The Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change

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Prof. Dr. Hinrich Kaiser

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Herpetology

Mail: h.kaiser [at] leibniz-lib.de

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Kaiser, C. M., O’Shea, M., Kaiser, H. (2019): A new species of Indo-Papuan groundsnake, genus Stegonotus Duméril et al., 1854 (Serpentes, Colubridae), from the Bird’s Head Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia, with comments on differentiating morphological characters. - Zootaxa 4590(2):201–230.

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2024

Baum, T. J., Kaiser, H. (2024): Tail furcations in lizards: a revised summary and the second report of tail duplication in the Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis Baird & Girard, 1852. - Herpetology Notes 17: 459–475 (2024).

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Janssen, J., Ineich, I., Shacham, B., Vasconcelos, R., Kaiser, H. (2024): Ethnozoological Review on the Trade, Human Alimentation, and Cultural Use of Skinks (Reptilia, Scincidae). - Journal of Ethnobiology 1–13; https://doi.org/10.1177/02780771241261224

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Miguel, A. R., Kaiser, H., Vargas, N. D., Borges-Martins, M. (2024): Diversity and natural history of reptiles from coastal environments in Gilé National Park, northern Mozambique. – Herpetology Notes 17: 173-199 (2024).

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Quezada-Riera, A. B., Barrio-Amorós, C. L., Schenker, S., Kaiser, H., Arteaga, A. (2024): Review of ophiophagy in neotropical cat-eyed snakes, genus Leptodeira, with the first report of ophiophagy in L. ornata (Bocourt, 1884). - Herpetology Notes 17: 347-349 (2024).

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Wüster, W., Kaiser, H., Hoogmoed, M. S., Ceríaco, L. M. P., Dirksen, L., Dufresnes, C., Glaw, F., ... , Böhme, W. (2024): How not to describe a species: lessons from a tangle of anacondas (Boidae: Eunectes Wagler, 1830). - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024, 201, zlae099; https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae099

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wuester_et_al._2024_tangle_of_anacondas_-_zool.j.linn_.soc_.pdf

2023

Denzer, W., Kaiser, H. (2023): Naming and gaming: The illicit taxonomic practice of‘nomenclatural harvesting’ and how to avoid it. - Journal of Zoology; https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13061

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denzer_kaiser_2023_j._zool.pdf

Kraus, F., O’Shea, M., Kaiser, H. (2023): Why Toxicocalamus longhagen Roberts, Iova & Austin, 2022 (Serpentes, Elapidae) is a taxonomic nomen dubium. - Bionomina, 32: 41–51 (2023); https://doi.org/10.11646/bionomina.32.1.4

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Miguel, A. R., Borges-Martins, M., Kaiser, H. (2023): There is a first for everything: feet-first feeding by a Snouted Night Adder, Causus defilippii (Jan, 1863), on a Shovel-footed Squeaker, Arthroleptis stenodactylus Pfeffer, 1893, the first live predator-prey interaction reported for these genera and species and the first for Mozambique. – Herpetology Notes 16: 623-626.

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Oda, F. H., Martins, T. F., Labruna, M. B., O'Shea, M., Kaiser, H. (2023): Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of three Timor-Leste reptiles: first country record of Amblyomma helvolum, with new interactions and an updated list of host species. - Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 14 (3); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102060

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oda_et_al._2023_ticks_timor-leste_reptiles.pdf

O’Shea, M., Wallach, V., Hsiaoc, E., Kaiser, H. (2023): “Anteaters” under the airport: a slender new species of blindsnake, genus Indotyphlops, from Timor-Leste (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae: Asiatyphlopinae). - Canadian Journal of Zoology 101: 486–498; dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2022-0097

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o_shea_et_al._2023_anteaters_cjz-2022-0097.pdf

Reilly, S. B., Stubbs, A. L., Karin, B. R., Arida, E., Arifin, U., Hamidy, A., Kaiser, et al. (2023): Bewildering biogeography: Waves of dispersal and diversification across southern Wallacea by bent-toed geckos (genus: Cyrtodactylus). - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 186 (2023) 107853; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107853

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Wüster, W., Kaiser, H. (2023): Bungled Bungarus: lessons from a venomous snake complex illustrate why taxonomic decisions belong in taxonomy-competent journals. - Zootaxa 5297 (1): 139–143; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5297.1.9

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2022

Koppetsch, T., Kaiser, H. (2022): Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on Nose-horned Vipers, Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758), at the Danube’s Iron Gates, Serbia, with a brief review of tick infestations on European vipers. - Herpetology Notes 15: 781-784.

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Kraus, F., Kaiser, H., O’Shea, M. (2022): Hidden diversity in semi-fossorial Melanesian forest snakes: A revision of the Toxicocalamus loriae complex (Squamata, Elapidae) from New Guinea. - Vertebrate Zoology 72: 997-1034; https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e89647

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Miguel, A. R., Matsinhe, A. J., Francisco, D. L. P., Kaiser, H. (2022): Terrestrial frog diversity in a dry Miombo woodland in Mocuba, northern Mozambique. - Herpetology Notes 15: 769-779.

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Oda, F. H., Martins, T. F., Labruna, M. B., O'Shea, M., Kaiser, H. (2022): Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of three Timor-Leste reptiles: first country record of Amblyomma helvolum, with new interactions and an updated list of host species. - Ticks and tick-borne diseases; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102060

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Parmar, D. S., Kaiser, H. (2022): An unusual white dorsal patch in Russell’s Viper, Daboia russelii (Shaw & Nodder, 1797), from Surat District, Gujarat State, India. - Herpetology Notes 15: 679-682.

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Parmar, D. S., Kaiser, H. (2022): Trafficking and “black magic” in Gujarat State, India: superstitious beliefs engender a troubled future for Red Sand Boas, Eryx johnii (Serpentes: Boidae). - Herpetology Notes 15: 671-677.

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Reilly, S. B., Arifin, U., Stubbs, A. L., Karin, B. R., Kaiser, H., Frederick, J. H., Arida, E. et al. (2022): Phylogenetic relationships of southern Wallacean ranid frogs (Anura: Ranidae: Hylarana). - Zootaxa 5150 (4): 591-599; DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5150.4.7

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Reilly, S. B., Arifin, U., Stubbs, A. L., Karin, B. R., Kaiser, H., Frederick, J. H., Arida, E., et al. (2022): Phylogenetic relationships of southern Wallacean ranid frogs (Anura: Ranidae: Hylarana). - Zootaxa; DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.4.7

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