2015

Article
Zootaxa 4059 (3): 541–554 (23 Dec. 2015)
Morphometric analysis of the Rio Apaporis Caiman (Reptilia, Crocodylia, Alligatoridae)
ARMANDO H. ESCOBEDO-GALVÁN, JULIÁN A. VELASCO, JOSÉ F. GONZÁLEZ-MAYA & ALAN RESETAR
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Article
Zootaxa 4059 (2): 351–363 (22 Dec. 2015)
The fourth Bent-toed Gecko of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Java, Indonesia
AWAL RIYANTO , L. LEE GRISMER & PERRY L. WOOD, JR.
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Article
Zootaxa 4058 (3): 388–402 (17 Dec. 2015)
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the limestone
forest of Khammouane Province, central Laos
VINH QUANG LUU, THOMAS CALAME, Truong QUang Nguyen, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI & THOMAS ZIEGLER
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Article
Zootaxa 4058 (2): 211–226 (16 Dec. 2015)
A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from coastal southern Vietnam
ANNA B. VASSILIEVA
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Article
Zootaxa 4048 (2): 211–231 (25 Nov. 2015)
Systematic revision of the Malagasy chameleons Calumma boettgeri and C. linotum (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)
DAVID PRÖTZEL, BERNHARD RUTHENSTEINER, MARK D. SCHERZ & FRANK GLAW
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Article
Zootaxa 4048 (1): 057–074 (24 Nov. 2015)
Two new species of Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from northern Mexico
SEAN M. ROVITO & GABRIELA PARRA-OLEA
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Article
Zootaxa 4040 (1): 048–058 (9 Nov. 2015)
A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phu Quy Island, Vietnam
ANDREAS BOTOV, TRUNG MY PHUNG, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, AARON M. BAUER, IAN G. BRENNAN & THOMAS ZIEGLER
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Article
Zootaxa 4040 (1): 031–047 (9 Nov. 2015)
Molecular systematics and undescribed diversity of Madagascan scolecophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)
ZOLTÁN T. NAGY, ANGELA B. MARION, FRANK GLAW, AURÉLIEN MIRALLES,
JOACHIM NOPPER, MIGUEL VENCES & S. BLAIR HEDGES
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Article
Zootaxa 4039 (1): 129–144 (3 Nov. 2015)
The systematic status of Gonocephalus robinsonii Boulenger, 1908 (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae)
WOLFGANG DENZER, ULRICH MANTHEY, KRISTIN MAHLOW & WOLFGANG BÖHME
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Article
Zootaxa 4039 (1): 085–117 (3 Nov. 2015)
Revision of the Western Australian pebble-mimic dragon species-group (Tympanocryptis cephalus: Reptilia: Agamidae)
PAUL DOUGHTY, LUKE KEALLEY, LUKE P. SHOO & JANE MELVILLE
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Article
Zootaxa 4039 (1): 057–084 (3 Nov. 2015)
A new species of Dactyloa from eastern Panama, with comments on other Dactyloa species present in the region
ABEL BATISTA, MILAN VESELY, KONRAD MEBERT, SEBASTIAN LOTZKAT & GUNTHER KÖHLER
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Article
Zootaxa 4034 (2): 309–324 (29 Oct. 2015)
A new species of Leposternon Wagler, 1824 (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) from northeastern Argentina
SIRIA RIBEIRO, ALFREDO P. SANTOS-JR, HUSSAM ZAHER
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Article
Zootaxa 4033 (3): 380–392 (23 Oct. 2015)
Phylogeny of the genus Rhynchocalamus (Reptilia; Colubridae) with a first record from the Sultanate of Oman
JIŘÍ ŠMÍD, GABRIEL MARTÍNEZ, JURGEN GEBHART, JAVIER AZNAR, JAVIER GÁLLEGO, BAYRAM GÖÇMEN, PHILIP DE POUS, KARIN TAMAR & SALVADOR CARRANZA
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Article
Zootaxa 4033 (1): 129–136 (21 Oct. 2015)
A novel species of Euspondylus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Andes Mountains of central Peru
TIFFANY M. DOAN & GRANT ADAMS
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Article
Zootaxa 4033 (1): 103–116 (21 Oct. 2015)
A new species of Anilios (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from Central Australia
GLENN M. SHEA
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Article
Zootaxa 4028 (3): 441–450 (9 Oct. 2015)
Molecular phylogeny of Caribbean dipsadid (Xenodontinae: Alsophiini) snakes, including identification of the first record from the Cay Sal Bank, The Bahamas
KENNETH L. KRYSKO, DAVID W. STEADMAN, LEROY P. NUÑEZ & DAVID S. LEE
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Article
Zootaxa 4028 (1): 102–120 (7 Oct. 2015)
Genetic differentiation among species of the genus Thermophis Malnate (Serpentes, Colubridae) and comments on T. shangrila
SYLVIA HOFMANN, FRANK TILLACK & GEORG MIEHE
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4027 (1): 145–150 (1 Oct. 2015)
An addition to the endemic Indian radiation of Eutropis: Phylogenetic position of Eutropis dissimilis Hallowell (Squamata: Scincidae)
ANIRUDDHA DATTA-ROY, V. DEEPAK, CHINTA SIDHARTHAN, ANTHONY J. BARLEY & K. PRAVEEN KARANTH
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Article
Zootaxa 4021 (2): 334–350 (25 Sept. 2015)
A new rock dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Chhattisgarh, India
B.H.C.K. MURTHY, AARON BAUER, APARNA LAJMI, ISHAN AGARWAL & VARAD B. GIRI
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Article
Zootaxa 4020 (3): 495–516 (23 Sept. 2015)
Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Southern Bukit Barisan Range of Sumatra and an estimation of their phylogeny
MICHAEL B. HARVEY, KYLE A. O’CONNELL, GABRIEL BARRAZA, AWAL RIYANTO, NIA KURNIAWAN & ERIC N. SMITH
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Article
Zootaxa 4020 (3): 473–494 (23 Sept. 2015)
Acanthosaura phuketensis (Squamata: Agamidae), a new long-horned tree agamid from southwestern Thailand
OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, MONTRI SUMONTHA, KIRATI KUNYA, AWAT NITIKUL, PHAMON SAMPHANTHAMIT, PERRY L. WOOD, JR. & LEE L. GRISMER
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Article
Zootaxa 4020 (2): 390–396 (22 Sept. 2015)
Valid or not? Yunnan mountain snake Plagiopholis unipostocularis (Serpentes: Colubridae: Pseudoxenodontinae)
GUANG HUI ZHONG, WEN DE CHEN, QIN LIU, FEI ZHU, PEI HAO PENG & PENG GUO
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Article
Zootaxa 4020 (2): 357–374 (22 Sept. 2015)
Redescription of the rare Philippine false gecko Pseudogekko brevipes (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) and description of a new species
DREW R. DAVIS, JESSA L. WATTERS, GUNTHER KÖHLER, COLLIN WHITSETT, NICHOLAS A. HURON, RAFE M. BROWN, ARVIN C. DIESMOS & CAMERON D. SILER
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Monograph
Zootaxa 4015 (1): 001–177 (11 Sept. 2015)
A taxonomic revision of the Phrynosoma douglasii species complex (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)
RICHARD R. MONTANUCCI
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Article
Zootaxa 4012 (1): 097–119 (2 Sept. 2015)
Taxonomic revision of Chironius flavolineatus (Jan, 1863) with description of a new species (Serpentes: Colubridae)
BRENO HAMDAN & DANIEL S. FERNANDES
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Article
Zootaxa 4007 (3): 301–326 (28 Aug. 2015)
A new species of death adder (Acanthophis: Serpentes: Elapidae) from north-western Australia
SIMON T. MADDOCK, RYAN J. ELLIS, PAUL DOUGHTY, LAWRENCE A. SMITH & WOLFGANG WÜSTER
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Article
Zootaxa 4007 (1): 063–081 (26 Aug. 2015)
Taxonomic status and morphological variation of Hydrodynastes bicinctus (Hermann, 1804) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)
ROBERTA A. MURTA-FONSECA, FRANCISCO L. FRANCO & DANIEL SILVA FERNANDES
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Article
Zootaxa 4006 (2): 285–310 (24 Aug. 2015)
Morphological and molecular variation in Tylototriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) in Laos, with description of a new species
SOMPHOUTHONE PHIMMACHAK, ANCHALEE AOWPHOL & BRYAN L. STUART
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Article
Zootaxa 4006 (1): 143–160 (21 Aug. 2015)
A new leaf-tailed gecko of the Uroplatus ebenaui group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar's central eastern rainforests
FANOMEZANA MIHAJA RATSOAVINA, FIADANANTSOA ANDRIANJA RANJANAHARISOA, FRANK GLAW, ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA, AURÉLIEN MIRALLES & MIGUEL VENCES
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Article
Zootaxa 4006 (1): 059–082 (21 Aug. 2015)
A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea
SCOTT THOMSON, YOLARNIE AMEPOU, JIM ANAMIATO & ARTHUR GEORGES
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Article
Zootaxa 4000 (4): 401–427 (18 Aug. 2015)
Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus and two new species of lizards from Brazilian Amazonia, with nomenclatural comments on the taxonomy of Gymnophthalmidae (Reptilia: Squamata)
GUARINO R. COLLI, MARINUS S. HOOGMOED, DAVID C. CANNATELLA, JOSÉ CASSIMIRO, JERRIANE OLIVEIRA GOMES, JOSÉ MÁRIO GHELLERE, PEDRO M. SALES NUNES, KÁTIA C. M. PELLEGRINO, PATRICIA SALERNO, SERGIO MARQUES DE SOUZA & MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES
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Article
Zootaxa 4000 (1): 090–110 (13 Aug. 2015)
Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron 1836) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), an introduced lizard new for Brazil, with remarks on and correction of its distribution in the New World
MARINUS S. HOOGMOED & TERESA C.S. AVILA-PIRES
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3999 (4): 600 (12 Aug. 2015)
Erratum: AWAL RIYANTO, L. LEE GRISMER & PERRY L. WOOD, JR. (2015) Cyrtodactylus rosichonariefi sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new swamp-dwelling bent-toed gecko from Bunguran Island (Great Natuna), Indonesia. Zootaxa, 3964 (1): 114–124.
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Article
Zootaxa 3994 (2): 222–234 (31 Jul. 2015)
A new skink (Scincidae: Liburnascincus) from rocky habitat on Cape York, northeast Australia
CONRAD J. HOSKIN & PATRICK J. COUPER
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Article
Zootaxa 3994 (2): 187–221 (31 Jul. 2015)
Revision of the genus Lepidoblepharis (Reptilia: Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in Central America, with the description of three new species
ABEL BATISTA, MARCOS PONCE, MILAN VESELY, KONRAD MEBERT, ANDREAS HERTZ, GUNTHER KÖHLER, ARCADIO CARRIZO & SEBASTIAN LOTZKAT
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Article
Zootaxa 3990 (3): 369–380 (27 Jul. 2015)
Phylogenetic relationships of the gray-toad agama, Phrynocephalus scutellatus (Olivier, 1807), species complex from Iran
HASSAN RAHIMIAN, SOHEILA SHAFIEI, NASRULLA RASTEGAR POUYANI & ESKANDAR RASTEGAR POUYANI
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Article
Zootaxa 3990 (2): 272–278 (24 Jul. 2015)
A new blind snake (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from an endangered habitat in south-eastern Queensland, Australia
ALBERTO VENCHI, STEVE K. WILSON & ADRIAN C. BORSBOOM
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Article
Zootaxa 3986 (3): 279–306 (17 Jul. 2015)
Morphological and molecular review of the Gekko diversity of Laos with descriptions of three new species
VINH QUANG LUU, THOMAS CALAME, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE& THOMAS ZIEGLER
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Article
Zootaxa 3986 (2): 173–192 (16 Jul. 2015)
A new species of spectacularly coloured flat lizard Platysaurus (Squamata: Cordylidae: Platysaurinae) from southern Africa
MARTIN J. WHITING, WILLIAM R. BRANCH, MITZY PEPPER & J. SCOTT KEOGH
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Article
Zootaxa 3985 (3): 375–390 (13 Jul. 2015)
Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the karst forest of Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam
TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, ANH VAN PHAM, HAI NGOC NGO, CHUNG VAN HOANG, CUONG THE PHAM & THOMAS ZIEGLER
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Article
Zootaxa 3985 (2): 265–274 (10 Jul. 2015)
New genus and species names for the Eocene lizard Cadurcogekko rugosus Augé, 2005
ARNAU BOLET, JUAN D. DAZA, MARC AUGÉ & AARON M. BAUER
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Article
Zootaxa 3985 (2): 203–218 (10 Jul. 2015)
A new insular species of Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis Boulenger) from Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER, P. L. WOOD, JR., EVAN S. H. QUAH, SHAHRUL ANUAR, EHWAN NGADI & NORHAYATI AHMAD
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3983 (1): 001–110 (8 Jul. 2015)
Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. I. Dactyloidae, Hoplocercidae, Iguanidae, Leiosauridae, Polychrotidae, Tropiduridae
MARCO A. RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR
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Article
Zootaxa 3981 (1): 001–055 (2 Jul. 2015)
Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. II. Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae
MARCO A. RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR
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Article
Zootaxa 3980 (4): 562–574 (1 Jul. 2015)
A new species of Imantodes Duméril, 1853 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia
ALEXANDRE F. R. MISSASSI & ANA L. C. PRUDENTE
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Article
Zootaxa 3980 (3): 406–416 (30 Jun. 2015)
New species of Blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tsingy karstic outcrops in Ankarana National Park, northern Madagascar
TEPPEI JONO, AARON M. BAUER, IAN BRENNAN & AKIRA MORI
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Article
Zootaxa 3980 (1): 106–126 (26 Jun. 2015)
The systematics and independent evolution of cave ecomorphology in distantly related clades of Bent-toed Geckos (Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) from the Mekong Delta and islands in the Gulf of Thailand
L. LEE GRISMER, P. L. WOOD, JR., NGO VAN TRI & MATTHEW L. MURDOCH
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Article
Zootaxa 3980 (1): 067–080 (26 Jun. 2015)
Two new species of the genus Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Sauria: Eublepharidae) from southern China
JIAN-HUAN YANG & BOSCO PUI-LOK CHAN
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Article
Zootaxa 3980 (1): 042–050 (26 Jun. 2015)
Key to the Ophiodes (Squamata: Sauria: Diploglossidae) of Paraguay with the description of a new species
PIER CACCIALI & NORMAN J. SCOTT
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Article
Zootaxa 3974 (4): 538–554 (24 Jun. 2015)
A new species of monadal coral snake of the genus Micrurus (Serpentes, Elapidae) from western Amazon
DARLAN TAVARES FEITOSA, NELSON JORGE DA SILVA JR., MATHEUS GODOY PIRES, HUSSAM ZAHER & ANA LÚCIA DA COSTA PRUDENTE
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Article
Zootaxa 3974 (3): 377–390 (23 Jun. 2015)
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Yunnan, China
WEIBO GUO, KAIYA ZHOU, JIE YAN1 & PENG LI
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Article
Zootaxa 3964 (2): 228–244 (2 Jun. 2015)
Three new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru
CLAUDIA KOCH, PABLO J. VENEGAS & WOLFGANG BÖHME
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3964 (1): 149–150 (29 May 2015)
Nomenclatural issues in the Psammodromus hispanicus (Squamata: Lacertidae) species group
PIERRE-ANDRÉ CROCHET
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Article
Zootaxa 3964 (1): 114–124 (29 May 2015)
Cyrtodactylus rosichonariefi sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new swamp-dwelling bent-toed gecko from Bunguran Island (Great Natuna), Indonesia
AWAL RIYANTO, L. LEE GRISMER & PERRY L. WOOD, JR.
