, Alessandro Catenazzi] |
| 2023-12-20 |
Calotes wangi (sp. nov.),
Calotes wangi hainanensis (ssp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
Taxonomic review of the Calotes versicolor complex (Agamidae, Sauria, Squamata) in China, with description of a new species and subspecies
[Yong Huang, Hongyu Li, Yilin Wang, Maojin Li, Mian Hou, Bo Cai] |
| 2023-12-13 |
Trimeresurus ayeyarwadyensis (sp. nov.)
|
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
A new species of pit-viper from the Ayeyarwady and Yangon regions in Myanmar (Viperidae, Trimeresurus)
[Kin Onn Chan, Shahrul Anuar, Ananthanarayanan Sankar, Ingg Thong Law, Ing Sind Law, Rasu Shivaram, Ching Christian, Daniel G. Mulcahy, Anita Malhotra] |
| 2023-12-13 |
Varanus caspius (elevated from subspecies) |
Varanidae |
Desert Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus: Psammosaurus) from the Middle East: Further Records of Nesterov’s Desert Monitor, Varanus (P.) nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov et Scholz, 2015, from Iraq, and Adjacent Localities of Varanus (P.) g. griseus (Daudin, 1803) and Varanus (P.) g. caspius (Eichwald, 1831), with Comments on Biogeography and Taxonomy [Wolfgang Böhme, Soran H. Ahmed, Omar F. Al-Sheikhly, Korsh Ararat, Markus Auer, Farhad A. Khudur, Christian Langner] |
| 2023-12-13 |
Cyrtodactylus caixitaoi (sp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae), Previously Confused with C. wayakonei Nguyen, Kingsada, Rösler, Auer et Ziegler, 2010 [Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao, Mian Hou, Qiaoyan Wang, Natalia Borisovna Ananjeva] |
| 2023-12-08 |
Gekko kaiyai (sp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of the Genus Gekko (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Dabie Mountains, China [Caiwen Zhang, Afang Wu, Bo Cai, Lanrong Wang, Dapeng Pang, Haohao Ma, Lei Yu, Xiangyang Li, Hua Huang, Lin Zeng, Li Li, Jie Yan, Peng Li, Baowei Zhang] |
| 2023-12-07 |
Ninia guytudori (sp. nov.)
Ninia schmidti (revalidated) |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Ninia (Serpentes, Colubridae) from western Ecuador and revalidation of N. schmidti [Alejandro Arteaga, Kyle J. Harris] |
| 2023-12-04 |
Sceloporus geminus (sp. nov.) |
Phrynosomatidae |
More cryptic diversity among spiny lizards of the Sceloporus torquatus complex discovered through a multilocus approach
[Gustavo Campillo-García, Oscar Alberto Flores-Villela, Brett Oliver Butler, Miriam Benabib, Riccardo Castiglia] |
| 2023-12-01 |
Dibamus tropcentr (sp. nov.)
|
Dibamidae |
A new species of the genus Dibamus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from the driest and hottest place of Vietnam [NIKITA S. KLIUKIN, TAN VAN NGUYEN, SON XUAN LE, ANDREY M. BRAGIN, TIN TRONG VO TRAN, VLADISLAV A. GORIN, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2023-11-30 |
Lycodon maculatus (comb. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Taxonomic status of Lycodon subcinctus sensu lato in China (Serpentes, Colubridae) [Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Bo Cai, Shimin Li, Zhongxu Zhang, Rui Yu, Dingqi Rao, Liang Zhang] |
| 2023-11-19 |
Liolaemus carezzae (sp. nov.)
|
Liolaemidae |
Phylogenetic Analyses of Lizards from the Chilean Humboldt Archipelago Reveal a New Species for the Chañaral Island (Squamata: Liolaemidae)
[Ricardo Campos-Soto, Evelyn Rodríguez-Valenzuela, Yareta Bruna, Gabriel Díaz-Campusano, Franco Cianferoni, Dusan Boric-Bargetto and Fernando Torres-Pérez] |
| 2023-11-18 |
Indotyphlops combank (sp. nov.)
