| 2021-06-25 |
Trimeresurus guoi |
Viperidae |
New Species of Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Squamata: Viperidae) from Southwestern China, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar [MONTRI SUMONTHA, SUNUTCHA SUNTRARACHUN, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, NIRUT CHOMNGAM, PRAPANTH IAMWIRIYAKUL, LAWAN CHANHOME] |
| 2021-06-25 |
Achalinus huangjietangi |
Xenodermidae |
A New Species of the Genus Achalinus from Huangshan, Anhui, China (Squamata: Xenodermidae) [Ruyi HUANG, Lifa ng PENG, Lei YU, Tia nqi HUANG, Ke JIANG, Li DING, Jinka ng CHANG, Dia ncheng YANG, Yuhao XU and Song HUANG] |
| 2021-06-22 |
Gonyosoma coeruleum |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854) [Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Ye Htet Lwin, Qiaoyan Wang, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2021-06-11 |
Cyrtodactylus dianxiensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Western Yunnan, China [Shuo Liu & Dingqi Rao] |
| 2021-06-08 |
Oligodon tolaki |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Description of a New Oligodon (Squamata: Colubridae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia, Including Redescriptions of O. waandersi and O. propinquus [A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, Sujan M. Henkanaththegedara, Patrick D. Campbell, Awal Riyanto, Jakob Hallermann, Gernot Vogel] |
| 2021-06-08 |
Boiga whitakeri |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India with a molecular phylogeny and expanded characterisation of related species [S.R. GANESH, ASHOK KUMAR MALLIK, N.S. ACHYUTHAN, KARTIK SHANKER, GERNOT VOGEL] |
| 2021-06-02 |
Cyrtodactylus aaronbaueri,
Cyrtodactylus agarwali,
Cyrtodactylus bengkhuaiai,
Cyrtodactylus karsticola |
Gekkonidae |
Four new Bent-toed geckos (Cyrtodactylus Gray: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeast India [JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA, HMAR TLAWMTE LALREMSANGA, SANATH CHANDRA BOHRA, LAL BIAKZUALA, H.T. DECEMSON, LAL MUANSANGA, MATHIPI VABEIRYUREILAI, SURAJ CHAUHAN, YASHPAL SINGH RATHEE] |
| 2021-05-31 |
Hemiphyllodactylus zhutangxiangensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Yunnan, China and its phylogenetic relationship to other congeners [ADE PRASETYO AGUNG, L. LEE GRISMER, JESSE L. GRISMER, EVAN S. H. QUAH, ADA CHORNELIA, JIANMEI LU, ALICE C. HUGHES] |
| 2021-05-27 |
Cnemaspis gunasekarai
Cnemaspis gunawardanai |
Gekkonidae |
Two new rupicolous day geckos of the Cnemaspis alwisi group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka. [A.A.Thasun Amarasinghe, Suranjan Karunarathna, Majintha Madawala & Anslem de Silva] |
| 2021-05-20 |
Trimeresurus kuiburi |
Viperidae |
A new karst-dwelling, colorful pitviper (Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from northern Peninsular Thailand [MONTRI SUMONTHA, SUNUTCHA SUNTRARACHUN, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, NIRUT CHOMNGAM, PRAPANTH IAMWIRIYAKUL, LAWAN CHANHOME] |
| 2021-05-19 |
Psammophis turpanensis |
Psammophiidae |
A new species of Psammophis (Serpentes: Psammophiidae) from the Turpan Basin in northwest China [MINLI CHEN, JINLONG LIU, BO CAI, JUN LI, NA WU, XIANGUANG GUO] |
| 2021-05-15 |
Erythrolamprus aenigma |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Erythrolamprus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontini) from the savannas of northern South America [Omar M. Entiauspe-Neto, Arthur D. Abegg, Claudia Koch, Leroy P. Nuñez, Weverton S. Azevedo, Leandro J. C. L. Moraes, Arthur Tiutenko, Tatiane S. Bialves & Daniel Loebmann] |
| 2021-05-13 |
Lycodon fasciolatus comb. nov.,
Platyceps josephi sp. nov.,
Platyceps plinii comb. nov. |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Revealing two centuries of confusion: new insights on nomenclature and systematic position of Argyrogena fasciolata (Shaw, 1802) (auctt.), with description of a new species from India (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) [V. Deepak, Surya Narayanan, Pratyush P. Mohapatra, Sushil K. Dutta, Gnanaselvan Melvinselvan, Ashaharraza Khan, Kristin Mahlow, Frank Tillack] |
| 2021-05-12 |
Cyrtodactylus ngati |
Gekkonidae |
First record of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vietnam with description of a new species [DZUNG TRUNG LE, SALY SITTHIVONG, TUNG THANH TRAN, L. LEE GRISMER, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER, VINH QUANG LUU] |
| 2021-05-12 |
Dixonius mekongensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new sandstone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius mekongensis) from the Thai-Lao border [OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, NONN PANITVONG, KIRATI KUNYA, MONTRI SUMONTHA] |
| 2021-05-11 |
Cnemaspis krishnagiriensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new medium-sized rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the C. bangara clade from granite boulder habitats in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India [ISHAN AGARWAL, TEJAS THACKERAY, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR] |
| 2021-05-11 |
Cnemaspis uttaraghati |
Gekkonidae |
A novel small-bodied rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India, with comments on the status of C. indraneildasii, Bauer 2000 [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2021-05-11 |
Gekko pradapdao |
Gekkonidae |
A new cave-dwelling Gekko (Gekko) from Lopburi Province, central Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae) [WORAWITOO MEESOOK, MONTRI SUMONTHA, NATTASUDA DONBUNDIT, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS] |
| 2021-05-10 |
Phymaturus niger,
Phymaturus robustus |
Liolaemidae |
Morphological and Genetic Divergence within the Phymaturus payuniae Clade (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with the Description of Two New Species [Fernando Lobo, Diego A. Barrasso, Thomas Hibbard, Matías Quipildor, Demian Slodki, Soledad Valdecantos, Néstor G. Basso] |
| 2021-05-04 |
Ahaetulla rufusoculara |
Colubridae (Ahaetuliinae) |
A new species of Ahaetulla Link, 1807 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Mekong Delta, Vietnam [NGON QUANG LAM, TRAN THI ANH THU, LUAN THANH NGUYEN, ROBERT W. MURPHY, SANG NGOC NGUYEN] |
| 2021-05-03 |
Gekko phuyenensis |
Gekkonidae |
Gekko phuyenensis sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new species from southern Vietnam [VU DANG HOANG NGUYEN, LUAN THANH NGUYEN, NIKOLAI L. ORLOV, ROBERT W. MURPHY, SANG NGOC NGUYEN] |
| 2021-05-01 |
Dasypeltis congolensis |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Une nouvelle espèce de serpent mangeur d’œufs du genre Dasypeltis Wagler (Squamata : Colubridae : Colubrinae) en Afrique centrale [V. Deepak, Surya Narayanan, Pratyush P. Mohapatra, Sushil K. Dutta, Gnanaselvan Melvinselvan, Ashaharraza Khan, Kristin Mahlow, Frank Tillack] - Bull. Soc. Herp. Fr. 177: 65-80 |
| 2021-04-28 |
Dixonius somchanhae |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vientiane Capital, Laos [THUONG HUYEN NGUYEN, VINH QUANG LUU, SALY SITTHIVONG, HANH THI NGO, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2021-04-27 |
Toxicodryas adamanteus,
Toxicodryas vexator |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Night stalkers from above: A monograph of Toxicodryas tree snakes (Squamata: Colubridae) with descriptions of two new cryptic species from Central Africa [ELI GREENBAUM, KAITLIN E. ALLEN, EUGENE R. VAUGHAN, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, VAN WALLACH, CHIFUNDERA KUSAMBA, WANDEGE M. MUNINGA, MWENEBATU M. ARISTOTE, FRANCK M. M. MALI, GABRIEL BADJEDJEA, JOHANNES PENNER, MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL, JACQUELINE RIVERA, VIKTORIA STERKHOVA, GRANT JOHNSON, WALTER P. TAPONDJOU N, RAFE M. BROWN ] |
| 2021-04-23 |
Pedioplanis branchi,
Pedioplanis mayeri |
Lacertidae |
Lizards of a different stripe: phylogenetics of the Pedioplanis undata species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae), with the description of two new species [Jackie L. Childers, Sebastian Kirchhof, Aaron M. Bauer] |
| 2021-04-21 |
Antaresia papuensis,
Antaresia maculosa peninsularis |
Pythonidae |
Phylogeography, historical demography and systematics of the world’s smallest pythons (Pythonidae, Antaresia) [Damien Esquerré, Stephen C.Donnellan, Carlos J.Pavón-Vázquez, Jéssica Fenker, J. Scott Keogh] |
| 2021-04-21 |
Mokopirirakau galaxias |
Diplodactylidae |
A new, enigmatic species of black-eyed gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Mokopirirakau) from North Otago, New Zealand [CAREY KNOX, RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH, STUART V. NIELSEN, TONY JEWELL, TRENT BELL] |
| 2021-04-20 |
Cyrtodactylus hantu,
Cyrtodactylus miriensis |
Gekkonidae |
Genetically diverse yet morphologically conserved: Hidden diversity revealed among Bornean geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) [Hayden R. Davis, Indraneil Das, Adam D. Leaché, Benjamin R. Karin, Ian G. Brennan, Todd R. Jackman, Izneil Nashriq, Kin Onn Chan, Aaron M. Bauer] |
| 2021-04-19 |
Sceloporus dixoni
Sceloporus hesperus |
Phrynosomatidae |
Cryptic diversity across the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt of Mexico in the montane bunchgrass lizard Sceloporus subniger (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) [ROBERT W. BRYSON, JR., JARED A. GRUMMER, ELIZABETH M. CONNORS, JOSEPH TIRPAK, JOHN E. MCCORMACK, JOHN KLICKA] |
| 2021-04-15 |
Xylophis deepaki |
Pareidae |
A new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India [Surya Narayanan, Pratyush P. Mohapatra, Amirtha Balan, Sandeep Das, David J. Gower] |
| 2021-04-09 |
Subdoluseps vietnamensis |
Scincidae (Lygosominae) |
A new skink of the genus Subdoluseps Freitas, Datta-Roy, Karanth, Grismer & Siler, 2019 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam [MANH VAN LE, VU DANG HOANG NGUYEN, HOA THI PHAN, ATTAPOL RUJIRAWAN, ANCHALEE AOWPHOL, THI-DIEU-HIEN VO, ROBERT W. MURPHY, SANG NGOC NGUYEN] |
| 2021-04-09 |
Thamnodynastes silvai |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 from western Amazonia, with notes on morphology for members of the Thamnodynastes pallidus group (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Tachymenini) [VIVIAN C. TREVINE, JOSÉ RANCÉS CAICEDO-PORTILLA, MARINUS HOOGMOED, ROBERT A. THOMAS, FRANCISCO L. FRANCO, GIOVANNA G. MONTINGELLI, MARIELA OSORNO-MUÑOZ, HUSSAM ZAHER] |
| 2021-04-06 |
Gekko cib |
Gekkonidae |
Review of the Gekko (Japonigekko) subpalmatus complex (Squamata, Sauria, Gekkonidae), with description of a new species from China [ZHI-TONG LYU, CHAO-YU LIN, JIN-LONG REN, KE JIANG, YIN-PENG ZHANG, SHUO QI, JIAN WANG] |
| 2021-04-05 |
Pseudopus apodus levantinus |
Anguidae |
Morphological and genetic differentiation in the anguid lizard Pseudopus apodus supports the existence of an endemic subspecies in the Levant [Daniel Jablonski, Marco Antônio Ribeiro-Júnior, Shai Meiri, Erez Maza, Oleg V. Kukushkin, Marina Chirikova, Angelika Pirosová, Dušan Jelić, Peter Mikulíček, David Jandzik] |
| 2021-03-31 |
Achalinus panzhihuaensis
Achalinus yangdatongi |
Xenodermidae |
Two new species and a new country record of the genus Achalinus (Reptilia: Squamata: Xenodermidae) from China [SHAO-BING HOU, KAI WANG, PENG GUO, JIN-MIN CHEN, ZHI-YONG YUAN, JING CHE] |
| 2021-03-31 |
Cnemaspis schalleri |
Gekkonidae |
A new small-bodied, polymorphic Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to C. monticola Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2021-03-30 |
Acanthodactylus ilgazi |
Lacertidae |
Contribution to the taxonomic knowledge of Acanthodactylus(Squamata, Lacertidae): Description of a new lacertid lizard species from Eastern Anatolia, Turkey [Muammer Kurnaz, Mehmet Kürşat Şahin] |
| 2021-03-30 |
Subdoluseps nilgiriensis |
Scincidae (Lygosominae) |
A new species of Asian gracile skink (Scincidae: Lygosominae: Subdoluseps) from the rain-shadow belts of Nilgiri hills, Western Ghats, India [S. R. GANESH, ACHYUTHAN N. SRIKANTHAN, AVRAJJAL GHOSH, OMKAR DILIP ADHIKARI, SHREE VARSHA VIJAY KUMAR, ANIRUDDHA DATTA-ROYS] |
| 2021-03-30 |
Kataphraktosaurus ungerhamiltoni |
Gymnophthalmidae |
neue Gattung Kataphraktosaurus
Discovery of an additional piece of the large gymnophthalmid puzzle: a new genus and species of stream spiny lizard (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the western Guiana Shield in Venezuela [FERNANDO J.M. ROJAS-RUNJAIC, CÉSAR L. BARRIO-AMORÓS, J. CELSA SEÑARIS, IGNACIO DE LA RIVA, SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Atractus akerios,
Atractus nawa,
Atractus pachacamac,
Atractus ukupacha |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Systematic review of the polychromatic ground snakes Atractus snethlageae complex reveals four new species from threatened environments [Paulo R. Melo-Sampaio, Paulo Passos, Ana L.C. Prudente, Pablo J. Venegas, Omar Torres-Carvajal] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Vipera (Pelias) tuniyevi |
Viperidae |
The taxonomic status of the vipers of the Pelias (kaznakovi) complex in the middle-flow of the Kura River basin in the East Transcaucasia [N.B. Ananjeva, V.N. Gabaev, G.N. Iremashvili, K.Yu. Lotiev and T.V. Petrova] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Ctenophorus modestus |
Agamidae |
Wiedereinsetzung von Ctenophorus modestus (Ahl, 1926)
Elevation of Divergent Color Polymorphic and Monomorphic Lizard Lineages (Squamata: Agamidae) to Species Level [Caroline M. Dong, Greg R. Johnston, Devi Stuart-Fox, Adnan Moussalli, Katrina J. Rankin, Claire A. McLean] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Gekko jinjiangensis |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of the Gekko japonicus Group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southwest China [Yinmeng HOU, Shengchao SHI, Gang WANG, Guocheng SHU, Puyang ZHENG, Yin QI, Gaohui LIU, Jianping JIANG, Feng XIE] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Cnemaspis lokugei |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of day gecko (Reptilia, Gekkonidae, Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from Sri Lanka with an updated ND2 gene phylogeny of Sri Lankan and Indian species [Suranjan Karunarathna, Anslem de Silva, Dinesh Gabadage, Madhava Botejue, Majintha Madawala, Kanishka D. B. Ukuwela] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Cyrtodactylus kulenensis |
Gekkonidae |
Molecular phylogenetics, PCA, and MFA recover a new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from an isolated sandstone massif in northwestern Cambodia [L. LEE GRISMER, PETER GEISSLER, THY NEANG, TIMO HARTMANN, PHILIPP WAGNER, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2021-03-25 |