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3957 (2): 243–245 (14 May 2015)
Apostolepis parassimilis Lema & Renner, 2012 an objective synonym of
A. tertulianobeui Lema, 2004 (Dipsadidae: Elapomorphini)
HENRIQUE C. COSTA & RENATO S. BÉRNILS
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Article
Zootaxa 3956 (3): 413–427 (11 May 2015)
Two new species of lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Iguania, Tropiduridae) from central Peru
GUNTHER KÖHLER & EDGAR LEHR
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Article
Zootaxa 3948 (2): 203–217 (21 Apr. 2015)
On the taxonomic status of the Thai endemic freshwater snake Parahelicops boonsongi, with the erection of a new genus (Squamata: Natricidae)
PATRICK DAVID, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN & GERNOT VOGEL
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Article
Zootaxa 3948 (1): 001–023 (20 Apr. 2015)
An integrative taxonomic review of the agamid genus Bronchocela (Kuhl, 1820) from Peninsular Malaysia with descriptions of new montane and insular endemics
L. LEE GRISMER, P.L. WOOD, JR., CHEOL HAENG LEE, EVAN S. H. QUAH, SHAHRUL ANUAR, EHWAN NGADI & JACK W. SITES, JR.
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3947 (4): 597–600 (17 Apr. 2015)
Forgotten records of Chrysopelea taprobanica Smith, 1943 (Squamata: Colubridae) from India
RUCHIRA SOMAWEERA, DAVI LIMA PANTOJA & V. DEEPAK
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3947 (3): 447–450 (16 Apr. 2015)
Evaluating recent taxonomic changes for alligator snapping turtles (Testudines: Chelydridae)
BRIAN FOLT & CRAIG GUYER
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Article
Zootaxa 3947 (1): 085–098 (14 Apr. 2015)
A new species of Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Northern Karnataka, India
CHELMALA SRINIVASULU, GANDLA CHETHAN KUMAR & BHARGAVI SRINIVASULU
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Article
Zootaxa 3947 (1): 067–084 (14 Apr. 2015)
Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the lizard clade Liolaemus elongatus (Iguania: Liolaemini) with the description of a new species from an isolated volcanic peak in northern Patagonia
LUCIANO JAVIER AVILA, CINTIA DEBORA MEDINA, CRISTIAN HERNAN FULVIO PEREZ, JACK W. SITES, JR. & MARIANA MORANDO
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Article
Zootaxa 3946 (3): 387–400 (10 Apr. 2015)
An endemic new species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from an isolated dry forest in southern Peru
CAROLL Z. LANDAURO, ANTONIO GARCÍA-BRAVO & PABLO J. VENEGAS
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Article
Zootaxa 3946 (3): 301–330 (10 Apr. 2015)
Molecular and morphological assessment of Delma australis Kluge (Squamata: Pygopodidae), with a description of a new species from the biodiversity ‘hotspot’ of southwestern Western Australia
BRAD MARYAN, IAN G. BRENNAN, MARK ADAMS & KEN P. APLIN
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Article
Zootaxa 3946 (2): 201–220 (9 Apr. 2015)
A likely microendemic new species of terrestrial iguana, genus Chalarodon, from Madagascar
AURELIEN MIRALLES, FRANK GLAW, FANOMEZANA M. RATSOAVINA & MIGUEL VENCES
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Article
Zootaxa 3936 (2): 287–295 (19 Mar. 2015)
A new species of the genus Gekko Laurenti (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Guangxi, China
JIAN-HUAN YANG
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3931 (4): 600 (16 Mar. 2015)
Erratum: EVY ARIDA & SRI CATUR SETYAWATININGSIH (2015) On the occurrence of Varanus nebulosus (Gray, 1831) (Squamata: Varanidae) on Riau Archipelago, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 3919 (1): 197–200.
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Article
Zootaxa 3931 (1): 063–070 (11 Mar. 2015)
The Rediscovery of Sphenomorphus malayanus Doria, 1888 (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Titiwangsa Mountain Range of Peninsular Malaysia and its re-description as S. senja sp. nov.
L. LEE GRISMER & EVAN S. H. QUAH
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Article
Zootaxa 3926 (4): 523–540 (9 Mar. 2015)
A new genus and species of xenodermatid snake (Squamata: Caenophidia: Xenodermatidae) from northern Lao People’s Democratic Republic
ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ, PATRICK DAVID, ANNE LOTTIER, MINH DUC LE,
NICOLAS VIDAL & TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN
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Article
Zootaxa 3920 (3): 443–452 (23 Feb. 2015)
A new species of Amerotyphlops from Northeastern Brazil, with comments on distribution of related species
ROBERTA GRABOSKI, GENTIL ALVES PEREIRA FILHO, ARIANE AUXILIADORA ARAÚJO DA SILVA, ANA LÚCIA DA COSTA PRUDENTE & HUSSAM ZAHER
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Article
Zootaxa 3919 (2): 375–395 (17 Feb. 2015)
Revalidation of Natrix clerki Wall, 1925, an overlooked species in the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Squamata: Natricidae)
PATRICK DAVID, ISHAN AGARWAL, RAMANA ATHREYA, ROSAMMA MATHEW,
GERNOT VOGEL & VIRAL K. MISTRY
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3919 (1): 197–200 (16 Feb. 2015)
On the occurrence of Varanus nebulosus (Gray, 1831) (Squamata: Varanidae) on Riau Archipelago, Indonesia
EVY ARIDA & SRI CATUR SETYAWATININGSIH
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Article
Zootaxa 3918 (3): 397–405 (12 Feb. 2015)
A new species of Rhadinella (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Pacific versant of Oaxaca, Mexico
JONATHAN A. CAMPBELL
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Article
Zootaxa 3915 (1): 111–122 (2 Feb. 2015)
Anolis marsupialis Taylor 1956, a valid species from southern Pacific Costa Rica (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae)
JOHANNES J. KÖHLER, STEVEN POE, MASON J. RYAN & GUNTHER KÖHLER
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Article
Zootaxa 3915 (1): 067–098 (2 Feb. 2015)
Two new species of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Sri Lanka, including a taxonomic revision of the Indian Sitana species
A. A. THASUN AMARASINGHE, IVAN INEICH, D. M. S. SURANJAN KARUNARATHNA,
W. MADHAVA S. BOTEJUE & PATRICK D. CAMPBELL
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Correpondence
Zootaxa 3914 (4): 495–500 (29 Jan. 2015)
On some recent taxonomic advancement and the resultant problems in the arboreal skink genus Dasia Gray, 1839 (Reptilia: Scincidae)
S. R. CHANDRAMOULI & A. A. THASUN AMARASINGHE
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Correpondence
Zootaxa 3914 (4): 483–489 (29 Jan. 2015)
A revision of the Mexican Anolis (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae) from the Pacific versant west of the Isthmus de Tehuantepec in the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla, with the description of six new species: Addendum
GUNTHER KÖHLER, RAÚL GÓMEZ TREJO PÉREZ, CLAUS BO P. PETERSEN & FAUSTO R. MÉNDEZ DE LA CRUZ
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Article
Zootaxa 3914 (4): 421–440 (29 Jan. 2015)
New basal hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Fukui, central Japan
MASATERU SHIBATA & YOICHI AZUMA
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Article
Zootaxa 3914 (2): 144–156 (27 Jan. 2015)
Gekko aaronbaueri, a new gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos
NGO VAN TRI, PHAM HONG THAI, ANORATH PHIMVOHAN, PATRICK DAVID & ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ
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Article
Zootaxa 3911 (3): 443–446 (20 Jan. 2015)
One subspecies less for the European herpetofauna: the taxonomic and nomenclatural status of Hemidactylus turcicus spinalis (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)
JIŘÍ ŠMÍD, JIŘÍ MORAVEC, MIKE ZAWADZKI & MARTEN VAN DEN BERG
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Article
Zootaxa 3911 (1): 119–129 (16 Jan. 2015)
A new rhamphorhynchid pterosaur (Pterosauria) from Jurassic deposits of Liaoning Province, China
JUNCHANG LÜ, HANYONG PU, LI XU, XUEFANG WEI, HUALI CHANG & MARTIN KUNDRÁT
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Article
Zootaxa 3911 (1): 106–118 (16 Jan. 2015)
A new lowland forest Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from Ranong Province, peninsular Thailand
MONTRI SUMONTHA, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, NONN PANITVONG, KIRATI KUNYA & L. LEE GRISMER
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Article
Zootaxa 3905 (3): 573–584 (14 Jan. 2015)
A new forest-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand
KIRATI KUNYA, MONTRI SUMONTHA, NONN PANITVONG, WUTTIPONG DONGKUMFU, THANA SIRISAMPHAN & OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS
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Article
Zootaxa 3905 (3): 345–364 (13 Jan. 2015)
Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Albertine Rift: Two new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae) from an isolated montane forest, south eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
COLIN R. TILBURY & KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY
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Article
Zootaxa 3904 (2): 249–260 (6 Jan. 2015)
A New Iranian Phrynocephalus (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the hottest place on earth and a key to the genus Phrynocephalus in southwestern Asia and Arabia
KAMRAN KAMALI & STEVEN C. ANDERSON
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Article
Zootaxa 3900 (4): 555–568 (24 Dec. 2014)
Hiding in plain sight: a new species of bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from West Timor, collected by Malcolm Smith in 1924
ANDREW KATHRINER, AARON M. BAUER, MARK O’SHEA, CAITLIN SANCHEZ & HINRICH KAISER
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Article
Zootaxa 3900 (3): 301–338 (23 Dec. 2014)
A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries
JEAN-FRANÇOIS TRAPE & CELLOU BALDÉ
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Article
Zootaxa 3900 (1): 150–150 (19 Dec. 2014)
Dakotaseps gen. nov., a replacement name for the lizard genus Dakotasaurus Nydam 2013, a junior homonym of the ichnotaxon Dakotasaurus Branson and Mehl 1932
RANDALL L NYDAM
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Article
Zootaxa 3895 (2): 225–237 (15 Dec. 2014)
A new species of the genus Norops from Darién, Panama, with comments on N. sulcifrons (Cope 1899) (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae)
KIRSTEN E. NICHOLSON & GUNTHER KÖHLER
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Article
Zootaxa 3895 (2): 208–224 (15 Dec. 2014)
The mitochondrial phylogeography and intraspecific taxonomy of the Steppe Racerunner, Eremias arguta (Pallas) (Lacertidae: Sauria, Reptilia), reflects biogeographic patterns in Middle Asia
NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV JR., VALENTINA F. ORLOVA & MARINA A. CHIRIKOVA
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Article
Zootaxa 3895 (1): 089–102 (12 Dec. 2014)
A missing geographic link in the distribution of the genus Echinotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) with description of a new species from southern China
MIAN HOU, YUNKE WU, KELIN YANG, SHENG ZHENG, ZHIYONG YUAN & PIPENG LI
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Article
Zootaxa 3895 (1): 073–088 (12 Dec. 2014)
A new species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos
VINH QUANG LUU, THOMAS CALAME, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI & THOMAS ZIEGLER
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Article
Zootaxa 3887 (5): 583–599 (27 Nov. 2014)
Re-examination of Hemidactylus tenkatei van Lidth de Jeude, 1895: Populations from Timor provide insight into the taxonomy of the H. brookii Gray, 1845 complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
ANDREW KATHRINER, MARK O’SHEA & HINRICH KAISER
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3884 (6): 597–599 (19 Nov. 2014)
A new genus to accommodate three skinks currently assigned to Menetia (Lacertilia: Scincidae)
PATRICK J. COUPER & CONRAD J. HOSKIN
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Article
Zootaxa 3881 (6): 563–575 (10 Nov. 2014)
A new species of Chironius Fitzinger, 1826 from the state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil (Serpentes: Colubridae)
DANIEL SILVA FERNANDES & BRENO HAMDAN
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Article
Zootaxa 3881 (6): 532–548 (10 Nov. 2014)
The phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of the Rainbow Tree Snake Gonyophis margaritatus (Peters, 1871) (Squamata: Colubridae)
XIN CHEN, ALEXANDER D. McKELVY, L. LEE GRISMER, MASAFUMI MATSUI, KANTO NISHIKAWA & FRANK T. BURBRINK
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Article
Zootaxa 3881 (3): 201–227 (5 Nov. 2014)
Integrative taxonomy and phylogeny-based species delimitation of Philippine water monitor lizards (Varanus salvator Complex) with descriptions of two new cryptic species
LUKE J. WELTON, SCOTT L. TRAVERS, CAMERON D. SILER & RAFE M. BROWN
