Amphibian & Reptile Conservation

(ISSN: 1083-446X; eISSN: 1525-9153)

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New species descriptions and taxonomic revisions published in the journal Amphibian & Reptile Conservation

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2024 (back to top)

Quinteros-Muñoz O, Gómez-Murillo P, Camacho-Badani T, Aguayo R, Carpio-Real R, Pérez E, Marca B, Gonzales L, Torres-Carvajal O. 2024. A new species of Sipo Snake, Chironius (Serpentes: Colubridae), from the Yungas of Bolivia. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 18(1 & 2): 58-67 (e333).

2023 (back to top)

Mamani L, Vargas VJ, Chaparro JC, Catenazzi A. 2023. Two new species of gymnophthalmid lizards of the genus Petracola (Squamata: Cercosaurinae) from the Andes of northeastern Peru, and their phylogenetic relationships. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 17(1 & 2) [Taxonomic Section]: 161-173 (e328).

Arias E, Chaves G, Parra-Olea G. 2023. A new species of salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) from the subalpine rain páramo of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 17(1 & 2) [General Section]: 143–160 (e327).

 2022 (back to top)

Palacios-Aguilar R, Fucsko LA, Jiménez-Arcos VH, Wilson LD, Mata-Silva V. 2022. Out of the Past: A new species of Tantilla of the calamarina group (Squamata: Colubridae) from southeastern coastal Guerrero, Mexico, with comments on relationships among members of the group.
Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 16(2) [Taxonomic Section]: 120–132 (e320).

 2021 (back to top)

Lalremsanga HT, Purkayastha J, Biakzuala L, Vabeiryureilai M, Muansanga L, Hmar GZ. 2021. A new striped species of Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from Mizoram, northeast India. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 15(2) [Taxonomy Section]: 198–209 (e288).

Ubalde-Mamani MD, Gutiérrez RC, Chaparro JC, Aguilar-Kirigin AJ, Cerdeña J, Huanca-Mamani W, Cárdenas-Ninasivincha S, Lazo-Rivera A, and Abdala CS. 2021. A new species of Liolaemus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from the Reserva Paisajística Subcuenca del Cotahuasi, southwestern Peru. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 15(2) [Taxonomy Section]: 172–197 (e287).

Valladares-Faúndez P, Franco-León P, Jove Chipana C, Navarro Guzmán M, Ignacio-Apaza J, Cáceres Musaja C, Langstroth R, Aguilar-Kirigin A, Gutierrez RC, Abdala CS. 2021. A new lizard of the Liolaemus montanus group that inhabits the hyperarid desert of southern Peru. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 15(2) [Taxonomy Section]: 10–22 (e278).

Chandramouli SR, Gokulakrishnan G, Sivaperuman C, Grismer LL. 2021. A new species of the genus Gekko Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, with an overview of congeners from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 15(1) [Taxonomy Section]: 108-125 (e276).

Grünwald CI, Reyes-Velasco J, Franz-Chávez H, Morales-Flores KI, Ahumada-Carrillo IT, Rodriguez CM, Jones JM. 2021. Two new species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from Southern Mexico, with comments on the taxonomy of related species and their advertisement calls. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 15(1) [Taxonomy Section]: 1–35 (e272).

 2020 (back to top)

Chandramouli SR, Campbell PD, Vogel G. 2020. A new species of green pit viper of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 14(3) [Taxonomy Section]: 169–176 (e264).

Murphy JC, Muñoz-Mérida A, Auguste RJ, Lasso-Alcalá O, Rivas GA, Jowers MJ. 2020. Evidence for cryptic diversity in the Neotropical water snake, Helicops angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dipsadidae, Hydropsini), with comments on its ecology, facultative reproductive mode, and conservation. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 14(3) [Taxonomy Section]: 138–155 (e261).

Condori FP, Acevedo AA, Mamani L, Delgado JA, Chaparro JC. 2020. A new species of terrestrial-breeding frog of the genus Psychrophrynella (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Cordillera de Vilcabamba, southeastern Peru. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 14(3) [Taxonomy Section]: 127–137 (e260).

Karunarathna S, Poyarkov NA, Amarasinghe C, Surasinghe T, Bushuev AV, Madawala M, Gorin VA, De Silva A. 2020. A new species of the genus Ceratophora Gray, 1835 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from a lowland rainforest in Sri Lanka, with insights on rostral appendage evolution in Sri Lankan agamid lizards. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 14(3) [Taxonomy Section]: 103–126 (e259).

