Division (c) Reptilia

Andreone, F., Mattioli, F., Jesu, R. and Randrianirina, J. E. 2001. Two new chameleons of the genus Calumma from north-east Madagascar, with observations on hemipenial morphology in the Calumma Furcifer group (Reptilia, Squamata, Chamaeleonidae). Herpetological Journal 11: 53-68. (for Calumma vatosoa & Calumma vencesi).

Aplin, K. P., Fitch, A. J. & King, D. J. (2006): A new species of Varanus Merrem (Squamata: Varanidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with observations on sexual dimorphism in closely related species. – Zootaxa, 1313: 1-38. [for Varanus bushi]

Avila Pires, T. C. S. 1995. Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia. Zool. Verh. 299: 706 pp. (for Tupinambis)

Böhme, W. 1997. Eine neue Chamäleon art aus der Calumma gastrotaenia — Verwandtschaft Ost-Madagaskars. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 19 (107): 5-10. (for Calumma glawi)

Böhme, W. 2003. Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (family Varanidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen. Leiden 341: 1-43. (for Varanidae)

Böhme, W. & Ziegler, T. (2005): A new monitor lizard from Halmahera, Moluccas, Indonesia (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae). – Salamandra, 41(1/2): 51-59. [for Varanus zugorum]

Branch, W. R. (2007): A new species of tortoise of the genus Homopus (Chelonia: Testudinidae) from southern Namibia. – African Journal of Herpetology, 56(1): 1-21. [for Homopus solus]

Branch, W. R., Tolley, K. A. & Tilbury, C. R. (2006): A new Dwarf Chameleon (Sauria: Bradypodion Fitzinger, 1843) from the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa. – African Journal Herpetology, 55(2): 123-141. [for Bradypodion atromontanum]

Broadley, D. G. (1999): The southern African python, Python natalensis A. Smith 1840, is a valid species. –African Herp News 29: 31-32. [for Python natalensis]

Broadley, D. G. 2006. CITES Standard reference for the species of Cordylus (Cordylidae, Reptilia) prepared at the request of the CITES Nomenclature Committee (CITES website Document NC2006 Doc. 8). (for Cordylus)

Burton, F.J. 2004. Revision to Species Cyclura nubila lewisi, the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana. Caribbean Journal of Science, 40(2): 198-203. (for Cyclura lewisi)

Cei, J. M. 1993. Reptiles del noroeste, nordeste y este de la Argentina — herpetofauna de las selvas subtropicales, puna y pampa. Monografie XIV, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali. (for Tupinambis)

Colli, G. R., Péres, A. K. and da Cunha, H. J. 1998. A new species of Tupinambis (Squamata: Teiidae) from central Brazil, with an analysis of morphological and genetic variation in the genus. Herpetologica 54: 477-492 (for Tupinambis cerradensis)

Dirksen, L. 2002. Anakondas. NTV Wissenschaft. (for Eunectes beniensis)

Domínguez, M., Moreno, L. V. & Hedges, S. B. (2006): A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from the Guanahacabibes Peninsula of Western Cuba. – Amphibia-Reptilia, 27 (3): 427-432. [for Tropidophis xanthogaster]

Eidenmüller, B. & Wicker, R. (2004): Eine weitere neue Waranart aus dem Varanus prasinus-Komplex von der Insel Misol, Indonesien. – Sauria, 27(1): 3-8. [for Varanus reisingeri]

Fitzgerald, L. A., Cook, J. A. & Luz Aquino, A. (1999): Molecular Phylogenetics and Conservation of Tupinambis (Sauria: Teiidae). – Copeia, 4: 894-905. [for Tupinambis duseni]

Fritz, U. & Havaš, P. (2007): Checklist of Chelonians of the World. – Vertebrate Zoology, 57(2): 149-368. Dresden. ISSN 1864-5755 [without its appendix; for Testudines – with the exception of the retention of the following names Mauremys iversoni, Mauremys pritchardi, Ocadia glyphistoma, Ocadia philippeni, Sacalia pseudocellata]

Glaw, F., Kosuch, J., Henkel, W. F., Sound, P. and Böhme, W. (2006): Genetic and morphological variation of the leaf-tailed gecko Uroplatus fimbriatus from Madagascar, with description of a new giant species. – Salamandra, 42: 129-144. [for Uroplatus giganteus]

Glaw, F. & M. Vences (2007): A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Madagascar, third edition. Vences & Glaw Verlag, 496 pp. [for Calumma ambreense]

Hallmann, G., Krüger, J. & Trautmann, G. (2008). Faszinierende Taggeckos. Die Gattung Phelsuma. 2. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, 253 pp., Münster (Natur und Tier – Verlag). ISBN 978-3-86659-059-5. [for Phelsuma spp., however, with the retention of Phelsuma ocellata]

Harvey, M. B., Barker, D. B., Ammerman, L. K. and Chippindale, P. T. 2000. Systematics of pythons of the Morelia amethistina complex (Serpentes: Boidae) with the description of three new species. Herpetological Monographs 14: 139-185. (for Morelia clastolepis, Morelia nauta & Morelia tracyae, and elevation to species level of Morelia kinghorni)