Trimeresurus guoi |
Viperidae |
A New Species of Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Squamata: Viperidae) from Southwestern China, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar [Zening CHEN, Shengchao SHI, Jun GAO, Gernot VOGEL, Zhaobin SONG, Li DING and Rong DAI] |
| 2021-03-24 |
Lepidophyma lusca |
Xantusiidae |
A new species of Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from San Luis Potosí, México, with notes on its physiological ecology [DIEGO M. ARENAS-MORENO, FRANCISCO J. MUÑOZ-NOLASCO, ADÁN BAUTISTA-DEL MORAL, LUIS A. RODRÍGUEZ-MIRANDA, SAÚL F. DOMÍNGUEZ-GUERRERO, FAUSTO R. MÉNDEZ-DE LA CRUZ] |
| 2021-03-24 |
Asthenodipsas ingeri |
Pareidae |
On the taxonomic status of Asthenodipsas vertebralis (Boulenger, 1900) (Squamata: Pareidae) in Borneo with the description of a new species [EVAN S. H. QUAH, KELVIN K.P. LIM, L. LEE GRISMER] |
| 2021-03-22 |
Liolaemus yarabamba |
Liolaemidae |
An Endemic and Endangered New Species of the Lizard Liolaemus montanus Group from Southwestern Peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with a Key for the Species of the L. reichei Clade [Aarón J. Quiroz, Ling Huamaní-Valderrama, Roberto C. Gutiérrez, Álvaro J. Aguilar-Kirigin, Evaristo López-Tejeda, Ana Lazo-Rivera, Wilson Huanca-Mamani, Pablo Valladares-Faúndez, Juan J. Morrone, José Cerdeña, Juan C. Chaparro, and Cristian S. Abdala] |
| 2021-03-19 |
Pareas victorianus |
Pareidae |
A new species of the Pareas monticola complex (Squamata: Serpentes: Pareidae) from Chin Mountains with additions to the Pareas fauna of Myanmar [Gernot Vogel, Tan Van Nguyen, Than Zaw & Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2021-03-19 |
Cnemaspis rajgadensis |
Gekkonidae |
Dwarfs of the fortress: A new cryptic species of dwarf gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Rajgad fort in the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India [Amit Sayyed, Vivek Philip Cyriac, Anish Pardeshi, Shauri Sulakhe] |
| 2021-03-19 |
Gonocephalus pyrius |
Agamidae |
A New Angle-Headed Dragon (Agamidae: Gonocephalus) from Montane Forests of the Southern Bukit Barisan Range of Sumatra [Michael B. Harvey, Inna Rech, Awal Riyanto, Nia Kurniawan, Eric N. Smith] |
| 2021-03-19 |
Plestiodon longiartus |
Scincidae (Scincinae) |
A New Species of Blue-Tailed Skink (Scincidae: Plestiodon) from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico [Uri O. García-Vázquez, Carlos J. Pavón-Vázquez, Manuel Feria-Ortiz, Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca] |
| 2021-03-19 |
Sitana sushili |
Agamidae |
A new species of Sitana (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Deccan Peninsula Biogeographic Zone of India [V. DEEPAK, FRANK TILLACK, NILADRI B. KAR, VIVEK SARKAR, PRATYUSH. P. MOHAPATRA] |
| 2021-03-18 |
Bungarus suzhenae |
Elapidae |
Multiple lines of evidence reveal a new species of Krait (Squamata, Elapidae, Bungarus) from Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar [Ze-Ning Chen, Sheng-Chao Shi, Gernot Vogel, Li Ding, Jing-Song Shi] |
| 2021-03-17 |
Cyrtodactylus raglai |
Gekkonidae |
A new granite cave-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko from Vietnam of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis group (Squamata; Gekkonidae) and a discussion on cave ecomorphology [Anh The Nguyen, Tang Van Duong, L. Lee Grismer, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2021-03-15 |
Liolaemus messii |
Liolaemidae |
Diversification and geological history of the Liolaemus ornatus group (Squamata: Iguania) of Argentina including the recognition of a new species [Soledad Ruiz, Matías Quipildor, Mario Ricardo Ruiz-Monachesi, Leonardo Escalante, Soledad Valdecantos, Fernando Lobo] |
| 2021-03-15 |
Phyllodactylus cleofasensis |
Phyllodactylidae |
A new species of leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylidae, Phyllodactylus) from María Cleofas Island, Nayarit, Mexico [Tonatiuh Ramírez-Reyes, Ilse K. Barraza-Soltero, Jose Rafael Nolasco-Luna, Oscar Flores-Villela, Armando H. Escobedo-Galván] |
| 2021-03-11 |
Bothrops oligobalius |
Viperidae |
Molecular and phenotypic data reveal a new Amazonian species of pit vipers (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops) [Francisco Dal Vechio, Ivan Prates, Felipe G. Grazziotin Roberta Graboski & Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues] |
| 2021-03-10 |
Trioceros wolfgangboehmei |
Chamaeleonidae |
A new chameleon of the Trioceros affinis species complex (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae) from Ethiopia [Thore Koppetsch, Petr Nečas, Benjamin Wipflers] |
| 2021-03-05 |
Amphisbaena elbakyanae |
Amphisbaenidae |
A new species of Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Orinoquian region of Colombia [Juan José Torres-Ramírez, Teddy Angarita-Sierra, Mario Vargas-Ramírez] |
| 2021-03-05 |
Diploderma bowoense,
Diploderma formosgulae |
Agamidae |
Two New Species of Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the Hengduan Mountain Region in China and Rediscovery of D. brevicaudum (Manthey, Wolfgang, Hou, Wang, 2012) [KAI WANG, WEI GAO, JIAWEI WU, WENJIE DONG, XIAOGANG FENG, WENJING SHEN, JIEQIONG JIN, XIUDONG SHI, YIN QI, CAMERON D. SILER, JING CHE] |
| 2021-03-02 |
Cyrtodactylus zhenkangensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Yunnan, China [Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2021-02-27 |
Aspidoscelis preopatae |
Teiidae |
A New Diploid Parthenogenetic Whiptail Lizard from Sonora, Mexico is the ‘Missing Link’ in the Evolutionary Transition to Polyploidy [Anthony J. Barley, Tod W. Reeder, Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca, Charles J. Cole, and Robert C. Thomson] |
| 2021-02-26 |
Paroedura rennerae |
Gekkonidae |
Completing a taxonomic puzzle: integrative review of geckos of the Paroedura bastardi species complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae) [Aurélien Miralles, Teddy Bruy, Angelica Crottini, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Mark D. Scherz, Robin Schmidt, Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences] |
| 2021-02-22 |
Oligodon bivirgatus |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Oligodon H. Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Hainan Island, China [TIANYU QIAN, SHUO QI, JINGSONG SHI, YUYAN LU, ROBERT W. G. JENKINS, YANNI MO, PIPENG LI ] |
| 2021-02-21 |
Madatyphlops eudelini |
Typhlopidae |
Morphological, osteological, and genetic data support a new species of Madatyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) endemic to Mayotte Island, Comoros Archipelago [Oliver Hawlitschek, Mark D. Scherz, Kathleen C. Webster, Ivan Ineich, Frank Glaw] |
| 2021-02-15 |
Liolaemus brizuelai |
Liolaemidae |
Redescription of Liolaemus robertmertensi, Hellmich 1964 (Iguania: Liolaemidae) with description of a new species [Fernández, M. G.; Abdala, Cristian S.; Ruiz-Monachesi, Mario R.; Semhan, Romina V.; Quinteros, A. Sebastían] |
| 2021-02-15 |
Liolaemus hugoi |
Liolaemidae |
Descripción, relaciones filogenéticas y estado de conservación de una nueva especie de Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) de la Patagonia, Argentina [Ana L. Bulacios Arroyo, Romina V. Semhan, Marcos M. Paz, Pablo Chafrat, Cristian S. Abdala] |
| 2021-02-15 |
Stenocercus ica |
Tropiduridae |
A new species of the genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from the Peruvian Pacific coast (Ica region) [Alejandro Mendoza, César Ramírez, Diego Barrera & César Aguilar-Puntriano] |
| 2021-02-04 |
Stegonotus aplini |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A striking new species of Papuan groundsnake (Stegonotus: Colubridae) from southern Papua New Guinea, with a dichotomous key to the genus in New Guinea [MARK O’SHEA, STEPHEN J. RICHARDS] |
| 2021-02-02 |
Oligosoma kahurangi |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
A new alpine skink species (Scincidae: Eugongylinae: Oligosoma) from Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand [GEOFF B. PATTERSON, RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH] |
| 2021-02-11 |
Hemiphyllodactylus zalonicus |
Gekkonidae |
The phylogeny of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with a description of a new species from the Mangin Range, Sagaing Region, northern Myanmar [Grismer, L. Lee; May Thu Chit , Parinya Pawangkhanant , Roman A. Nazarov , Than Zaw & Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2021-02-02 |
Agama wachirai |
Agamidae |
A new of species of the Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896 complex (Squamata: Agamidae) from northern Kenya [PATRICK K. MALONZA, STEPHEN SPAWLS, BRIAN FINCH, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2021-01-31 |
Liolaemus yauri |
Liolaemidae |
Una nueva especie de lagartija del género Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) endémica de la Puna del sur de Perú [Luis P. Arapa-Aquino, Cristian S. Abdala, Ling Huamaní-Valderrama, Roberto C. Gutiérrez, José A. Cerdeña, Aarón J. Quiroz, Juan C. Chaparro] |
| 2021-01-31 |
Liolaemus hauthali,
Liolaemus terani |
Liolaemidae |
Historia y taxonomía: redescripción de Liolaemus andinus Koslowsky, 1895 y descripción de dos nuevas especies de Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) [Abdala, Cristian Simón; Díaz Gómez, Juan Manuel; Langstroth, Roberto] |
| 2021-01-31 |
Diploderma angustelinea,
Diploderma aorun,
Diploderma flavilabre,
Diploderma panchi,
Diploderma panlong,
Diploderma qilin |
Agamidae |
Systematic revision of mountain dragons (Reptilia: Agamidae: Diploderma) in China, with descriptions of six new species and discussion on their conservation [Kai Wang Jinlong Ren Jiawei Wu Ke Jiang Jieqiong Jin Shaobing Hou Puyang Zheng Feng Xie Cameron D. Siler Jing Che] |
| 2021-01-28 |
Anatololacerta finikensis,
Anatololacerta ibrahimi |
Lacertidae |
More evidence of cryptic diversity in Anatololacerta species complex Arnold, Arribas and Carranza, 2007 (Squamata: Lacertidae) and re-evaluation of its current taxonomy [Danae Karakasi, Çetin Ilgaz, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Kamil Candan, Özgür Güçlü, Tolga Kankılıç, Nurettin Beşer, Roberto Sindaco, Petros Lymberakis, und Nikos Poulakakis] |
| 2021-01-28 |
Brookesia nana |
Chamaeleonidae |
Extreme miniaturization of a new amniote vertebrate and insights into the evolution of genital size in chameleons [Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Oliver Hawlitschek, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Mark D. Scherz & Miguel Vences] |
| 2021-01-28 |
Cyrtodactylus arunachalensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 from Arunachal Pradesh, India [Zeeshan A. Mirza, Harshal Bhosale, Faizan Ansari, Pushkar Phansalkar, Mandar Sawant, Gaurang Gowande, Harshil Patel] |
| 2021-01-22 |
Naultinus flavirictus |
Diplodactylidae |
A new species of Naultinus from the Te Paki area, northern New Zealand [RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH, STUART V. NIELSEN, JUDITH A. LYSAGHT, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2021-01-22 |
Myanophis thanlyinensis |
Homalopsidae |
Neue Gattung Myanophis
A new genus and species of mud snake from Myanmar (Reptilia, Squamata, Homalopsidae) [GUNTHER KÖHLER, KHIN PA PA KHAING, NI LAR THAN, DAMIAN BARANSKI, TILMAN SCHELL, CAROLA GREVE, AXEL JANKE, STEFFEN U. PAULS] |
| 2021-01-21 |
Pareas xuelinensis |
Pareidae |
A new species of the genus Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae) from Yunnan, China [Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2021-01-19 |
Hebius igneus |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A revision of the dark-bellied, stream-dwelling snakes of the genus Hebius (Reptilia: Squamata: Natricidae) with the description of a new species from China, Vietnam and Thailand [PATRICK DAVID, GERNOT VOGEL, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, NIKOLAI L. ORLOV, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2021-01-18 |
Oligodon phangan,
Oligodon promsombuti |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Two new Kukri Snake species (Colubridae: Oligodon) from the Nakhon Si Thammarat Mountain Range, and addition of O. ocellatus to the fauna of Thailand [OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, KANOKORN THONGYAI, PAJAPON CHANTONG, MONTRI SUMONTHA] |
| 2021-01-15 |
Boaedon mendesi |
Lamprophiidae |
Taxonomic revision of the Jita snakes (Lamprophiidae: Boaedon) from São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea), with the description of a new species [Luis MP Ceríaco, Ana Lisette Arellano, Robert C Jadin, Mariana P Marques, Diogo Parrinha & Jakob Hallermann] |
| 2021-01-14 |
Oxybelis inkaterra |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new vine snake (Reptilia, Colubridae, Oxybelis) from Peru and redescription of O. acuminatus [Robert C. Jadin, Michael J. Jowers, Sarah A. Orlofske, William E. Duellman, Christopher Blair, John C. Murphy] |
| 2021-01-13 |
Cyrtodactylus chungi |
Gekkonidae |
A new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Binh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam [Sabrina Ostrowski, Minh Duc Le, Hanh Thi Ngo, Cuong The Pham, Trung My Phung, Truong Quang Nguyen & Thomas Ziegler] |
| 2021-01-12 |
Afroedura donveae,
Afroedura praedicta,
Afroedura vazpintorum,
Afroedura wulfhaackei |
Gekkonidae |
Rock island melody: A revision of the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group, with descriptions of four new endemic species from Angola [William R. Branch, Andreas Schmitz, Javier Lobón-Rovira, Ninda L. Baptista, Telmo António, Werner Conradie] |
| 2021-02-15 |
Liolaemus kunza,
Liolaemus salitrosus |
Liolaemidae |
Increasing knowledge of the denizens of saline environments through integrative taxonomy: new Argentinian endemic taxa of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) and their evolutionary relationships [Cristian S. Abdal, Marcos M. Paz, Romina V. Semhan, Noelia García, Alvaro J. Aguilar-Kirigin, María E. Farías, Pablo Valladares, Roberto Gutiérrez Poblete, Matías A. Quipildor, Julián Valdes & Robert Langstroth ] |
| 2021-01-07 |
Liolaemus galactostictos |
Liolaemidae |
A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Squamata) of the Liolaemus capillitas clade (Squamata, Liolaemini, Liolaemus elongatus-kriegi group) from Sierra de Velasco, La Rioja Province, Argentina [LUCIANO JAVIER AVILA, JUAN ESTEBAN VRDOLJAK, CINTIA DÉBORA MEDINA, JUAN GARCÍA MASSINI, CRISTIAN HERNÁN FULVIO PEREZ, JACK W. JR. SITES, MARIANA MORANDO] |
| 2021-01-07 |
