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A Cryptic New Species of Polemon (Squamata: Lamprophiidae, Aparallactinae) from the Miombo Woodlands of Central and East Africa

scientific article published on 24 January 2019

A NEW ADDER (BITIS) FROM THE CEDARBERG, AND THE STATUS OFBITIS INORNATA(A. Smith, 1849): PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS

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A New Species of Rock-Dwelling Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) From The Richtersveld, South Africa

scientific article published in 1996

A New Species of the Pachydactylus weberi Complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Namibrand Reserve, Southern Namibia

A Revision of the Pachydactylus serval and P. weberi Groups (Reptilia: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) of Southern Africa, with the Description of Eight New Species ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 September 2006

A comparative analysis of the diets of Varanus albigularis and Varanus niloticus in South Africa

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2014

A molecular phylogeny of Equatorial African Lacertidae, with the description of a new genus and species from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: November 2011)

A molecular phylogeny of the African plated lizards, genus Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae), with the description of two new genera

scientific article (publication date: 23 December 2013)

A new Dwarf Chameleon (Sauria:BradypodionFitzinger, 1843) from the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa

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A new adder (Bitis; Viperidae) from the Western Cape Province, South Africa

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1997

A new species of African snake-eyed skink (Scincidae: Panaspis) from central and northern Namibia

scientific article published on 04 December 2018

A new species of Lygodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) endemic to Mount Namuli, an isolated ‘sky island’ of northern Mozambique

scientific article (publication date: 17 September 2013)

A new species of Scolecoseps (Reptilia: Scincidae) from coastal north-eastern Mozambique

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A new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae:Nadzikambia) from Mount Mabu, central Mozambique

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A new species of rock-dwelling Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Richtersveld, South Africa ⬇️

scientific article published in 1996

A new species of rupicolousCordylusLaurenti 1768 (Sauria: Cordylidae) from Northern Mozambique

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A new species of spectacularly coloured flat lizard Platysaurus (Squamata: Cordylidae: Platysaurinae) from southern Africa

scientific article (publication date: 16 July 2015)

A new species of tortoise of the genusHomopus(Chelonia: Testudinidae) from southern Namibia

A new species of tree snake (Dipsadoboa, Serpentes: Colubridae) from ‘sky island’ forests in northern Mozambique, with notes on other members of the Dipsadoboa werneri group

scientific article

A review of Cordylus machadoi (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southwestern Angola, with the description of a new species from the Pro-Namib desert

scientific article

A review of the small east AfricanCordylus(Sauria: Cordylidae), with the description of a new species

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A revision of African helmeted terrapins (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa), with descriptions of six new species

scientific article (publication date: 15 May 2014)

A species-level phylogeny of Trachylepis (Scincidae: Mabuyinae) provides insight into their reproductive mode evolution

scientific article published on 06 April 2019

African Herald snakes, Crotaphopeltis , show population structure for a widespread generalist but deep genetic divergence for forest specialists ⬇️

scientific article published in 2020

Amphibians and reptiles of the Tundavala region of the Angolan Escarpment

scientific article published in 2018

Ancient forest fragmentation or recent radiation? Testing refugial speciation models in chameleons within an African biodiversity hotspot

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Ancient habitat shifts and organismal diversification are decoupled in the African viper genusBitis(Serpentes: Viperidae) ⬇️

Between a rock and a hard polytomy: rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae).

scientific article

Biology of Burrowing Asps (Atractaspididae) from Southern Africa

scientific article published in February 2006

Bitis arietans peghullaeStewart 1973 (Serpentes: Viperidae): a valid race of puff adder?

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Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 23 August 2010)

Chromosome evolution in pseudoxyrhophiine snakes from Madagascar: a wide range of karyotypic variability

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Corrections to species names recently placed in Kinyongia and Nadzikambia (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae)

scientific article (publication date: 15 March 2007)

Deep genealogical lineages in the widely distributed African helmeted terrapin: evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa subrufa)

scientific article

Description of a new flat gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique

scientific article published on 26 September 2017

Dietary Habits and Reproductive Biology of Typhlopid Snakes from Southern Africa

scientific article published on 05 May 2006

Disentangling the Pelomedusa complex using type specimens and historical DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae)

scientific article (publication date: 15 May 2014)

Diversifying into the branches: Species boundaries in African green and bush snakes, Philothamnus (Serpentes: Colubridae)

scientific article published on 23 October 2018

Donald George Broadley: Bibliography, taxonomic discoveries and patronyms

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Ecology of Southern African Sandveld Lizards (Lacertidae, Nucras)

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Egg Retention in the South African Blind Snake Typhlops bibronii ⬇️

scientific article published in 1983

End of an era for African Herpetology—An obituary for a remarkable man: Donald George Broadley (29 May 1932 – 10 March 2016)

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Erosion of lizard diversity by climate change and altered thermal niches.

scientific article

Evolutionary history of burrowing asps (Lamprophiidae: Atractaspidinae) with emphasis on fang evolution and prey selection

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

Feeding ecology, reproduction and sexual dimorphism in the colubrid snakeCrotaphopeltis hotamboeiain southern Africa

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Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa

scientific article published on 5 February 1999

Fifty Shades of Grey: giving colour to the poorly known Angolan Ashy reed frog (Hyperoliidae: Hyperolius cinereus), with the description of a new species

scientific article (publication date: 27 March 2013)