|
Typhlopidae |
A New blindsnake Species (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae: Indotyphlops) from the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka [Nethu Wickramasinghe, Dulan R. Vidanapathirana, Mahesh C. De Silva, Kamani H. Tennakoon, Sameera R. Samarakoon & L.J. Mendis Wickramasinghe] |
| 2023-11-18 |
Cnemaspis fortis (sp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
A New Warf Gecko Species (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from the Nothern Western Ghats of India [Amit Sayyed] |
| 2023-11-17 |
Cnemaspis sundara (sp. nov.),
Cnemaspis triedra (sp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern India [AMIT SAYYED, SAMSON KIRUBANKARAN, RAHUL KHOT, SHIVA HARSAN, OMKAR ADHIKARI, AYAAN SAYYED, MASUM SAYYED, AHAMED FAZIL, AHAMED JERITH, SHUBHANKAR DESHPANDE, JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA, SHAURI SULAKHE] |
| 2023-11-16 |
Woodworthia korowai (sp. nov.)
|
Diplodactylidae |
On the sand and among the crowds: a new species of Woodworthia gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from Auckland, Aotearoa/ New Zealand [DYLAN VAN WINKEL, SARAH J. WELLS, NICHOLAS HARKER, RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH] |
| 2023-11-15 |
Cuora philippinensis (sp. nov.),
Cuora praschagi (sp. nov.) ,
Cuora amboinensis aurantiae (ssp. nov.),
Cuora couro (elevated from subspecies),
Cuora lineata (elevated from subspecies) |
Geoemydidae |
A Taxonomic Hide and Seek: Phylogenetic and Phylogeographic Relationships in the Southeast Asian Box Turtle, Cuora amboinensis (Riche in Daudin, 1801) [Torsten Blanck, Daniel Gaillard, Tomáš Protiva, Madeleine Wheatley, Haitao Shi, Lin Liu, Parimal Chandra Ray, Ben Anders] |
| 2023-11-14 |
Pseudotrapelus tuwaiqensis (sp. nov.).
|
Agamidae |
A new species of Pseudotrapelus (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Arabia [Karin Tamar, Marek Uvizl, Mohammed Shobrak, Mohammed Almutairi, Salem Busais, Al Faqih Ali Salim, Raed Hamoud M. AlGethami, Abdulaziz Raqi AlGethami, Abdulkarim Saleh K. Alanazi, Saad Dasman Alsubaie, Laurent Chirio, Salvador Carranza, Jiří Šmíd] |
| 2023-11-13 |
Cyrtodactylus vairengtensis (sp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
It‘s all in the name: Another new Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Mizoram, North-east India [HMAR TLAWMTE LALREMSANGA, ZOSIAMLIANA COLNEY, MATHIPI VABEIRYUREILAI, FANAI MALSAWMDAWNGLIANA, SANATH CHANDRA BOHRA, LAL BIAKZUALA, LAL MUANSANGA, MADHURIMA DAS, JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA] |
| 2023-10-28 |
Ramphotyphlops erebus (sp. nov.)
|
Typhlopidae |
A new species of Ramphotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Typhlopidae) in the R. flaviventer Group from Woodlark Island, Papua New Guinea [Fred Kraus] |
| 2023-11-10 |
Eremias graphica (sp. nov.),
Eremias pseudofasciata (sp. nov.),
Eremias lasdini (elevated from subspecies)
|
Lacertidae |
Taxonomic diversity of racerunners with descriptions of two new Eremias species (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Central Iran [VALENTINA F. ORLOVA, ESKANDAR RASEGAR-POUYANI, KHOSROW RAJABIZADEH, HOSSEIN NABIZADEH, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV, DANIEL A. MELNIKOV, ROMAN A. NAZAROV] |
| 2023-11-08 |
Tropidurus madeiramamore (sp. nov.)