Helicops phantasma |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Long known, brand new, and possibly threatened: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes; Xenodontinae) from the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin, Brazil [ANTONIO MORAES-DA-SILVA, RENATA CECÍLIA AMARO, PEDRO M. SALES NUNES, MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES, FELIPE FRANCO CURCIO] |
| 2020-12-31 |
Asymblepharus medogensis,
Asymblepharus nyingchiensis |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Amphibians and Reptiles in Tibet–Diversity and Evolution. Science Press, Beijing, China. 803 pp [Che J, Jiang K, Yan F, Zhang Y. 2020] |
| 2020-12-23 |
Levitonius mirus |
Cyclocoridae |
Neue Gattung Levitonius
A New, Miniaturized Genus and Species of Snake (Cyclocoridae) from the Philippines [Jeffrey L. Weinell, Daniel J. Paluh, Cameron D. Siler, Rafe M. Brown] |
| 2020-12-20 |
Nucras damarana |
Lacertidae |
A reevaluation of records of Sandveld lizards, Nucras Gray, 1838 (Squamata: Lacertidae), from northern Namibia [Aaron M. Bauer, Matthew Murdoch, and Jackie L. Childers] |
| 2020-12-17 |
Pareas kaduri |
Pareidae |
A new species of snail-eating snakes of the genus Pareas Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Serpentes) from eastern Himalayas, India [Harshal Bhosale, Pushkar Phansalkar, Mandar Sawant, Gaurang Gowande, Harshil Patel, Zeeshan A. Mirza] |
| 2020-12-17 |
Hemidactylus flavicaudus,
Hemidactylus xericolus |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of yellow-tailed Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from rocky outcrops on the Telangana Plateau, India [APARNA LAJMI, VARAD B. GIRI, TANERAW SINGH, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2020-12-16 |
Leptodeira misinawui |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of cat-eyed snake (Serpentes: Dipsadinae: Leptodeirini) from the Andes of southern Ecuador [OMAR TORRES-CARVAJAL, JUAN C. SÁNCHEZ-NIVICELA, VALENTINA POSSE, ELVIS CELI, CLAUDIA KOCH] |
| 2020-12-15 |
Uroplatus fangorn,
Uroplatus fivehy |
Gekkonidae |
Towards completion of the species inventory of small-sized leaf-tailed geckos: two new species of Uroplatus from northern Madagascar [FANOMEZANA M. RATSOAVINA, FRANK GLAW, ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA, ANDOLALAO RAKOTOARISON, DAVID R. VIEITES, OLIVER HAWLITSCHEK, MIGUEL VENCES, MARK D. SCHERZ] |
| 2020-12-11 |
Melanosuchus latrubessei |
Aligatoridae |
On a new Melanosuchus species (Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) from Solimões Formation (Eocene-Pliocene), Northern Brazil, and evolution of Caimaninae [JONAS PEREIRA DE SOUZA-FILHO, EDSON GUILHERME, PETER MANN DE TOLEDO, ISMAR DE SOUZA CARVALHO, FRANCISCO RICARDO NEGRI, ANDRÉA APARECIDA DA ROCHA MACIENTE, GIOVANNE M. CIDADE, MAURO BRUNO DA SILVA LACERDA, LUCY GOMES DE SOUZA] |
| 2020-12-08 |
Stegonotus caligocephalus |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Carefully examining Bornean Stegonotus (Serpentes, Colubridae): the montane groundsnake population in Sabah is a new and distinct species [CHRISTINE M. KAISER, JACK LAPIN, MARK O’SHEA, HINRICH KAISER] |
| 2020-12-07 |
Achalinus zugorum |
Xenodermidae |
Discovery of a New Species of Enigmatic Odd-Scaled Snake (Serpentes: Xenodermidae: Achalinus) from Ha Giang Province, Vietnam [Aryeh H. Miller, Hayden R. Davis, Anh Mai Luong, Quyen Hanh Do, Cuong The Pham, Thomas Ziegler, Justin L. Lee, Kevin De Queiroz, R. Graham Reynolds, Truong Quang Nguyen] |
| 2020-12-04 |
Toropuku inexpectatus |
Diplodactylidae |
Earning your stripes: a second species of striped gecko in the New Zealand gecko genus Toropuku (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae) [RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH, STUART V. NIELSEN, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-11-27 |
Kinosternon cora |
Kinosternidae |
A New Species of Mud Turtle of Genus Kinosternon (Testudines: Kinosternidae) from the Pacific Coastal Plain of Northwestern Mexico [JESÚS A. LOC-BARRAGÁN, JACOBO REYES-VELASCO, GUILLERMO A. WOOLRICH-PIÑA, CHRISTOPH I. GRÜNWALD, MYRIAM VENEGAS DE ANAYA, JUDITH A. RANGEL-MENDOZA, MARCO A. LÓPEZ-LUNA] |
| 2020-11-24 |
Cnemaspis ranganaensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India [AMIT SAYYED, SHAURI SULAKHE] |
| 2020-11-18 |
Dendragama schneideri (revalidated) |
Agamidae |
Phylogeny and biogeography of Sumatra´s cloud forest lizards of the genus Dendragama and status of Acanthosaura schneideri [Kyle J. Shaney, Michael B. Harvey, Amir Hamidy, Nia Kurniawan, Eric N. Smith] |
| 2020-11-18 |
Stenocercus catherineae,
Stenocercus dracopennatus,
Stenocercus flagracanthus,
Stenocercus philmayi |
Tropiduridae |
Four new species of Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Iguania) from the Department of Amazonas in northeastern Peru [Pablo J. Venegas, Luis A. García-Ayachi, Juan C. Chávez-Arribasplata, Germán Chávez, Iván Wong, Antonio García-Bravo] |
| 2020-11-18 |
Rhinophis karinthandani |
Uropeltidae |
A new Indian species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 closely related to R. sanguineus Beddome, 1863 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) [FILIPA L. SAMPAIO, SURYA NARAYANAN, VIVEK PHILIP CYRIAC, GOVINDAPPA VENU, DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2020-11-16 |
Hemidactylus nicolauensis,
Hemidactylus boavistensis boavistensis,
Hemidactylus boavistensis chevalieri |
Gekkonidae |
A new endemic species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from São Nicolau Island, Cabo Verde [RAQUEL VASCONCELOS, GUNTHER KÖHLER, PHILIPPE GENIEZ, PIERRE-ANDRÉ CROCHET] |
| 2020-11-14 |
Pareas geminatus |
Pareidae |
A new species of the Pareas hamptoni complex (Squamata: Serpentes: Pareidae) from the Golden Triangle [Li Ding, Zening Chen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Tan Van Nguyen, Nikolay A. Poyarkov & Gernot Vogel] |
| 2020-11-11 |
Goniurosaurus gollum |
Eublepharidae |
Goniurosaurus gezhi sp. nov., a new gecko species from Guangxi, China (Squamata: Eublepharidae) [Shuo Qi, Jian Wang, L. Lee Grismer, Hong-Hui Chen, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2020-11-10 |
Lucasium iris |
Diplodactylidae |
Beauty in the eye of the beholder: a new species of gecko (Diplodactylidae: Lucasium) from inland north Queensland, Australia [ERIC VANDERDUYS, CONRAD J. HOSKIN, ALEX S. KUTT, JUSTIN M. WRIGHT, STEPHEN M. ZOZAYA] |
| 2020-11-10 |
Gonatodes castanae |
Sphaerodactylidae |
The Stoor Hobbit of Guangdong: Goniurosaurus gollum sp. nov., a cave-dwelling Leopard Gecko (Squamata, Eublepharidae) from South China [JUAN E. CARVAJAL-COGOLLO, JORGE A. EGUIS-AVENDAÑO, FABIO LEONARDO MEZA-JOYA] |
| 2020-11-09 |
Achalinus tranganensis |
Xenodermidae |
A new species of Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Trang An Landscape Complex, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam [VINH QUANG LUU, THOMAS ZIEGLER, NGHIA VAN HA, OANH VAN LO, TUOI THI HOANG, HANH THI NGO, MINH DUC LE, DUNG HOANG TRAN, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN] |
| 2020-11-05 |
Ahaetulla borealis,
Ahaetulla farnsworthi,
Ahaetulla malabarica,
Ahaetulla sahyadrensis,
Ahaetulla travancorica |
Colubridae (Ahaetuliinae) |
Disentangling vines: a study of morphological crypsis and genetic divergence in vine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Ahaetulla) with the description of five new species from Peninsular India [ASHOK KUMAR MALLIK, ACHYUTHAN N. SRIKANTHAN, SAUNAK P. PAL, PRINCIA MARGARET D’SOUZA, KARTIK SHANKER, SUMAITHANGI RAJAGOPALAN GANESH] |
| 2020-11-05 |
Goniurosaurus varius |
Eublepharidae |
A definition of the Goniurosaurus yingdeensis group (Squamata, Eublepharidae) with the description of a new species [Shuo Qi, L. Lee Grismer, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Liang Zhang, Pi-Peng Li, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2020-11-04 |
Chlorosoma dunupyana |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A phantom on the trees: Integrative taxonomy supports a reappraisal of rear-fanged snakes classification (Dipsadidae: Philodryadini) [Paulo R.Melo-Sampaio, Paulo Passos, Angele R. Martins, W. Bryan Jennings, Julio C. Moura-Leite, Sérgio A. A.Morato, Pablo J.Venegas, Germán Chávez, Nathocley M.Venâncio, Moisés B.Souza] |
| 2020-11-02 |
Oxyrhopus emberti |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Oxyrhopus Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Bolivian Andes [LUCINDO GONZALES, STEFFEN REICHLE, OMAR M. ENTIAUSPE-NETO] |
| 2020-11-02 |
Trimeresurus davidi |
Viperidae |
A new species of green pit viper of the genus TrimeresurusLacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean [S.R. Chandramouli, Patrick D. Campbell, and Gernot Voge] |
| 2020-10-28 |
Scincella baraensis |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam [SANG NGOC NGUYEN, VU DANG HOANG NGUYEN, LUAN THANH NGUYEN, ROBERT W. MURPHY] |
| 2020-10-23 |
Eirenis rafsanjanicus |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of the genus Eirenis Jan, 1863 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Kerman Province in South-central Iran [MORTEZA AKBARPOUR, NASRULLAH RASTEGAR-POUYANI, BEHZAD FATHINIA, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI] |
| 2020-10-15 |
Hemidactylus hannasabinae,
Hemidactylus vernayi |
Gekkonidae |
A correction to a recent review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two additional species [LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, ISHAN AGARWAL, MARIANA P. MARQUES, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-10-14 |
Nactus aktites,
Nactus allenallisoni,
Nactus alotau,
Nactus amplus,
Nactus arceo,
Nactus chrisaustini,
Nactus erugatus,
Nactus fredkrausi,
Nactus grevifer,
Nactus intrudusus,
Nactus inundatus,
Nactus kamiali,
Nactus modicus,
Nactus nanus,
Nactus notios,
Nactus panaeati,
Nactus papua,
Nactus rainerguentheri,
Nactus robertfisheri,
Nactus septentrionalis |
Gekkonidae |
Diversity in Pacific Slender-Toed Geckos, Nactus pelagicus Complex (Reptilia: Squamata), of New Guinea and Adjacent Islands [George R. Zug] |
| 2020-10-12 |
Smithophis arunachalensis |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Description of a new species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India [ABHIJIT DAS, V. DEEPAK, ASHOK CAPTAIN, EDWARD O. Z. WADE, DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2020-10-10 |
Ophisops agarwali |
Lacertidae |
Lost before being recognized? A new species of thegenus Ophisops (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Gujarat, India [HARSHIL PATEL & RAJU VYAS] |
| 2020-10-09 |
Achalinus pingbianensis |
Xenodermidae |
A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermatidae) from southeastern Yunnan Province, China) [KE LI, MIN YU, YA-YONG WU, LIN-HONG LIAO, KUI TANG, QIN LIU, PENG GUO] |
| 2020-10-07 |
Oxybelis koehleri,
Oxybelis rutherfordi |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Not withering on the evolutionary vine: systematic revision of the Brown Vine Snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Oxybelis) from its northern distribution [Robert C. Jadin, Christopher Blair, Sarah A. Orlofske, Michael J. Jowers, Gilson A. Rivas, Laurie J. Vitt, Julie M. Ray, Eric N. Smith & John C. Murphy] |
| 2020-10-07 |
Caaeteboia gaeli |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A second new species for the rare dipsadid genus Caaeteboia Zaher et al., 2009 (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil [Montingelli, Giovanna Gondim; Barbo, Fausto Erritto; Pereira Filho, Gentil Alves; Santana, Gindomar Gomes; França, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues; Grazziotin, Felipe Gobbi; Zaher, Hussam] |
| 2020-10-07 |
Hemiphyllodactylus dupanglingensis |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Reptilia: Squamata) from Hunan Province, China [Bing ZHANG, Tianyu QIAN, Xiangjin JIANG, Bo CAI, Xuejian DENG, Daode YANG] |
| 2020-10-05 |
Toxicocalamus mattisoni |
Elapidae |
A new species of Toxicocalamus (Squamata: Elapidae) from Papua New Guinea [FRED KRAUS] |
| 2020-10-05 |
Trachylepis boehmei |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
A new species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Amhara Region, Ethiopia, and a key to the Ethiopian Trachylepis [THORE KOPPETSCH] |
| 2020-11-14 |
Pareas andersonii, Pareas modestus (revalidated) |
Pareidae |
Taxonomic reassessment of the Pareas margaritophorus-macularius species complex (Squamata, Pareidae) [Gernot Vogel, Tan Nguyen, Nikolay Poyarkov, H.T. Lalremsanga, Vanlalhrima Vanlalhrima, Lal Biakzuala] |
| 2020-10-02 |
Ceratophora ukuwelai |
Agamidae |
A new species of the genus Ceratophora Gray, 1835 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from a lowland rainforest in Sri Lanka, with insights on rostral appendage evolution in Sri Lankan agamid lizards [Suranjan Karunarathna, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Chamara Amarasinghe, Thilina Surasinghe, Andrey V. Bushuev, Majintha Madawala, Vladislav A. Gorin, and Anslem De Silva] |
| 2020-10-02 |
Stenocercus diploauris,
Stenocercus nigrobarbatus |
Tropiduridae |
Two new sympatric species of Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania) from the inter-Andean valley of the Mantaro River, Peru [PABLO J. VENEGAS, LOURDES Y. ECHEVARRÍA, LUIS A. GARCÍA-AYACHI, CAROLL Z. LANDAURO] |
| 2020-09-28 |
Tantilla lydia |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Tantilla of the taeniata group (Squamata: Colubridae) from Refugio de Vida Silvestre Barras de Cuero y Salado in Caribbean coastal Honduras [Cristopher A. Antúnez-Fonseca, Jocelyn A. Castro, Farlem G. España,Josiah H. Townsend, and Larry D. Wilson] |
| 2020-09-23 |
Lygodactylus baptistai,
Lygodactylus nyaneka,
Lygodactylus tchokwe |
Gekkonidae |
A revision of the Dwarf Geckos, genus Lygodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Angola, with the description of three new species [MARIANA P. MARQUES, LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, MATTHEW D. BUEHLER, SUZANA A. BANDEIRA, JOYCE M. JANOTA, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-09-21 |
Cercosaura pacha |
Gymnophthalmidae |
A New Species of Andean Gymnophthalmid Lizard (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Peruvian Andes, and Resolution of Some Taxonomic Problems [Luis Mamani, Juan C. Chaparro, Claudio Correa, Consuelo Alarcón, Cinthya Y. Salas, and Alessandro Catenazzi] |
| 2020-09-21 |
Lycodon deccanensis |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Lycodon (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Deccan Plateau of India, with notes on the range ofLycodon travancoricus (Beddome, 1870) and a revised key to peninsular Indian forms [S.R. Ganesh, Kaushik Deuti, K.G. Punith, N.S. Achyuthan, Ashok Kumar Mallik, Omkar Adhikari, and Gernot VogeI] |