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3880 (1): 001–147 (31 Oct. 2014)
Systematics and natural history of Southeast Asian Rock Geckos (genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) with descriptions of eight new species from Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia
L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. WOOD, JR., SHAHRUL ANUAR, AWAL RIYANTO, NORHAYATI AHMAD, MOHD A. MUIN, MONTRI SUMONTHA, JESSE L. GRISMER, CHAN KIN ONN, EVAN S. H. QUAH & OLIVIER S. A. PAUWELS
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Article
Zootaxa 3878 (1): 037–048 (22 Oct. 2014)
A new phasmid gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from the Arnhem Plateau: more new diversity in rare vertebrates from northern Australia
PAUL M. OLIVER & TOM PARKIN
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Article
Zootaxa 3873 (4): 425–440 (17 Oct. 2014)
A taxonomic revision of the Asian keelback snakes, genus Amphiesma (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae), with description of a new species
PENG GUO, FEI ZHU, QIN LIU, LIANG ZHANG, JIAN X. LI1, YU Y. HUANG & R. ALEXANDER PYRON
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Article
Zootaxa 3873 (3): 233–249 (16 Oct. 2014)
The first well-preserved coelophysoid theropod dinosaur from Asia
HAI-LU YOU, YOICHI AZUMA, TAO WANG, YA-MING WANG & ZHI-MING DONG
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Article
Zootaxa 3873 (1): 049–061 (14 Oct. 2014)
A new species of Velvet Gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from the limestone ranges of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia
PAUL M. OLIVER, REBECCA J. LAVER, JANE MELVILLE & PAUL DOUGHTY
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Article
Zootaxa 3872 (5): 401–439 (13 Oct. 2014)
A new species of Chleuastochoerus (Artiodactyla: Suidae) from the Linxia Basin, Gansu Province, China
SUKUAN HOU & TAO DENG
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Article
Zootaxa 3872 (3): 291–300 (9 Oct. 2014)
Two new species of Atractus from Colombia (Reptilia, Squamata, Dipsadidae)
GUNTHER KÖHLER & MAX KIECKBUSCH
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Article
Zootaxa 3872 (2): 187–194 (8 Oct. 2014)
The first Pan-Podocnemididae turtle egg from the Presidente Prudente Formation (Late Cretaceous, Bauru Group), Brazil
JÚLIO C. DE A. MARSOLA, GERALD GRELLET-TINNER, FELIPE C. MONTEFELTRO & MAX C. LANGER
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Article
Zootaxa 3869 (4): 351–371 (2 Oct. 2014)
Sea snakes in Australian waters (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae)—a review with an updated identification key
ARNE REDSTED RASMUSSEN, KATE LAURA SANDERS, MICHAEL L. GUINEA & ANDREW P. AMEY
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Article
Zootaxa 3869 (3): 224–236 (1 Oct. 2014)
A new skink (Scincidae: Carlia) from the rainforest uplands of Cape Melville, north-east Australia
CONRAD J. HOSKIN
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Article
Zootaxa 3869 (3): 201–223 (1 Oct. 2014)
A new toothed pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Anhangueridae) from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, NE Brazil
RENAN A. M. BANTIM, ANTÔNIO A. F. SARAIVA, GUSTAVO R. OLIVEIRA & JULIANA M. SAYÃO
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Article
Zootaxa 3869 (1): 064–074 (29 Sept. 2014)
Cyrtodactylus saiyok sp. nov., a new dry evergreen forest-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand
NONN PANITVONG, MONTRI SUMONTHA, JITTHEP TUNPRASERT & OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS
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Article
Zootaxa 3869 (1): 001–016 (29 Sept. 2014)
Two new skinks (Scincidae: Glaphyromorphus) from rainforest habitats in north-eastern Australia
CONRAD J. HOSKIN & PATRICK J. COUPER
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Article
Zootaxa 3866 (4): 526–542 (25 Sept. 2014)
New Patagonian species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) and novelty in the lepidosis of the southernmost lizard of the world: Liolaemus magellanicus
CRISTIAN SIMÓN ABDALA, DIEGO ESTEBAN PROCOPIO, OSCAR ANÍBAL STELLATELLI, ALEJANDRO TRAVAINI, ALEJANDRO RODRÍGUEZ & MARIO RICARDO RUIZ MONACHESI
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Article
Zootaxa 3866 (2): 246–260 (23 Sept. 2014)
A new species of Riama Gray, 1858 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Tropical Andes
VANESSA AGUIRRE-PEÑAFIEL, OMAR TORRES-CARVAJAL, PEDRO M. SALES NUNES, MIKA R. PECK & SIMON T. MADDOCK
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3863 (1): 001–093 (19 Sept. 2014)
Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil
THAÍS B. GUEDES, CRISTIANO NOGUEIRA & OTAVIO A.V. MARQUES
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3862 (1): 001–210 (19 Sept. 2014)
A revision of the Mexican Anolis (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae) from the Pacific versant west of the Isthmus de Tehuantepec in the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla, with the description of six new species
GUNTHER KÖHLER, RAÚL GÓMEZ TREJO PÉREZ, CLAUS BO P. PETERSEN & FAUSTO R. MÉNDEZ DE LA CRUZ
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Article
Zootaxa 3860 (4): 379–395 (8 Sept. 2014)
Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Acanthodactylus Fitzinger, 1834 (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in Iran, inferred from mtDNA Sequences
NASTARAN HEIDARI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI, NASRULLAH RASTEGAR-POUYANI & HIVA FAIZI
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Article
Zootaxa 3860 (1): 064–080 (3 Sept. 2014)
Morphological variation and taxonomy of Atractus latifrons (Günther, 1868) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)
PAULA C. ALMEIDA, DARLAN T. FEITOSA, PAULO PASSOS & ANA L. C. PRUDENTE
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Article
Zootaxa 3856 (3): 501–528 (26 Aug. 2014)
Integrative taxonomy in the Liolaemus fitzingerii complex (Squamata: Liolaemini) based on morphological analyses and niche modeling
IGNACIO MINOLI, MARIANA MORANDO & LUCIANO J. AVILA
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3855 (1): 001–097 (20 Aug. 2014)
Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran
JIŘÍ ŠMÍD, JIŘÍ MORAVEC, PETR KODYM, LUKÁŠ KRATOCHVÍL, SEYYED SAEED HOSSEINIAN YOUSEFKHANI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI & DANIEL FRYNTA
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Article
Zootaxa 3852 (2):179–202 (14 Aug. 2014)
A taxonomic mystery for more than 150 years: Identity, systematic position and Malagasy origin of the snake Elapotinus picteti Jan, 1862, and synonymy of Exallodontophis Cadle, 1999 (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae)
CHRISTOPH KUCHARZEWSKI, ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA, CYNTHIA WANG & FRANK GLAW
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3848 (1): 001–066 (12 Jul. 2014)
A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hyogo, Japan
HARUO SAEGUSA & TADAHIRO IKEDA
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Article
Zootaxa 3847 (3): 388–412 (8 Aug. 2014)
Taxonomic revision of the semi-aquatic skink Parvoscincus leucospilos (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), with description of three new species
CAMERON D. SILER, CHARLES W. LINKEM, KERRY COBB, JESSA L. WATTERS,
SEAN T. CUMMINGS, ARVIN C. DIESMOS & RAFE M. BROWN
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Article
Zootaxa 3846 (4): 451–501 (5 Aug. 2014)
A phylogenetic analysis of the southern African gecko genus Afroedura Loveridge (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of nine new species from Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa
NIELS H. G. JACOBSEN, ARIANNA L. KUHN, TODD R. JACKMAN & AARON M. BAUER
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Article
Zootaxa 3846 (2): 249–260 (1 Aug. 2014)
A Taxonomic Revision of Boas (Serpentes: Boidae)
R. ALEXANDER PYRON, R. GRAHAM REYNOLDS & FRANK T. BURBRINK
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Article
Zootaxa 3841 (2): 211–238 (25 Jul. 2014)
Three new species of Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from southern Sumatra, Indonesia
MICHAEL B. HARVEY, AMIR HAMIDY, NIA KURNIAWAN, KYLE SHANEY & ERIC N. SMITH
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Article
Zootaxa 3835 (4): 501–527 (14 Jul. 2014)
Systematics and biogeography of Hemidactylus homoeolepis Blanford, 1881 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of a new species from Arabia
RAQUEL VASCONCELOS & SALVADOR CARRANZA
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3835 (2): 295–298 (10 Jul. 2014)
On the reclassification of Box Turtles (Terrapene): A response to Martin et al. (2014)
UWE FRITZ & PETER HAVAŠ
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3835 (2): 292–294 (10 Jul. 2014)
On the Reclassification of the Terrapene (Testudines: Emydidae): A Response to Fritz & Havaš
BRADLEY T. MARTIN, NEIL P. BERNSTEIN, ROGER D. BIRKHEAD, JIM F. KOUKL, STEVEN M. MUSSMANN & JOHN S. PLACYK, JR
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Article
Zootaxa 3835 (1): 080–096 (9 Jul. 2014)
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the karst forest of northern Laos
NICOLE SCHNEIDER, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, LIPHONE NOPHASEUD, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI & THOMAS ZIEGLER
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Article
Zootaxa 3835 (1): 033–058 (9 Jul. 2014)
Phylogenetic relationships of Semaphore geckos (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae: Pristurus) with an assessment of the taxonomy of Pristurus rupestris
ARNAUD BADIANE, JOAN GARCIA-PORTA, JAN ČERVENKA, LUKÁŠ KRATOCHVÍL,
ROBERTO SINDACO, MICHAEL D. ROBINSON, HERNAN MORALES, TOMÁŠ MAZUCH, THOMAS PRICE, FÈLIX AMAT, MOHAMMED Y. SHOBRAK, THOMAS WILMS, MARC SIMÓ-RIUDALBAS, FARAHAM AHMADZADEH, THEODORE J. PAPENFUSS, ALEXANDRE CLUCHIER, JULIEN VIGLIONE & SALVADOR CARRANZA
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3829 (1): 001–081 (8 Jul. 2014)
Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence
ROBERT ALEXANDER PYRON & VAN WALLACH
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Article
Zootaxa 3827 (1): 057–066 (2 Jul. 2014)
A new Gehyra (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from New Guinea with unique caudal scalation
Phillip L. Skipwith & Paul M. Oliver
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Article
Zootaxa 3827 (1): 045–056 (2 Jul. 2014)
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos
Truong Quang Nguyen, Andreas Botov, Minh Duc Le, Liphone Nophaseud,
George Zug, Michael Bonkowski & Thomas Ziegler
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Article
Zootaxa 3826 (3): 475–496 (1 Jul. 2014)
Multilocus species delimitation in the Crotalus triseriatus species group (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of two new species
ROBERT W. BRYSON, JR., CHARLES W. LINKEM, MICHAEL E. DORCAS, AMY LATHROP, JASON M. JONES, JAVIER ALVARADO-DÍAZ, CHRISTOPH I. GRÜNWALD & ROBERT W. MURPHY
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Article
Zootaxa 3821 (4): 485–495 (24 Jun. 2014)
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Pulau Enggano, southwestern Sumatra, Indonesia
L. LEE GRISMER, AWAL RIYANTO, DJOKO T. ISKANDAR & JIMMY A. MCGUIRE
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Article
Zootaxa 3821 (4): 457–464 (24 Jun. 2014)
A new species of lowland skink (genus Lipinia Gray, 1845) from northeastern Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER, LUKMAN H. B. ISMAIL, MUHAMMAD TAUFIK AWANG,
SYED A. RIZAL & AMIRRUDIN B. AHMAD
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Article
Zootaxa 3821 (2): 253–264 (20 Jun. 2014)
Cyrtodactylus kunyai (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko from Loei Province, northeastern Thailand
OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, MONTRI SUMONTHA, KAWEESAK KEERATIKIAT & EAKARIT PHANAMPHON
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Article
Zootaxa 3821 (2): 239–252 (20 Jun. 2014)
Morphological diversity and genetic structure within Lerista kalumburu Storr, 1976 (Squamata: Scincomorpha: Sphenomorphidae)—taxonomic implications
ANDREW P. AMEY & JESSICA WORTHINGTON WILMER
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Article
Zootaxa 3821 (1): 116–124 (19 Jun. 2014)
Cyrtodactylus wangkulangkulae (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new Bent-toed Gecko from Satun Province, southern Thailand
MONTRI SUMONTHA, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, NIKORN SUWANNAKARN,
THAMMARAT NUTATHEERA & WATCHIRA SODOB
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Article
Zootaxa 3815 (4): 507–525 (17 Jun. 2014)
The missing leopard lizard: Liolaemus ubaghsi sp. nov., a new species of the leopardinus clade (Reptilia: Squamata: Liolaemidae) from the Andes of the O’Higgins Region in Chile
DAMIEN ESQUERRÉ, JAIME TRONCOSO-PALACIOS, CARLOS F. GARÍN & HERMAN NÚNEZ
