Australasian Journal of HerpetologyAustralasian Journal of Herpetology ®
Issue 39, published 12 June 2019


New taxa formally named in Australasian Journal of Herpetology, Issue 39
(all papers in this issue are listed below).
Published 12 June 2019

New genera (3) (1 frog, 2 lizard)

Paraheleioporus Hoser, 2019 (Frog)
Cassandracambellea Hoser, 2019 (Gecko Lizard)
Malayacolotes Hoser, 2019 (Gecko Lizard)

New subgenera (4) (all lizards)

Ferehemiphyllodactylus Hoser, 2019 (Gecko Lizard)
Maculacruscalotes Hoser, 2019 (Gecko Lizard)
Titiwangsacolotes Hoser, 2019 (Gecko Lizard)
Williamconnellysaurus Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)

New Species (1 frog, 13 lizards)

Philocryphus hoserae Hoser, 2019 (Frog)
Malayacolotes cassandracampbellae Hoser, 2019 (Gecko Lizard)
Chelosania neilsonnemanni Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis snakebustersorum Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis optus Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis vodafone Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis lachlanheffermani Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis simonknolli Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis deniselivingstoneae Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis karimdaouesi Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis williamconnollyi Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis tonylovelinayi Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis reconnectorum Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis samsungorum Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)

New subspecies (4) (all lizards)

Tympanocryptis tetraporophora ianrentoni Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis simonknolli marcusbrummeri Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis karimdaouesi courtneyleitchae Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis reconnectorum clintonlogani Hoser, 2019 (Dragon Lizard)

Likely synonyms for genera and subgenera in literature

Heleioporus Gray, 1841 (Frog)
Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Gecko Lizard)
Tympanocryptis Peters, 1863 (Gecko Lizard)

Likely synonyms for species or subspecies in literature

Heleioporus hoserae (Hoser, 2019) (Frog)
Hemiphyllodactylus titiwangsaensis Zug, 2010 (Gecko Lizard)
Hemiphyllodactylus typus Bleeker, 1860 (Gecko Lizard)
Tympanocryptis alexteesi Hoser, 2015 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis bottomi Hoser, 2015 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis centralis Sternfeld, 1925 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis cephalus Günther, 1867 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis houstoni Storr, 1982 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis intima Mitchell, 1948 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis karumba Wells and Wellington, 1985 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis macra Storr, 1982 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis markteesi Hoser, 2015 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis tetraporophora Lucas and Frost, 1895 (Dragon Lizard)
Tympanocryptis uniformis Mitchell, 1948 (Dragon Lizard)

54 pages - Full list of new taxon listings in the official ICZN database, Zoobank (in Issue 39 of AJH).

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Front cover.

Page two - contents.

Coming back up! The first ever documented cases of fur ball regurgitation by a Black-headed Python (Serpentes: Pythonidae: Aspidites).
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 3-5.

A new species of Philocryphus Fletcher, 1894 (Amphibia: Myobatrachidae) from north-east Victoria and south-east New South Wales.
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 6-8.

A long overdue genus-level division of the gecko genus Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 sensu lato.
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 9-19.

A new species of Chameleon Dragon Chelosania Gray, 1845 from the Northern Territory, Australia.
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 20-22.

11 new species, 4 new subspecies and a subgenus of Australian Dragon Lizard in the genus Tympanocryptis Peters, 1863, with a warning on the conservation status and long-term survival prospects of some newly named taxa.
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 23-52.

Richard Shine et al. (1987), Hinrich Kaiser et al. (2013), Jane Melville et al. (2018 and 2019): Australian Agamids and how rule breakers, liars, thieves, taxonomic vandals and law breaking copyright infringers are causing reptile species to become extinct.
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 53-63.

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