| 2020-09-20 |
Podarcis galerai |
Lacertidae |
Multilocus and morphological analysis of south‐eastern Iberian Wall lizards (Squamata, Podarcis) [Marta Bassitta, Joana M. Buades, Ana Pérez‐Cembranos, Valentín Pérez‐Mellado, Barbara Terrasa, Richard P. Brown, Pilar Navarro, Javier Lluch, Jesús Ortega, Jose A. Castro, Antònia Picornell, Cori Ramon] |
| 2020-09-18 |
Cnemaspis selenolagus |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the C. siamensis group from Tenasserim Mountains, Thailand [L. LEE GRISMER, PLATON V. YUSHCHENKO, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, MALI NAIDUANGCHAN, CHATMONGKON SUWANNAPOOM, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2020-09-16 |
Cyrtodactylus maelanoi |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from the Thai Highlands with a discussion on the evolution of habitat preference [L. LEE GRISMER, ATTAPOL RUJIRAWAN, KORKHWAN TERMPRAYOON, NATEE AMPAI, SIRIPORN YODTHONG, PERRY L. JR WOOD, JAMIE R. OAKS, ANCHALEE AOWPHOL] |
| 2020-09-16 |
Hemiphyllodactylus minimus |
Gekkonidae |
A novel, diminutive Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a sacred grove in Odisha, eastern India [PRATYUSH P. MOHAPATRA, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, SUSHIL K. DUTTA, CUCKOO MAHAPATRA, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2020-09-15 |
Macropholidus montanuccii |
Gymnophthalmidae |
Description and Phylogeny of a New Species of Andean Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the Huancabamba Depression [Omar Torres-Carvajal, Pablo J. Venegas, Pedro M. Sales Nunes] |
| 2020-09-15 |
Goniurosaurus gezhi |
Eublepharidae |
Goniurosaurus gezhi sp. nov., a new gecko species from Guangxi, China (Squamata: Eublepharidae) [XIAO-YU ZHU, GUANG-YU CHEN, CRISTIAN ROMÁN-PALACIOS, ZHENG LI, ZHU-QING HE] |
| 2020-09-15 |
Dixonius dulayaphitakorum |
Gekkonidae |
A new leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from the city of Ranong, southwestern Thailand [MONTRI SUMONTHA, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS] |
| 2020-09-14 |
Hemidactylus sirumalaiensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new medium-bodied rupicolous Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Sirumalai massif, Tamil Nadu, India [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, SWAPNIL PAWAR, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2020-09-11 |
Brachymeles burksii (revalidated) |
Scincidae (Scincinae) |
Additions to Philippine slender skinks of the Brachymeles bonitaecomplex (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) IV: Resurrection and redescription of Brachymeles burksi [Cameron D. Siler,Elyse S. Freitas, Jennifer A. Sheridan, Stephanie N. Maguire, Drew R. Davis, Jessa L. Watters, Kai Wang, Arvin C. Diesmos, and Rafe M. Brown] |
| 2020-09-11 |
Cylindrophis slowinskii |
Cylindrophiidae |
Molecular phylogeny of Asian pipesnakes, genus Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Squamata: Cylindrophiidae), with the description of a new species from Myanmar [JUSTIN M. BERNSTEIN, AARON M. BAUER, JIMMY A. MCGUIRE, EVY ARIDA, HINRICH KAISER, MAX KIECKBUSCH, SVEN MECKE] |
| 2020-09-09 |
Pseudogekko hungkag |
Gekkonidae |
Unexpected Discovery of Another New Species of Philippine False Gecko (Gekkonidae; Pseudogekko) from the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon Island [Tracy, Matthew D. Buehler, Cameron D. Siler] |
| 2020-09-09 |
Abronia morenica |
Anguidae |
A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from a Protected Area in Chiapas, Mexico [Adam G. Clause, Roberto Luna-Reyes, Adrián Nieto-Montes De Oca] |
| 2020-09-08 |
Cnemaspis palakkadensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new cryptic species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), in the C. littoralis complex, from Anakkal, Palakkad, Kerala, India [Amit Sayyed, Vivek Philip Cyriac, and Raveendan Dileepkumar] |
| 2020-09-04 |
Cnemaspis stellapulvis |
Gekkonidae |
A new cryptic Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from an isolated granite hill on the Mysore Plateau, Karnataka, India [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2020-09-02 |
Liolaemus anqapuka |
Liolaemidae |
Some color in the desert: description of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from southern Peru, and its conservation status [Ling Huamaní-Valderrama, Aarón J. Quiroz, Roberto C. Gutiérrez, Álvaro Aguilar-Kirigin, Wilson Huanca-Mamani, Pablo Valladares-Faúndez, José Cerdeña, Juan C. Chaparro, Roy Santa Cruz, and Cristian S. Abdala] |
| 2020-09-01 |
Alopoglossus avilapiresae,
Alopoglossus collii |
Alopoglossidae |
Eight in one: morphological and molecular analyses reveal cryptic diversity in Amazonian alopoglossid lizards (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea). [Marco Antonio Ribeiro-Júnior, Erik Choueri, Simon Lobos, Pablo Venegas, Omar Torres-Carvajal, Fernanda Werneck] |
| 2020-09-01 |
Dixonius pawangkhananti |
Gekkonidae |
A new limestone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from coastal hills in Cha-am, peninsular Thailand [OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, NIRUT CHOMNGAM, HENNING LARSEN, MONTRI SUMONTHA] |
| 2020-08-27 |
Cnemaspis rishivalleyensis,
Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis |
Gekkonidae |
Geckos in the granite: two new geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from rocky, scrub habitats in Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India [ISHAN AGARWAL, TEJAS THACKERAY, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR] |
| 2020-08-27 |
Atheris hetfieldi |
Viperidae (Viperinae) |
The Bush Vipers, genus Atheris Cope, 1862 (Squamata: Viperidae) of Bioko Island, Gulf of Guinea, with the description of a new species [LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, MARIANA P. MARQUES, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-08-26 |
Cyrtodactylus amphipetraeus |
Gekkonidae |
A new species Cyrtodactytlus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Thailand and the phylogenetic placement of C. inthanon and C. doisuthep [SIRIWADEE CHOMDEJ, CHATMONGKON SUWANNAPOOM, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, WARANEE PRADIT, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, L. LEE GRISMER, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2020-08-18 |
Eutropis resetarii |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
Description of a new species of Eutropis (Sauria: Scincidae) from the Central Hills of Sri Lanka with the resurrection of Eutropis lankae (Deraniyagala) [Sudesh Batuwita, Sampath Udugampala, Udeni Edirisinghe] |
| 2020-08-14 |
Acanthosaura liui |
Agamidae |
A new species of the genus Acanthosaura (Squamata, Agamidae) from Yunnan, China, with comments on its conservation status [Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Mingzhong Mo, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2020-08-13 |
Acanthosaura prasina |
Agamidae |
A New Species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Highlands, Vietnam [Natalia Borisovna Ananjeva, Oleg A. Ermakov, Sang Ngoc Nguyen, Tao Thien Nguyen, Robert W. Murphy, Svetlana A. Lukonina, Nikolai L. Orlov] |
| 2020-08-12 |
Cyrtodactylus kohrongensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new insular species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) group from Cambodia with a discussion of habitat preference and ecomorphology [L. LEE GRISMER, CHAN KIN ONN, JAMIE R. OAKS, THY NEANG, LANG SOKUN, MATTHEW L. MURDOCH, BRYAN L. STUART, JESSE L. GRISMER] |
| 2020-08-07 |
Dipsas bothropoides |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A New Species of Snail-Eating Snake, Dipsas Cope, 1860 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dipsadinae), from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil [Konrad Mebert, Paulo Passos, Daniel S. Fernandes, Omar Machado Entiauspe-Neto, Fatima Queiroz Alvez, Alessandra S. Machado, Ricardo T. Lopes] |
| 2020-08-07 |
Cyrtodactylus houaphanensis,
Cyrtodactylus ngoiensis |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos, including new finding and expanded diagnosis of C. bansocensis [NICOLE SCHNEIDER, VINH QUANG LUU, SALY SITTHIVONG, ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ, MINH DUC LE, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2020-08-03 |
Hemiphyllodactylus nahangensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam [QUYEN HANH DO, CUONG THE PHAM, TIEN QUANG PHAN, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN] |
| 2020-07-31 |
Tropidophis steinleini |
Tropidophiidae |
A new species of Tropidophis (Squamata: Tropidophiidae) and molecular phylogeny of the Cuban radiation of the genus [Luis M. Díaz and Antonio Cádiz] |
| 2020-07-30 |
Sinomicrurus nigriventer |
Elapidae |
On the systematic status of Calliophis macclellandi nigriventer Wall, 1908 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae) [ZEESHAN A. MIRZA, VISHAL VARMA, PATRICK D CAMPBELL] |
| 2020-07-29 |
Chironius gouveai |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Taxonomic Revision of Chironius bicarinatus (Wied 1820) (Serpentes: Colubridae), with Description of a New Species [Omar Machado Entiauspe-Neto, Mariana Lúcio lyra, Claudia Koch, Fernando Marques Quintela, Arthur Diesel Abegg, Daniel Loebmann] |
| 2020-07-29 |
Pholidobolus condor,
Pholidobolus dolichoderes,
Pholidobolus fascinatus,
Pholidobolus samek |
Gymnophthalmidae |
Systematics of Pholidobolus lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from southern Ecuador, with descriptions of four new species [Vanessa Parra, Pedro M. Sales Nunes, Omar Torres-Carvajal] |
| 2020-07-29 |
Lycodon cathaya |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of the genus Lycodon (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Guangxi, China [Jian Wang, Shuo Qi, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2020-07-17 |
Magdalenasaura adercum,
Magdalenasaura leurosquama |
Gymnophthalmidae |
Neue Gattung Magdalenasaura:
Filling the gaps in a highly diverse Neotropical lizard lineage: a new and endemic genus of Cercosaurinae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with the description of two new species from the Northern Andes of Colombia [José M. Fang, Juan D. Vásquez-Restrepo, Juan M. Daza] |
| 2020-07-16 |
Hemiphyllodactylus pardalis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand that converges in morphology and color pattern on Pseudogekko smaragdinus (Taylor) from the Philippines [L. LEE GRISMER, PLATON V. YUSHCHENKO, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, MALI NAIDUANGCHAN, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, VALENTINA F. ORLOVA, CHATMONGKON SUWANNAPOOM, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2020-07-15 |
Cyrtodactylus camortensis
Cyrtodactylus nicobaricus |
Gekkonidae |
A review of the Gekkonid genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago with the description of two new species from the Nicobar Islands [S.R. Chandramouli] |
| 2020-07-13 |
Rhinophis mendisi |
Uropeltidae |
A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from southwestern Sri Lanka [DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2020-07-09 |
Rhinophis gunasekarai |
Uropeltidae |
A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Reptilia: Uropeltidae), from cloud forest of the Knuckles massif of Sri Lanka [L.J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE, DULAN RANGA VIDANAPATHIRANA, NETHU WICKRAMASINGHE, DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2020-07-08 |
Boaedon bocagei,
Boaedon branchi,
Boaedon fradei |
Lamprophiidae |
A review of the Angolan House snakes, genus Boaedon Duméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in the Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) species complex [Jakob Hallermann, Luis MP Ceríaco, Andreas Schmitz, Raffael Ernst, Werner Conradie, Luke Verburgt, Mariana P Marques & Aaron M Bauer] |
| 2020-07-08 |
Limnophis branchi |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Kissing cousins: a review of the African genus Limnophis Günther, 1865 (Colubridae: Natricinae), with the description of a new species from north-eastern Angola [Werner Conradie, V. Deepak, Chad Keates and David J. Gower] |
| 2020-07-01 |
Sitana dharwarensis |
Agamidae |
A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 (Squamata: Agamidae) from northern Karnataka, India [Ambekar, Mayuresh, Arya Murthy & Zesshan A. Mirza] |
| 2020-07-01 |
Phalotris cerradensis |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Phalotris (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from Cerrado in the Northeast of Brazil [Adriano Lima Silveira] |
| 2020-06-25 |
Rhabdophis chiwen |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A New Species of the Genus Rhabdophis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) in Southwestern Sichuan, China [Yige PIAO, Zening CHEN, Yanqing WU, Shengchao SHI, Hirohiko TAKEUCHI, Teppei JONO, Masaya FUKUDA, Akira MORI, Yezhong TANG, Qin CHEN and Li DING] |
| 2020-06-25 |
Smithophis linearis |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A new species of the genus Smithophis (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae) from southwestern China and northeastern Myanmar [GERNOT VOGEL, ZENING CHEN, V. DEEPAK, DAVID J. GOWER, JINGSONG SHI, LI DING, MIAN HOU] |
| 2020-06-24 |
Cnemaspis avasabinae |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of South Asian Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India [ISHAN AGARWAL, AARON M BAUER, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR] |
| 2020-06-23 |
Diploderma menghaiense |
Agamidae |
A New Species of Diploderma (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Yunnan Province, China [Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Jian Wang, Natalia Borisovna Ananjeva, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2020-06-20 |
Rhadinaea eduardoi |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Rhadinaea eduardoi eingestuft als "junior synonym" von Coniophanes fissidens
A partial molecular phylogeny of Rhadinaea and related genera (Squamata, Dipsadidae) with comments on the generic assignment of Rhadinaea eduardoi [Ricardo Palacios-Aguilar, Uri Omar García-Vázquez] |
| 2020-06-19 |
Hemiphyllodactylus bonkowskii,
Hemiphyllodactylus ngocsonensis |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam [TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, QUYEN HANH DO, HANH THI NGO, ANH VAN PHAM, CUONG THE PHAM, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2020-06-19 |
