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Issue: Vol. 41 No. 1: 22 Apr. 2025
Type: Editorial
Published: 2025-04-22
DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.41.1.1
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Bionomina, opinion papers and nomenclatural Code-compliance

Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB – UMR 7205 – CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, UA, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Université, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 30, 75005, Paris, France
Nomenclatural availability herpetology dual nomenclature proposed invalidation opening of public debate

Abstract

A paper recently published in Bionomina criticises a previous paper published in this journal for mentioning the herpetological nomina published by Raymond Hoser from 2000 to 2024 as nomenclaturally available, despite the decision of the ‘herpetological community’ to ignore these nomina. It is shown here that these nomina, about which the Commission declined to take a decision, are indeed available, but it is suggested that they should be invalidated (‘suppressed’) by the latter, in order to put an end to a situation of dual nomenclature which is highly detrimental not only to herpetology but also to the image of zoological nomenclature and taxonomy among the biological sciences. Colleagues interested in these questions are invited to submit papers for publication in a forthcoming issue of Bionomina dedicated to their discussion.

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