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A Mollusk Planorbarius corneus is an Intermediate Host of the Infectious Agent of Rostand’s «Anomaly P» in Green Frogs ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 December 2019

A New Species of Frog (Genus Rana, Subgenus Paa) from Northern Pakistan (Amphibia, Anura)

scientific article published on 15 November 1979

A New Species of Frog (Genus Rana, Subgenus Paa) from Western Nepal (Amphibia: Anura)

scientific article published on 14 December 1983

A case of possible vocal convergence between frogs and a bird in Himalayan torrents

scientific article published in 1984

A family-series nomen based on a junior synonym is not thereby made invalid: the case of Adamansini Huber, 2007 (Cyprinotontiformes, Nothobranchiidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 April 2008

A few problems in the generic nomenclature of insects and amphibians, with recommendations for the publication of new generic nomina in zootaxonomy and comments on taxonomic and nomenclatural databases and websites

scientific article (publication date: 26 February 2017)

A new nomen for a subfamily of frogs (Amphibia, Anura)

scholarly article

A new species of Anomaloglossus (Anura: Aromobatidae) of the stepheni group with the redescription of A. baeobatrachus (Boistel and de Massary, 1999), and an amended definition of A. leopardus Ouboter and Jairam, 2012

scientific article

A propos de l'emploi controversé du terme «monophylétique» : nouvelles propositions

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 55 no. 7, 1986

A zoologist’s viewpoint on the Draft BioCode

scientific article published on 21 April 2011

Allocation of nomina to taxa in zoological nomenclature

scientific article published on 3 February 2020

Amphibian Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographical Reference

scientific article published on 5 August 1987

An often overlooked Rule of the Code, and its bearing on the authorship and date of the nomen Proteidae (Amphibia, Urodela)

scientific article published on 24 December 2015

Anisotropic dielectric behavior of layered perovskite-like Cs3Bi2I9 crystals in the terahertz region

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Anomalies and Mutations in Natural Populations of theRana “esculenta” Complex (Amphibia, Anura)

scientific article published on 06 July 2007

Article 23.9 of theCodecannot be used to reject the nomenHyla quoyiBory de Saint-Vincent, 1828 as anomen oblitum

scientific article published in February 2018

Authors of zoological publications and nomina are signatures, not persons ⬇️

scientific article published on 19 May 2008

Bilateral blindness and sphenoethmoid sinusitis

scientific article published on September 27, 2003

Bionomina, a forum for the discussion of nomenclatural and terminological issues in biology

scientific article published on 24 December 2010

CAECILIIDAE Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814 (Amphibia, Gymnophiona) and CAECILIIDAE Kolbe, 1880 (Insecta, Psocoptera): proposed removal of the homonymy by the revocation of Opinion 1462 and the adoption of the spelling CAECILIUSIDAE for the psocopteran ...

scientific article published in 1994

Case 2362. Phrynobatrachinae Laurent, 1941 (Amphibia, Anura): proposed conservation

scientific article published in 1994

Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation

scientific article published in 2015

Classification et nomenclature supragénérique des Amphibiens Anoures

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 52 no. 9, 1983

Comment (Case 3613) — On the setting aside of Nyctimystes cheesmani Tyler, 1964 in favour of Nyctimystes cheesmanae Tyler, 1964 (Amphibia, Anura, hylidae)

scientific article

Comment On The Proposed Conservation Of Hemidactyliini Hallowell, 1856

Comment On The Proposed Conservation Of Hydromantes Gistel, 1848 Schlegel, 1838 As The Type Species

Comments On The Suppression Of Epicrium Wagler, 1828 And Epicriidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Amphibia, Gymnophiona)

scientific article published in 1991

Crossodactylodinae Fouquet, Blotto, Maronna, Verdade, Juncá, de Sá & Trefaut Rodrigues, 2013 is an invalid junior synonym of Paratelmatobiinae Ohler & Dubois, 2012 (Amphibia, Anura)

scientific article (publication date: 14 August 2013)

Dendrobates Wagler, 1830 and Dendrobatidae Cope, 1865 (Amphibia, Anura): proposed conseravation

scientific article published in 1982

Designation Of A Neotype For Leptodactylus Gracilis (Duméril and Bibron, 1840) (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae)

scientific article published in December 2007

Deux Rana cyanophlyctis du Népal aux yeux noirs (Amphibiens, Anoures)