Sphenomorphus phuquocensis |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam with a discussion of biogeography and character state evolution in the S. stellatus group [L. LEE GRISMER, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, VLADIMIR V. BOBROV, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV] |
| 2020-06-17 |
Cnemaspis magnifica |
Gekkonidae |
A new large-bodied, rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to Cnemaspis heteropholis Bauer, 2002 from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, SAUNAK PAL, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2020-06-09 |
Pareas menglaensis,
Pareas mengziensis |
Pareidae |
A revised taxonomy of Asia snail-eating snakes Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae): evidence from morphological comparison and molecular phylogeny [Ping Wang, Jing Che, Qin Liu, Ke Li, Jie Qiong Jin, Ke Jiang, Lei Shi, Peng Guo] |
| 2020-06-08 |
Cyrtodactylus phumyensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam [SABRINA OSTROWSKI, DANG TRONG DO, MINH DUC LE, HANH THI NGO, CUONG THE PHAM, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, VAN THI HONG NGUYEN, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2020-06-03 |
Cnemaspis nicobaricus |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of dwarf gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar archipelago with an expanded description of Cnemaspis anderson (Annandale 1905) of the Andaman Islands [S.R. Chandramouli] |
| 2020-05-31 |
Cnemaspis bangara,
Cnemaspis graniticola,
Cnemaspis yelagiriensis |
Gekkonidae |
Granite boulders act as deep‐time climate refugia: A Miocene divergent clade of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Mysore Plateau, India, with descriptions of three new species [Ishan Agarwal, Tejas Thackeray, Saunak Pal, Akshay Khandekar] |
| 2020-05-29 |
Eremias kakari |
Lacertidae |
A new species of Eremias (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the arid mountains of Pakistan [RAFAQAT MASROOR, MUHAMMAD KHISROON, MUAZZAM ALI KHAN, DANIEL JABLONSKI] |
| 2020-05-26 |
Alopoglossus harrisi |
Alopoglossidae |
A species‐level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea) [Cristian Hernández Morales, Marcelo J. Sturaro, Pedro M. Sales Nunes, Sebastian Lotzkat, Pedro L.V. Peloso] |
| 2020-05-22 |
Microgecko tanishpaensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Microgecko Nikolsky, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Pakistan [RAFAQAT MASROOR, MUHAMMAD KHISROON, MUAZZAM ALI KHAN] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Liolaemus qalaywa |
Liolaemidae |
An endemic new species of Andean lizard of the genus Liolaemus from southern Peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae) and its phylogenetic position [Juan C. Chaparro, Aarón J. Quiroz, Luis Mamani, Roberto C. Gutiérrez, Peter Condori, Ignacio De la Riva, Gabriela Herrera-Juárez, José Cerdeña, Luis P. Arapa, and Cristian S. Abdala] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Eutropis dattaroyi |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
A REVISION OF Eutropis rudis (BOULENGER, 1887), RESURRECTION OF E. lewisi (BARTLETT, 1895) AND DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES (REPTILIA: SCINCIDAE) FROM GREAT NICOBAR [A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, S.R. Chandramouli, Kaushik Deuti, Patrick D. Campbell, Sujan M. Henkanaththegedara & Suranjan Karunarathna] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Lankascincus merrill |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A NEW SPECIES OF Lankascincus GREER, 1991 (REPTILIA: SCINCIDAE) FROM THE RAKWANA HILLS OF SRI LANKA [L.J. Mendis Wickramasinghe, Dulan Ranga Vidanapathirana & Nethu Wickramasinghe] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Lankascincus sameerai |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
NEW SPECIES OF Lankascincus GREER, 1991 (REPTILIA: SCINCIDAE) WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE L. gansi GROUP [A. Suneth Kanishka, A. Dineth Danushka & A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Cyrtodactylus jatnai |
Gekkonidae |
A NEW BENT-TOED GECKO SPECIES OF THE GENUS Cyrtodactylus GRAY, 1827 (SQUAMATA: GEKKONIDAE) FROM THE WEST BALI NATIONAL PARK, BALI, INDONESIA [A. A. Thasun Amarasinghe, Awal Riyanto, Mumpuni & Lee L. Grismer] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Cnemaspis manoae |
Gekkonidae |
NEW DIMINUTIVE DAY GECKO SPECIES OF THE GENUS Cnemaspis STRAUCH, 1887 (REPTILIA: GEKKONIDAE) FROM PILIKUTTUWA, NEAR THE CAPITAL OF SRI LANKA [A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe & Suranjan Karunarathna] |
| 2020-05-21 |
Dendrelaphis wickrorum |
Colubridae (Ahaetuliinae) |
A NEW SPECIES OF Dendrelaphis BOULENGER, 1890 (REPTILIA: COLUBRIDAE) FROM THE WET ZONE OF SRI LANKA WITH A REDESCRIPTION OF Dendrelaphis bifrenalis (BOULENGER, 1890) [A. Dineth Danushka, A. Suneth Kanishka, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, Gernot Vogel & Sampath S. Seneviratne] |
| 2020-10-05 |
Naja nana |
Elapidae |
Une nouvelle et remarquable espèce de naja semi-aquatique (Elapidae, sous-genre Boulengerina Dollo, 1886) de la République Démocratique du Congo [Collet M. and Trape. J-F] |
| 2020-05-20 |
Eutropis caraga,
Eutropis cuprea,
Eutropis gubataas,
Eutropis islamaliit,
Eutropis lapulapu,
Eutropis palauensis,
Eutropis sahulinghangganan ,
Eutropis sibalom |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
Taxonomic Revision of Philippine Sun Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Eutropis), and Descriptions of Eight New Species [Anthony J. Barley, Arvin C. Diesmos, Cameron D. Siler, Christopher M. Martinez, Rafe M. Brown] |
| 2020-05-20 |
Oedura nesos |
Diplodactylidae |
A new velvet gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from Groote Eylandt, Northern Territor [PAUL M. OLIVER, CHRIS J. JOLLY, PHILLIP L. SKIPWITH, LEONARDO G. TEDESCHI, GRAEME R. GILLESPIE] |
| 2020-05-18 |
Panaspis annettesabinae |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
A new species of African Snake-Eyed Skink (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Ethiopia [TIMOTHY J. COLSTON, R. ALEXANDER PYRON, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-05-18 |
Lobulia sabini |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
A new species of Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea [FRED KRAUS] |
| 2020-05-15 |
Acanthosaura aurantiacrista |
Agamidae |
Acanthosaura aurantiacrista (Squamata: Agamidae), a new long horn lizard from northern Thailand [Poramad Trivalairat, Kirati Kunya, Lawan Chanhome, Montri Sumontha, Taksa Vasaruchapong, Nirut Chomngam, Krittiya Chiangkul] |
| 2020-05-14 |
Rhinophis melanoleucus |
Uropeltidae |
A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Wayanad region of peninsular India [VIVEK PHILIP CYRIAC, SURYA NARAYANAN, FILIPA L. SAMPAIO, PAVUKANDY UMESH, DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2020-05-13 |
Varanus bennetti |
Varanidae |
Taxonomy of Micronesian monitors (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanus): endemic status of new species argues for caution in pursuing eradication plans [Valter Weijola, Varpu Vahtera, André Koch, Andreas Schmitz and Fred Kraus] |
| 2020-05-13 |
Uma thurmanae |
Phrynosomatidae |
A new cryptic species of fringe-toed lizards from southwestern Arizona with a revised taxonomy of the Uma notata species complex (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) [ELIZABETH G. DERYCKE, ANDREW D. GOTTSCHO, DANIEL G. MULCAHY, KEVIN DE QUEIROZ] |
| 2020-05-13 |
Suta gaikhorstorum |
Elapidae |
Parasuta wird zum Synonym für Suta:
What’s under the hood? Phylogeny and taxonomy of the snake genera Parasuta Worrell and Suta Worrell (Squamata: Elapidae), with a description of a new species from the Pilbara, Western Australia [BRAD MARYAN, IAN G. BRENNAN, MARK N. HUTCHINSON, LUKAS S. GEIDANS] |
| 2020-05-12 |
Cnemaspis lineatubercularis |
Gekkonidae |
Integrative taxonomy of the rock-dwelling gecko Cnemaspis siamensis complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae) reveals a new species from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, southern Thailand [Natee Ampai, Perry L. Wood Jr, Bryan L. Stuart, Anchalee Aowphol] |
| 2020-05-08 |
Goniurosaurus kwanghua |
Eublepharidae |
A new species of Goniurosaurus from Hainan Island, China based on molecular and morphological data (Squamata: Sauria: Eublepharidae) [XIAO-YU ZHU, CHU-ZE SHEN, YUN-FEI LIU, LIN CHEN, ZHENG LI, ZHU-QING HE] |
| 2020-05-08 |
Cnemaspis chengodumalaensis,
Cnemaspis zacharyi |
Gekkonidae |
A preliminary 16S rRNA phylogeny of the Indian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of two new cryptic species from the C. wynadensis clade [Vivek Philip Cyriac, Muhamed Jafer Palot, Kaushik Deuti & P. K. Umesh] |
| 2020-05-07 |
Anolis callainus |
Dactyloidae |
A replacement name for the Hispaniolan anole formerly referred to as Anolis chlorocyanus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 [Gunther Köhler and S. Blair Hedges] |
| 2020-05-05 |
Eremias fahimii |
Lacertidae |
Fahimi’s racerunner, a new species of the genus Eremias Fitzinger, 1834 (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Iran [OMID MOZAFFARI, FARAHAM AHMADZADEH, REIHANEH SABERI-PIROOZ] |
| 2020-04-30 |
Trimeresurus caudornatus |
Viperidae |
A new pit viper of the genus Trimeresurus (Lacépède, 1804) (Squamata: Viperidae) from Southwest China [ZENING CHEN, JIANPING YU, GERNOT VOGEL, SHENGCHAO SHI, ZHAOBIN SONG, YEZHONG TANG, JIA YANG, LI DING, CANGSONG CHEN] |
| 2020-04-30 |
Atheris mongoensis |
Viperidae |
Une nouvelle espèce du genre Atheris Cope, 1862, de la province de l’Équateur en République Démocratique du Congo (Squamata: Viperidae) [Marcel COLLET & Jean-Francois TRAPE] |
| 2020-04-23 |
Eryx sistanensis |
Boidae (Erycinae) |
A new species of Eryx (Serpentes: Erycidae) from Iran [NAEIMEH ESKANDARZADEH, NASRULLAH RASTEGAR-POUYANI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI, JAMIL ZARGAN, ASHKAN HAJINOURMOHAMADI, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, SOHEIL SAMI, MAHDI RAJABIZADEH, HOSSEIN NABIZADEH, MAJID NAVAIAN] |
| 2020-04-23 |
Cnemaspis tubaensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia with an updated checklist of the herpetofauna of Tuba Island [EVAN S. H. QUAH, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, M.S. SHAHRUL ANUAR, MOHD ABDUL MUIN] |
| 2020-04-21 |
Persiophis fahimii |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Neue Gattung Persiophis
Additions to the phylogeny of colubrine snakes in Southwestern Asia, with description of a new genus and species (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) [Mahdi Rajabizadeh, R. Alexander Pyron, Roman Nazarov, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Dominique Adriaens, Anthony Herrel] |
| 2020-04-21 |
Dolichophis (Hierophis) andreanus |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
Hierophis andreanus umbenannt in Dolichophis andreanus
Additions to the phylogeny of colubrine snakes in Southwestern Asia, with description of a new genus and species (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) [Mahdi Rajabizadeh, R. Alexander Pyron, Roman Nazarov, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Dominique Adriaens, Anthony Herrel] |
| 2020-04-21 |
Liopeltis tiomanica |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new Liopeltis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia [HANNAH E. SOM, L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, EVAN S. H. QUAH, RAFE M. BROWN, ARVIN C. DIESMOS, JEFFREY L. WEINELL, BRYAN L. STUART] |
| 2020-04-20 |
Cyrtodactylus culaochamensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new endemic insular Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodctylus) from Quang Nam Province, Central Vietnam [NGO VAN TRI, L. LEE GRISMER, PHAM HONG THAI, P.L. JR WOOD] |
| 2020-04-15 |
Trimeresurus salazar |
Viperidae |
A new species of green pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) from western Arunachal Pradesh, India [Zeeshan A. Mirza, Harshal S. Bhosale, Pushkar U. Phansalkar, Mandar Sawant, Gaurang G. Gowande, Harshil Patel] |
| 2020-04-14 |
Marisora aquilonaria
Marisora lineola
Marisora syntoma
Marisora urtica |
Scincidae
(Mabuyinae) |
A morphological and molecular revision of lizards of the genus Marisora Hedges & Conn (Squamata: Mabuyidae) from Central America and Mexico, with descriptions of four new species [JAMES R. MCCRANIE, AMY J. MATTHEWS, S. BLAIR HEDGES] |
| 2020-04-13 |
Iguana melanoderma |
Iguanidae |
Painted black: Iguana melanoderma (Reptilia, Squamata, Iguanidae) a new melanistic endemic species from Saba and Montserrat islands (Lesser Antilles) [Michel Breuil, David Schikorski, Barbara Vuillaume, Ulrike Krauss, Matthew N. Morton, Elizabeth Corry, Nicolas Bech, Mišel Jelić, Frédéric Grandjean] |
| 2020-04-13 |
Cyrtodactylus phnomchiensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary [Thy Neang, Adam Henson, Bryan L. Stuart] |
| 2020-04-10 |
Lepidodactylus pollostos |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of small Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Salawati Island, Indonesia [Denise Taimi Karkkainen, Stephen J. Richards, Fred Kraus, Burhan Tjaturadi, Keliopas Krey und Paul M. Oliver] |
| 2020-04-09 |
Chelus orinocensis |
Chelidae |
Genomic analyses reveal two species of the matamata (Testudines: Chelidae: Chelus spp.) and clarify their phylogeography [Mario Vargas-Ramírez, Susana Caballero, Mónica A. Morales-Betancourt, Carlos A. Lasso, Laura Amaya, José Gregorio Martíne, Maria das Neves Silva Viana, Richard C. Vogt, Izeni Pires Farias, Tomas Hrbek, Patrick D.Campbell, Uwe Fritz] |
| 2020-04-06 |
Dixonius lao |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the karst forest of Khammouane Province, central Laos [THUONG HUYEN NGUYEN, SALY SITTHIVONG, HANH THI NGO, VINH QUANG LUU, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2020-03-28 |
Petracola pajatensis |
Gymnophthalmidae |
A new species of Petracola (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Río Abiseo National Park, San Martín, Peru [Lily O. Rodríguez and Luis Mamani] |
| 2020-03-27 |
Emydocephalus orarius |
Elapidae |
A new species of turtle-headed sea Snake (Emydocephalus: Elapidae) endemic to Western Australia [JAMES H. NANKIVELL, CLAIRE GOIRAN, MATHEW HOURSTON, RICHARD SHINE, ARNE R. RASMUSSEN, VICKI A. THOMSON, KATE L. SANDERS] |
| 2020-03-27 |
Hemiphyllodactylus kyaiktiyoensis,
Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini,
Hemiphyllodactylus pinlaungensis,
Hemiphyllodactylus zwegabinensis |
Gekkonidae |