|
Tropiduridae |
A highly polymorphic South American collared lizard (Tropiduridae: Tropidurus) reveals that open–dry refugia from South-western Amazonia staged allopatric speciation [André L.G. Carvalho, Rafael C.B. Paredero, David Villalobos-Chaves, Elaine Ferreira, Miguel T. Rodrigues, Felipe F. Curcio] |
| 2023-11-04 |
Cnemaspis rashidi (sp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
A new species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the higher elevations of Tamil Nadu, India [Amit Sayyed, Samson Kirubakaran, Rahul Khot, Thanigaivel A, Satheeshkumar M, Ayaan Sayyed, Masum Sayyed, Jayaditya Purkayastha, Shubhankar Deshpande and Shauri Sulakhe] |
| 2023-09-23 |
Lygodactylus neglectus (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
Historical natural history collections allow the description of a new and presumably extinct species of dwarf gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Lygodactylus Gray, 1864) from Fernando de Noronha Island, Brazil
[LUIS M.P. CERÍACO & PAULO PASSOS] |
| 2023-10-20 |
Trimeresurus uetzi (sp. nov.)
|
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
A new green pitviper of the Trimeresurus albolabris complex (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) from central and southern Myanmar [GERNOT VOGEL, TAN VAN NGUYEN, PATRICK DAVID] |
| 2023-10-10 |
Laodracon carsticola (gen. et sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
Hiding on Jagged Karst Pinnacles: A New microendemic Genus and Species of A Limestone-dwelling Agamid Lizard (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae) from Khammouan Province, Laos [Saly Sitthivong, Peter Brakels, Santi Xayyasith, Nathanaël Maury, Sabira Idiiatullina, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Kai Wang, Tan Van Nguyen and Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2023-10-04 |
Paroedura manongavato (sp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar [Costanza Piccoli, Francesco Belluardo, Javier Lobón-Rovira, Ivo Oliveira Alves, Malalatiana Rasoazanany, Franco Andreone, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Angelica Crottini] |
| 2023-10-03 |
Cnemaspis cavernicola (sp. nov.),
Cnemaspis pakkamalaiensis (sp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Gingee Hills, Tamil Nadu, India [Akshay Khandekar, Tejas Thackeray, Ayuthavel Kalaimani, Ishan Agarwal] |
| 2023-10-02 |
Cyrtodactylus disjunctus (sp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Thai-Malay Peninsula and the independent evolution of cave ecomorphology on opposite sides of the Gulf of Thailand [L. LEE GRISMER, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, SABIRA S. IDIIATULLINA, ALEXEI V. TROFIMETS, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, CHATMONGKON SUWANNAPOOM, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2023-09-30 |
Liolaemus splendidus (sp. nov.) |
Liolaemidae |
Description of a new species of the Liolaemus elongatus group (Squamata: Iguania) through integrative taxonomy
[Soledad Ruiz, Pablo Chafrat, Matías Quipildor, Soledad Valdecantos, Fernando Lobo] |
| 2023-09-28 |
Achalinus sheni (sp. nov.)
|
Xenodermidae |
Discovery of a new cryptic Achalinus Peters, 1869 (Serpentes, Xenodermidae) species from Hunan Province, China [Shun Ma, Yu-Hao Xu, Shuo Qi, Ying-Yong Wang, Shan-Shan Tang, Song Huang, Jian-Ping Jiang] |
| 2023-09-27 |
Hemachatus nyangensis (sp. nov.) |
Elapidae |
Museum DNA reveals a new, potentially extinct species of rinkhals (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hemachatus) from the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe
[Tom Major, Pia Renk, Jens Reissig, Johanna L. A. Paijmans, Ellie Morris, Michael Hofreiter, Axel Barlow, Donald G. Broadley, Wolfgang Wüster] |
| 2023-09-23 |
Lygodactylus gamblei (sp. nov.),
Lygodactylus karamoja (sp. nov.),
Lygodactylus kibera (sp. nov.),
Lygodactylus leopardinus (sp. nov.),
Lygodactylus mirabundus (sp. nov.),
Lygodactylus dysmicus (elevated from subspecies),
Lygodactylus paurospilus (elevated from subspecies)
|
Gekkonidae |
Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus gutturalis (Bocage, 1873) complex unveils extensive cryptic diversity and traces its evolutionary history
[Javier Lobón-Rovira, Aaron M. Bauer, Pedro Vaz Pinto, Jean-Francois Trape, Werner Conradie, Chifundera Kusamba, Timóteo Júlio, Garin Cael, Edward L. Stanley, Daniel F. Hughes, Mathias Behangana, Franck M. Masudi, Olivier S.G. Pauwels, Eli Greenbaum] |
| 2023-09-19 |
Acontias mukwando (sp. nov.)