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 45 no. 9, 1976

Deux noms d'espèces préoccupés dans le genre Rana (Amphibiens, Anoures) ⬇️

scholarly article published in 1980

Diagnoses in zoological taxonomy and nomenclature

scientific article published on 24 March 2017

Discordant patterns of nuclear and mitochondrial introgression in Iberian populations of the European common frog (Rana temporaria).

scientific article published on 8 February 2012

Does counting species count as taxonomy? On misrepresenting systematics, yet again

scientific article published on 28 June 2013

Découverte et redescription de l'holotype d'Ahaetulla pulverulenta (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae), avec une remarque sur le statut de Dryinus fuscus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 ⬇️

scientific article published in 2005

EDITORIAL : Taxonomy in the century of extinctions : taxonomic gap, taxonomic impediment, taxonomic urgency

scientific article published in 2010

Early scientific names of Amphibia Anura II. An exemplary case: Rana arborea Linnaeus, 1758 ⬇️

scholarly article published in 1996

Endangered species and endangered knowledge ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 August 2009

Environmental constraints and call evolution in torrent-dwelling frogs.

scientific article

Evolutionary significance of oral morphology in the carnivorous tadpoles of tiger frogs, genus Hoplobatrachus (Ranidae)

article published in 2004

First Reviser actions in ornithology: an editorial note ⬇️

scientific article published on 29 April 2009

Frog alien species: a way for genetic invasion?

scientific article published in August 2003

Further Comment On The Proposed Suppression For Nomenclature Of Three Works By R.w. Wells And C.r. Wellington

scientific article published in 1990

Further proposals about higher zoological nomenclature, and a lesson of humility: the solution to a recent controversy about the authorship and date of the nomen Amphibia had already been published one century ago

scientific article published on 18 June 2015

Genitives of species and subspecies nomina derived from personal names should not be emended ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 August 2007

Herpetological higher taxa nomina 1. Introduction and methodology ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

Hyper-validation of five nomina of amphibians and reptiles threatened by senior synonyms or homonyms ⬇️

scientific article published on 5 March 2012

Incorporation of nomina of higher-ranked taxa into the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: some basic questions ⬇️

scientific article published on 19 October 2006

Incorporation of nomina of higher-ranked taxa into the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: the nomenclatural status of class-series zoological nomina published in a non-latinized form ⬇️

scientific article published in 2009

Insights from Zootaxa on potential trends in zoological taxonomic activity

scientific article

Is Dicroglossidae Anderson, 1871 (Amphibia, Anura) an available nomen?

scientific article (publication date: 22 July 2014)

It is high time that taxonomists follow the Code. 2. The Virgotyphlops case (Serpentes, Typhlopidae ⬇️

scientific article published on 3 June 2021

It is high time that taxonomists follow the Code. 3. The Bungarus romulusi case (Serpentes, Elapidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 3 June 2021

Kaloula baleata (Müller, 1836) (Anura: Microhylidae), an Addition to the Batrachofauna of Thailand ⬇️

scientific article published in 1999

LES NOTIONS DE GENRE, SOUS-GENRE ET GROUPE D'ESPèCES EN ZOOLOGIE À LA LUMIèRE DE LA SYSTÉMATIQUE ÉVOLUTIVE ⬇️

scientific article published in 1982

LISTE DES GENRES ET SOUS-GENRES NOMINAUX DE RANOIDEA (AMPHIBIENS ANOURES) DU MONDE, AVEC IDENTIFICATION DE LEURS ESPÈCES-TYPES: CONSÉQUENCES NOMENCLATURALES

scientific article published in January 1981

La Nomenclature Supragénérique des Amphibiens Anoures

scientific article published on 10 February 1986

La variation géographique et la variabilité intrapopulationnelle chez Phyllodactylus europaeus (Reptilia, Sauria, Gekkonidae) ⬇️

scholarly article published in 1985

Le statut nomenclatural des noms génériques d'Amphibiens Anoures créés par Kuhl & Van Hasselt (1822) : Megophrys, Occidozyga et Rhacophorus ⬇️

scholarly article published in 1982

Leptodactylus labialis, the Valid Name for the American Whitelipped Frog (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae)

Les Amphibiens de la station d'altitude d'Oukaïmeden (Haut-Atlas, Maroc)

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 51 no. 10, 1982

Lists of European species of amphibians and reptiles: will we soon be reaching "stability"?