Four new Burmese species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from distantly related parapatric clades from the Shan Plateau and Salween Basin [L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, EVAN S. H. QUAH, MYINT KYAW THURA, JAMIE R. OAKS, AUNG LIN] |
| 2020-03-26 |
Uropeltis rajendrani |
Uropeltidae |
A new species of Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Anaikatty Hills of the Western Ghats of India [S.R. Ganesh & N.S. Achyuthan] |
| 2020-03-25 |
Smaug swazicus |
Cordylidae |
A taxonomic revision of the south-eastern dragon lizards of the Smaug warreni (Boulenger) species complex in southern Africa, with the description of a new species (Squamata: Cordylidae) [Michael F. Bates, Edward L. Stanley] |
| 2020-03-24 |
Xylophis mosaicus |
Pareidae |
Description of a new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae: Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India [V. DEEPAK, SURYA NARAYANAN, SANDEEP DAS, K.P. RAJKUMAR, P.S. EASA, K.A. SREEJITH, DAVID J. GOWER] |
| 2020-03-18 |
Cyrtodactylus evanquahi |
Gekkonidae |
A new potentially endangered limestone-associated Bent-toed Gecko of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) complex from northern Peninsular Malaysia [PERRY L. JR. WOOD, L. LEE GRISMER, MOHD ABDUL MUIN, SHAHRUL ANUAR, JAMIE R. OAKS] |
| 2020-03-15 |
Microgecko laki |
Gekkonidae |
Ein neuer Zwerggecko aus der Gattung Microgecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) aus dem Iran [Farhang Torki] |
| 2020-03-13 |
Hemidactylus afarensis,
Hemidactylus lanzai |
Gekkonidae |
Phylogeny and Systematic Revision of the Gecko Genus Hemidactylus from the Horn of Africa (Squamata: Gekkonidae) [Jiří Šmíd, Tomáš Mazuch, Lucie Nováková, David Modrý, Patrick K. Malonza, Hassan Sh Abdirahman Elmi, Salvador Carranza, Jiří Moravec] |
| 2020-03-10 |
Protobothrops kelomohy |
Viperidae |
Protobothrops kelomohy sp. nov. (Squamata: Viperidae), the Second Known Species of Lance-Headed Pit Viper from Thailand [Montri Sumontha, Taksa Vasaruchapong, Niruth Chomngam, Sunutcha Suntrarachun, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Weerasak Sompan, Ton Smits, Kirati Kunya, Lawan Chanhome] |
| 2020-03-06 |
Dryocalamus chithrasekarai |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Dryocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae) endemic to the rainforests of southwestern Sri Lanka [L.J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE, DULAN RANGA VIDANAPATHIRANA, VISHAN PUSHPAMAL, NETHU WICKRAMASINGHE] |
| 2020-03-04 |
Ablepharus bivittatus |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
Ablepharus bivittatus ist jetzt Asymblepharus bivittatus:
Taxonomic investigation of the genus Ablepharus (Sauria; Scincidae) with molecular and morphological methods in Anatolian populations [Emin BOZKURT, Kurtuluş OLGUN] |
| 2020-03-04 |
Ablepharus anatolicus |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
Ablepharus budaki anatolicus ist jetzt Ablepharus anatolicus:
Taxonomic investigation of the genus Ablepharus (Sauria; Scincidae) with molecular and morphological methods in Anatolian populations [Emin BOZKURT, Kurtuluş OLGUN] |
| 2020-03-03 |
Acanthodactylus lacrymae,
Acanthodactylus montanus |
Lacertidae |
Morphology and multilocus phylogeny of the Spiny-footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus) complex reveal two new mountain species from the Moroccan Atlas [AURÉLIEN MIRALLES, PHILIPPE GENIEZ, MENAD BEDDEK, DANIEL MENDEZ ARANDA, JOSÉ CARLOS BRITO, RAPHAËL LEBLOIS, PIERRE-ANDRÉ CROCHET] |
| 2020-03-03 |
Hydrosaurus celebensis
Hydrosaurus microlophus |
Agamidae |
Hydrosaurus celebensis und Hydrosaurus microlophus gelten nicht mehr als Synonym von Hydrosaurus amboinensis: Dragons in neglect: Taxonomic revision of the Sulawesi sailfin lizards of the genus Hydrosaurus Kaup, 1828 (Squamata, Agamidae) [WOLFGANG DENZER, PATRICK D. CAMPBELL, ULRICH MANTHEY, ANDREA GLÄSSER-TROBISCH, ANDRÉ KOCH] |
| 2020-03-02 |
Panaspis mocamedensis |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
A review of the African snake-eyed skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Angola, with the description of a new species [LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, MATTHEW P. HEINICKE, KELLY L. PARKER, MARIANA P. MARQUES, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-03-01 |
Sinomicrurus peinani |
Elapidae |
A new species of the genus Sinomicrurus (Serpentes: Elapidae) from China and Vietnam [Qin Liu, Jiao-Wen Yan, Shao-Bing Hou, Ping Wang, Sang Ngoc Nguyen, Robert W. Murphy, Jing Che, Peng Guo] |
| 2020-02-28 |
Hemidactylus nzingae,
Hemidactylus paivae |
Gekkonidae |
A review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two new species [LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, ISHAN AGARWAL, MARIANA P. MARQUES, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2020-02-24 |
Scelotes farquharsoni |
Scincidae (Scincinae) |
A NEW SPECIES OF SCELOTES (SAURIA: SCINCIDAE) FROM KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA [LYNN R. G. RAW] |
| 2020-02-24 |
Dendrelaphis vogeli |
Colubridae (Ahaetuliinae) |
A new species of the genus Dendrelaphis (Squamata: Colubridae) from Yunnan Province, China, with discussion of the occurrence of D. cyanochloris (Wall, 1921) in China [KE JIANG, JIN-LONG REN, JUN-FENG GUO, ZENG WANG, LI DING, JIA-TANG LI] |
| 2020-02-23 |
Lakigecko aaronbaueri |
Gekkonidae |
Neue Gattung Lakigecko
A new gecko genus from Zagros Mountains, Iran [Farhang Torki] |
| 2020-02-19 |
Opisthotropis hungtai |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Re-examination of the Chinese record of Opisthotropis maculosa (Squamata, Natricidae), resulting in the first national record of O. haihaensis and description of a new species [Jian Wang, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Chao-Yu Lin, Jian-Huan Yang, Truong Quang Nguyen, Minh D. Le, Thomas Ziegler, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2020-02-15 |
Wilsonosaura |
Gymnophthalmidae |
Neue Gattung Wilsonosaura
A new cryptic genus of terrestrial lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the eastern Andes of central Peru [Edgar Lehr, Jiří Moravec & Rudolf von May] |
| 2020-02-13 |
Cyrtodactylus urbanus |
Gekkonidae |
Another new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Guwahati, Assam, India [JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA, MADHURIMA DAS, SANATH CHANDRA BOHRA, AARON M. BAUER, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2020-02-04 |
Calumma emelinae,
Calumma ratnasariae,
Calumma tjiasmantoi |
Chamaeleonidae |
Untangling the trees: Revision of the Calumma nasutum complex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) [David Prötzel, Mark D. Scherz, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Miguel Vences, Frank Glaw] |
| 2020-01-31 |
Crotalus ehecatl,
Crotalus mictlantecuhtli |
Viperidae |
Accessing cryptic diversity in Neotropical rattlesnakes (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus) with the description of two new species [RUBÉN ALONSO CARBAJAL-MÁRQUEZ, JOSÉ ROGELIO CEDEÑO-VÁZQUEZ, ARELY MARTÍNEZ-ARCE, EDGAR NERI-CASTRO, SALIMA C. MACHKOUR- M’RABET] |
| 2020-01-30 |
Gonatodes machelae |
Sphaerodactylidae |
A new diurnal gecko in the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Margarita Island, Venezuela [CARLOS RIVERO-BLANCO, WALTER E. SCHARGEL] |
| 2020-01-29 |
Liolaemus balagueri |
Liolaemidae |
A new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) of the group L. montanus from the coastal hills of Southern Peru [Luis Villegas Paredes, Ling Huamaní-Valderrama, César Luque-Fernández, Roberto Carlos Gutiérrez Poblete, Aarón Josué Quiróz, Cristian Simón Abdala] |
| 2020-01-29 |
Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis,
Hemiphyllodactylus peninsularis |
Gekkonidae |
Two more new Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, India [ISHAN AGARWAL, AARON M BAUER, SAUNAK PAL, ACHYUTHAN N SRIKANTHAN, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR] |
| 2020-01-29 |
Gonatodes chucuri
|
Sphaerodactylidae |
A new species of the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sauria: Sphaerodactylidae) from the western flank of the Cordillera Oriental in Colombia, with description of its hemipenial morphology [ELSON MENESES-PELAYO, JUAN P. RAMÍREZ] |
| 2020-01-28 |
Asthenodipsas borneensis |
Pareidae |
A taxonomic revision of Asthenodipsas malaccana Peters, 1864 (Squamata: Pareidae) with a description of a new species from Borneo [EVAN S.H. QUAH, L. LEE GRISMER, KELVIN K.P. LIM, M.S. SHAHRUL ANUAR, KIN ONN CHAN] |
| 2020-01-27 |
Riolama grandis,
Riolama stellata |
Gymnophthalmidae |
Lizards from the Lost World: two new species and evolutionary relationships of the Pantepui highland Riolama (Gymnophthalmidae) [Renato Recoder, Ivan Prates, Sergio Marques-Souza, Agustín Camacho, Pedro M Sales Nunes, Francisco Dal Vechio, José Mario Ghellere, Roy W McDiarmid, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues] |
| 2020-01-27 |
Gehyra arnhemica,
Gehyra arnhemica,
Gehyra calcitectus,
Gehyra chimera,
Gehyra gemina,
Gehyra lapistola,
Gehyra lauta |
Gekkonidae |
Crypsis and convergence: integrative taxonomic revision of the Gehyra australis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia [Paul M. Oliver, Audrey Miranda Prasetya, Leonardo G. Tedeschi, Jessica Fenker, Ryan J. Ellis, Paul Doughty, Craig Moritz] |
| 2020-01-20 |
Anolis neglectus |
Dactyloidae |
Discovery of a new species of Anolis lizards from Brazil and its implications for the historical biogeography of montane Atlantic Forest endemics [Ivan Prates, Paulo Roberto Melo-Sampaio, Kevin de Queiroz, Ana Carolina Carnaval, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues und Leandro de Oliveira Drummond] |
| 2020-01-23 |
Cyrtodactylus crustulus |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae: Squamata) from Manus Island, and extended description and range extension for Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis (De Rooij) [PAUL M. OLIVER, RYAN HARTMAN, CAMERON D. TURNER, TAYLOR A. WILDE, CHRISTOPHER C. AUSTIN, STEPHEN J. RICHARDS] |
| 2020-01-09 |
Amphisbaena acangaoba |
Amphisbaenidae |
A New Worm Lizard Species (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae: Amphisbaena) with Non-autotomic Tail, from Northeastern Brazil [Leonardo B. Ribeiro, Samuel C. Gomides, Henrique C. Costa] |
| 2020-01-08 |
Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the mountains of northeastern Papua New Guinea: older than the hills [FRED KRAUS, PAUL M. OLIVER] |
| 2020-01-07 |
Cyrtodactylus dattkyaikensis
Cyrtodactylus taungwineensis |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a karstic archipelago in the Salween Basin of southern Myanmar (Burma) [L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, EVAN S. H. QUAH, MARTA S. GRISMER, MYINT KYAW THURA, JAMIE R. OAKS, AUNG LIN] |
| 2020-01-06 |
Oligodon rostralis |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 from the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with additional information on Oligodon annamensis Leviton, 1953 (Squamata: Colubridae) [Hung Ngoc Nguyen, Bang Van Tran, Linh Hoang Nguyen, Thy Neang, Platon V. Yushchenko, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2019-12-31 |
Cnemaspis dissanayakai,
Cnemaspis kawminiae,
Cnemaspis kotagamai |
Gekkonidae |
Three new species of day geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from isolated granite cave habitats in Sri Lanka [Suranjan Karunarathna, Anslem de Silva, Madhava Botejue, Dinesh Gabadage, Lankani Somaratna, Angelo Hettige, Nimantha Aberathna, Majintha Madawala, Gayan Edirisinghe, Nirmala Perera, Sulakshana Wickramaarachchi, Thilina Surasinghe, Niranjan Karunarathna, Mendis Wickramasinghe, Kanishka D.B. Ukuwela, and Aaron M. Bauer] |
| 2019-12-27 |
Podarcis latastei |
Lacertidae |
Podarcis siculus latastei (Bedriaga, 1879) of the Western Pontine Islands (Italy) raised to the species rank, and a brief taxonomic overview of Podarcis lizards [Gabriele Senczuk, Riccardo Castiglia, Wolfgang Böhme, Claudia Cort] |
| 2019-12-18 |
Tympanocryptis argillosa,
Tympanocryptis fictilis,
Tympanocryptis petersi,
Tympanocryptis rustica,
Tympanocryptis tolleyi |
Agamidae |
Integrating phylogeography and high-resolution X-ray CT reveals five new cryptic species and multiple hybrid zones among Australian earless dragons [Jane Melville, Kirilee Chaplin, Christy A. Hipsley, Stephen D. Sarre, Joanna Sumner and Mark Hutchinson] |
| 2019-12-15 |
Calamaria strigiventris |
Colubridae (Calamariinae) |
A New Species of the Genus Calamaria Boie, 1827 from the Highlands of the Langbian Plateau, Southern Vietnam (Squamata: Colubridae) [Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Jr., Tan Van Nguyen, Nikolai L. Orlov, Gernot Vogel] |
| 2019-12-14 |
Hemidactylus achaemenidicus,
Hemidactylus pseudoromeshkanicus,
Hemidactylus sassanidianus |
Gekkonidae |
Three new species of Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Iran [Farhang Torki] |
| 2019-12-13 |
Amphisbaena longinqua,
Amphisbaena mongoyo |
Amphisbaenidae |
Two New Highland Species of Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) from Bahia State, Brazil [Mauro Teixeira Junior, Francisco Dal Vechio, Renato Recoder, José Cassimiro, Marco Aurélio De Sena, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues] |
| 2019-12-09 |
Panaspis tsavoensis |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
Revalidation and resurrection of Panaspis massaiensis (Angel, 1924) and the description of a new species of Panaspis Cope (Squamata: Scincidae) from south-eastern Kenya [FELISTA KASYOKA KILUNDA, WERNER CONRADIE, DOMNICK VICTOR WASONGA, JIE-QIONG JIN, MIN-SHENG PENG, ROBERT W. MURPHY, PATRICK KINYATTA MALONZA, JING CHE] |
| 2019-12-02 |
Sibon ayerbeorum |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
A new species of Sibon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Southwestern Colombia [LUIS ENRIQUE VERA-PÉREZ] |
| 2019-12-02 |
Liolaemus tajzara |
Liolaemidae |
Description and phylogeny of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) endemic to the south of the Plurinational State of Bolivia [Cristian Simón Abdala, Alvaro J. Aguilar-Kirigin, Romina Valeria Semhan, Ana Lucia Bulacios Arroyo, Julián Valdes, Marcos Maximiliano Paz, Roberto Gutiérrez Poblete, Pablo Valladares Faundez, Robert Langstroth, James Aparicio] |
| 2019-11-30 |
Amphisbaena arenicola,
Amphisbaena nana,
Amphisbaena tiaraju |
Amphisbaenidae |
Integrative taxonomy of small worm lizards from Southern South America, with description of three new species (Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae) [Renata Perez & Márcio Borges-Martins] |
| 2019-11-28 |
