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Species Diversity, evolution, phylogenetics and taxonomy
AUSTRALIA
Taxonomic contributions in the "amateur" literature: comments on recent descriptions of new genera and species by Raymond Hoser (2001) WÜSTER W, BUSH B, KEOGH JS, O'SHEA MT and SHINE R. Litteratura Serpentium 21(3):67-79, 79-91. © The European Snake Society.
Electrophoretic delineation of species boundaries within the short-necked freshwater turtles of Australia (Testudines: Chelidae) (1996) GEORGES A and ADAMS M. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol.118(3), pp.241-260. © The Linnean Society of London.
Phylogenetic Relationships between Oviparous and Viviparous Populations of an Australian Lizard (Lerista bougainvillii, Scincidae) (1998) FAIRBURN J, SHINE R, MORITZ C and FROMMER M Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Vol.10(1) pp95-103 © Academic Press.
Molecular evidence for the phylogeny of Australian gekkonoid lizards (1999) DONNELLAN SC, HUTCHINSON MN and SAINT KM. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 67(1), pp.97-118 © The Linnean Society of London.
A molecular phylogeny of rainbow skinks (Scincidae: Carlia): taxonomic and biogeographic implications. (2002) STUART-FOX DM, HUGALL AF, MORITZ C. Australian Journal of Zoology. 50:39-51. (c) CSIRO Publishing.
Geographic variation in lizard phenotypes: importance of the incubation environment (1998) QUALLS FJ and SHINE R Biological Journal of the Linnean Society Vol.64 pp477–491. © 1998 The Linnean Society of London
The influence of natural incubation environments on the phenotypic traits of hatchling lizards (1997) SHINE R, ELPHICK MJ and HARLOW PS Ecology Vol.78(8) pp2259-68. © 1996 Ecological Society of America.
Biogeographic Origins of Goannas (Varanidae): A Molecular Perspective (1998) FULLER S, BAVERSTOCK P and KING D. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol.9(2), pp.294-307. © Academic Press.
The evolution of oviparity with egg guarding and viviparity in lizards and snakes: A phylogenetic analysis. (1996) DE FRAIPONT M, CLOBERT J and BARBAULT R Evolution Vol.50(1) pp 391-400.
A molecular phylogeny of the Australian skink genera Eulamprus, Gnypetoscincus and Nangura. (2003) O'CONNOR D, MORITZ C. Australian Journal of Zoology 51:317-330 © CSIRO Publishing
A new species of Phyllurus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) and a revised phylogeny and key for the Australian leaf-tailed geckos. HOSKIN CJ, COUPER PJ, SCHNEIDER CJ. (2003) Australian Journal of Zoology. 51:153-164. © CSIRO Publishing
Systematics of the Egernia whitii species group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in south-eastern Australia. (2002) DONNELLAN SC, HUTCHINSON MN, DEMPSEY P, OSBORNE WS. Australian Journal of Zoology. 50:439-459 © CSIRO Publishing
The Australian elapid genus Cacophis: Morphology and phylogeny of rainforest crowned snakes. (2003) SCANLON JD. Herpetological Journal. 13:1-20
Phylogenetic Relationships of Terrestrial Australo-Papuan Elapid Snakes (Subfamily Hydrophiinae) Based on Cytochrome b and 16S rRNA Sequences (1998) KEOGH JS, SHINE R and DONNELLAN S Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Vol.10(1) pp67–81. © Academic Press
Evolutionary implications of hemipenial morphology in the terrestrial Australian elapid snakes. (1999) KEOGH JS. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol.125(2), pp.239-278. © The Linnean Society of London.
Microsatellite primers for Australian and New Guinean pythons isolated with an efficient marker development method for related species. (2002) JORDAN PW, GOODMAN AE, DONNELLAN S. Molecular Ecology Notes 2:78–82 © Blackwell Science, Ltd
Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite markers from the Australian tiger snakes (Elapidae:Notechis) and amplification in the closely related genus Hoplocephalus. (2001) SCOTT IAW, HAYES CM, KEOGH JS, WEBB JK. Molecular Ecology Notes 1:117–119 © Blackwell Science, Ltd
Herpetological name changes. (1963) WORRELL E.
A new water-monitor from northern Australia. (1956) WORRELL E. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.
A new elapine snake from Queensland. (1955) WORRELL E. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.
Classification of Australian Boidae. (1951) WORRELL E. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Revision of Denisonia suta (Serpentes: Elapidae) and the description of a new species closely related to it. (1984) STORR GM. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 11(3):249-257. © WA Museum.
The genus Notechis (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Western Australia. (1982) STORR GM. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 9(4):325-340. © WA Museum.
The genus Acanthophis (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Western Australia. (1981) STORR GM. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 9(2):203-210. © WA Museum.
The Denisonia gouldii species-group (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Western Australia. (1981) STORR GM. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 8(4):501-515. © WA Museum.
A new Brachyaspis (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Western Australia. (1980) STORR GM. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 8(4):501-515. © WA Museum.
Phylogenetic relationships within the Australasian venomous snakes of
the genus Pseudechis. (1986) MENGDEN GA, SHINE R, MORITZ C. Herpetologica. 42(2):215-229.
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Diemenia aspidorhyncha (McCoy) The shield-fronted brown snake. (1879)
MCCOY F. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria. Govt Printer (Melb).
Diemenia superciliosa (Fischer) The common brown snake. (1979) MCCOY F. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria. Govt Printer (Melb).
Diemenia microlepidota (McCoy) Small-scaled brown snake. (1879) MCCOY F. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria. Govt Printer (Melb).
Geographic variation in scalation and size of the black whip snakes (Squamata: Elapidae: Demansia vestigiata complex): Evidence for two broadly sympatric species. (1998) SHEA GM. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. 14:41-61.
Phylogeographic analysis of the green python, Morelia viridis, reveals cryptic diversity. (2003) RAWLINGS LH, DONNELLAN SC. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27:36–44. © Elsevier Science Ltd.
The relationship of the Taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus, and the Small-scaled Snake, Oxyuranus microlepidotus (Serpentes: Elapidae). (1981) COVACEVICH J, MCDOWELL SB, TANNER C, MENGDEN GA. 160-168.
Recognition of Parademansia microlepidotus (McCoy)(Elapidae), a dangerous Australian snake. (1976) COVACEVICH J, WOMBEY J. Proceedings Royal Society of Queensland. 87:29-32.
Simoselaps morrisi sp nov (Elapidae), A new species of snake from the Northern Territory. (1998) HORNER P. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. 14:63-70.
Molecular phylogeny of the Australian venomous snake genus Hoplocephalus (Serpentes, Elapidae) and conservation genetics of the threatened H. stephensii. (2003) KEOGH SJ, SCOTT IAW, FITZGERALD M, SHINE R. Conservation Genetics 4:57–65 © 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Molecular phylogeny of viviparous Australian elapid snakes: affinities of Echiopsis atriceps (Storr, 1980) and Drysdalia coronata (Schlegel, 1837), with description of a new genus. (2000) KEOGH JS, SCOTT IAW, SCANLON JD. Journal of Zoology, London. 252:317-326. (c) The Zoological Society of London.
Description of two new species of snake (1882) MACLEAY W. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 6:811-813.
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