Molecular phylogeny and genetic identification of populations of two species of Feirana frogs (Amphibia: Anura, Ranidae, Dicroglossinae, Paini) endemic to China

article

Morphologie et statut systématique de Rana fansipani Bourret, 1939 (Amphibiens, Anoures) ⬇️

Naming taxa from cladograms: a cautionary tale

scientific article published on 17 June 2006

New concepts and methods for phylogenetic taxonomy and nomenclature in zoology, exemplified by a new ranked cladonomy of recent amphibians (Lissamphibia) ⬇️

New proposals for naming lower-ranked taxa within the frame of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

scientific article published on 9 August 2006

New species in the Old World: Europe as a frontier in biodiversity exploration, a test bed for 21st century taxonomy

scientific article

New synonymies in the order Urodela Duméril, 1805 (Amphibia, Batrachia), with comments on the use of the formula "new taxon" to designate new nomina ⬇️

scientific article published on 26 November 2012

Nomenclatural Availability of Testudo coriacea Vandelli, 1761: A Case against a Rigid Application of the Rules to Old, Well-Known Zoological Works ⬇️

scientific article published in December 1983

Nomenclatural and taxonomic problems related to the electronic publication of new nomina and nomenclatural acts in zoology, with brief comments on optical discs and on the situation in botany

scientific article (publication date: 11 November 2013)

Nomenclatural issues in ornithology: the incredible controversy on the identity of a long overlooked Brazilian bird

scientific article (publication date: 6 November 2013)

Nomenclatural rules in zoology as a potential threat against natural history museums

scientific article published in 2010

Nomenclature of Discoglossus: the status of the nomina Discoglossus hispanicus Lataste, 1879 and Discoglossus algirus Lataste, 1879 (Anura: Discoglossidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 16 October 2006

Nomenclature ordinale et familiale des Tortues (Reptilia) Note complémentaire

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 55 no. 3, 1986

Nomina zoologica linnaeana* ⬇️

scientific article published on 21 December 2007

Note sur la systématique et la répartition des Amphibiens Anoures de Chine et des régions avoisinantes. I. Rana exilispinosa Liu & Hu, 1975 et Rana (Paa ) paraspinosa Dubois, 1975

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 48 no. 10, 1979

Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens, Anoures)

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 61 no. 10, 1992

Notes sur la systématique et la répartition des Amphibiens Anoures de Chine et des régions avoisinantes. IV. Classification générique et subgénérique des Pelobatidae Megophryinae

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 49 no. 8, 1980

Notes sur la systématique et la répartition des amphibiens anoures de Chine et des régions avoisinantes. V. Megophrys oshanensis Liu, 1950 et Leptobrachium minimum Taylor, 1962

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 50 no. 6, 1981

Nouveautés taxinomiques. Une nouvelle classification générique et subgénérique de la tribu des Philautini (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae)

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 74 no. 5, 2005

Néoténie et pédogenèse. A propos d'une anomalie du développement chez Bombina variegata (Amphibiens, Anoures) ⬇️

scholarly article published in 1979

On the Type Specimens of Trapelus ruderatus (Olivier, 1804) and Some Nomenclatural Problems on Trapelus Cuvier, 1816 (Agamidae, Sauria) ⬇️

On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 11 August 2011

On the proposed conservation of HEMIDACTYLIINI Hallowell, 1856 (Amphibia, Caudata)

On the proposed conservation of Hydromantes Gistel, 1848 (Amphibia, Caudata) by the designation of Salamandra genei Temminck & Schlegel, 1838 as the type species

On the proposed conservation of the family-group name Phrynobatrachinae Laurent, 1941 (Amphibia, Anura)

Optical discs in zoological nomenclature: problems and proposed solution

Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

scientific article (publication date: 23 November 2016)

Phrynobatrachinae Laurent, 1940 (Amphibia, Anura): proposed conservation. Z.N.(S.) 2362

scientific article published in 1982

Phylogenetic relationships and generic taxonomy of the tribe Paini (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Dicroglossinae), with diagnoses of two new genera ⬇️

scientific article published in 2006

Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Paini (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) based on partial sequences of mitochondrial 12s and 16s rRNA genes

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Phylogeny, taxonomy and nomenclature:the problem of taxonomic categories and of nomenclatural ranks ⬇️

scientific article published on 2 July 2007

Polydactylie chez Rana iberica Boulenger, 1879 (Amphibiens, Anoures) ⬇️

Primary, secondary and tertiary syntypes and virtual lectotype designation in zoological nomenclature, with comments on the recent designation of a lectotype for Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