Antúnez-Fonseca CA, Castro JA, España FG, Townsend JH, Wilson LD. 2020. A new species of Tantilla of the taeniata group (Squamata: Colubridae) from Refugio de Vida Silvestre Barras de Cuero y Salado in Caribbean coastal Honduras. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 14(3) [Taxonomy Section]: 86–102 (e258).

Ganesh SR, Deuti K, Punith KG, Achyuthan NS, Mallik AK, Adhikari O, Vogel G. 2020. A new species of Lycodon (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Deccan Plateau of India, with notes on the range of Lycodon travancoricus (Beddome, 1870) and a revised key to peninsular Indian forms. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 14(3) [Taxonomy Section]: 74–83 (e256).

Sayyed A, Cyriac VP, Dileepkumar R. 2020. A new cryptic species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), in the C. littoralis complex, from Anakkal, Palakkad, Kerala, India. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 14(3) [Taxonomy Section]: 31–45 (e251).

Huamaní-Valderrama L, Quiroz AJ, Gutiérrez RC, Aguilar-Kirigin A, Huanca-Mamani W, Valladares-Faúndez P, Cerdeña J, Chaparro JC, Santa Cruz R, Abdala CS. 2020. Some color in the desert: description of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from southern Peru, and its conservation status. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 14(3) [Taxonomy Section]: 1–30 (e250).

Chaparro JC, Quiroz AJ, Mamani L, Gutiérrez RC, Condori P, De la Riva I, Herrera-Juárez G, Cerdeña J, Arapa LP, Abdala CS. 2020. An endemic new species of Andean lizard of the genus Liolaemus from southern Peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae) and its phylogenetic position. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 14(2) [General Section]: 47–63 (e238).

Rodríguez LO, Mamani L. 2020. A new species of Petracola (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Río Abiseo National Park, San Martín, Peru. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 14(1) [General Section]: 140–146 (e227). 

Torki F. 2020. A new gecko genus from Zagros Mountains, Iran. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 14(1) [General Section]: 55–62 (e223).

2019 (back to top)

Karunarathna S, de Silva A, Botejue M, Gabadage D, Somaratna L, Hettige A, Aberathna N, Madawala M, Edirisinghe G, Perera N, Wickramaarachchi S, Surasinghe T, Karunarathna N, Wickramasinghe M, Ukuwela KDB, Bauer AM. 2019. Three new species of day geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from isolated granite cave habitats in Sri Lanka. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 13(2) [General Section]: 323–354 (e216).

Torki F. 2019. Three new species of Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Iran. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 13(2) [General Section]: 239–258 (e209).

Branch WR, Conradie W, Vaz Pinto P, Tolley KA. 2019. Another Angolan Namib endemic species: a new Nucras Gray, 1838 (Squamata: Lacertidae) from south-western Angola. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 13(2) [Special Section]: 82–95 (e199).

Guayasamin JM, Vieira J, Glor RE, Hutter CR. 2019. A new glassfrog (Centrolenidae: Hyalinobatrachium) from the Topo River Basin, Amazonian slopes of the Andes of Ecuador. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 13(2) [General Section]: 133–144 (e194).

Karunarathna S, Ukuwela KDB. 2019. A new species of dwarf day gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from lower-elevations of Samanala Nature Reserve in Central massif, Sri Lanka. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 13(2) [General Section]: 14–27 (e187).

de Silva A, Bauer AM, Botejue M, Karunarathna S. 2019. A new species of endemic day gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from a wet zone forest in the second peneplain of Southern Sri Lanka. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 13(1) [General Section]: 198–208 (e177). 

Arias E, Hertz A, Parra-Olea G. 2019. Taxonomic assessment of Craugastor podiciferus (Anura: Craugastoridae) in lower Cenral America with the description of two new species. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 13(1) [General Section]: 173–197 (e176).

García-Castillo MG, Soto-Pozos ÁF, Aguilar-López JL, Pineda E, Parra-Olea G. 2018. Two new species of Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from central Veracruz, Mexico. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 12(2) [Special Section]: 37–54 (e167).

2018 (back to top)

Sayyed A, Pyron RA, Dileepkumar R. 2018. Four new species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, India. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 12(2) [General Section]: 1–29 (e157).

