Reptilia; Crustacea; Annelida 

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 3490: 30–47 (19 Sept. 2012) 05 plates; 31 references                  Accepted: 2 Aug. 2012
Gelasimus splendidus Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae), a valid species of fiddler crab from the northern South China Sea and Taiwan Strait 
HSI-TE SHIH (R.O.C), PETER K. L. NG (Singapore), KINGSLEY J. H. WONG (R.O.C) & BENNY K. K. CHAN (R.O.C)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3490: 48–48 (19 Sept. 2012) 05 plates; 31 references                  Accepted: 22 Aug. 2012
Danielita Ng, Clark & Tan, 2010 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodoidea: Camptandriidae), preoccupied by Danielita Kiriakoff, 1970 (Lepidoptera: Glossata: Heteroneura: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) 
PETER K. L. NG (Singapore) & PAUL F. CLARK (England)
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Zootaxa 3490: 49–62 (19 Sept. 2012) 17 plates; 37 references                  Accepted: 2 Aug. 2012
Redescription of the giant mud worm Paraleonnates uschakovi Khlebovich and Wu, 1962 (Polychaeta: Nereididae) with special reference to the synonymy of Periserrula leucophryna Paik, 1977 and the difference from Paraleonnates bolus (Hutchings and Reid, 1991) 
JAE-SANG HONG (Korea), BYUNG-MEE CHOI (Korea), AKI KUBO (Japan) & MASANORI SATO (Japan)
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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: 75–88 (19 Sept. 2012) 17 plates; 37 references                  Accepted: 5 Jul. 2012
Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part I: The genus Ampharete Malmgren, 1866, along with a discussion of several taxonomic characters of the family and the introduction of a new identification tool 
MINORU IMAJIMA (Japan), MICHAEL G. REUSCHER (USA) & DIETER FIEGE (Germany)
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