Published Articles

Who is the red-bearded snake, anyway? Clarifying the taxonomic status of Chironius pyrrhopogon (Wied, 1824) (Serpentes: Colubridae)

VINÍCIUS SUDRÉ , FELIPE FRANCO CURCIO , PEDRO M. SALES NUNES , KATIA CRISTINA MACHADO PELLEGRINO , MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES

Issue: Vol. 4319 No. 1: 11 Sept. 2017

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.1.7

Published on: 2017-09-11

Page range: 143–156

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A new species of Rhabdops Boulenger, 1893 (Serpentes: Natricinae) from the northern Western Ghats region of India

VARAD B. GIRI , V. DEEPAK , ASHOK CAPTAIN , ABHIJIT DAS , SANDEEP DAS , K. P. RAJKUMAR , R. L. RATHISH , DAVID J. GOWER

Issue: Vol. 4319 No. 1: 11 Sept. 2017

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.1.2

Published on: 2017-09-11

Page range: 27–52

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A new species of Gymnophthalmus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from sand dunes of the Llanos of Apure, Venezuela

JUAN E. GARCÍA-PÉREZ , WALTER E. SCHARGEL

Issue: Vol. 4318 No. 3: 8 Sept. 2017

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.3.9

Published on: 2017-09-08

Page range: 576–586

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Rediscovery of the enigmatic Mountain Dragon, Japalura yulongensis (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae), with notes on its natural history and conservation

KAI WANG , JINLONG REN , KE JIANG , ZHIYONG YUAN , JING CHE , CAMERON D. SILER

Issue: Vol. 4318 No. 2: 7 Sept. 2017

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.8

Published on: 2017-09-07

Page range: 351–363

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Resolution of the types, diagnostic features, and distribution of two easily confused Sand Lizards, Pedioplanis laticeps (Smith, 1845) and P. burchelli (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) (Squamata: Lacertidae)

SEBASTIAN KIRCHHOF , JOHANNES PENNER , MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL , JOHANNES MÜLLER

Issue: Vol. 4318 No. 1: 6 Sept. 2017

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.3

Published on: 2017-09-06

Page range: 82–109

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On the recent designation of a neotype for the taxon Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Reptilia: Agamidae)

R. CHAITANYA , VARAD B. GIRI , V. DEEPAK

Issue: Vol. 4317 No. 3: 5 Sept. 2017

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.3.10

Published on: 2017-09-05

Page range: 585–587

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Taxonomy of the Sand Sliders of Western Australia’s central coast (genus Lerista, Squamata: Scincidae): recognition of Lerista miopus (Günther, 1867)

ANDREW P. AMEY , DANIELLE L. EDWARDS

Issue: Vol. 4317 No. 1: 1 Sept. 2017

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.1.5

Published on: 2017-09-01

Page range: 111–133

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Molecular phylogeny reveals strong biogeographic signal and two new species in a Cape Biodiversity Hotspot endemic mini-radiation, the pygmy geckos (Gekkonidae: Goggia)

MATTHEW P. HEINICKE , DILARA TURK , AARON M. BAUER

Issue: Vol. 4312 No. 3: 30 Aug. 2017

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.3.3

Published on: 2017-08-30

Page range: 449–470

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Solving a 50-year Mystery: Rediscovery of Mesaspis antauges (Squamata: Anguidae)

ISRAEL SOLANO-ZAVALETA , NELSON MARTÍN CERÓN DE LA LUZ , ADAM G. CLAUSE