Australasian Journal of Herpetology ®
ISSN
1836-5698 (Print), ISSN 1836-5779 (Online).
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ICZN CASE 3601, 30 APRIL 2021
ICZN Ruled that all published issues of Australasian Journal of Herpetology ® are validly published according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and also that all new names within are valid and have priority over later names.
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Issue 72 published 24 June 2024, new species of lizards from Australia and a big paper dealing with the scourge of taxonomic vandalism.
Issue 71 published 12 June 2024, 35 new species of skink in the Australasian genus Carlia sensu lato.
Issue 70 published 27 May 2024, 19 new species of skink in the Australian genus Lerista sensu lato.
Issues 68 and 69 published 20 May 2024, 39 new species of skink in the Australian genus Ctenotus sensu lato.
Issue 67 published 12 February 2024, Over 30 new species and subspecies of lizards in Australia.
Issue 66 published 28 August 2023, Over 20 new species and subspecies of lizards in Australia.
Issue 65 published 9 August 2023, 22 new genera, 5 new subgenera, 26 New species, 4 new subspecies of skink lizard.
Issue 64 published 1 August 2023, 27 New species and subspecies of Australian gecko.
Issue 63 published 16 June 2023, New species of Australian frogs and other papers.
Issue 62 published 25 May 2023, New species of Vipers and Colubrids from Africa and Kraits from Asia.
Issue 61 published 10 January 2023, New species of Viper from southern Europe and nearby.
Issue 60 published 16 August 2022, 21 new species of Flying Lizard, Draco sensu lato from Asia.
Issue 59 published 15 August 2022, Numerous new species of small skink from Australia and two non-Australian snakes formally named.
Issue 58 published 28 June 2022, Numerous new species of small skink from Australia and over a dozen non-Australian snakes formally named.
Issue 57 published 10 June 2022, Numerous new species of small skink from Australia formally named.
Issue 56 published 15 May 2022, Numerous new species of skink from Australia and other taxa formally named for the first time, including snakes from South Australia and South Africa.
Issue 55 published 15 May 2022, Gecko genus Heteronotia gets 11 new species as well as new monitor species named.
Issue 54 published 14 Oct 2021, Gecko genus Cyrtodactylus split.
Issues 52-53 published 16 Aug 2021, dozens of new species of turtles discovered and named worldwide.
Issues 50-51 published 10 Oct 2020, dozens of new species of frogs from Australia.
Issue 49 published 6 August 2020, numerous new species of mammal and reptile.
Issue 48 published 3 August 2020, 10 new species of Rattlesnakes.
Issue 47 published 9 July 2020, 17 new species of Monitor Lizard, 10 new species of snake and some new species of frogs.
Issues 44, 45 and 46 all published 5 June 2020 as a single monograph paper; 34 genera and 62 new species of Tree Frog from Australasia.
Issue 43 published 25 April 2020, over a dozen new species from the Australian region, including some new species of snakes.
Issue 42 published 25 April 2020, some WTF? amazing new species from the Australian region.
Issue 41 published 1 August 2019, over 30 new species of South-east Asian / Papuan region skinks (Scincella, Tropidophorus, Lipinia sensu lato), new genera and other significant contributions.
Issue 40 published 10 July 2019, over 40 new species of skink lizard (genus Emoia sensu lato), a new species of Tree Kangaroo from West New Guinea and other significant papers.
Issue 39 published 12 June 2019, taxonomy and more including 12 new species of dragon lizard and a new species of frog from Australia and a new Asian gecko.
Issue 38 published 10 August 2018, new gecko genera and 36 new species of gecko formally described and named from the SE Asia region.
Issue 37 published 20 June 2018, new Leadbeater's Possum subspecies, 2 new Rattlesnake species, 9 new gecko species, 8 new monitor (Goanna) species, new snake species from West Australia and more new taxa.
Issue 36 published 30 March 2018, Legless lizards, snakes, turtles, new taxa.
Issue 35 published 20 July 2017, Legless lizards, snakes, spiders, new taxa.
Issue 34 published 20 July 2017, Australian geckos, over 20 new taxa.
Issue 33, Snakes, lizards, frogs new taxa.
Issue 32, 1 August 2016, new lizard taxa.
Issue 31, new snake taxa.
Issue 30, 10 November 2015, taxonomy issue, over 30 new species and genera from five continents.
Issues Twenty Eight and Twenty Nine - 1 July 2015.