Proposed Rules for the incorporation of nomina of higher-ranked zoological taxa in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 1. Some general questions, concepts and terms of biological nomenclature ⬇️

scientific article published in 2005

Proposed Rules for the incorporation of nomina of higher-ranked zoological taxa in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 2. The proposed Rules and their rationale ⬇️

scientific article published in 2006

Quelques réflexions sur le Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 71 no. 2, 2002

Radically different phylogeographies and patterns of genetic variation in two European brown frogs, genus Rana

scientific article published on 28 April 2013

Rana (Pelophylax) ridibunda Pallas, 1771, Rana (Pelophylax) perezi Seoane, 1885 and their associated klepton (Amphibia, Anura): morphological diagnoses and description of a new taxon ⬇️

scholarly article published in 1995

Recommendations about nomenclature for papers submitted to Zootaxa ⬇️

scientific article published on 7 July 2011

Rediscovery of a long known species, Ixalus lateralis Anderson, 1871 ⬇️

scientific article published on 3 November 2008

Retroactive changes should be introduced in the Code only with great care: problems related to the spellings of nomina ⬇️

scientific article published on 14 April 2010

SOME COMMENTS ON THE GENUS CONCEPT IN ZOOLOGY ⬇️

scientific article published in 1988

Sorting out Lalos: description of new species and additional taxonomic data on megophryid frogs from northern Indochina (genus Leptolalax, Megophryidae, Anura) ⬇️

scientific article published on 23 December 2011

Species and “strange species” in zoology: Do we need a “unified concept of species”?

article

Statut nomenclatural et spécimens-types d'Emys pseudogeographica Gray, 1931 et d'Emys lesueuri Gray, 1931 (Reptilia, Chelonii, Emydidae)

scientific article published in 1983

Strigea robusta causes polydactyly and severe forms of Rostand's anomaly P in water frogs

scientific article published on 29 July 2020

Strongylogus Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia, Anura): proposed designation of Rana fasciata Smith, 1849 as the type species

Sur deux anomalies de la grenouille verte (Rana esculenta)

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 37 no. 7, 1968

Sur une anomalie pigmentaire de la grenouille verte (Rana esculenta) et de quelques autres amphibiens Anoures et Urodèlespar

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 40 no. 2, 1971

Synonymization of the genus nomen Dendroplex Swainson, 1827 and description of a new genus of woodcreeper (Aves: Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae) with remarks on Articles 67.5 and 70.3 of the Code

scientific article published on 20 December 2018

Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the subfamily Acridinae of the family Hylidae (Amphibia, Anura)

scientific article published on 4 March 2017

Taxonomic notes on the Asian frogs of the tribe Paini (Ranidae, Dicroglossinae): 1. Morphology and synonymy ofChaparana aenea(Smith, 1922), with proposal of a new statistical method for testing homogeneity of small samples

article

Taxonomy in the century of extinctions: taxonomic gap, taxonomic impediment, taxonomic urgency

scientific article published in 2011

Taxonomy: no decline, but inertia

scientific article published on 08 February 2013

The European union’s 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus

article

The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature must be drastically improved before it is too late

scientific article published on 18 February 2011

The Linz Zoocode project. Fifth report of activities (2022).<br>Nomenclatural availability. 4. Electronic publication

scientific article published in 2022

The Linz Zoocode project. Fourth report of activities (2021).<br>Nomenclatural availability. 3. Paper publication

scientific article published in 2022

The Recent Distribution of Rana milleti Smith, 1921 in Mainland Southeast Asia with the First Record of Cambodia ⬇️

scientific article

The authorship and date of five generic nomina of Squamata and Amphibia published by Cuvier (1816, 1829), with recourse to and comments on twenty Articles of the Code ⬇️

scientific article published on 2 July 2019

The authorship and date of the generic nomen Typhlops and of the familial nomen Typhlopidae (Serpentes) ⬇️

scientific article published on 3 June 2021

The authorships and dates of the specific nomina Megophrys shuichengensis and Pseudohynobius shuichengensis (Amphibia)

scientific article (publication date: 28 May 2015)

The different meanings of the nomen Amphibia: a correction

scientific article (publication date: 17 July 2015)

The distinction between family-series and class-series nomina in zoological nomenclature, with emphasis on the nomina created by Batsch (1788, 1789) and on the higher nomenclature of turtles ⬇️