Cyrtodactylus muangfuangensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vientiane Province, northern Laos [ALY SITTHIVONG, VINH QUANG LUU, NGOAN VAN HA, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER] |
| 2019-11-27 |
Psammophylax kellyi |
Psammophiidae |
A snake in the grass: Genetic structuring of the widespread African grass snake (Psammophylax Fitzinger 1843), with the description of a new genus and a new species [Chad Keates, Werner Conradie, Eli Greenbaum & Shelley Edwards] |
| 2019-11-11 |
Acanthosaura tongbiguanensis |
Agamidae |
A new species of the genus Acanthosaura from Yunnan, China (Squamata, Agamidae) [Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2019-11-08 |
Nucras broadleyi |
Lacertidae |
Another Angolan Namib endemic species: a new Nucras Gray, 1838 (Squamata: Lacertidae) from south-western Angola [William R. Branch, Werner Conradie, Pedro Vaz Pinto, and Krystal A. Tolley] |
| 2019-10-24 |
Gehyra electrum |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of rock-dwelling gecko (Gekkonidae: Gehyra) from the Mt Surprise region of northern Queensland, Australia [STEPHEN M. ZOZAYA, JÉSSICA FENKER, STEWART L. MACDONALD] |
| 2019-10-21 |
Dravidogecko douglasadamsi,
Dravidogecko janakiae,
Dravidogecko meghamalaiensis,
Dravidogecko septentrionalis,
Dravidogecko smithi,
Dravidogecko tholpalli |
Gekkonidae |
Diversification in the mountains: a generic reappraisal of the Western Ghats endemic gecko genus Dravidogecko Smith, 1933 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of six new species [R. CHAITANYA, VARAD B. GIRI, V. DEEPAK, ANIRUDDHA DATTA-ROY, B.H.C.K MURTHY, PRAVEEN KARANTH] |
| 2019-10-10 |
Phyllodactylus andysabini
Phyllodactylus simpsoni |
Phyllodactylidae |
Two new species of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylus) from Isabela Island,Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador [Alejandro Arteaga, Lucas Bustamante, Jose Vieira, Washington Tapia, Jorge Carrión, and Juan M Guayasamin] |
| 2019-10-09 |
Sphenomorphus preylangensis |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Integrative taxonomy of the Asian skinks Sphenomorphus stellatus (Boulenger, 1900) and S. praesignis (Boulenger, 1900) with the resurrection of S. annamiticus (Boettger, 1901) and the description of a new species from Cambodia [L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L., JR. WOOD, EVAN S. H. QUAH, SHAHRUL ANUAR, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV, NEANG THY, NIKOLAI L. ORLOV, PANUPONG THAMMACHOTI, HUN SEIHA] |
| 2019-10-08 |
Oedura elegans
Oedura lineata
Oedura picta |
Diplodactylidae |
Description of three new velvet geckos (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from inland eastern Australia, and redescription of Oedura monilis De Vis [CONRAD J. HOSKIN] |
| 2019-10-07 |
Uroplatus fetsy |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Uroplatus (Gekkonidae) from Ankarana National Park, Madagascar, of remarkably high genetic divergence [FANOMEZANA M. RATSOAVINA, MARK D. SCHERZ, KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY, ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA, FRANK GLAW, MIGUEL VENCES] |
| 2019-09-26 |
Saurodactylus elmoudenii
Saurodactylus harrisii
Saurodactylus slimanii
Saurodactylus splendidus |
Sphaerodactylidae |
Phylogenetic differentiation and taxonomic consequences in the Saurodactylus brosseti species complex (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), with description of four new species [SOHEILA JAVANMARDI, SVEN VOGLER, ULRICH JOGER] |
| 2019-09-26 |
Crocodylus halli |
Crocodylidae |
Divergent Morphology among Populations of the New Guinea Crocodile, Crocodylus novaeguineae (Schmidt, 1928): Diagnosis of an Independent Lineage and Description of a New Species [Christopher M. Murray, Peter Russo, Alexander Zorrilla, Caleb D. McMahan] |
| 2019-09-25 |
Lepidodactylus aignanus,
Lepidodactylus dialeukos,
Lepidodactylus kwasnickae,
Lepidodactylus mitchelli,
Lepidodactylus zweifeli |
Gekkonidae |
New species of Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from New Guinea and adjacent islands [FRED KRAUS] |
| 2019-09-23 |
Eirenis yassujicus |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of the genus Liopeltis Fitzinger, 1843 from Vietnam (Squamata: Colubridae) [Behzad Fathinia, Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani, Arya Shafaeipour, 2019] |
| 2019-09-23 |
Hebius sangzhiensis |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A new species of Eirenis (Ophidia: Colubridae) from highland habitats in southern Iran [ZHENGYAN ZHOU, ZHIYONG SUN, SHUO QI, YUYAN LU, ZHITONG LYU, YINGYONG WANG, PIPENG LI, JIANZHANG MA] |
| 2019-09-18 |
Liopeltis pallidonuchalis |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of the genus Liopeltis Fitzinger, 1843 from Vietnam (Squamata: Colubridae) [Poyarkov, Nikolay A Jr, Nguyen, Tan van, Gernot Vogel] |
| 2019-09-16 |
Arcanumophis problematicus |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Neue Gattung Arcanumophis: Erythrolamprus problematicus wird zu Arcanumophis problematicus
Arcanumophis, a new genus and generic allocation for Erythrolamprus problematicus (Myers 1986), Xenodontinae (Colubridae) from the Cordillera de Carabaya, southern Peru [CHRISTOPHER R. SMAGA, ALEX TTITO, ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI] |
| 2019-09-16 |
Cyrtodactylus manos |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central New Guinea [PAUL M. OLIVER, DENISE TAIMI KARKKAINEN, HERBERT RÖSLER, STEPHEN J. RICHARDS] |
| 2019-09-13 |
Gloydius huangi |
Viperidae |
A New Species of Plateau Pit Viper (Reptilia: Serpentes: Gloydius) from the Upper Lancang (=Mekong) Valley in the Hengduan Mountain Region, Tibet, China [Kai Wang, Jinlong Ren, Wenjie Dong, Ke Jiang, Jingsong Shi, Cameron D. Siler, Jing Che ] |
| 2019-09-12 |
Cordylus phonolithos |
Cordylidae |
A new species of Girdled Lizard (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, southwestern Angola [MARIANA P. MARQUES, LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, EDWARD L. STANLEY, SUZANA A. BANDEIRA, ISHAN AGARWAL, AARON M. BAUER] |
| 2019-09-11 |
Liolaemus chiribaya,
Liolaemus nazca,
Liolaemus victormoralesii |
Liolaemidae |
Three New Lizard Species of the Liolaemus montanus Group from Perú [CÉSAR AGUILAR-PUNTRIANO, CÉSAR RAMÍREZ, ERNESTO CASTILLO, ALEJANDRO MENDOZA, VICTOR J. VARGAS & JACK W. SITES, JR.] |
| 2019-09-10 |
Lycodon pictus |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Lycodon Boie, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from northern Vietnam [Helen Y. Janssen, Cuong T. Pham, Hanh Thi Ngo, Minh Duc Le, Truong Q. Nguyen, Thomas Ziegler] |
| 2019-09-09 |
Cyrtodactylus anslemi |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of dwarf day gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from lower-elevations of Samanala Nature Reserve in Central massif, Sri Lanka [Suranjan Karunarathna and Kanishka D.B. Ukuwel] |
| 2019-09-09 |
Cyrtodactylus dayangbuntingensis |
Gekkonidae |
The discovery and description of a new species of Bent-toed Gecko of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia [EVAN S. H. QUAH, L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. JR WOOD, SHAHRUL ANUAR MOHD SAH] |
| 2019-09-02 |
Lipinia trivittata
Lipinia vassilievi |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
2 neue Arten und Artstatus für Lipinia microcercus
Counting stripes: revision of the Lipinia vittigera complex (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae) with description of two new species from Indochina [Nikolay A. Poyarkov Jr., Peter Geissler, Vladislav A. Gorin, Evgeniy A. Dunayev, Timo Hartmann, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom] |
| 2019-08-29 |
Larutia kecil |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new species of the genus Larutia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Gunung Penrissen, Sarawak, Borneo [IBUKI FUKUYAMA, TSUTOMU HIKIDA, MOHAMAD YAZID HOSSMAN, KANTO NISHIKAWA] |
| 2019-08-28 |
Ctenophorus spinodomus |
Agamidae |
Ctenophorus spinodomus sp. nov., a new species of dragon lizard (Squamata: Agamidae) from Triodia Mallee habitat of southeast Australia [Ross A. Sadlier; Donald J. Colgan; Cecilie A. Beatson; Harold G. Cogger] |
| 2019-08-27 |
Cnemaspis thayawthadangyi,
Cnemaspis tanintharyi |
Gekkonidae |
The discovery of Rock Geckos Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar with the description of two new species [JUSTIN L. LEE, ARYEH H. MILLER, GEORGE R. ZUG, DANIEL G. MULCAHY] |
| 2019-08-15 |
Cnemaspis butewai,
Cnemaspis hitihami,
Cnemaspis gotaimbarai,
Cnemaspis kivulegedarai,
Cnemaspis kohukumburai,
Cnemaspis nandimithrai |
Gekkonidae |
Integrative taxonomy reveals six new species of day geckos of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from geographically-isolated hill forests in Sri Lanka [Karunarathna, Poyarkov, Silva, Madawalla, Botejue, Gorin, Surasinghe, Gabadage, Ukuwela & Bauer] |
| 2019-08-15 |
Cnemaspis aaronbaueri |
Gekkonidae |
Description of a cryptic new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of Kerala State of India [AMIT SAYYED, L. LEE GRISMER, PATRICK D CAMPBELL, RAVEENDRAN DILEEPKUMAR] |
| 2019-08-13 |
Bothrops monsignifer |
Viperidae |
A new species of pitviper of the genus Bothrops (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from the Central Andes of South America [JUAN TIMMS, JUAN C. CHAPARRO, PABLO J. VENEGAS, DAVID SALAZAR-VALENZUELA, GUSTAVO SCROCCHI, JAIRO CUEVAS, GERARDO LEYNAUD, PAOLA A. CARRASCO] |
| 2019-08-13 |
Cnemaspis amba
Cnemaspis koynaensis |
Gekkonidae |
Two more new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, TEJAS THACKERAY, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2019-08-12 |
Takydromus yunkaiensis |
Lacertidae |
A new species of the genus Takydromus (Squamata, Lacertidae) from southwestern Guangdong, China Jian Wang, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Chen-Yu Yang, Yu-Long Li, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2019-08-08 |
Epictia rioignis |
Leptotyphlopidae |
A century of waiting: description of a new Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) based on specimens housed for more than 100 years in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NMW) [Claudia Koch, Angele Martins, Silke Schweiger] |
| 2019-08-06 |
Helicops boitata |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Chance, luck and a fortunate finding: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Xenodontinae), from the Brazilian Pantanal wetlands [ANTONIO MORAES-DA-SILVA, RENATA CECÍLIA AMARO, PEDRO M. SALES NUNES, CHRISTINE STRÜSSMANN, MAURO JUNIOR TEIXEIRA, ALBEDI JR. ANDRADE, VINÍCIUS SUDRÉ, RENATO RECODER, MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES, FELIPE FRANCO CURCIO] |
| 2019-08-05 |
Cnemaspis anandani |
Gekkonidae |
A New Species of Day Gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India [B. H. Channakeshava Murthy, A. Nitesh, Shruti Sengupta, P. Deepak ] |
| 2019-08-05 |
Lepidodactylus aignanus,
Lepidodactylus dialeukos,
Lepidodactylus kwasnickae,
Lepidodactylus mitchelli,
Lepidodactylus zweifeli |
Gekkonidae |
New species of Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from New Guinea and adjacent islands [FRED KRAUS] |
| 2019-07-31 |
Microgecko varaviensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of the genus Microgecko Nikolsky, 1907 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the southern Zagros Mountains, Iran [ALI GHOLAMIFARD, NASRULLAH RASTEGAR-POUYANI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI] |
| 2019-07-30 |
Scincella badenensis |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam [ANG NGOC NGUYEN, VU DANG HOANG NGUYEN, LUAN THANH NGUYEN, ROBERT W. MURPHY] |
| 2019-07-28 |
Gekko, Ptychozoon |
Gekkonidae |
Die Gattung Ptychozoon wird nach Gekko überführt:
Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements [Perry L. Wood Jr., Xianguang Guo, Scott L. Travers, Yong-Chao Su, Karen V. Olson, Aaron M. Bauer, L. Lee Grismer, Cameron D. Siler, Robert G. Moyle, Michael J. Andersen, Rafe M. Brown] |
| 2019-07-26 |
Dipsadoboa montisilva |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of tree snake (Dipsadoboa, Serpentes: Colubridae) from ‘sky island’ forests in northern Mozambique, with notes on other members of the Dipsadoboa werneri group [WILLIAM R. BRANCH, JULIAN BAYLISS, GABRIELA B. BITTENCOURT-SILVA, WERNER CONRADIE, HANLIE M. ENGELBRECHT, SIMON P. LOADER, MICHELE MENEGON, CRISTÓVÃO NANVONAMUQUITXO, KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY] |
| 2019-07-26 |
Asthenodipsas jamilinaisi,
Asthenodipsas stuebingi |
Pareidae |
A taxonomic reappraisal of the Smooth Slug Snake Asthenodipsas laevis (Boie, 1827) (Squamata: Pareidae) in Borneo with the description of two new species [EVAN S.H. QUAH, L. LEE GRISMER, KELVIN K.P. LIM, M.S. SHAHRUL ANUAR, AUL Y. IMBUN] |
| 2019-07-24 |
Hemidactylus varadgirii |
Gekkonidae |
A novel member of the Hemidactylus brookii complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India [R. CHAITANYA, ISHAN AGARWAL, APARNA LAJMI, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR] |
| 2019-07-24 |
Audantia aridius,
Audantia australis,
Audantia higuey,
Audantia hispaniolae |
Dactyloidae |
A revision of the genus Audantia of Hispaniola with description of four new species (Reptilia: Squamata: Dactyloidae) [Gunther Köhler, Caroline Zimmer, Kathleen McGrath, S. Blair Hedges] |
| 2019-07-18 |
Calotes zolaiking |
Agamidae |
On the systematic status of the genus Oriocalotes Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae) with the description of a new species from Mizoram state, Northeast India [VARAD. B. GIRI, R. CHAITANYA, STEPHEN MAHONY, SAMUEL LALROUNGA, C. LALRINCHHANA, ABHIJIT DAS, VIVEK SARKAR, PRAVEEN KARANTH, V. DEEPAK] |
| 2019-07-18 |
Liolaemus quinterosi |
Liolaemidae |
A new species of the Liolaemus elongatus group (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Neuquén Province, Argentina, with comments on its genitalia morphology [Maria Soledad Ruiz, Angel Matias Quipildor, Ana Lucia Bulacios Arroyo, Pablo Chafrat, Cristian Simon Abdala] |
| 2019-07-17 |
Proahaetulla antiqua |
Colubridae (Ahaetuliinae) |
Neue Gattung Proahaetulla
Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae [Ashok Kumar Mallik, N. Srikanthan Achyuthan, Sumaithangi R. Ganesh, Saunak P. Pal, S. P. Vijayakumar, Kartik Shanker] |
| 2019-07-16 |
Ptychozoon cicakterbang,
Ptychozoon kabkaebin,
Ptychozoon tokehos |
Gekkonidae |
Geographic structure of genetic variation in the Parachute Gecko Ptychozoon lionotum Annandale, 1905 across Indochina and Sundaland with descriptions of three new species [L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, JESSE L. GRISMER, EVAN S. H. QUAH, NEANG THY, SOMPHOUTHONE PHIMMACHAK, NIANE SIVONGXAY, SENGVILAY SEATEUN, BRYAN L. STUART, CAMERON B. SILER, DANIEL G. MULCAHY, TASHITSO ANAMZA, RAFE M. BROWN] |