Hedges, B. S., Estrada, A. R. and Diaz, L. M. 1999. New snake (Tropidophis) from western Cuba. Copeia 1999(2): 376- 381. (for Tropidophis celiae)

Hedges, B. S. and Garrido, O. 1999. A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from central Cuba. Journal of Herpetology 33: 436-441. (for Tropidophis spiritus)

Hedges, B. S., Garrido, O. and Diaz, L. M. 2001. A new banded snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from north-central Cuba. Journal of Herpetology 35: 615-617. (for Tropidophis morenoi)

Hedges, B. S. and Garrido, O. 2002. Journal of Herpetology 36: 157-161. (for Tropidophis hendersoni)

Hollingsworth, B.D. 2004. The Evolution of Iguanas: An Overview of Relationships and a Checklist of Species. pp. 19-44. In: Alberts, A.C, Carter, R.L., Hayes, W.K. & Martins, E.P. (Eds), Iguanas: Biology and Conservation. Berkeley (University of California Press). (for Iguanidae except for the recognition of Brachylophus bulabula, Phrynosoma blainvillii, P. cerroense and P. wigginsi as valid species]

Jacobs, H. J. 2003. A further new emerald tree monitor lizard of the Varanus prasinus species group from Waigeo, West Irian (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). Salamandra 39(2): 65-74. (for Varanus boehmei)

Jesu, R., Mattioli, F. and Schimenti, G. 1999. On the discovery of a new large chameleon inhabiting the limestone outcrops of western Madagascar: Furcifer nicosiai sp. nov. (Reptilia, Chamaeleonidae). Doriana 7(311): 1-14. (for Furcifer nicosiai)

Keogh, J.S., Barker, D.G. & Shine, R. 2001. Heavily exploited but poorly known: systematics and biogeography of commercially harvested pythons (Python curtus group) in Southeast Asia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 73: 113-129. (for Python breitensteini & Python brongersmai)

Keogh, J. S., Edwards, D. L., Fisher, R. N. & Harlow, P. S. (2008): Molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered Fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history. – Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 363(1508): 3413-3426. [for Brachylophus bulabula]

Klaver, C. J. J. and Böhme, W. 1997. Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich 112: 85 pp. (for Bradypodion, Brookesia, Calumma, Chamaeleo & Furcifer — except for the recognition of Calumma andringitaensis, C. guillaumeti, C. hilleniusi & C. marojezensis as valid species)

Koch, A., Auliya, M., Schmitz, A., Kuch, U. & Böhme, W. (2007): Morphological Studies on the Systematics of South East Asian Water Monitors (Varanus salvator Complex): Nominotypic Populations and Taxonomic Overview. – Mertensiella, 16: 109. [for Varanus cumingi, Varanus marmoratus, Varanus nuchalis, Varanus togianus]

Lutzmann, N. & Lutzmann, H. (2004): Das grammatikalische Geschlecht der Gattung Calumma (Chamaeleonidae) und die nötigen Anpassungen einiger Art- und Unterartbezeichnungen. – Reptilia (Münster) 9(4): 4-5 (Addendum in issue 5: 13). [for Calumma cucullatum, Calumma nasutum]

Manzani, P. R. and Abe, A. S. 1997. A new species of Tupinambis Daudin, 1802 (Squamata, Teiidae) from central Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional Nov. Ser. Zool. 382: 1-10. (for Tupinambis quadrilineatus)

Manzani, P. R. and Abe, A. S. 2002. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 60(4): 295-302. (for Tupinambis palustris)

Mariaux, J., Lutzmann, N. & Stipala, J. (2008): The two-horned chamaeleons of East Africa. – Zoological Journal Linnean Society, 152: 367-391. [for Kinyongia vosseleri, Kinyongia boehmei]

Massary, J.-C. de & Hoogmoed, M. (2001): The valid name for Crocodilurus lacertinus auctorum (nec Daudin, 1802) (Squamata: Teiidae) – Journal of Herpetology, 35: 353-357. [for Crocodilurus amazonicus]

McDiarmid, R. W., Campbell, J. A. and Touré, T. A. 1999. Snake Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Volume 1. The Herpetologists' League, Washington, DC. (for Loxocemidae, Pythonidae, Boidae, Bolyeriidae, Tropidophiidae & Viperidae — except for the retention of the genera Acrantophis, Sanzinia, Calabaria & Lichanura and the recognition of Epicrates maurus as a valid species)

Montanucci, R.R. (2004): Geographic variation in Phrynosoma coronatum (Lacertilia, Phrynosomatidae): further evidence for a peninsular archipelago. – Herpetologica, 60: 117. [for Phrynosoma blainvillii, Phrynosoma cerroense, Phrynosoma wigginsi]

Necas, P., Modry, D. & Slapeta, J. R. (2003): Chamaeleo (Triceros) narraioca n. sp. (Reptilia Chamaeleonidae), a new chamaeleon species from a relict montane forest of Mount Kulal, northern Kenya. – Tropical Zool., 16:1-12. [for Chamaeleo narraioca]