|
Scincidae (Acontinae) |
A new species of African legless skink, genus Acontias Cuvier, 1816 “1817” (Squamata: Scincidae) from Serra da Neve inselberg, south-western Angola [Mariana P. Marques, Diogo Parrinha, Arthur Tiutenko, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Aaron M. Bauer& Luis M. P. Ceríaco] |
| 2023-09-19 |
Trimeresurus ciliaris (sp. nov.)
|
Viperidae (Crotalinae) |
Limestone jewel: A new colourful karst-dwelling pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from the poorly explored borderlands of southern peninsular Thailand [Sabira S. Idiiatullina, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Tanapong Tawan, Thanawut Worranuch, Bunyarit Dechochai, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Tan Van Nguyen, Lawan Chanhome, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2023-09-18 |
Philothamnus chifunderai (sp. nov.)
|
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Systematics of the Thirteen-scaled Green Snake Philothamnus carinatus (Squamata: Colubridae), with the description of a cryptic new species from Central and East Africa [Eli Greenbaum, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Václav Gvoždík, Eugene R. Vaughan, Teslin Chaney, Michael Buontempo, Mwenebatu M. Aristote, Wandege M. Muninga and Hanlie M. Engelbrecht] |
| 2023-09-14 |
Cyrtodactylus sungaiupe (sp. nov.),
Cyrtodactylus wangkhramensis (sp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
Two new karst-adapted species in the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus group (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from southern Thailand [Korkhwan Termprayoon, Attapol Rujirawan, L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood Jr, Anchalee Aowphol] |
| 2023-09-11 |
Amalosia capensis (sp. nov.),
Amalosia hinesi (sp. nov.),
Amalosia nebula (sp. nov.),
Amalosia queenslandia (sp. nov.),
Amalosia saxicola (sp. nov.)
Amalosia robusta (comb. nov.)
|
Diplodactylidae |
Revision of zigzag geckos (Diplodactylidae: Amalosia) in eastern Australia, with description of five new species [CONRAD. J. HOSKIN, PATRICK J. COUPER] |
| 2023-09-11 |
Iphisa brunopereira (sp. nov.),
Iphisa dorothy (sp. nov.),
Iphisa surui (sp. nov.),
Iphisa munduruku (sp. nov.),
Iphisa pellegrino (sp. nov.),
Iphisa soinii (comb. nov.) |
Gymnophthalmidae |
Integrative taxonomy of the Iphisa elegans species complex (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) leads to the description of five new species [Anna Virginia Albano de Mello, Renato Recoder, Antoine Fouquet, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Pedro M. Sales Nunes] |
| 2023-09-07 |
Rhabdophis hmongorum (sp. nov.)
|
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A new species of the genus Rhabdophis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Hoang Lien range, northwest Vietnam [DANIEL KANE, BENJAMIN TAPLEY, TOI VAN LA, LUAN THANH NGUYEN] |
| 2023-09-04 |
Lepidodactylus makira (sp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
Redescription of Lepidodactylus flaviocularis (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of a new species from Makira Island, Solomon Islands [FRED KRAUS] |
| 2023-09-01 |
Hebius jingdongensis (sp. nov.)
|
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A New Species of the Genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Serpentes: Natricidae) from Yunnan, China [Shun MA, Shengchao SHI, Budian AYI, Jianping JIANG] |
| 2023-08-31 |
Dipsadoboa riparia (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Une nouvelle espèce de couleuvre arboricole du genre Dipsadoboa Günther, 1858 (Squamata : Colubridae : Colubrinae) d'Afrique de l'Ouest
[Jean-François Trape, Oleg Mediannikov, Mamadou Cellou Baldé] |
| 2023-08-29 |
Darevskia arribasi (sp. nov.)