| 2019-07-15 |
Phymaturus fiambala |
Liolaemidae |
A New Species of Lizard Endemic to Sierra de Fiambalá, Northwestern Argentina (Iguania: Liolaemidae: Phymaturus). Integrated Taxonomy Using Morphology and DNA Sequences: Reporting Variation Within the antofagastensis Lineage [Lobo Fernando, Thomas Hibbard, Matías Quipildor, and Soledad Valdecantos] |
| 2019-07-03 |
Pristurus masirahensis |
Sphaerodactylidae |
Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Pristurus minimus (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) with the discovery of the smallest Arabian vertebrate [Karin Tamar, Pelagia Mitsi, Marc SimÓ-Riudalbas, Héctor Tejero-Cicuéndez, Thuraya Al-Sariri & Salvador Carranza] |
| 2019-07-02 |
Glaucomastix itabaianensis |
Teiidae |
Phylogeography of the endangered sand dune whiptail lizard Glaucomastix abaetensis (Dias, Rocha & Vrcibradic, 2002) with the description of a new species [IGOR RIOS DO ROSÁRIO, RODRIGO MARQUES LIMA DOS SANTOS, FEDERICO ARIAS, CARLOS FREDERICO DUARTE ROCHA, EDUARDO JOSÉ DOS REIS DIAS, CELSO MORATO DE CARVALHO, MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES] |
| 2019-07-01 |
Cyrtodactylus pinlaungensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cyrtodactylus) from the Shan Plateau in eastern Myanmar (Burma) [L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, EVAN S. H. QUAH, MYINT KYAW THURA, JAMIE R. OAKS, AUNG LIN] |
| 2019-07-01 |
Cnemaspis adangrawi
Cnemaspis tarutaoensis |
Gekkonidae |
Morphological and molecular analyses reveal two new insular species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Satun Province, southern Thailand [Natee Ampai, Attapol Rujirawan, Perry L. Wood Jr, Bryan L. Stuart, Anchalee Aowphol] |
| 2019-06-28 |
Phymaturus loboi |
Liolaemidae |
An updated phylogeny and morphological study of the Phymaturus vociferator clade (Iguania: Liolaemidae) [JAIME TRONCOSO-PALACIOS, FRANCISCO FERRI-YÁÑEZ, ALEJANDRO LASPIUR, CÉSAR AGUILAR] |
| 2019-06-26 |
Sinonatrix yapingi |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A new member of the genus Sinonatrix (Serpentes: Colubridae) from western China [PENG GUO, FEI ZHU, QIN LIU] |
| 2019-06-26 |
Oligosoma albornense
Oligosoma auroraensis
Oligosoma salmo |
Scincidae (Eugongylinae) |
Lost and Found: Taxonomic revision of the speckled skink (Oligosoma infrapunctatum; Reptilia; Scincidae) species complex from New Zealand reveals a potential cryptic extinction, resurrection of two species, and description of three new species [SABINE MELZER, ROD A. HITCHMOUGH, TRENT BELL, DAVID G. CHAPPLE, GEOFF B. PATTERSON] |
| 2019-06-25 |
Darevskia aghasyani |
Lacertidae |
A new lizard species of the genus Darevskia Arribas, 1997 from Southern Armenia [B.S. Tuniyev and T.V. Petrova] |
| 2019-06-24 |
Cyrtodactylus mombergi |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of forest-dwelling Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Indawgyi Wildlife Sanctuary, Kachin State, Myanmar [L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, EVAN S. H. QUAH, MYINT KYAW THURA, MARK W. HERR, AUNG KO LIN] |
| 2019-06-20 |
Hemidactylus chikhaldaraensis,
Hemidactylus kolliensis,
Hemidactylus sankariensis |
Gekkonidae |
An expanded ND2 phylogeny of the brookii and prashadi groups with the description of three new Indian Hemidactylus Oken (Squamata: Gekkonidae) [ISHAN AGARWAL, AARON M. BAUER, VARAD B. GIRI, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR] |
| 2019-06-20 |
Atractus aboiporu
Atractus dapsilis
Atractus trefauti |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Systematic review of Atractus schach (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) species complex from the Guiana Shield with description of three new species [Paulo Roberto Melo-Sampaio, Paulo Passos, Antoine Fouquet, Ana Lucia Da Costa Prudente & Omar Torres-Carvajal] |
| 2019-06-20 |
Diporiphora carpentariensis,
Diporiphora granulifera,
Diporiphora gracilis,
Diporiphora pallida,
Diporiphora perplexa |
Agamidae |
Taxonomic revision of dragon lizards in the genus Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Australian monsoonal tropics [Jane Melville, Katie Smith Date, Paul Horner and Paul Doughty] |
| 2019-06-13 |
Psammophis afroccidentalis |
Psammophiidae |
On the Psammophis sibilans group (Serpentes, Lamprophiidae, Psammophiinae) north of 12°S, with the description of a new species from West Africa [Jean-François Trape, Pierre-André Crochet, Donald G. Broadley, Patricia Sourouille, Youssouph Mané, Marius Burger, Wolfgang Böhme, Mostafa Saleh, Anna Karan, Benedetto Lanza & Oleg Mediannikov] |
| 2019-06-10 |
Cyrtodactylus muluensis
Cyrtodactylus limajalur |
Gekkonidae |
Uncovering karst endemism within Borneo: two new Cyrtodactylus species from Sarawak, Malaysia [HAYDEN R. DAVIS, AARON M. BAUER, TODD R. JACKMAN, IZNEIL NASHRIQ, INDRANEIL DAS] |
| 2019-06-06 |
Opisthotropis haihaensis |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
A new species of Opisthotropis from northern Vietnam previously misidentified as the Yellow-spotted Mountain Stream Keelback O. maculosa Stuart & Chuaynkern, 2007 (Squamata: Natricidae) [THOMAS ZIEGLER, CUONG THE PHAM, TAN VAN NGUYEN, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, JIAN WANG, YING-YONG WANG, BRYAN L. STUART, MINH DUC LE] |
| 2019-06-04 |
Lerista anyara |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new species of Lerista Bell, 1833 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, belonging to the Lerista allanae clade but strongly disjunct from other members of the clade [ANDREW P. AMEY, PATRICK J. COUPER, JESSICA WORTHINGTON WILMER] |
| 2019-06-03 |
Liolaemus normae |
Liolaemidae |
Speciation across mountains: Phylogenomics, species delimitation and taxonomy of the Liolaemus leopardinus clade (Squamata, Liolaemidae) [Damien Esquerré, Diego Ramírez-Álvarez, Carlos J.Pavón-Vázquez, Jaime Troncoso-Palacios, Carlos F. Garín, J. Scott Keogh & Adam D.Leaché] |
| 2019-06-03 |
Cnemaspis godagedarai |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of endemic day gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from a wet zone forest in the second peneplain of Southern Sri Lanka [Anslem de Silva, Aaron M. Bauer, Madhava Botejue, and ,*Suranjan Karunarathna] |
| 2019-06-02 |
Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis,
Hemiphyllodactylus jnana,
Hemiphyllodactylus kolliensis |
Gekkonidae |
The hills are alive with geckos! A radiation of a dozen species on sky islands across peninsular India (Squamata: Gekkonidae, Hemiphyllodactylus) with the description of three new species [Ishan Agarwal, Akshay Khandekar, Varad B. Giri, Uma Ramakrishnan, K. Praveen Karanth] |
| 2019-05-31 |
Acanthosaura phongdienensis |
Agamidae |
A new species of Acanthosaura Gray 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from central Vietnam [SANG NGOC NGUYEN, JIE-QIONG JIN, BA DINH VO, LUAN THANH NGUYEN, WEI-WEI ZHOU, JING CHE, ROBERT W. MURPHY, YA-PING ZHANG] |
| 2019-05-28 |
Elaphe urartica |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
The biogeography of Elaphe sauromates (Pallas, 1814), with a description of a new rat snake species [Daniel Jablonski, Oleg V. Kukushkin, Aziz Avcı, Sabina Bunyatova, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Çetin Ilgaz, Ekaterina Polyakova, Konstantin Shiryaev, Boris Tuniyev, David Jandzik] |
| 2019-05-23 |
Lygodactylus tsavoensis |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of gecko of the genus Lygodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from southeastern Kenya [PATRICK K. MALONZA, AARON M. BAUER, CAROLINA GRANTHON, DEAN A. WILLIAMS, DAVID WOJNOWSKI] |
| 2019-05-23 |
Subdoluseps malayana |
Scincidae (Lygosominae) |
A new skink of the genus Subdoluseps (Hardwicke & Gray, 1828) from Peninsular Malaysia [L. LEE GRISMER, ZAHARIL DZUKAFLY, MOHD ABDUL MUIN, EVAN S. H. QUAH, BENJAMIN R. KARIN, SHAHRUL ANUAR, ELYSE S. FREITAS] |
| 2019-05-22 |
Cnemaspis shevaroyensis,
Cnemaspis thackerayi |
Gekkonidae |
Two new Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Shevaroy massif, Tamil Nadu, India, with a preliminary ND2 phylogeny of Indian Cnemaspis [AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, NIKHIL GAITONDE, ISHAN AGARWAL] |
| 2019-05-22 |
Tympanocryptis mccartneyi
Tympanocryptis osbornei |
Agamidae |
Taxonomy and conservation of grassland earless dragons: new species and an assessment of the first possible extinction of a reptile on mainland Australia [Jane Melville, Kirilee Chaplin, Mark Hutchinson, Joanna Sumner, Bernd Gruber, Anna J. MacDonald and Stephen D. Sarre] |
| 2019-05-20 |
Iguana iguana insularis
Iguana iguana sanctaluciae |
Iguanidae |
A story of nasal horns: two new subspecies of Iguana Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata, Iguanidae) in Saint Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, and Grenada (southern Lesser Antilles) [MICHEL BREUIL, BARBARA VUILLAUME, DAVID SCHIKORSKI, ULRIKE KRAUSS, MATTHEW N. MORTON, PIUS HAYNES, JENNIFER C. DALTRY, ELIZABETH CORRY, GLENROY GAYMES, JOANNE GAYMES, NICOLAS BECH, MIŠEL JELIĆ, FRÉDÉRIC GRANDJEAN] |
| 2019-05-20 |
Norops arenal |
Dactyloidae |
A new species of anole from Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal, Costa Rica (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae: Norops) [GUNTHER KÖHLER, JOSEPH VARGAS] |
| 2019-05-17 |
Cnemaspis muria |
Gekkonidae |
Hiding in plain sight on Gunung Muria: A new species and first record of rock gecko (Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887; Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Java, Indonesia [AWAL RIYANTO, MISBAHUL MUNIR, ANDRI I. S. MARTAMENGGALA, YULI SULISTYA FITRIANA, AMIR HAMIDY] |
| 2019-05-15 |
Paroedura neglecta |
Gekkonidae |
A new species of nocturnal gecko, genus Paroedura, from the karstic Tsingy de Bemaraha formation in western Madagascar [Jörn Köhler, Miguel Vences, Mark D. Scherz & Frank Glaw] |
| 2019-05-09 |
Atractus marthaei |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
New Polychromatic Species of Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Eastern Portion of the Colombian Andes [Elson Meneses-Pelayo, Paulo Passos] |
| 2019-05-09 |
Smithophis atemporalis |
Colubridae (Natricinae) |
Neue Gattung Smithophis
A new genus and species of natricine snake from northeast India [VARAD B. GIRI, DAVID J. GOWER, ABHIJIT DAS, H.T. LALREMSANGA, SAMUEL LALRONUNGA, ASHOK CAPTAIN, V. DEEPAK] |
| 2019-04-29 |
Ahaetulla laudankia |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Ahaetulla Link, 1807 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Ahaetullinae) from India [V. Deepak, Surya Narayanan, Vivek Sarkar, Sushil K. Dutta & Pratyush P. Mohapatra] |
| 2019-04-26 |
Gekko flavimaritus |
Gekkonidae |
A new karst-dwelling gecko of the Gekko petricolus group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Phitsanulok Province, central Thailand [Attapol Rujirawan, Jonathan J. Fong, Natee Ampai, Siriporn Yodthong, Korkhwan Termprayoon & Anchalee Aowphol] |
| 2019-04-17 |
Calamaria dominici |
Colubridae (Calamariinae) |
A new species of reed snake, Calamaria Boie, 1827 from the Central Highlands of Vietnam (Squamata: Colubridae) [Thomas Ziegler, Vu A. Tran, Randall D. Babb, Thomas R. Jones, Paul E. Moler, Robert W. Van Devender, Truong Q. Nguyen] |
| 2019-04-16 |
Erythrolamprus rochai |
Colubridae (Dipsadinae) |
Taxonomic revision of the Erythrolamprus reginae species group, with description of a new species from Guiana Shield (Serpentes: Xenodontinae) [ALEXANDRE C. ASCENSO, JOÃO C. L. COSTA, ANA L. C. PRUDENTE] |
| 2019-04-26 |
Achalinus emilyae
Achalinus juliani
Achalinus timi |
Xenodermidae |
Three new species of the snake genus Achalinus from Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae) [THOMAS ZIEGLER, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, CUONG THE PHAM, TAO THIEN NGUYEN, ANH VAN PHAM, MONA VAN SCHINGEN, THAM THI NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE] |
| 2019-04-17 |
Stegonotus ayamaru |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Indo-Papuan groundsnake, genus Stegonotus Duméril et al., 1854 (Serpentes, Colubridae), from the Bird’s Head Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia, with comments on differentiating morphological characters [CHRISTINE M. KAISER, MARK O’SHEA, HINRICH KAISER] |
| 2019-04-17 |
Lycodon namdongensis |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of Lycodon Boie, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam [VINH QUANG LUU, THOMAS ZIEGLER, NGHIA VAN HA, MINH DUC LE, TUOI THI HOANG] |
| 2019-04-08 |
Lycodon gibsonae |
Colubridae (Colubrinae) |
A new species of the Lycodon fasciatus complex from the Khorat Plateau, eastern Thailand (Reptiles, Squamata, Colubridae) [GERNOT VOGEL, PATRICK DAVID] |
| 2019-04-08 |
Lerista alia,
Lerista parameles |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
Two new species of Lerista Bell, 1833 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from north Queensland populations formerly assigned to Lerista storri Greer, McDonald and Lawrie, 1983 [ANDREW P. AMEY, PATRICK J. COUPER, JESSICA WORTHINGTON WILMER] |
| 2019-04-06 |
Lerista |
Scincidae
(Sphenomorphinae) |
A new species of Lerista Bell, 1833 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, belonging to the Lerista allanae clade but strongly disjunct from other members of the clade [ANDREW P. AMEY, PATRICK J. COUPER, JESSICA WORTHINGTON WILMER] |
| 2019-04-05 |
Cyrtodactylus nyinyikyawi
Cyrtodactylus pyadalinensis |
Gekkonidae |
Two more new species of the Cyrtodactylus peguensis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the fringes of the Ayeyarwady Basin, Myanmar [L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, MYINT KYAW THURA, NAY MYO WIN, EVAN S. H. QUAH] |
| 2019-04-04 |
Hemiphyllodactylus indosobrinus
Hemiphyllodactylus serpispecus |
Gekkonidae |
Two new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Laos [SAMUEL J. ELIADES, SOMPHOUTHONE PHIMMACHAK, NIANE SIVONGXAY, CAMERON D. SILER, BRYAN L. STUART] |
| 2019-04-01 |
Trimeresurus arunachalensis |
Viperidae |
A New Species of Pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Trimeresurus Lacepède, 1804) from West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India [Ashok Captain, V. Deepak, Rohan Pandit, Bharat Bhatt, Ramana Athreya] |
| 2019-04-01 |
Phyllurus pinnaclensis |
Carphodactylidae |
A new species of Phyllurus leaf-tailed gecko (Lacertilia: Carphodactylidae) from The Pinnacles, north-east Australia [CONRAD J. HOSKIN, LORENZO V. BERTOLA, MEGAN HIGGIE] |