Necas, P., Modry, D. & Slapeta, J. R. (2005): Chamaeleo (Triceros) ntunte n. sp. a new chamaeleon species from Mt. Nyiru, northern Kenya (Squamata: Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). – Herpetozoa, 18/3/4): 125-132. [for Chamaeleo ntunte]

Pough, F. H., Andrews, R. M., Cadle, J. E., Crump, M. L., Savitzky, A. H. and Wells, K. D. 1998. Herpetology. (for delimitation of families within the Sauria)

Praschag, P., Hundsdörfer, A. K. & Fritz, U. (2007): Phylogeny and taxonomy of endangered South and South-east Asian freshwater turtles elucidated by mtDNA sequence variation (Testudines: Geoemydidae: Batagur, Callagur, Hardella, Kachuga, Pangshura). – Zoologica Scripta, 36: 429-442. [for Batagur borneoensis, Batagur dhongoka, Batagur kachuga, Batagur trivittata]

Praschag, P., Sommer, R. S., McCarthy, C., Gemel, R. & Fritz, U. (2008): Naming one of the world's rarest chelonians, the southern Batagur. – Zootaxa, 1758: 61-68. [for Batagur affinis]

Raw, L. & Brothers, D. J. (2008): Redescription of the South African dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion nemorale Raw 1978 (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), and description of two new species. – ZooNova 1 (1): 1-7. [for Bradypodion caeruleogula, Bradypodion nkandlae]

Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. (2006): Six new species of Occipital-Lobed Calumma Chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) from Montane Regions of Madagascar, with a New Description and Revision of Calumma brevicorne. – Copeia, 4: 711-734. [for Calumma amber, Calumma brevicorne, Calumma crypticum, Calumma hafahafa, Calumma jejy, Calumma peltierorum, Calumma tsycorne]

Slowinski, J. B. and Wüster, W. 2000. A new cobra (Elapidae: Naja) from Myanmar (Burma). Herpetologica 56: 257-270. (for Naja mandalayensis)

Tilbury, C. 1998. Two new chameleons (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae) from isolated Afromontane forests in Sudan and Ethiopia. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 47: 293-299. (for Chamaeleo balebicornutus & Chamaeleo conirostratus)

Tilbury, C. R., Tolley, K. A. & Branch, W. R. (2006): A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera. – Zootaxa, 1363: 23-38. [for Kinyongia adolfifriderici, Kinyongia carpenteri, Kinyongia excubitor, Kinyongia fischeri, Kinyongia matschiei, Kinyongia multituberculata, Kinyongia oxyrhina, Kinyongia tavetana, Kinyongia tenuis, Kinyongia ulugurensis, Kinyongia uthmoelleri, Kinyongia xenorhina, Nadzikambia mlanjense]

Tolley, K. A., Tilbury, C. R., Branch, W. R. & Mathee, C. A. (2004): Phylogenetics of the southern African dwarf chameleons, Bradypodion (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). – Molecular Phylogen. Evol., 30: 354-365. [for Bradypodion caffrum, Bradypodion damaranum, Bradypodion gutturale, Bradypodion transvaalense, Bradypodion ventrale]

Ullenbruch, K., Krause, P. & Böhme, W. (2007): A new species of the Chamaeleo dilepis group (Sauria Chamaeleonidae) from West Africa. – Tropical Zool., 20: 1-17. [for Chamaeleo necasi]

Walbröl, U. & Walbröl, H. D. (2004): Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur der Gattung Calumma (Gray, 1865) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). – Sauria, 26 (3): 41-44. [for Calumma andringitraense, Calumma marojezense, Calumma tsaratanaense]

Wermuth, H. and Mertens, R. 1996 (reprint). Schildkröten, Krokodile, Brückenechsen. xvii + 506 pp. Jena (Gustav Fischer Verlag). (for Crocodylia & Rhynchocephalia)

Wilms, T. 2001. Dornschwanzagamen: Lebensweise, Pflege, Zucht: 1-142 — Herpeton Verlag, ISBN 3-9806214-7-2. (for the genus Uromastyx)

Wüster, W. 1996. Taxonomic change and toxinology: systematic revisions of the Asiatic cobras Naja naja species complex. Toxicon 34: 339-406. (for Naja atra, Naja kaouthia, Naja oxiana, Naja philippinensis, Naja sagittifera, Naja samarensis, Naja siamensis, Naja sputatrix & Naja sumatrana)

Ziegler, T., Böhme, W. & Schmitz, A. (2007): A new species of the Varanus indicus group (Squamata, Varanidae) from Halmahera Island, Moluccas: morphological and molecular evidence. – Mitteilungen Museum Naturkunde Berlin, Zoologische Reihe, 83 (supplement): 109-119. [for Varanus rainerguentheri]

Ziegler, T., Schmitz, A., Koch, A. & Böhme, W. (2007): A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups. – Zootaxa, 1472: 1-28. [for Varanus beccarii]