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Article
Zootaxa 3815 (4): 494–506 (17 Jun. 2014)
A new species of gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 from the Western Ghats, India
ZEESHAN A. MIRZA, SAUNAK PAL, HARSHAL S. BHOSALE & RAJESH V. SANAP
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Article
Zootaxa 3815 (1): 051–067 (12 Jun. 2014)
A diminutive new species of cave-dwelling Wolf Snake (Colubridae: Lycodon Boie, 1826) from Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER, EVAN S.H. QUAH, SHAHRUL ANUAR M.S, MOHD ABDUL MUIN,
PERRY L. WOOD, JR & SITI AZIZAH MOHD NOR
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3814 (1): 109–120 (6 Jun. 2014)
Anole classification: A response to Poe
K.E. NICHOLSON, B.I. CROTHER, C. GUYER & J.M. SAVAGE
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Article
Zootaxa 3814 (2): 221–241 (9 Jun. 2014)
Taxonomic revision of the Australian arid zone lizards Gehyra variegata and G. montium (Squamata, Gekkonidae) with description of three new species
MARK N. HUTCHINSON, MARK J. SISTROM, STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN
& RHONDA G. HUTCHINSON
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Article
Zootaxa 3814 (1): 068–080 (6 Jun. 2014)
A new species of wolf snake (Colubridae: Lycodon Fitzinger, 1826) from Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains, southwest Cambodia
THY NEANG, TIMO HARTMANN, SEIHA HUN, NICHOLAS J. SOUTER & NEIL M. FUREY
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Article
Zootaxa 3814 (1): 001–036 (6 Jun. 2014)
Pygmy chameleons of the Rhampholeon platyceps compex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae): Description of four new species from isolated ‘sky islands’ of northern Mozambique
WILLIAM R. BRANCH, JULIAN BAYLISS & KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY
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Article
Zootaxa 3811 (4): 569–584 (5 Jun. 2014)
A new species of triadal coral snake of the genus Micrurus Wagler, 1824 (Serpentes: Elapidae) from northeastern Brazil
Matheus Godoy Pires, Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr., Darlan Tavares Feitosa, ANA LÚCIA DA COSTA PRUDENTE, GENTIL ALVES PEREIRA FILHO & Hussam ZAHER
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Article
Zootaxa 3811 (2): 251–261 (3 Jun. 2014)
A new forest-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand
KIRATI KUNYA, AUMPORN PANMONGKOL, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, MONTRI SUMONTHA, JIRAPORN MEEWASANA, WORAPHOT BUNKHWAMDI & SIRIWAT DANGSRI
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Article
Zootaxa 3796 (2): 201–236 (19 May 2014)
A new mountain lizard from Montes de León (NW Iberian Peninsula): Iberolacerta monticola astur ssp. nov. (Squamata: Lacertidae)
OSCAR J. ARRIBAS, PEDRO GALÁN, NÚRIA REMÓN & HORACIO NAVEIRA
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Article
Zootaxa 3795 (5): 523–548 (15 May 2014)
A revision of African helmeted terrapins (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa), with descriptions of six new species
ALICE PETZOLD, MARIO VARGAS-RAMÍREZ, CHRISTIAN KEHLMAIER, MELITA VAMBERGER, WILLIAM R. BRANCH, LOUIS DU PREEZ, MARGARETHA D. HOFMEYR, LEON MEYER, ALFRED SCHLEICHER, PAVEL ŠIROKÝ & UWE FRITZ
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Article
Zootaxa 3795 (5): 501–522 (15 May 2014)
Disentangling the Pelomedusa complex using type specimens and historical DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae)
UWE FRITZ, ALICE PETZOLD, CHRISTIAN KEHLMAIER, CAROLIN KINDLER, PATRICK CAMPBELL, MARGARETHA D. HOFMEYR & WILLIAM R. BRANCH
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Article
Zootaxa 3795 (3): 311–326 (13 May 2014)
Taxonomic reassessment of Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae), with the description of a new species from south-east Anatolia (Turkey)
ROBERTO SINDACO, PANAGIOTIS KORNILIOS, ROBERTO SACCHI & PETROS LYMBERAKIS
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Article
Zootaxa 3795 (1): 061–070 (9 May 2014)
New species of salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Cryptotriton) from Quebrada Cataguana, Francisco Morazán, Honduras, with comments on the taxonomic status of Cryptotriton wakei
JAMES R. MCCRANIE & SEAN M. ROVITO
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Article
Zootaxa 3795 (1): 045–060 (9 May 2014)
A new species of lizard in the genus Caledoniscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from far northwest New Caledonia
ROSS A. SADLIER, ANTHONY H. WHITAKER, PERRY L.WOOD, JR. & AARON M. BAUER
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3794 (2): 299–300 (6 May 2014)
‘Googleology’ revisited: an additional tool for preventing zoological homonymy
MARTYN E. Y. LOW & PETER K. L. NG
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Article
Zootaxa 3794 (2): 254–262 (6 May 2014)
The phylogenetic position of the Critically Endangered Saint Croix ground lizard Ameiva polops: revisiting molecular systematics of West Indian Ameiva
LUIS A. HURTADO, CARLOS A. SANTAMARIA & LEE A. FITZGERALD
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Article
Zootaxa 3794 (1): 134–142 (5 May 2014)
On the identity of Chironius flavolineatus (Serpentes: Colubridae)
BRENO HAMDAN, STEFANO SCALI & DANIEL SILVA FERNANDES
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Article
Zootaxa 3794 (1): 125–133 (5 May 2014)
Anolis boulengerianus Thominot, 1887, a senior synonym of Anolis isthmicus Fitch, 1978 (Squamata: Dactyloidae)
ADRIÁN NIETO-MONTES DE OCA, GUNTHER KÖHLER & MANUEL FERIA-ORTIZ
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Article
Zootaxa 3794 (1): 001–051 (5 May 2014)
Systematics of the Podarcis hispanicus complex (Sauria, Lacertidae) III: valid nomina of the western and central Iberian forms
PHILIPPE GENIEZ, PAULO SÁ-SOUSA, CLAUDE P. GUILLAUME, ALEXANDRE CLUCHIER & PIERRE-ANDRÉ CROCHET
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Article
Zootaxa 3793 (1): 099–118 (28 Apr. 2014)
A new lizard of the Phymaturus genus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from Sierra Grande, northeastern Patagonia, Argentina
Luciano Javier Avila, CRISTIAN hERNÁN FULVIO PÉREZ, IGNACIO MINOLI & Mariana Morando
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Article
Zootaxa 3786 (2): 141–165 (9 Apr. 2014)
Taxonomic assessment of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys), with the description of two new species from the southeastern United States
TRAVIS M. THOMAS, MICHAEL C. GRANATOSKY, JASON R. BOURQUE, KENNETH L. KRYSKO, PAUL E. MOLER, TONY GAMBLE, ERIC SUAREZ, ERIN LEONE, KEVIN M. ENGE & JOE ROMAN
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Article
Zootaxa 3790 (3): 439–450 (22 Apr. 2014)
A new species of bunchgrass lizard (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from the southern sky islands of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico
JARED A. GRUMMER & ROBERT W. BRYSON, JR.
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Article
Zootaxa 3786 (5): 557–573 (14 Apr. 2014)
On the systematics of Trimeresurus labialis Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867,
a pitviper from the Nicobar Islands (India), with revalidation of Trimeresurus mutabilis Stoliczka, 1870 (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae)
GERNOT VOGEL, PATRICK DAVID & S. R. CHANDRAMOULI
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Article
Zootaxa 3786 (4): 401–422 (11 Apr. 2014)
A reappraisal of Notohypshilophodon comodorensis (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina
LUCIO M. IBIRICU, RUBÉN D. MARTÍNEZ, MARCELO LUNA & GABRIEL A. CASAL
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Article
Zootaxa 3786 (3): 359–381 (10 Apr. 2014)
The phylogenetic relationships of three new species of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from poorly explored regions in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. WOOD, JR., SHAHRUL ANUAR, EVAN S. H. QUAH, MOHD ABDUL MUIN, MAKETAB MOHAMED, CHAN KIN ONN, ALEXANDRA X. SUMARLI, ARIEL I. LOREDO & HEATHER M. HEINZ
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Article
Zootaxa 3785 (4): 589–599 (7 Apr. 2014)
A new small karst-dwelling species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Java, Indonesia
AWAL RIYANTO, AARON M. BAUER & Donan Satria Yudha
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Article
Zootaxa 3785 (4): 518–532 (7 Apr. 2014)
A new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khanh Hoa Province, southern Vietnam
NICOLE SCHNEIDER, TRUNG MY PHUNG, MINH DUC LE, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN & THOMAS ZIEGLER
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Article
Zootaxa 3785 (3): 469–480 (4 Apr. 2014)
A new Andean species of Philodryas (Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae) from Ecuador
Hussam Zaher, Juan C. Arredondo, Jorge H. Valencia, Ernesto Arbeláez, Miguel T. Rodrigues & Marco Altamirano-Benavides
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Article
Zootaxa 3785 (2): 201–216 (3 Apr. 2014)
A new green anole lizard of the "Dactyloa" clade (Squamata: Dactyloidae) from the Magdalena river valley of Colombia
JULIÁN A. VELASCO & JUAN PABLO HURTADO-GÓMEZ
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Article
Zootaxa 3785 (1): 059–078 (2 Apr. 2014)
A new species of the genus Calotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from high elevations of the Knuckles Massif of Sri Lanka
A. A. THASUN AMARASINGHE, D. M. S. SURANJAN KARUNARATHNA, JAKOB HALLERMANN, JUNICHI FUJINUMA, HEINZ GRILLITSCH & PATRICK D. CAMPBELL
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Article
Zootaxa 3784 (1): 048–066 (26 Mar. 2014)
DNA barcoding of Vietnamese bent-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) and the description of a new species
SANG NGOC NGUYEN, JUN-XIAO YANG, THANH-NGAN THI LE, LUAN THANH NGUYEN, NIKOLAI L. ORLOV, CHUNG VAN HOANG, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, JIE-QIONG JIN, DING-QI RAO, THAO NGOC HOANG, JING CHE, ROBERT W. MURPHY & YA-PING ZHANG
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Article 
Zootaxa 3774 (4): 381–394 (7 Mar. 2014)
Cyrts in the city: A new Bent-toed Gecko (Genus Cyrtodactylus) is the only endemic species of vertebrate from Batu Caves, Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. WOOD, JR., CHAN KIN ONN, SHAHRUL ANUAR & MOHD ABDUL MUIN
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Article 
Zootaxa 3774 (2): 201–257 (6 Mar. 2014)
Characters of external morphology used in Anolis taxonomy—Definition of terms, advice on usage, and illustrated examples
GUNTHER KÖHLER
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Article 
Zootaxa 3774 (2): 165–182 (5 Mar. 2014)
A new species of the genus Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 from northern Laos (Squamata: Natricidae)
Alexandre TEYNIé, Anne Lottier, Patrick DAVID, Truong Quang Nguyen & Gernot VOGEL
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Article 
Zootaxa 3774 (1): 045–056 (5 Mar. 2014)
A new Andean lizard of the genus Potamites (Sauria, Gymnophthalmidae) from Manu National Park, southeastern Peru
GERMÁN CHÁVEZ & ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI
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Article 
Zootaxa 3768 (2): 139–158 (25 Feb. 2014)
Molecular and morphological assessment of Varanus pilbarensis (Squamata: Varanidae), with a description of a new species from the southern Pilbara, Western Australia
BRAD MARYAN^,, PAUL M. OLIVER, ALISON J. FITCH & MORGAN O’CONNELL
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Article 
Zootaxa 3765 (5): 469–480 (20 Feb. 2014)
A new species of the genus Rhabdophis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guangdong Province, southern China
GUANG-XIANG ZHU, YING-YONG WANG, HIROHIKO TAKEUCHI & ER-MI ZHAO
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Article 
Zootaxa 3765 (4): 317–338 (19 Feb. 2014)
The high-level classification of skinks (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincomorpha)
S. BLAIR HEDGES
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Article
Zootaxa 3764 (3): 347–363 (11 Feb. 2014)
A third new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) 
from Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam
TRUNG MY PHUNG, MONA VAN SCHINGEN, THOMAS ZIEGLER 
& Truong QUang Nguyen
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Article
Zootaxa 3764 (3): 240–278 (11 Feb. 2014)
A new aetosaur from the Upper Triassic of the Santa Maria Formation, southern Brazil
LÚCIO ROBERTO-DA-SILVA, JULIA B. DESOJO, SÉRGIO F. CABREIRA, ALEX S. S. AIRES, RODRIGO T. MÜLLER, CRISTIAN P. PACHECO & SÉRGIO DIAS-DA-SILVA
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Article
Zootaxa 3760 (4): 539–552 (04 Feb. 2014)
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 
1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ba Na–Nui Chua 
Nature Reserve, Central Vietnam
NGO VAN TRI, L. LEE GRISMER, PHAM HONG THAI
& P. L. Wood, Jr.
