Australasian Journal of Herpetology Issue 62Australasian Journal of Herpetology ®
Issue 62, published 25 May 2023
List of new taxa formally named.
All major papers are downloadable below the list.

New Genus (Colubrids)

Paracrotaphopeltis Hoser, 2023.

New Subgenus (Colubrids)

Kenyavipera Hoser, 2023.
Piersonvipera Hoser, 2023.

New Species (All are snakes)

Atheris cummingae Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa)
Atheris euanedwardsi Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa)
Atheris ernestswilei Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa)
Atheris josephburkei Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa)
Atheris shireenhoserae Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa)
Atheris marleneswileae Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa)
Bungarus crotalusei Hoser, 2023. (Krait, Asia)
Bungarus daranini Hoser, 2023. (Krait, Asia)
Bungarus oxyi Hoser, 2023. (Krait, Asia)
Crotaphopeltis andreeblouinae Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)
Crotaphopeltis juliusnyererei Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)
Crotaphopeltis ufipaensis Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)
Crotaphopeltis rondoensis Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)
Dipsadoboa euanedwardsi Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)
Dipsadoboa paulwoolfi Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)
Dipsadoboa swileorum Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)
Piersonvipera piersoni Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa)

New Subspecies

Atheris barbouri divergans Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa)
Bungarus crotalusei peninsularensis Hoser, 2023. (Krait, Asia)
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia rubrumlabellum Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia luteuslabellum Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia labellumpulvereus Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia albalinguacalloso Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)
Crotaphopeltis tornieri udzungwaensis Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)
Dipsadoboa montisilva nampulaensis Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)

Front cover.

Page two - contents.

New taxa within the African Herald Snake genus Crotaphopeltis Fitzinger, 1843.
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 3-4.

New taxa within the African snake genus Dipsadoboa Günther, 1858..
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 5-18.

Six new species of viper within Atheris Cope, 1862 sensu lato from central Africa!
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 19-64.

Three new species of Kraits in the Bungarus fasciatus (Schneider, 1801) species complex.
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 19-64.

All of AJH Issue 62, including covers in one big pdf file (64 pages).

All of the newly discovered and formally named genera and species in AJH Issue 62.

Full Zoobank listing of all species, genera, family and taxonomic works of the Snakeman Raymond Hoser as of 29 August 2023 (over 2,000 entities named, over 1,000 species and subspecies).

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