The distinction between family-series and class-series nomina in zoological nomenclature, with emphasis on the nomina created by Batsch (1788, 1789) and on the higher nomenclature of turtles ⬇️

scientific article published in 2010

The distinction between introduction of a new nomen and subsequent use of a previously introduced nomen in zoological nomenclature

scientific article published on 30 March 2012

The endings of specific nomina dedicated to persons should not be emended: nomenclatural issues in Phalangopsidae (Hexapoda: Grylloidea) ⬇️

scientific article published on 17 April 2012

The identity of the South African toad Sclerophrys capensis Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia, Anura)

scientific article

The importance of ambient sound level to characterise anuran habitat

scientific article

The misleading use of the terms parent, child, ancestor and descendant in databases dealing with biological evolution and taxonomy

scientific article published on 28 June 2013

The multiple meanings of ancient zoological terms

scientific article published on 22 December 2011

The need for reference specimens in zoological taxonomy and nomenclature

scientific article published on 24 March 2017

The nomenclatural status of Hysaplesia, Hylaplesia, Dendrobates and related nomina (Amphibia, Anura), with general comments on zoological nomenclature and its governance, as well as on taxonomic databases and websites

scientific article published on 4 March 2017

The nomenclatural status of Zaocys carinatus Günther, 1864 (Squamata, Serpentes) ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

The nomenclatural status of some generic nomina of Megophryidae (Amphibia, Anura) ⬇️

scientific article published on 3 June 2010

The nomenclatural status of the amphibian nomina published by Luuc Bauer from 1985 to 1994, with comments on the Rules of the Code concerning the techniques of printing

scientific article published on 10 November 2016

The nomenclatural status of the nomina of amphibians and reptiles created by Garsault (1764), with a parsimonious solution to an old nomenclatural problem regarding the genus Bufo (Amphibia, Anura), comments on the taxonomy of this genus, and comment

scientific article published in 2010

The original spellings of Thryothorus Vieillot, 1816 (Vertebrata, Aves): a correction ⬇️

scholarly article by NORMAND DAVID & ALAIN DUBOIS published 15 June 2011 in Zootaxa

The relationships between taxonomy and conservation biology in the century of extinctions

scientific article published on August 2003

The rich but confusing terminology of biological nomenclature: a first step towards a comprehensive glossary ⬇️

scientific article published on 21 April 2011

The snake fauna of Togo: systematics, distribution and biogeography, with remarks on selected taxonomic problems ⬇️

scholarly article by Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto et al published September 2011 in Zoosystema

The status of the amphibian nomina created by Merrem (1820) and Ritgen (1828) ⬇️

scientific article published on 6 October 2009

The taxonomic and nomenclatural status of the nomen Anabates pulvericolor Sclater, 1858 (Aves: Furnariidae), with a neotype designation

scientific article published on 26 February 2019

The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

The taxonomic status of Scutiger mokokchungensis Das & Chanda, 2000 (Amphibia, Anura)

The use of the prefix Pan- and other problems in zoological family-series nomenclature

scientific article (publication date: 18 December 2013)

Timeless standards for species delimitation

scientific article (publication date: 8 July 2016)

Turtles and Tortoises of Togo: Historical Data, Distribution, Ecology, and Conservation

scientific article published in 2014

Un leptodactyle pentadactyle ectrodactyle (Amphibiens, Anoures)

scholarly article in Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Lyon, vol. 44 no. 4, 1975

Un nom de remplacement pour un genre de Ranidés de Madagascar (Amphibiens, Anoures) ⬇️

scholarly article published in 1980

Une espèce nouvelle de Scutiger (Amphibiens, Anoures) du nord de la Birmanie

scientific article published in 1979

Urogenital manifestations in Wegener granulomatosis: a study of 11 cases and review of the literature.

scientific article

What is an anonymous publication? Is the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature anonymous?

scientific article published on 24 December 2015

What really hampers taxonomy and conservation? A riposte to Garnett and Christidis (2017)

scientific article published on September 2017

Xerobates Agassiz, 1857, synonyme plus ancien de Scaptochelys Bramble, 1982 (Reptilia, Chelonii, Testudinidae)

scientific article published in 1984

Zoological nomenclature in the century of extinctions: priority vs. ‘usage’

scientific article published in 2010

Zoological nomina in the century of extinctions: new proposals

scientific article published on 18 June 2015

Zoonom: Gathering the concepts of zoological nomenclature in an electronic thesaurus

scientific article published in 2021

Zygoidy, a new nomenclatural concept

scientific article published on 28 June 2013

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