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Article
Zootaxa 3760 (1): 067–078 (23 Jan. 2014)
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 
(Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northwestern Thailand
L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. WOOD, JR. & MICHAEL COTA
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Article
Zootaxa 3760 (1): 054–066 (30 Jan. 2014)
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) 
from Khammouane Province, Laos
VINH QUANG LUU, THOMAS CALAME, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI, 
Truong QUang Nguyen & THOMAS ZIEGLER
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3759 (1): 001–074 (30 Jan. 2014)
Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late 
Jurassic of Portugal and dentition-based phylogeny as 
a contribution for the identification of isolated theropod teeth
Christophe Hendrickx & Octávio Mateus
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Article
Zootaxa 3755 (6): 584–594 (28 Jan. 2014)
Cyrtodactylus khelangensis, a new cave-dwelling Bent-toed 
Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Lampang Province, 
northern Thailand
OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, MONTRI SUMONTHA,  
NONN PANITVONG & VARAWUT VARAGUTTANONDA
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Article
Zootaxa 3755 (6): 573–583 (28 Jan. 2014)
Cyrtodactylus samroiyot, a new limestone-dwelling Bent-toed 
Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, 
peninsular Thailand
OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS & MONTRI SUMONTHA
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Article
Zootaxa 3755 (5): 477–484 (24 Jan. 2014)
DNA barcoding assessment of genetic variation in two widespread skinks 
from Madagascar, Trachylepis elegans and T. gravenhorstii (Squamata: Scincidae)
Miguel Vences, Alexandra Lima, Aurélien Miralles & Frank Glaw
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Article
Zootaxa 3755 (5): 447–456 (24 Jan. 2014)
A new species of insular Rock Gecko (Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) 
from the Bidong Archipelago, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. WOOD, JR., AMIRRUDIN B. AHMAD, 
ALEXANDRA S.-I. SUMARLI, JESSIKA J. VAZQUEZ, LUKMAN H. B. ISMAIL, 
RONALD NANCE, MUHAMMAD AFIF B. MOHD-AMIN, 
MOHAMAD N. A. B. OTHMAN, SYED A. RIZAIJESSIKA, MARIA KUSS, MATTHEW MURDOCH & ANTHONY COBOS
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Article 
Zootaxa 3755 (5): 434–446 (24 Jan. 2014)
A new species of karst forest-adapted Bent-toed Gecko 
(genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) belonging to the C. sworderi 
complex from a threatened karst forest in Perak, Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER, DAICUS M. BELABUT, EVAN S. H. QUAH, 
CHAN KIN ONN, PERRY L. WOOD, JR. & ROSLI HASIM
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Article
Zootaxa 3755 (3): 273–286 (22 Jan. 2014)
Cnemaspis rammalensis sp. nov., Sri Lanka’s largest day-gecko  
(Sauria: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from Rammalakanda Man and 
Biosphere Reserve in southern Sri Lanka
DULAN RANGA VIDANAPATHIRANA_, M. D. GEHAN RAJEEV, 
NETHU WICKRAMASINGHE_, SAMANTHA SURANJAN FERNANDO 
& L. J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE & L. J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3755 (1): 096–100 (20 Jan. 2014)
New data on the morphology and distribution of the enigmatic Schouteden’s sun snake, 
Helophis schoutedeni (de Witte, 1922) from the Congo Basin
ZOLTÁN T. NAGY, VÁCLAV GVOŽDÍK, DANNY MEIRTE, MARCEL COLLET & 
OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS
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Article 
Zootaxa 3753 (5): 453–468 (09 Jan. 2014)
A new species of pine anole from the Sierra Madre del Sur in Oaxaca, Mexico (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae: Anolis)
GUNTHER KÖHLER, RAÚL GÓMEZ TREJO PÉREZ, CLAUS BO P. PETERSEN & FAUSTO R. MENDEZ DE LA CRUZ
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Article 
Zootaxa 3753 (2): 167–176 (06 Jan. 2014)
A new six-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the coastal zone of northeast Brazil
IGOR JOVENTINO ROBERTO, LUCAS B. M. BRITO & ROBSON W. ÁVILA
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Article 
Zootaxa 3753 (1): 047–058 (03 Jan. 2014)
A new species of spiny-tailed iguanid lizard (Iguania: Stenocercus) from northwestern Peru
PABLO J. VENEGAS, LOURDES Y. ECHEVARRIA & SILVANA C. ALVAREZ
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2013

Article
Zootaxa 3750 (5): 465–493 (23 Dec. 2013)
A molecular phylogeny of the African plated lizards, genus Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae), with the description of two new genera
MICHAEL F. BATES, KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY, SHELLEY EDWARDS, ZOË DAVIDS, JESSICA M. DA SILVA & WILLIAM R. BRANCH
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 3750 (1): 100 (17 Dec. 2013)
JESSE EASTER (2013) A new name for the oviraptorid dinosaur "Ingenia" yanshini (Barsbold, 1981; preoccupied by Gerlach, 1957). Zootaxa, 3737(2): 184–190.
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3746 (4): 600 (13 Dec. 2013)
Erratum: RANDALL L NYDAM, DANIEL J. CHURE & SUSAN E. EVANS (2013) Schillerosaurus gen. nov., a replacement name for the lizard genus Schilleria Evans and Chure, 1999 a junior homonym of Schilleria Dahl, 1907. Zootaxa, 3736 (1): 099–100.
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Article 
Zootaxa 3746 (3): 439–453 (12 Dec. 2013)
The "Rhampholeon uluguruensis complex" (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) and the taxonomic status of the pygmy chameleons in Tanzania
MAKDA FISSEHA, JEAN MARIAUX & MICHELE MENEGON
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Article 
Zootaxa 3746 (3): 463–472 (12 Dec. 2013)
A new species of karst-adapted Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a threatened karst region in Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. WOOD, JR., MAKETAB MOHAMED, KIN ONN CHAN, HEATHER M. HEINZ, ALEX S-I. SUMARLI, JACOB A. CHAN & ARIEL I. LOREDO
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Article 
Zootaxa 3745 (4): 449–468 (6 Dec. 2013)
New species of Stenodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Sharqiyah Sands in northeastern Oman
MARGARITA METALLINOU & SALVADOR CARRANZA
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Zootaxa 3745 (2): 263–295 (4 Dec. 2013)
Two new endemic species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru and additional information on Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924
CLAUDIA KOCH, PABLO J. VENEGAS, DENNIS RÖDDER, MORRIS FLECKS & WOLFGANG BÖHME
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Zootaxa 3745 (1): 035–048 (3 Dec. 2013)
Morphological variation and affinities of the poorly known snake Atractus caxiuana (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)
PAULO PASSOS, LUCIANA O. RAMOS, PEDRO H. PINNA & ANA L. C. PRUDENTE
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Zootaxa 3737 (4): 399–414 (21 Nov. 2013)
Phylogeny of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis species complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vietnam with the description of two new species
SANG NGOC NGUYEN, THANH-NGAN THI LE, THI ANH DAO TRAN, NIKOLAI L. ORLOV, AMY LATHROP, ROSS D. MACCULLOCH, THUY-DUONG THI LE, JIE-QIONG JIN, LUAN THANH NGUYEN, TAO THIEN NGUYEN, DAT DUC HOANG, JING CHE, ROBERT W. MURPHY & YA-PING ZHANG
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Zootaxa 3737 (3): 280–288 (20 Nov. 2013)
Description of a new Tiger Snake (Colubridae, Telescopus ) from south-western Africa
WULF D. HAACKE
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Zootaxa 3737 (2): 184–190 (19 Nov. 2013)
A new name for the oviraptorid dinosaur "Ingenia" yanshini (Barsbold, 1981; preoccupied by Gerlach, 1957)
JESSE EASTER
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3736 (1): 099–100 (11 Nov. 2013)
Schillerosaurus gen. nov., a replacement name for the lizard genus Schilleria Evans and Chure, 1999 a junior homonym of Schilleria Dahl, 1907
RANDALL L NYDAM, DANIEL J. CHURE & SUSAN E. EVANS
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Zootaxa 3736 (1): 089–098 (11 Nov. 2013)
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Vietnam
TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, TANJA LEHMANN, MINH DUC LE, HA THUY DUONG, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI & THOMAS ZIEGLER
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Zootaxa 3736 (1): 054–068 (11 Nov. 2013)
Taxonomic revision of the ornate skink (Oligosoma ornatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex from northern New Zealand
GEOFF B. PATTERSON, ROD A. HITCHMOUGH & DAVID G. CHAPPLE
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Zootaxa 3734 (1): 056–062 (4 Nov. 2013)
A new species of Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from Vietnam
TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, KHOI VU NGUYEN, ROBERT WAYNE VAN DEVENDER, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI & THOMAS ZIEGLER
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Zootaxa 3731 (3): 345–370 (31 Oct. 2013)
Rediscovery of the Earless Microteiid Lizard Anotosaura collaris Amaral, 1933 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): A redescription complemented by osteological, hemipenial, molecular, karyological, physiological and ecological data
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Mauro Teixeira Jr^., Francisco DAL Vechio, Renata Cecília Amaro, Carolina NiSA, AGUSTÍN CAMACHO GUERRERO, RoBerta Damasceno, JULIANA GUSSON ROSCITO, Pedro M. Sales Nunes, & Renato Sousa Recoder
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Zootaxa 3722 (3): 385–395 (23 Oct. 2013)
A new skink (Scincidae: Saproscincus) from rocky rainforest habitat on Cape Melville, north-east Australia
CONRAD J. HOSKIN
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Article
Zootaxa 3722 (3): 333–346 (23 Oct. 2013)
A new species of Acanthodactylus Fitzinger 1834 (Sauria: Lacertidae) from southern Iran
NASTARAN HEIDARI, NASRULLAH RASTEGAR POUYANI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI & MEHDI RAJABIZADEH
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Zootaxa 3722 (3): 317–332 (23 Oct. 2013)
The sexual signals of speciation? A new sexually dimorphic Phymaturus species of the patagonicus clade from Patagonia Argentina
J. ALEJANDRO SCOLARO, MANUEL JARA & DANIEL PINCHEIRA-DONOSO
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Zootaxa 3722 (3): 301–316 (23 Oct. 2013)
A review of the Cnemidophorus lemniscatus group in Central America (Squamata: Teiidae), with comments on other species in the group
JAMES R. MCCRANIE & S. BLAIR HEDGES
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Zootaxa 3718 (6): 561–574 (9 Oct. 2013)
A molecular and morphological characterization of Oliver’s parrot snake, Leptophis coeruleodorsus (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae) with the description of a new species from Tobago
JOHN C. MURPHY, STEVLAND P. CHARLES, RICHARD M. LEHTINEN & KRISTA L. KOELLER
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Zootaxa 3717 (4): 543–558 (1 Oct. 2013)
A spectacular new leaf-tailed gecko (Carphodactylidae: Saltuarius) from the Melville Range, north-east Australia
CONRAD J. HOSKIN & PATRICK COUPER
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Zootaxa 3717 (3): 345–358 (30 Sept. 2013)
A new species of lizard genus Potamites from Ecuador (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae)
MARCO ALTAMIRANO-BENAVIDES, HUSSAM ZAHER, LUCIANA LOBO, FELIPE GOBBI GRAZZIOTIN, PEDRO MURILO SALES NUNES & MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES
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Zootaxa 3716 (3): 349–394 (24 Sept. 2013)
Taxonomic revision of Drymoluber Amaral, 1930 (Serpentes: Colubridae)
HENRIQUE CALDEIRA COSTA, MÁRIO RIBEIRO MOURA & RENATO NEVES FEIO
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Zootaxa 3716 (1): 022–038 (20 Sept. 2013)
A new species of the genus Tropiocolotes Peters, 1880 from western Iran (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae)
VALENTINA KRAUSE, FARAHAM AHMADZADEH, MOSTAFA MOAZENI, Philipp WAGNER & THOMAS M. WILMS
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Zootaxa 3710 (5): 415–435 (17 Sept. 2013)
A new species of Lygodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) endemic to Mount Namuli, an isolated ‘sky island’ of northern Mozambique
DANIEL M. PORTIK, SCOTT L. TRAVERS, AARON M. BAUER & WILLIAM R. BRANCH
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Zootaxa 3709 (2): 162–176 (4 Sept. 2013)
A new species of Homonota (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) endemic to the hills of Paraje Tres Cerros, Corrientes Province, Argentina
RODRIGO CAJADE, EDUARDO GABRIEL ETCHEPARE, CAMILA FALCIONE, DIEGO ANDRÉS BARRASSO & BLANCA BEATRIZ ALVAREZ
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3710 (1): 099–099 (11 Sept. 2013)
Correction to "Nomenclature of African species of the genus Stenodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)" by Metallinou and Crochet (2013)
PIERRE-ANDRÉ CROCHET & MARGARITA METALLINOU
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3703 (1): 012–014 (30 Aug. 2013) 
Order Testudines: 2013 update. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)
UWE FRITZ & PETER HAVAŠ
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Article
Zootaxa 3702 (3): 233–246 (27 Aug. 2013)
A new species of Kukri Snake (Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826; Squamata: Colubridae) from the Cat Tien National Park, southern Vietnam
ANNA B. VASSILIEVA, PETER GEISSLER, EDUARD A. GALOYAN, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV Jr, ROBERT WAYNE VAN DEVENDER & WOLFGANG BÖHME
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Zootaxa 3701 (5): 473–517 (22 Aug. 2013)
Redescription of Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with clarification of its synonyms and the description of a new species
SVEN MECKE, PAUL DOUGHTY & STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN
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Article
Zootaxa 3701 (3): 301–321 (20 Aug. 2013)
A new titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil
ELAINE B. MACHADO, LEONARDO DOS S. AVILLA, WILLIAM R. NAVA, DIOGENES DE A. CAMPOS & ALEXANDER W. A. KELLNER
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Article
Zootaxa 3701 (2): 257–276 (19 Aug. 2013)
Lizard Wears Shades. A Spectacled Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae), from the Sacred Forests of Mawphlang, Meghalaya, North-east India
ANIRUDDHA DATTA-ROY, INDRANEIL DAS, AARON M. BAUER, RONALD K. LYNGDOH TRON & PRAVEEN KARANTH
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Article
Zootaxa 3700 (3): 501–533 (15 Aug. 2013)
Systematic revision of the Parvoscincus decipiens (Boulenger, 1894) complex of Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Lygosominae) with descriptions of seven new species
CHARLES W. LINKEM & RAFE M. BROWN
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Article
Zootaxa 3694 (6): 501–524 (8 Aug. 2013)
A new species of lizard in the genus Caledoniscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from southern New Caledonia and a review of Caledoniscincus atropunctatus (Roux)
ROSS A. SADLIER, AARON M. BAUER, PERRY L.WOOD, Jr., SARAH A. SMITH & TODD R. JACKMAN
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Zootaxa 3694 (4): 301–335 (6 Aug. 2013)
On some taxonomically confused species of the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 related to Amphiesma khasiense (Boulenger, 1890) (Squamata, Natricidae)
PATRICK DAVID, GERNOT VOGEL & JOHAN VAN ROOIJEN
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Zootaxa 3694 (2): 196–200 (2 Aug. 2013)
Second record of the West African hairy bush viper Atheris hirsuta Ernst & Rödel, 2002 (Serpentes: Viperidae)
JOHANNES PENNER, LEGRAND NONO GONWOUO & MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL
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Article
Zootaxa 3694 (1): 051–058 (1 Aug. 2013)
A new species of Phyllodactylus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonoidea, Phyllodactylidae) from Isla de Guanaja in the Honduran Bay Islands
JAMES R. MCCRANIE & S. BLAIR HEDGES
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Zootaxa 3694 (1): 040–050 (1 Aug. 2013)
Two additional new species of Sphaerodactylus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonoidea, Sphaerodactylidae) from the Honduran Bay Islands
JAMES R. MCCRANIE & S. BLAIR HEDGES
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Article
Zootaxa 3693 (2): 182–188 (29 Jul. 2013)
Redescription of Phalotris labiomaculatus (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini), with notes on the taxonomic boundaries within the nasutus group
BRENO HAMDAN, NELSON JORGE DA SILVA JR, HELDER LUCIO RODRIGUES SILVA, CARLOS EDUARDO D. CINTRA & THALES DE LEMA
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Article
Zootaxa 3691 (5): 538–558 (24 Jul. 2013)
A new species of lowland karst dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northwestern Peninsular Malaysia
PERRY L. WOOD, JR., EVAN S.H. QUAH, SHAHRUL ANUAR M.S. & MOHD ABDUL MUIN
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Zootaxa 3691 (3): 365–376 (22 Jul. 2013)
Nomenclature of African species of the genus Stenodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
MARGARITA METALLINOU & PIERRE-ANDRÉ CROCHET
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Zootaxa 3686 (4): 432–446 (15 Jul. 2013)
A new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phu Yen Province, southern Vietnam
THOMAS ZIEGLER, TRUNG MY PHUNG, MINH DUC LE & TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN
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Article
Zootaxa 3686 (2): 183–200 (11 Jul. 2013)
Taxonomic reappraisal of the sphagesaurid crocodyliform Sphagesaurus montealtensis from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of São Paulo State, Brazil
FABIANO VIDOI IORI, THIAGO DA SILVA MARINHO, ISMAR DE SOUZA CARVALHO & ANTONIO CELSO DE ARRUDA CAMPOS
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3686 (1): 99–100 (10 Jul. 2013)
Erratum: LAUREN M. CHAN, JAMES W. ARCHIE, ANNE D. YODER & LEE A. FITZGERALD (2013) Review of the systematic status of Sceloporus arenicolus Degenhardt and Jones, 1972 with an estimate of divergence time. Zootaxa, 3664(3), 312–320.