A revision of the genus level taxonomy of the Acontinae and Scincinae,
with the creation of new genera, subgenera, tribes and subtribes. Raymond T. Hoser (Issue 28:1-64 and Issue 29:65-128).
Issue Twenty Seven - 25 May 2015 - 64 page taxonomy and nomenclature issue.
Issue Twenty Six - 25 May 2015 - 64 page taxonomy and nomenclature issue.
Issue Twenty Five - 25 May 2015 - 64 page taxonomy and nomenclature issue.
Issue Twenty Four - 30 August 2014 - 64 page taxonomy issue.
Issue Twenty Three - 30 August 2014 - 64 page taxonomy issue.
Issue Twenty Two - 1 July 2014 - 64 page taxonomy issue (Asian bioregion).
Issue Twenty One - 20 October 2013 - 64 pages: Lizard taxonomy (several groups) and a new snake species.
Issue Twenty - 10 July 2013 - 64 page taxonomy issue: new Burrowing Asp and Tree Snake genera, True Cobra species and more.
Issue Ninenteen - 10 July 2013 - 64 page taxonomy issue: All vipers! Including new genera of Pitvipers, True Viper subgenera as well as new species, including Puff adders, horned adders and more.
Issue 18 29 April 2013 - 80 page taxonomy issue: The science of herpetology is built on evidence, ethics, quality publications and strict compliance with the rules of nomenclature.
Issue Seventeen - 29 April 2013 - 64 page taxonomy issue: Six new Colubroid snake families, dwarf boas and Ungaliophiinae, Calliophis, Liophidium, Liopholidophis, Rhinophiidae and more.
Issue Sixteen - 29 April 2013 - 64 page taxonomy issue including: boas, sea snakes, tree snakes, pythons, pitvipers, Cylindrophis, Anomochilus, Australian snakes and a new species of American Snapping Turtle
Issue Fifteen 6 July 2012 - Blind Snake Taxonomy, 36 new genera (64 pp.).
Issue Fourteen 30 June 2012 - Taxonomic issue: Crocodiles, snakes, lizards (64 pp.).
Issue Thirteen 30 June 2012 - Taxonomic issue: All snakes: over 10 new genera (64 pp.).
Issue Twelve 30 April 2012 - 76
page Taxonomic issue: Vipers, Elapids, Colubrids, etc, (over 20 new genera and new species described).
Issue Eleven 8 April 2012 - 64 page
Taxonomic issue: Vipers, Elapids, Colubrids, etc.
Issue Ten 8 April 2012 - 64 page
Taxonomic issue: Vipers, Elapids, etc.
Issue Nine 3 April 2012 - 64 pages - Exposing a fraud! Afronaja Wallach, Wuster and Broadley
is a junior synonym of Spracklandus Hoser, 2009.
Issue Eight 12 February 2010 (5 mb
file) - Sam The Scam: Sam The Koala is an impostor.
Australasian Journal of Herpetology 8 (2010):1-64.
Issue Seven 23 March 2009 (224 kb
file) - A reclassification of the True Cobras; species formerly referred to the
genera Naja, Boulengerina and Paranaja.
Australasian Journal of Herpetology 7 (2009):1-15.
Issue Six 9 March 2009 (181 kb
file) - A reclassification of the Rattlesnakes; species formerly exclusively
placed in the Genera Crotalus and Sistrurus.
Australasian Journal of Herpetology 6 (2009):1-21.
Issue Five 10 February 2009 (275
kb file) - Pain makes venomous snakes bite humans.
Australasian Journal of Herpetology 5 (2009):1-21.
Issue Four 9 February 2009 (2.1 mb
file) - Eight new taxa in the genera Pseudonaja Gunther 1858, Oxyuranus
Kinghorn 1923, and Panacedechis Wells and Wellington 1985
(Serpentes:Elapidae).
Australasian Journal of Herpetology 4 (2009):1-27.
Issue Three 4 February 2009 (1.4
mb file) - A new genus and a new species of skink from Victoria.
Australasian Journal of Herpetology 3 (2009):1-6.
Issue Two 3 February 2009 (300 k
file) - Creationism and contrived science: A review of recent python
systematics papers and the resolution of issues of taxonomy and nomenclature.
Australasian Journal of Herpetology 2 (2009):1-34.
Issue One 1 January 2009 (8 mb
file) - One or two mutations doesn t make a new species The taxonomy of
Copperheads (Austrelaps)(Serpentes:Elapidae).
Australasian Journal of Herpetology 1 (2009):1-28.
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