Hemipenes of the Madagascan Boas Acrantophis and Sanzinia, with a Review of Hemipeneal Morphology in the Boinae ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 March 1981

Life Underground: Food Habits and Reproductive Biology of Two Amphisbaenian Species from Southern Africa ⬇️

scientific article published in December 2000

Life on the Lowest Branch: Sexual Dimorphism, Diet, and Reproductive Biology of an African Twig Snake, Thelotornis capensis (Serpentes, Colubridae)

scientific article published on 16 May 1996

Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status

scientific article published on 6 March 2017

Molecular phylogeny of African hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys): implications for phylogeography and taxonomy (Testudines: Testudinidae)

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Molecular phylogeny of African hinged and helmeted terrapins (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelusios and Pelomedusa)

scholarly article by Uwe Fritz et al published November 2010 in Zoologica Scripta

Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article

Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis Fitzinger 1843 and Mehelya Csiki 1903

scientific article

Natural History of the African Shieldnose Snake Aspidelaps scutatus (Serpentes, Elapidae) ⬇️

scientific article published in September 1996

Notes on the Development of Embryos of the African Rock Python, Python sebae (Serpentes: Boidae)

scientific article published on 05 May 2006

Notes on the Ecology of the Giant Girdled Lizard, Cordylus giganteus ⬇️

scientific article published on 27 October 1975

Obituary: Garth underwood, 1919 ‐ 2002

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Phylogenetics of the southern African dwarf chameleons, Bradypodion (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae).

scientific article published in February 2004

Phylogeny and biogeography of the African burrowing snake subfamily Aparallactinae (Squamata: Lamprophiidae).

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

Phylogeography of Jackson's Forest Lizard Adolfus jacksoni (Sauria: Lacertidae) Reveals Cryptic Diversity in the Highlands of East Africa

scientific article published on 6 November 2018

Pygmy chameleons of the Rhampholeon platyceps compex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae): Description of four new species from isolated ‘sky islands’ of northern Mozambique

scientific article (publication date: 6 June 2014)

REPTHES AND AMPHIBIANS OF THE KAROO NATIONAL PARK: A SURPRISING DIVERSIlY

Rediscovery, range extension, habitat and phylogenetic relation of the endemic Scaled Sandveld Lizard Nucras scalaris Laurent, 1964 (Sauria: Lacertidae) in the central Angolan plateau

scientific article published on 8 July 2020

Rediscovery, taxonomic status, and phylogenetic relationships of two rare and endemic snakes (Serpentes: Psammophiinae) from the southwestern Angolan plateau

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Reproductive Biology and Food Habits of Horned Adders, Bitis caudalis (Viperidae), from Southern Africa

scientific article published in May 1998

Revised phylogeny of African sand lizards (Pedioplanis), with the description of two new species from south-western Angola

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Re‐discovery ofCynisca bifrontalisin Gabon, with additional notes onMonopeltis galeata(Reptilia: Amphisbaenia)

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Rock island melody: A revision of the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group, with descriptions of four new endemic species from Angola ⬇️

scientific article

Sexual Dichromatism Drives Diversification within a Major Radiation of African Amphibians

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Sexual Dimorphism, Reproductive Biology, and Dietary Habits of Psammophiine Snakes (Colubridae) from Southern Africa

scientific article published in December 2006

Snakes of the World. A Checklist. Venomous Snakes. Vol. 1. Boas, Pythons, Shield-Tails and Worm Snakes. Vol. 2

scientific article published on 15 February 1995

Snakes on an African plain: the radiation of Crotaphopeltis and Philothamnus into open habitat (Serpentes: Colubridae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 6 August 2021

THE GENUSTETRADACTYLUS(SAURIA: GERRHOSAURINAE) IN THE CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA: NEW RECORDS AND THEIR TAXONOMIC STATUS

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THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA: NEW DISTRIBUTION RECORDS AND ZOOGEOGRAPHY

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Tanzania's reptile biodiversity: Distribution, threats and climate change vulnerability

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Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae).

scientific article

The Reptiles of Angola: History, Diversity, Endemism and Hotspots

scientific article published in 2019

The Wolf Snakes Lycophidion capense and Lycophidion variegatum (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae) in South Africa

scientific article published in 1976

The discovery, biodiversity and conservation of Mabu forest—the largest medium-altitude rainforest in southern Africa

scientific article published on 11 February 2014

The padloper’s tortuous path (Chelonia: Testudinidae): Two genera, not one

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The snake family Psammophiidae (Reptilia: Serpentes): phylogenetics and species delimitation in the African sand snakes (Psammophis Boie, 1825) and allied genera.

scientific article

Tortoise (Reptilia, Testudinidae) radiations in Southern Africa from the Eocene to the present ⬇️

scientific article published in 2018

Tremeropugus typicusA. Smith, 1831: Overlooked synonyms ofXenopusWagler, 1827 andXenopus laevis(Daudin, 1802) (Amphibia: Pipidae)

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Two Exceptional Food Records for the African Bullfrog, Pyxicephalus adspersus (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae)

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Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians

scientific article (publication date: 18 March 2015)

Weak divergence among African, Malagasy and Seychellois hinged terrapins (Pelusios castanoides, P. subniger) and evidence for human-mediated oversea dispersal

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