|
Lacertidae |
A New Species of the Genus Darevskia Arribas, 1999 from South Ossetia (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae) [Boris S. Tuniyev, T. V. Petrova, K. Yu. Lotiev] |
| 2023-08-29 |
Liolaemus kulinko (sp. nov.)
|
Liolaemidae |
A new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from the hot deserts of northern Patagonia, Argentina [Cristian S. Abdala, Pablo Anselmo Chafrat, Juan C. Chaparro, Iván Ezequiel Procheret, Julián Valdes, Vanina Lannutti, Laura Perez, Sebastián Quinteros] |
| 2023-08-23 |
Dixonius fulbrighti (sp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
Another new species of Dixonius (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands, Vietnam [Vinh Quang Luu, Jesse L. Grismer, Tuoi Thi Hoang, Matthew L. Murdoch, L. Lee Grismer] |
| 2023-08-21 |
Narophis bimaculatus (comb. nov) |
Elapidae |
Phylogeny and morphology of the Australian snake genus Neelaps Günther, 1863 (Squamata: Elapidae), with resurrection of Narophis Worrell, 1961 [BRAD MARYAN, J. SCOTT KEOGH & PERI E. BOLTON] |
| 2023-08-21 |
Sahyadriophis (gen. nov.),
Sahyadriophis beddomei (comb. nov.),
Sahyadriophis uttaraghati (sp. nov.)
|
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Systematic Assessment of Hebius beddomei (Günther, 1864) (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) with Description of a New Genus and a New Allied Species from the Western Ghats, India [Harshil Patel, Tejas Thackeray, Patrick D. Campbell and Zeeshan A. Mirza] |
| 2023-08-16 |
Paikwaophis (gen. nov.),
Paikwaophis kruki (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Hiding in the mists: molecular phylogenetic position and description of a new genus and species of snake (Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) from the remote cloud forest of the Lost World [Philippe J R Kok, D Bruce Means] |
| 2023-08-15 |
Uroplatus garamaso (sp. nov.)
|
Gekkonidae |
A new large-sized species of leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus) from northern Madagascar [Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Achille P. Raselimanana, Angelica Crottini, Philip-Sebastian Gehring, Wolfgang Böhme, Mark D. Scherz & Miguel Vences] |
| 2023-08-15 |
Tachymenoides harrisonfordi (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Tachymenoides (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Tachymenini) from the puna of the Otishi National Park in Peru [Edgar Lehr, Juan C. Cusi, Maura I. Fernandez, Ricardo J. Vera & Alessandro Catenazzi] |
| 2023-08-10 |
Tympanocryptis darlingensis (sp. nov.),
Tympanocryptis einasleighensis (sp. nov.),
Tympanocryptis hobsoni (sp. nov.) |
Agamidae |
Three new species of north-eastern Australian earless dragons (Agamidae: Tympanocryptis)
[Kirilee Chaplin, Steve K. Wilson, Joanna Sumner & Jane Melville] |
| 2023-08-09 |
Atractus paulus (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of groundsnake genus Atractus Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from the Peruvian Andes revealed by unequivocal morphological characters [Paulo R. Melo-Sampaio, Pablo J. Venegas] |
| 2023-08-04 |
Alsophylax emilia (sp. nov.),
Alsophylax ferganensis (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
The Fergana Valley Is an Isolate of Biodiversity: A Discussion of the Endemic Herpetofauna and Description of Two New Species of Alsophylax (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Eastern Uzbekistan [Roman A. Nazarov, Timur V. Abduraupov, Evgeniya Yu. Shepelya, Mariya A. Gritsina, Daniel A. Melnikov, Matthew D. Buehler, Jack D. Lapin, Nikolay A. Poyarkov and Jesse L. Grismer] |
| 2023-08-04 |
Myriopholis mackayi (sp. nov.) |
Leptotyphlopidae |