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Article
Zootaxa 3683 (2): 117–132 (3 Jul. 2013)
Description of new andean species of the genus Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Northwestern Argentina 
FERNANDO LOBO, ALEJANDRO LASPIUR & JUAN CARLOS ACOSTA
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Zootaxa 3681 (5): 524–538 (25 Jun. 2013)
A new species of Liolaemus from the darwinii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae), Tucumán province, Argentina
VIVIANA JUÁREZ HEREDIA, CECILIA ROBLES & MONIQUE HALLOY
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Article
Zootaxa 3681 (4): 455–477 (24 Jun. 2013)
The genus Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae) in State of Piauí, northeastern Brazil, with description of a new species
MARCÉLIA BASTO DA SILVA, & TERESA C.S. ÁVILA-PIRES
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Zootaxa 3681 (4): 413–439 (24 Jun. 2013)
A new microendemic species of Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from southern Brazil and revalidation of Tropidurus catalanensis Gudynas & Skuk, 1983
TOBIAS SARAIVA KUNZ & MÁRCIO BORGES-MARTINS
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Article
Zootaxa 3681 (2): 136–146 (20 Jun. 2013)
A new blind snake (Typhlopidae) from Northeastern Cuba
MICHEL DOMÍNGUEZ, ANSEL FONG G. & MANUEL ITURRIAGA
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Article
Zootaxa 3670 (2): 238–254 (12 Jun. 2013)
Complex phylogeography in Rhinoclemmys melanosterna: conflicting mitochondrial and nuclear evidence suggests past hybridization (Testudines: Geoemydidae)
MARIO VARGAS-RAMÍREZ, JOHN L. CARR & UWE FRITZ
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Article
Zootaxa 3670 (1): 055–062 (11 Jun. 2013)
A long-lost relic from the Eastern Ghats: Morphology, distribution and habitat of Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870 (Squamata: Scincidae)
ANIRUDDHA DATTA-ROY, PRATYUSH P. MOHAPATRA, SUSHIL K. DUTTA, VARAD B. GIRI, DEEPAK VEERAPPAN, SIMON T. MADDOCK, PRUDHVI RAJ, ISHAN AGARWAL, & PRAVEEN KARANTH
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Article
Zootaxa 3670 (1): 001–032 (11 Jun. 2013)
A morphology-based phylogeny of the Liolaemus alticolor–bibronii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae)
ANDRÉS SEBASTIÁN QUINTEROS
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Article
Zootaxa 3669 (2): 101–114 (6 Jun. 2013)
Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae)
SHELLEY EDWARDS, WILLIAM R. BRANCH, BIEKE VANHOOYDONCK, ANTHONY HERREL, G. JOHN MEASEY & KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY
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Article
Zootaxa 3664 (4): 537–553 (28 May 2013)
Two new subspecies of the leaf-tailed gecko Phyllurus ossa (Lacertilia: Carphodactylidae) from mid-eastern Queensland, Australia 
PATRICK COUPER & CONRAD J. HOSKIN
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Article
Zootaxa 3664 (4): 505–524 (28 May 2013)
Cryptic speciation within Asthenodipsas vertebralis (Boulenger, 1900) (Squamata: Pareatidae), the description of a new species from Peninsular Malaysia, and the resurrection of A. tropidonotus (Lidth de Jude, 1923) from Sumatra: an integrative taxonomic analysis 
ARIEL I. LOREDO, PERRY L. WOOD, JR., EVAN S. H. QUAH, SHAHRUL ANUAR, LEE F. GREER, NORHAYATI AHMAD & L. LEE GRISMER
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Article
Zootaxa 3664 (3): 312–320 (27 May 2013)
Review of the systematic status of Sceloporus arenicolus Degenhardt and Jones, 1972 with an estimate of divergence time 
LAUREN M. CHAN, JAMES W. ARCHIE, ANNE D. YODER & LEE A. FITZGERALD
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Article
Zootaxa 3652 (5): 547–561 (21 May 2013)
The rediscovery of Oplurus bibronii Guichenot, 1848 a valid species of the liolaemid genus Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) 
JAIME TRONCOSO-PALACIOS, FERNANDO LOBO, RICHARD ETHERIDGE, JUAN CARLOS ACOSTA & ALEJANDRO LASPIUR
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Article
Zootaxa 3652 (5): 501–518 (21 May 2013)
A new species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the border region between China and Vietnam 
TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, YING-YONG WANG, JIAN-HUAN YANG, TANJA LEHMANN, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER & MICHAEL BONKOWSKI
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3647 (4): 593–596 (13 May 2013)
The distress call of Caiman crocodilus crocodilus (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) in western Amazonia, Brazil
IGOR JOVENTINO ROBERTO & ROBINSON BOTERO-ARIAS
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Article
Zootaxa 3647 (4): 527–540 (13 May 2013)
A new species of the genus Ocadia (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from the middle Miocene of Tanegashima Island, southwestern Japan and its paleogeographic implications 
AKIO TAKAHASHI, KIMIHIKO ŌKI, TAKAHIRO ISHIDO & REN HIRAYAMA
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3646 (5): 600 (07 May 2013)
Erratum: Wang, S., Sun, C., Sullivan, C. & Xu, X. (2013) A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China. Zootaxa, 3640 (2), 242–257.
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Article
Zootaxa 3646 (3): 289–296 (03 May 2013)
A new species of the genus Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Guangdong Province, China 
JIAN-HUAN YANG, YIK-HEI SUNG & BOSCO PUI-LOK CHAN
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3646 (2): 200 (02 May 2013)
Erratum: MAURO TEIXEIRA JR, FRANCISCO DAL VECHIO, PEDRO M. SALES NUNES, ANTONIO MOLLO NETO, LUCIANA MOREIRA LOBO, LUIS FERNANDO STORTI, RENATO AUGUSTO JUNQUEIRA GAIGA, PEDRO HENRIQUE FREIRE DIAS, MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES (2013) A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the western Brazilian Amazonia. Zootaxa, 3636(3): 401–420.
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Article
Zootaxa 3640 (2): 242–257 (17 Apr. 2013)
A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China
SHUO WANG, CHENGKAI SUN, CORWIN SULLIVAN & XING XU
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Zootaxa 3640 (1): 42–56 (16 Apr. 2013)
On the distribution and conservation of the South American lizard genus Tropidurus Wied-Neuwied, 1825 (Squamata: Tropiduridae)
ANDRÉ LUIZ GOMES DE CARVALHO
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3637 (4): 493–497 (12 Apr. 2013)
Description of a second specimen of Leptotyphlops parkeri (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae), with comments on its generic placement
JEFF BOUNDY
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Zootaxa 3637 (4): 484–492 (12 Apr. 2013)
Synonyms for some species of Mexican anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae)
ADRIÁN NIETO MONTES DE OCA, STEVEN POE, SIMON SCARPETTA, LEVI GRAY & CARL S. LIEB
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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (2): 158–168 (10 Apr. 2013)
A new species of cat snake (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae: Boiga) from dry forests of eastern Peninsular India 
GERNOT VOGEL & S.R. GANESH
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Zootaxa 3636 (3): 401–420 (5 Apr. 2013)
A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the western Brazilian Amazonia
MAURO TEIXEIRA JR, FRANCISCO DAL VECHIO, PEDRO M. SALES NUNES, ANTONIO MOLLO NETO, LUCIANA MOREIRA LOBO, LUIS FERNANDO STORTI, RENATO AUGUSTO JUNQUEIRA GAIGA, PEDRO HENRIQUE FREIRE DIAS, MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES
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Article 
Zootaxa 3635 (4): 459–475 (28 Mar. 2013)
A new species of Leposoma (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with four fingers from the Atlantic Forest central corridor in Bahia, Brazil
MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES, MAURO TEIXEIRA JR., RENATO SOUSA RECODER, FRANCISCO DAL VECHIO, ROBERTA DAMASCENO & KATIA CRISTINA MACHADO PELLEGRINO
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Article 
Zootaxa 3635 (3): 275–285 (27 Mar. 2013)
Cyrtodactylus sanook (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling gecko from Chumphon Province, southern Thailand
OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS, MONTRI SUMONTHA, ALICE LATINNE & L. LEE GRISMER
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Article 
Zootaxa 3630 (2): 317–332 (20 Mar. 2013)
Resolving an enigma by integrative taxonomy: Madagascarophis fuchsi (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), a new opisthoglyphous and microendemic snake from northern Madagascar
FRANK GLAW, CHRISTOPH KUCHARZEWSKI, JÖRN KÖHLER, MIGUEL VENCES & ZOLTÁN T. NAGY
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Article 
Zootaxa 3626 (4): 401–428 (15 Mar. 2013)
External morphology and osteology of Darevskia rudis (Bedriaga, 1886), with a taxonomic revision of the Pontic and Small-Caucasus populations (Squamata: Lacertidae)
OSCAR ARRIBAS, ÇETİN ILGAZ, YUSUF KUMLUTAŞ, SALİH HAKAN DURMUŞ, AZİZ AVCI & NAZAN ÜZÜM
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 (13 Mar. 2013)
1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted
STEVEN POE
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Article 
Zootaxa 3626 (1): 1–54 (12 Mar. 2013)
Distribution and variation of the giant alpha anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) of the genus Dactyloa in the highlands of western Panama, with the description of a new species formerly referred to as D. microtus
SEBASTIAN LOTZKAT, ANDREAS HERTZ, JOE-FELIX BIENENTREU & GUNTHER KÖHLER
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3620 (3): 500 (7 Mar. 2013)
Erratum: Chelséa B. Johnson, Evan Quah, S. H., Shahrul Anuar, M. A. Muin, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Jesse L. Grismer, Lee F. Greer, Chan Kin Onn, Norhayati Ahmad, Aaron M. Bauer & L. Lee Grismer (2012) Phylogeography, geographic variation, and taxonomy of the Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus Taylor, 1962 from Peninsular Malaysia with the description of a new swamp dwelling species. Zootaxa, 3406, 39–58.