2017 (back to top)

Poe S, Ryan MJ. 2017. Description of two new species similar to Anolis insignis (Squamata: Iguanidae) and resurrection of Anolis (Diaphoranolis) brooksi. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 11(2) [General Section]: 1–16 (e141).

Mirza ZA, Raju D. 2017. A new rupicolous species of gecko of the genus Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 from the Satpura Hills, Central India. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 11(1) [General Section]: 51–71 (e137).

Murphy JC, Lehtinen RM, Charles SP, Wasserman D, Anton T, Brennan PJ. 2017. Cryptic multicolored lizards in the Polychrus marmoratus Group (Squamata: Sauria: Polychrotidae) and the status of Leiolepis auduboni Hallowell. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 11(1) [General Section]: 1–16 (e132).

2016 (back to top)

Venegas PJ, Echevarría LY, Lobos SE, Nunes PMS, and Torres-Carvajal O. 2016. A new species of Andean microteiid lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae: Pholidobolus) from Peru, with comments on P. vertebralis. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 10(1) [Special Section]: 21–33 (e121).

2015 (back to top)

Echevarría LY, Barboza AC, Venegas PJ. 2015. A new species of montane gymnophthalmid lizard, genus Cercosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), from the Amazon slope of northern Peru. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 9(1) [Special Section]: 34–44 (e109).

Echevarría LY, Venegas PJ. 2015. A new elusive species of Petracola (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Utcubamba basin in the Andes of northern Peru. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 9(1) [Special Section]: 26–33 (e107).

Chávez G, Santa-Cruz R, Rodriguez D, Lehr E. 2015. Two new species of frogs of the genus Phrynopus (Anura: Terrarana: Craugastoridae) from the Peruvian Andes. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 9(1) [Special Section]: 15–25 (e105).

Amarasinghe AAT, Campbell PD, Hallermann J, Sidik I, Supriatna J, Ineich I. 2015. Two new species of the genus Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Squamata: Cylindrophiidae) from Southeast Asia. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 9(1) [General Section]: 34–51 (e98).

Mamani L, Goicoechea N, Chaparro JC. 2015. A new species of Andean lizard Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from montane forest of the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, Peru. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 9(1) [Special Section]: 1–11 (e96).

Poe S, Scarpetta S, Schaad EW. 2015. A new species of Anolis (Squamata: Iguanidae) from Panama. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 9(1) [General Section]: 1–13 (e94).

Salazar-Valenzuela D, Martins A, Amador-Oyola L, Torres-Carvajal O. 2015. A new species and country record of threadsnakes (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) from northern Ecuador. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 8(1) [Special Section]: 107–120 (e89).

2014 (back to top)

Torres-Carvajal O, Venegas PJ, Lobos SE, Mafla-Endara P, Nunes PMS. 2014. A new species of Pholidobolus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Andes of southern Ecuador. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 8(1) [Special Section]: 76–88 (e84).

Vogel G, David P, Sidik I. 2014. On Trimeresurus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822), with the designation of a neotype and the description of a new species of pitviper from Sumatra (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae). Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 8(2) [General Section]: 1–29 (e80).

Ayala-Varela FP, Troya-Rodríguez D, Talero-Rodríguez X, Torres-Carvajal O. 2014. A new Andean anole species of the Dactyloa clade (Squamata: Iguanidae) from western Ecuador. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 8(1) [Special Section]: 8–24 (e76).

2013 (back to top)

Reiserer RS, Schuett GW, Beck DD. 2013. Taxonomic reassessment and conservation status of the beaded lizard, Heloderma horridum (Squamata: Helodermatidae). Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 7(1): 74–96 (e67).

Porras LW, Wilson LD, Schuett GW, Reiserer RS. 2013. A taxonomic reevaluation and conservation assessment of the common cantil, Agkistrodon bilineatus (Squamata: Viperidae): a race against time. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 7(1): 48–73 (e63).

2011 (back to top)

Fathinia B, Karamiani R, Darvishnia H, Heidari N, and Rastegar-Pouyani N. 2011. A new species of Carinatogecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Ilam Province, western Iran. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 5(1): 61–74 (e33).

Kazemi SM, Farhadi Qomi M, Kami HG, and Anderson, SC. 2011. A new species of Ophiomorus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Maranjab Desert, Isfahan Province, Iran, with a revised key to the genus. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. 5(1): 23–33 (e23).