A new species of threadsnake in the genus Myriopholis (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Leptotyplophidae) from southeastern Kenya [Patrick K. Malonza] |
| 2023-08-02 |
Rhabdophis kaiyuanensis (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Genomic evidence sheds new light on phylogeny of Rhabdophis nuchalis (sensu lato) complex (Serpentes: Natricidae) [Qin Liu, Bing Lyu, Xinhong Xie, Yangmei Zeng, Peng Guo] |
| 2023-07-26 |
Achalinus damingensis (sp. nov.) |
Xenodermidae |
A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Nanning, Guangxi, China [DIAN-CHENG YANG, YU-HAO XU, JIA-XIANG WU, YAN-AN GONG, RU-YI HUANG, JUN XIANG, ZHENG-LIAN FENG, TIAN-QI HUANG, SONG HUANG] |
| 2023-07-25 |
Anolis riparius (sp. nov.),
Anolis robinsoni (sp. nov.) |
Anolidae |
Two new species of semiaquatic Anolis (Squamata: Dactyloidae) from Costa Rica [GERARDO CHAVES, MASON J. RYAN, FEDERICO BOLAÑOS, CRUZ MÁRQUEZ, GUNTHER KÖHLER, STEVEN POE] |
| 2023-07-24 |
Hebius youjiangensis (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A new species of the Genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Baise, Guangxi, China) [YU-HAO XU, DIAN-CHENG YANG, YAN-AN GONG, JIA-XIANG WU, RU-YI HUANG, YONG-JIN LIU, SHENG-MING LIANG, TIAN-QI HUANG, SONG HUANG] |
| 2023-07-24 |
Uropeltis tricuspida (sp. nov.) |
Uropeltidae |
On the taxonomy of Uropeltis petersi (Beddome, 1878) (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) and description of a new, closely related species from the Western Ghats of India [DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2023-07-18 |
Dendrelaphis binhi (sp. nov.) |
Colubridae (Ahaetuliinae) |
A new snake of the genus Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the coastal area of southern Vietnam [SANG NGOC NGUYEN, VU DANG HOANG NGUYEN, MANH VAN LE, LUAN THANH NGUYEN, THI-DIEU-HIEN VO, BA DINH VO, JING CHE, ROBERT W. MURPHY] |
| 2023-07-16 |
Hypsiscopus indonesiensis (sp. nov.) |
Homalopsidae |
A New Species of Water Snake Genus Hypsiscopus (Serpentes: Homalopsidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia [Amir Hamidy, Quraisy Zakky, Nurul Fitriyana, Wempi Endarwin] |
| 2023-07-15 |
Hemidactylus multisulcatus (sp. nov.) |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, India [Amit Sayyed, Samson Kirubakaran, Rahul Khot, Omkar Adhikari, Ayaan Sayyed, Masum Sayyed,Jayaditya Purkayastha, Shubhankar Deshpande, Shauri Sulakhe] |
| 2023-07-14 |
Cordylus momboloensis (sp. nov.) |
Cordylidae |
A new species of green-eyed Cordylus Laurenti, 1768 from the west-central highlands of Angola, and the rediscovery of Cordylus angolensis (Bocage, 1895) (Squamata: Cordylidae) [Michael F. Bates, Javier Lobón-Rovira, Edward L. Stanley, William R. Branch, Pedro Vaz Pinto] |
| 2023-07-07 |
Pareas baiseensis (sp. nov.) |
Pareidae |
A New Species of Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae) from Guangxi Province, China [Yanan Gong, Jiaxiang Wu, Song Huang, Yuhao Xu, Diancheng Yang, Yongjin Liu, Shengming Liang and Pingshin Lee] |
| 2023-07-06 |
Cyrtodactylus gonjong |
Gekkonidae |
Common but ignored: a new species of Cyrtodactylus (Chordata, Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae) from lowland Sumatra Barat, Indonesia [Fitra Arya Dwi Nugraha, Yuni Ahda, Djong Hon Tjong, Nia Kurniawan, Awal Riyanto, Muhammad Alif Fauzi, Si-Min Lin] |
| 2023-07-04 |
Cyrtodactylus awalriyantoi |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of the Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus complex (Chordata, Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Sumatra Barat, Indonesia [Yuni Ahda, Fitra Arya Dwi Nugraha, Djong Hon Tjong, Nia Kurniawan, Yunico Amardi, Muhammad Alif Fauzi and Si-Min Lin] |