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Article 
Zootaxa 3620 (2): 245–259 (6 Mar. 2013)
A lost species or the loss of stripes? The case of Contomastix lizards from Cabo Polonio, Uruguay, with observations on C. lacertoides (Duméril & Bibron) and Cnemidophorus grandensis Cope (Squamata, Teiidae)
CLAUDIO BORTEIRO, FRANCISCO KOLENC, CARLOS PRIGIONI, MARIANA L. LYRA & DIEGO BALDO
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Article 
Zootaxa 3619 (4): 428–452 (1 Mar. 2013)
Liolaemus carlosgarini and Liolaemus riodamas (Squamata: Liolaemidae), two new species of lizards lacking precloacal pores, from Andean areas of central Chile
DAMIEN ESQUERRÉ, HERMAN NÚÑEZ & JOSÉ ALEJANDRO SCOLARO
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Article 
Zootaxa 3619 (1): 59–69 (26 Feb. 2013)
Deep Divergences within Liolaemus nigroviridis (Squamata, Liolaemidae) Lineages Associated with Sky Islands in Central Chile
FRANCO CIANFERONI, ROMINA P. YÁÑEZ, R. EDUARDO PALMA, CARLOS F. GARIN & FERNANDO TORRES-PÉREZ
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Article 
Zootaxa 3619 (1): 46–58 (26 Feb. 2013)
The reptile type specimens preserved in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC) of Madrid, Spain
TERESA GARCÍA-DÍEZ & JOSÉ E. GONZÁLEZ-FERNÁNDEZ
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Article 
Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238 (20 Feb. 2013)
Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update
LUCIANO JAVIER AVILA, LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO
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Article 
Zootaxa 3616 (2): 173–189 (19 Feb. 2013)
A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Eastern Brazilian Cerrado, and data on its ecology, physiology and behavior
MAURO TEIXEIRA JR, RENATO SOUSA RECODER, AGUSTÍN CAMACHO, MARCO AURÉLIO DE SENA, CARLOS ARTURO NAVAS & MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES
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Article 
Zootaxa 3616 (2): 151–164 (19 Feb. 2013)
Cyrtodactylus dati, a new forest dwelling Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam
NGO VAN TRI
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3609 (5): 520 (1 Feb. 2013)
Erratum: Andrew T. McDonald, Eduardo Espílez, Luis Mampel, James I. Kirkland & Luis Alcalá (2012) An unusual new basal iguanodont (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Teruel, Spain. Zootaxa, 3595, 61–76.
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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (3): 291–301 (30 Jan. 2013)
A new species of arboreal iguanid lizard, genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania), from central Peru
PABLO J. VENEGAS, VILMA DURAN & KARLA GARCIA-BURNEO
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Article 
Zootaxa 3608 (4): 221–238 (21 Jan. 2013)
Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus rothi complex and a new species of lizard from Auca Mahuida Volcano (Squamata: Liolaemini)
LUCIANO JAVIER AVILA, MELISA OLAVE, CRISTIAN HERNAN FULVIO PEREZ
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3599 (4): 400 (8 Jan. 2013)
Erratum: AWAL RIYANTO (2012) Cyrtodactylus hikidai sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae): a new bent toed gecko from Mount Ranai, Bunguran island, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 3583, 22–30.
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Article
Zootaxa 3599 (4): 301–324 (8 Jan. 2013)
A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications 
AARON M. BAUER, RAFAQAT MASROOR, JAMES TITUS-MCQUILLAN, MATTHEW P. HEINICKE, JUAN D. DAZA & TODD R. JACKMAN
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Article
Zootaxa 3599 (3): 246–260 (7 Jan. 2013)
A new species of the genus Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from southern Vietnam
TIMO HARTMANN, PETER GEISSLER, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV, Jr., FLORA IHLOW, EDUARD A. GALOYAN, DENNIS RÖDDER & WOLFGANG BÖHME
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2012

Article
Zootaxa 3595: 61–76 (21 Dec. 2012) 10 plates; 67 references             Accepted: 31 Oct. 2012
An unusual new basal iguanodont (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Teruel, Spain 
ANDREW T. MCDONALD (USA), EDUARDO ESPÍLEZ (Spain), LUIS MAMPEL (Spain), JAMES I. KIRKLAND (Spain) & LUIS ALCALÁ (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3583: 22–30 (13 Dec. 2012) 4 plates; 20 references               Accepted: 13 Nov. 2012
Cyrtodactylus hikidai sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae): a new bent toed gecko from Mount Ranai, Bunguran island, Indonesia 
AWAL RIYANTO (Indonesia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3575: 63–77 (7 Dec. 2012) 6 plates; 57 references                Accepted: 1 Nov. 2012
Taxonomic validity of Mesoclemmys heliostemma (McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Lamar, 2001) (Testudines, Chelidae) inferred from morphological analysis 
FLAVIO B. MOLINA, FABIO A. MACHADO & HUSSAM ZAHER (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3572: 43–54 (5 Dec. 2012) 6 plates; 63 references             Accepted: 24 Oct. 2012
A new species of Amphisbaena Linnaeus (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the state of Maranhão, northern Brazilian Cerrado 
JERRIANE O. GOMES & ADRIANO O. MACIEL (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3565: 44–54 (28 Nov. 2012) 5 plates; 15 references                Accepted: 29 Oct. 2012
A new montane species of Cercosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Colombia, with notes on the distribution of the genus 
TIFFANY M. DOAN & WILLIAM W. LAMAR (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3560: 1–31 (23 Nov. 2012) 4 plates; 55 references                  Accepted: 27 Aug. 2012
Detection of Crocodylus mindorensis x Crocodylus porosus (Crocodylidae) hybrids in a Philippine crocodile systematics analysis 
JOHN ARIES G. TABORA (Philippines), MA. RHEYDA P. HINLO (New Zealand), CAROLYN A. BAILEY (USA), RUNHUA LEI (USA), CAYETANO C. POMARES (Philippines), GLENN REBONG (Philippines), MERLIJN VAN WEERD (the Netherlands), SHANNON E. ENGBERG (USA), RICK A. BRENNEMAN (USA) & EDWARD E. LOUIS, JR. (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3556: 39–54 (20 Nov. 2012) 7 plates; 24 references               Accepted: 16 Oct. 2012
A new species of Diporiphora from the Goneaway Tablelands of Western Queensland 
PATRICK COUPER, JANE MELVILLE, ANGUS EMMOTT AND STEPHANIE N. J. CHAPPLE (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3551: 82–88 (16 Nov. 2012) 2 plates; 30 references              Accepted: 17 Oct. 2012
Taxonomic status of two enigmatic Mexican anoles: Anolis cumingii Peters 1863 and Anolis guentherii Bocourt 1873 (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae) 
GUNTHER KÖHLER (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3550: 1–25 (15 Nov. 2012) 14 plates; 78 references                Accepted: 17 Oct. 2012
Reappraisal of the taxonomic status of Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope 1885) and Amphisbaena albocingulata Boettger 1885 (Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae) 
RENATA PEREZ, SÍRIA RIBEIRO & MÁRCIO BORGES-MARTINS (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3546: 1–28 (12 Nov. 2012) 13 plates; 24 references              Accepted: 16 Oct. 2012
Description of two new Carlia species (Reptilia: Scincidae) from north-east Australia, elevation of Carlia pectoralis inconnexa Ingram & Covacevich 1989 to full species status, and redescription of Carlia pectoralis (de Vis 1884) 
CONRAD J. HOSKIN & PATRICK J. COUPER (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3522: 61–72 (19 Oct. 2012) 8 plates; 15 references               Accepted: 18 Sept. 2012
A new forest-dwelling gecko from Phuket Island, Southern Thailand, related to Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) 
MONTRI SUMONTHA (Thailand) , OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium), KIRATI KUNYA (Thailand), AWAT NITIKUL (Thailand), PHAMON SAMPHANTHAMIT (Thailand) & L. LEE GRISMER (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3520: 1–55 (18 Oct. 2012) 19 plates; 70 references                 Accepted: 10 Sept. 2012
A phylogeny and taxonomy of the Thai-Malay Peninsula Bent-toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae): combined morphological and molecular analyses with descriptions of seven new species 
L. LEE GRISMER (USA), PERRY L. WOOD, JR. (USA), EVAN S. H. QUAH (Malaysia), SHAHRUL ANUAR (Malaysia), MOHD. ABDUL MUIN (Malaysia), MONTRI SUMONTHA (Thailand), NORHAYATI AHMAD (Malaysia), AARON M. BAUER (USA), SANSAREEYA WANGKULANGKUL (Thailand), JESSE L. GRISMER (USA) & OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS (Belgium)
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Article
Zootaxa 3518: 66–78 (16 Oct. 2012) 6 plates; 24 references                 Accepted: 18 Sept. 2012
A strikingly polychromatic new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from northern Venezuela 
CARLOS RIVERO-BLANCO (Venezuela) & WALTER E. SCHARGEL (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3518: 1–24 (16 Oct. 2012) 19 plates; 25 references                  Accepted: 20 Aug. 2012
Taxonomic assessment of Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) dragon lizards from the western arid zone of Australia 
PAUL DOUGHTY, LUKE KEALLEY & JANE MELVILLE (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3513: 68–78 (10 Oct. 2012) 7 plates; 8 references                  Accepted: 18 Sept. 2012
A new species of Parachute Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: genus Ptychozoon) from Kaeng Krachan National Park, western Thailand 
MONTRI SUMONTHA (Thailand), OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium), KIRATI KUNYA (Thailand), CHAIWAT LIMLIKHITAKSORN (Thailand), SIRICHAI RUKSUE (Thailand), APIRAT TAOKRATOK (Thailand), MICHEL ANSERMET (Switzerland) & LAWAN CHANHOME (Thailand)
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Article
Zootaxa 3513: 1–50 (10 Oct. 2012) 29 plates; 100 references                 Accepted: 14 Sept. 2012
Systematics of the Dendrophidion nuchale complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) with the description of a new species from Central America 
JOHN E. CADLE & JAY M. SAVAGE (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3512: 42–52 (10 Oct. 2012) 3 plates; 44 references                 Accepted: 11 Sept. 2012
Taxonomy of Epictia munoai (Orejas-Miranda, 1961) (Squamata: Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) 
BÁRBARA CRISTINA S. FRANCISCO, ROBERTA R. PINTO & DANIEL S. FERNANDES (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3505: 67–74 (3 Oct. 2012) 3 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 18 Sept. 2012
Genetic and morphological evidence on the species validity of Gekko melli Vogt, 1922 with notes on its diagnosis and range extension (Squamata: Gekkonidae) 
JIAN-HUAN YANG, YING-YONG WANG, TIAN-DU ZHANG, YAN-JUN SUN 
& SHI-SHI LIN (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3498: 45–62 (26 Sept. 2012) 6 plates; 25 references                  Accepted: 22 Aug. 2012
A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from northern Vietnam, southern China and central Laos 
PATRICK DAVID (France), TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN (Vietnam), TAO THIEN NGUYEN (Vietnam), KE JIANG (China), TIANBO CHEN (China), ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ (France) & THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3492: 65–76 (20 Sept. 2012) 6 plates; 24 references                  Accepted: 28 Aug. 2012
Two new species of geckos from Honduras and resurrection of Sphaerodactylus continentalis Werner from the synonymy of Sphaerodactylus millepunctatus Hallowell (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonoidea, Sphaerodactylidae) 
JAMES R. MCCRANIE & S. BLAIR HEDGES (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3490: 63–74 (19 Sept. 2012) 17 plates; 37 references                  Accepted: 18 Jul. 2012
Description of a new pygmy chameleon (Chamaeleonidae: Brookesia) from central Madagascar 
ANGELICA CROTTINI (Portugal), AURÉLIEN MIRALLES (Germany), FRANK GLAW (Germany), D. JAMES HARRIS (Portugal), ALEXANDRA LIMA (Portugal) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3490: 1–29 (19 Sept. 2012) 05 plates; 31 references                    Accepted: 26 Jul. 2012
On the identity of the type species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae): Lygosoma melanopogon Duméril and Bibron 1839, with a note on a new scalation character of the pes in Sphenomorphus 
GLENN M. SHEA (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3485: 26–40 (17 Sept. 2012) 5 plates; 31 references                   Accepted: 14 Aug. 2012
A new species of Sibon (Squamata: Colubroidea: Dipsadidae) from the Cordillera Central of western Panama, with comments on other species of the genus in the area 
SEBASTIAN LOTZKAT, ANDREAS HERTZ & GUNTHER KÖHLER (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3484: 1–34 (14 Sept. 2012) 10 plates; 363 references                  Accepted: 7 Aug. 2012  
The dog-faced water snakes, a revision of the genus Cerberus Cuvier, (Squamata, Serpentes, Homalopsidae), with the description of a new species
JOHN C. MURPHY, HAROLD K. VORIS & DARYL R. KARNS (USA)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 3480: 88 (12 Sept. 2012)
Erratum: KIRSTEN E. NICHOLSON, BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE (2012) It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Zootaxa, 3477, 1–108.
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3477: 1–108 (10 Sept. 2012) 43 plates; 183 references                   Accepted: 17 May 2012   
It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae)
KIRSTEN E. NICHOLSON, BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3473: 1–60 (7 Sept. 2012) 47 plates; 92 references                 Accepted: 17 May 2012   
A revision of the species group of Xenochrophis piscator (Schneider, 1799) (Squamata: Natricidae)
Gernot VOGEL & Patrick DAVID
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3459: 1–156 (7 Sept. 2012) 78 plates; 187 references                 Accepted: 4 Jul. 2012   
Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)
MICHAEL B. HARVEY, GABRIEL N. UGUETO & RONALD L. GUTBERLET, Jr.
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Article
Zootaxa 3451: 31–45 (4 Sept. 2012) 6 plates; 31 references                     Accepted: 18 Jul. 2012
A new species of Coryphophylax Fitzinger in: Steindachner, 1867 (Sauria: Iguania: Agamidae) from the Andaman Islands, India
S. HARIKRISHNAN (India), KARTHIKEYAN VASUDEVAN (India), S. R. CHANDRAMOULI (India), B. C. CHOUDHURY (India), SUSHIL KUMAR DUTTA (India) & INDRANEIL DAS (Malaysia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3451: 17–30 (4 Sept. 2012) 6 plates; 39 references                     Accepted: 4 Jul. 2012
A new species of Phymaturus of the patagonicus clade (Squamata, Liolaemidae) from isolated plateau of southwestern Rio Negro Province, Argentina
JOSÉ ALEJANDRO SCOLARO, FAUSTO MÉNDEZ DE LA CRUZ & NORA R. IBARGÜENGOYTÍA (Argentina)
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Article
Zootaxa 3437: 5 1–68 (24 Aug. 2012) 11 plates; 53 references                   Accepted: 29 Jun. 2012
A new species of coralsnake of the genus Calliophis (Squamata: Elapidae) from the west coast of peninsular India
ERIC N. SMITH (USA), HEMANT OGALE (India), V. DEEPAK (India) & VARAD B. GIRI (India)
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Article
Zootaxa 3436: 1–23 (23 Aug. 2012) 9 plates; 70 references                       Accepted: 22 Jun. 2012
A new cryptic species allied to Plestiodon japonicus (Peters, 1864) (Squamata: Scincidae) from eastern Japan, and diagnoses of the new species and two parapatric congeners based on morphology and DNA barcode
TAKU OKAMOTO & TSUTOMU HIKIDA (Japan)
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Article
Zootaxa 3431: 19–36 (21 Aug. 2012) 9 plates; 31 references                    Accepted: 9 Jul. 2012
A new species of Homonota (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from the Ventania mountain range, Southeastern Pampas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
LUCIANO JAVIER AVILA, CRISTIAN HERNAN FULVIO PEREZ, IGNACIO MINOLI & MARIANA MORANDO (Argentina)
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Article
Zootaxa 3431: 1–18 (21 Aug. 2012) 6 plates; 80 references                    Accepted: 19 Jun. 2012
Aipysurus mosaicus, a new species of egg-eating sea snake (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), with a redescription of Aipysurus eydouxii (Gray, 1849)
KATE L. SANDERS (Australia), ARNE R. RASMUSSEN (Denmark), JOHAN ELMBERG (Sweden), MUMPUNI (Indonesia), MICHAEL GUINEA (Australia), PETER BLIAS (Australia), MICHAEL S.Y. LEE (Australia) & BRYAN G. FRY (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3407: 1–21 (2 Aug. 2012) 13 plates; 57 references                       Accepted: 13 Jun. 2012
Morphological variation, polymorphism, and Taxonomy of the Atractus torquatus complex (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)
PAULO PASSOS & ANA L. C. PRUDENTE (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3406: 39–58 (1 Aug. 2012) 8 plates; 30 references                       Accepted: 18 May 2012
Phylogeography, geographic variation, and taxonomy of the Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus Taylor, 1962 from Peninsular Malaysia with the description of a new swamp dwelling species
CHELSÉA B. JOHNSON (USA), EVAN QUAH, S. H. (Malaysia), SHAHRUL ANUAR (Malaysia), M. A. MUIN (Malaysia), PERRY L. WOOD, JR. (USA), JESSE L. GRISMER (USA), LEE F. GREER (USA), CHAN KIN ONN (USA), NORHAYATI AHMAD (Malaysia), AARON M. BAUER (USA) & L. LEE GRISMER (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3404: 1–52 (31 Jul. 2012) 22 plates; 158 references                  Accepted: 28 May 2012
Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus)
AARON M. BAUER (USA), TODD R. JACKMAN (USA), ROSS A. SADLIER (Australia) & ANTHONY H. WHITAKER (New Zealand)
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Article
Zootaxa 3395: 18–32 (23 Jul. 2012) 5 plates; 20 references                  Accepted: 24 May 2012
Schweigger’s (1812) chelonian types from the extinct eighteenth century Portuguese “Royal cabinet of natural history of Ajuda”: some contributions for their identification and nomenclatural implications
LUIS M. P. CERÍACO (Portugal) & ROGER BOUR (France)
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Article
Zootaxa 3392: 35–46 (18 Jul. 2012) 9 plates; 41 references                      Accepted: 18 May 2012
A new species of Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Thailand and Myanmar
GERNOT VOGEL (Germany), JOHAN VAN ROOIJEN (The Netherlands) & SJON HAUSER (Thailand)
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Article
Zootaxa 3391: 1–22 (18 Jul. 2012) 6 plates; 78 references                        Accepted: 17 May 2012
A new species of chameleon (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) from the Aberdare Mountains in the central highlands of Kenya
JAN STIPALA (UK), NICOLA LUTZMANN (Germany), PATRICK K. MALONZA (Kenya), PAUL WILKINSON (UK), BRENDAN GODLEY (UK), JOASH NYAMACHE (Kenya) & MATTHEW R. EVANS (UK)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3390: 65–67 (17 Jul. 2012) 0 plate; 44 references                       Accepted: 16 May 2012
Intellagama lesueurii (Gray, 1831), the correct binomial combination for the Australian Eastern Water Dragon (Sauria, Agamidae)
ANDREW P. AMEY, PATRICK J. COUPER & GLENN M. SHEA (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3390: 1–18 (17 Jul. 2012) 7 plates; 45 references                     Accepted: 15 May 2012
Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of the Ctenotus labillardieri (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) species group and a new species of immediate conservation concern in the southwestern Australian biodiversity hotspot
GEOFFREY M. KAY & J. SCOTT KEOGH (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3388: 41–55 (13Jul. 2012) 4 plates; 49 references                  Accepted: 21 May 2012
A new species of kukri snake (Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains, southwest Cambodia
THY NEANG (Cambodia), L. LEE GRISMER (USA) & JENNIFER C. DALTRY (UK)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3378: 1–95 (4 Jul. 2012) 33 plates; 126 references                 Accepted: 7 May 2012   
A review of the geckos of the genus Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Oman based on morphology, mitochondrial and nuclear data, with descriptions of eight new species
SALVADOR CARRANZA & EDWIN NICHOLAS ARNOLD
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Article
Zootaxa 3359: 17–30 (28 Jun 2012) 15 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 7 May 2012
Rediscovery of the Sri Lankan ‘house gecko’ Hemidactylus pieresii Kelaart (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) with a redescription of Hemidactylus depressus Gray
SUDESH BATUWITA (Sri Lanka) & ROHAN PETHIYAGODA (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3348: 1–23 (15 Jun. 2012) 13 plates; 73 references                  Accepted: 10 Apr. 2012
Evidence for the recognition of two species of Anolis formerly referred to as A. tropidogaster (Squamata: Dactyloidae)
GUNTHER KÖHLER (Germany), ABEL BATISTA (Germany), MILAN VESELY (Czech Republic), MARCOS PONCE (Panama), ARCADIO CARRIZO (Germany) & SEBASTIAN LOTZKAT (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3339: 57–68 (8 Jun. 2012) 4 plates; 17 references                  Accepted: 30 Apr. 2012
A new species of Plestiodon (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, México
MANUEL FERIA-ORTIZ & URI OMAR GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ (Mexico)
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Article
Zootaxa 3325: 53–58 (25 May 2012) 4 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 16 Apr. 2012
Description of the second known specimen of Apostolepis intermedia (Serpentes, Colubridae, Xenodontinae)
NELSON RUFINO DE ALBUQUERQUE & THALES DE LEMA (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3325: 37–52 (25 May 2012) 7 plates; 44 references                  Accepted: 12 Apr. 2012
A new species of lizard of the Liolaemus elongatus clade (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemini) from Curi Leuvu River Valley, northern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina
LUCIANO JAVIER AVILA (Argentina), CRISTIAN HERNAN FULVIO PEREZ (Argentina), 
CINTIA DEBORA MEDINA (Argentina), JACK WALTER SITES, JR (USA) 
& MARIANA MORANDO (Argentina)
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Article
Zootaxa 3315: 1–41 (16 May 2012) 13 plates; 74 references                  Accepted: 2 Mar. 2012
Morphological diversity and phylogenetic relationships within a South-American clade of iguanian lizards (Liolaemidae: Phymaturus)
FERNANDO LOBO, CRISTIAN ABDALA & SOLEDAD VALDECANTOS (Argentina)
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Article
Zootaxa 3304: 43–53 (8 May 2012) 2 plates; 30 references                  Accepted: 27 Mar. 2012
On the status of Trimeresurus monticola meridionalis Bourret, 1935 (Squamata: Viperidae)
PATRICK DAVID (France) & GERNOT VOGEL (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3302: 1–24 (7 May 2012) 9 plates; 53 references                  Accepted: 5 Mar. 2012
Two new cryptic species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam
ROMAN NAZAROV (Russia), NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV (Russia), NIKOLAI L. ORLOV (Russia), TRUNG MY PHUNG (Vietnam), TAO THIEN NGUYEN (Vietnam), DUC MINH HOANG (Vietnam)
& THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3301: 34–60 (4 May 2012) 20 plates; 70 references                  Accepted: 13 Mar. 2012
From the far reaches of Patagonia: new phylogenetic analyses and description of two new species of the Liolaemus fitzingerii clade (Iguania: Liolaemidae)
CRISTIAN SIMÓN ABDALA, JUAN MANUEL DÍAZ GÓMEZ & VIVIANA ISABEL JUAREZ HEREDIA (Argentina)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3288: 1–244 (30 Apr. 2012) 96 plates; 292 references                 Accepted: 27 Feb. 2012   
A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae)
S. BLAIR HEDGES & CAITLIN E. CONN
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Article
Zootaxa 3280: 56–66 (26 Apr. 2012) 4 plates; 52 references                  Accepted: 20 Mar. 2012
Genetic and shell-shape analyses of Orlitia borneensis (Testudines: Geoemydidae) reveal limited divergence among founders of the European zoo population
KLÁRA PALUPČÍKOVÁ (Czech Republic), BARBORA SOMEROVÁ (Czech Republic), 
TOMÁŠ PROTIVA (Czech Republic), IVAN REHÁK (Czech Republic), 
PETR VELENSKÝ (Czech Republic), PAVEL HULVA (Czech Republic), 
DANNY GUNALEN (Indonesia) & DANIEL FRYNTA (Czech Republic)
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Article
Zootaxa 3272: 1–25 (19 Apr. 2012) 16 plates; 66 references                  Accepted: 6 Mar. 2012
A revision of the taxonomy of Dendrelaphis caudolineatus (Gray, 1834) (Serpentes: Colubridae)
JOHAN VAN ROOIJEN (The Netherlands) & GERNOT VOGEL (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3266: 62–68 (11 Apr. 2012) 3 plates; 15 references                  Accepted:12 Mar. 2012
A new species of Sibon (Squamata: Colubridae) from the mountains of eastern Guatemala 
SEAN M. ROVITO (USA), THEODORE J. PAPENFUSS (USA) 
& CARLOS R. VÁSQUEZ-ALMAZÁN (Mexico)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3257: 22–37 (4 Apr. 2012) 3 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 13 Feb. 2012
A preliminary assessment of the Nactus pelagicus species group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in New Guinea and a new species from the Admiralty Islands 
GEORGE R. ZUG & ROBERT N. FISHER (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3243: 1–28 (22 Mar. 2012) 16 plates; 22 references                  Accepted: 30 Jan. 2012
A revision of Strophurus taenicauda (Squamata; Diplodactylidae) with the description of two new subspecies from central Queensland and a southerly range extension 
DANNY BROWN, JESSICA WORTHINGTON WILMER & STEWART MACDONALD (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3233: 37–51 (14 Mar. 2012) 6 plates; 42 references                  Accepted: 18 Jan. 2012
Phylogeography of Dasia Gray, 1830 (Reptilia: Scincidae), with the description of a new species from southern India 
S. HARIKRISHNAN (India), KARTHIKEYAN VASUDEVAN (India), ANSLEM DE SILVA (Sri Landa), V. DEEPAK (India), NILADRI BHUSAN KAR (India), ROHIT NANIWADEKAR (India), ALBERT LALREMRUATA (India), K. REBEKAH PRASOONA (India) 
& RAMESH K AGGARWAL (India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3229: 47–57 (9 Mar. 2012) 5 plates; 24 references                   Accepted: 23 Jan. 2012
A new species of scincid lizard in the genus Caledoniscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from northwest New Caledonia 
ROSS A. SADLIER (Australia), TONY WHITAKER (New Zealand), PERRY L.WOOD, JR. (USA) & AARON M. BAUER (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3228: 48–60 (9 Mar. 2012) 5 plates; 62 references                  Accepted: 30 Jan. 2012
A new endemic species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tho Chu Island, southwestern Vietnam. 
VAN TRI NGO (Vietnam) & L. LEE GRISMER (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3221: 26–36 (5 Mar. 2012) 3 plates; 38 references                  Accepted: 16 Jan. 2012
The phylogenetic position of Chalcides ocellatus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Yemen and Somalia BRIAN R. LAVIN & THEODORE J. PAPENFUSS (USA)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 (29 Feb. 2012) 10 plates; 446 references                  Accepted: 7 Oct. 2011   
Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist
GILSON A. RIVAS, CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, 
CÉSAR L. BARRIO-AMORÓS4 & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK
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Article 
Zootaxa 3208: 1–26 (27 Feb. 2012) 11 plates; 166 references                  Accepted: 13 Jan. 2012
The masked water snakes of the genus Homalopsis Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1822 (Squamata, Serpentes, Homalopsidae), with the description of a new species 
JOHN C. MURPHY (USA), HAROLD K. VORIS (USA), B.H.C.K. MURTHY (India), JOSHUA TRAUB (USA) & CHRISTINA CUMBERBATCH (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3205: 4 1–52 (24 Feb. 2012) 8 plates; 28 references                     Accepted: 16 Jan. 2012
A new species of sand racer, Psammodromus (Squamata: Lacertidae), from the Western Iberian Peninsula 
PATRICK S. FITZE (Spain), VIRGINIA GONZALEZ-JIMENA (Spain), LUIS M. SAN-JOSE (Spain), DIEGO SAN MAURO (UK) & RAFAEL ZARDOYA (Spain)
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