List of works - Paul M. Oliver

A New Scansorial Species of Cophixalus (Anura: Microhylidae) from the Kikori River Basin, Papua New Guinea

article

A New Species of Small Bent-Toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae) from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea

scientific article published in December 2012

A new Gehyra (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from New Guinea with unique caudal scalation

scientific article (publication date: 2 July 2014)

A new biogeographically disjunct giant gecko (Gehyra: Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from the East Melanesian Islands

scientific article (publication date: 14 December 2016)

A new phasmid gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from the Arnhem Plateau: more new diversity in rare vertebrates from northern Australia

scientific article (publication date: 22 October 2014)

A new species of Choerophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the central cordillera of Papua New Guinea ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 9 January 2014)

A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central New Guinea

scientific article published on 16 September 2019

A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern versant of New Guinea’s Central Cordillera

scholarly article published in 2021

A new species of Velvet Gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from the limestone ranges of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia

scientific article (publication date: 14 October 2014)

A new species of gecko from arid inland regions of eastern Australia (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae)

scientific article

A novel hotspot of vertebrate endemism and an evolutionary refugium in tropical Australia

article

At the end of the line: independent overwater colonizations of the Solomon Islands by a hyperdiverse trans-Wallacean lizard lineage (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkota: Squamata)

scientific article published in 2017

Correction to 'Young relicts and old relicts: a novel palaeoendemic vertebrate from the Australian Central Uplands'

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Crossing the line: increasing body size in a trans-Wallacean lizard radiation (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkota)

scientific article

Crypsis and convergence: integrative taxonomic revision of the Gehyra australis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

Cryptic diversity in vertebrates: molecular data double estimates of species diversity in a radiation of Australian lizards (Diplodactylus, Gekkota).

scientific article published on 4 March 2009

Disparate origins for endemic bird taxa from the ‘Gondwana Rainforests’ of Central Eastern Australia

Diversification across biomes in a continental lizard radiation

scientific article published on 04 July 2018

Diversity gradients of terrestrial vertebrates – substantial variations about a common theme

scientific article published on 8 December 2023

Early insularity and subsequent mountain uplift were complementary drivers of diversification in a Melanesian lizard radiation (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus).

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

Five new species of the pelodryadid genus Litoria Tschudi from the southern versant of Papua New Guinea’s Central Cordillera, with observations on the diversification of reproductive strategies in Melanesian treefrogs ⬇️

scientific article published on 5 April 2023

Further evidence for old radiations originating at the northern edge of the Australian plate.

scientific article published on 22 April 2011

Genetic elucidation of cryptic and ancient diversity in a group of Australian diplodactyline geckos: the Diplodactylus vittatus complex.

scientific article

Independent Transitions between Monsoonal and Arid Biomes Revealed by Systematic Revison of a Complex of Australian Geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae)

scientific article

Insular biogeographic origins and high phylogenetic distinctiveness for a recently depleted lizard fauna from Christmas Island, Australia.

scientific article published in June 2018

Life on Earth: Count cryptic species in biodiversity tally.

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Lizards of the lost arcs: mid-Cenozoic diversification, persistence and ecological marginalization in the West Pacific.

scientific article published in January 2018

Many things come in small packages: Revision of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus: Diplodactylidae) of Australia

scientific article

Mass turnover and recovery dynamics of a diverse Australian continental radiation

scientific article published on 18 February 2017

Molecular and morphological assessment of Varanus pilbarensis (Squamata: Varanidae), with a description of a new species from the southern Pilbara, Western Australia

scientific article (publication date: 25 February 2014)

Molecular evidence for Gondwanan origins of multiple lineages within a diverse Australasian gecko radiation

article

Molecular evidence for ten species and Oligo-Miocene vicariance within a nominal Australian gecko species (Crenadactylus ocellatus, Diplodactylidae) ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 15 December 2010)

Molecular phylogenetics of the arboreal Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray 1842 (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae): Another plesiomorphic grade? ⬇️

scientific article published on December 23, 2011

Morphological and genetic evidence for a new karst specialist lizard from New Guinea (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae).

scientific article published on 15 November 2017

Mountain colonisation, miniaturisation and ecological evolution in a radiation of direct developing New Guinea Frogs (Choerophryne, Microhylidae)

Mountain colonisation, miniaturisation and ecological evolution in a radiation of direct-developing New Guinea Frogs (Choerophryne, Microhylidae).

scientific article

Multiple trans-Torres Strait colonisations by tree frogs in the Litoria caerulea group, with the description of a new species from New Guinea ⬇️

scientific article published on 20 May 2021

On and off the rocks: persistence and ecological diversification in a tropical Australian lizard radiation

article

Phylogenetic evidence for mid-Cenozoic turnover of a diverse continental biota

article

Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae)

scholarly article by Paul M. Oliver et al published 2007 in Australian Journal of Zoology

Phylogeny and systematics of Melanesia’s most diverse gecko lineage (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae, Squamata)

scientific article published on 16 May 2012

Real-world conservation planning for evolutionary diversity in the Kimberley, Australia, sidesteps uncertain taxonomy

article

Relicts and radiations: Phylogenomics of an Australasian lizard clade with east Gondwanan origins (Gekkota: Diplodactyloidea)

scientific article published on 16 August 2019

Resources for phylogenomic analyses of Australian terrestrial vertebrates.

scientific article

Species delimitation in the Gehyra nana (Squamata: Gekkonidae) complex: cryptic and divergent morphological evolution in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics, with the description of four new species

scientific article

Systematic revision of the marbled velvet geckos (Oedura marmorata species complex, Diplodactylidae) from the Australian arid and semi-arid zones

scientific article

Systematics and evolution of the Australian knob-tail geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): Plesiomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene ⬇️

scientific article published on March 21, 2011

Systematics of Diplodactylus (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot: redefinition of D. polyophthalmus and the description of two new species

article

Systematics of New Guinea treefrogs (Litoria: Pelodryadidae) with erectile rostral spikes: an extended description of Litoria pronimia and a new species from the Foja Mountains

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

Systematics of small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia: redescription of G. kimberleyi Börner & Schüttler, 1983 and description of a new restricted range species

scientific article

Taxonomic revision of the stone geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus) of southern Australia

scientific article (publication date: 24 July 2009)

The Knight and the King: two new species of giant bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae, Squamata) from northern New Guinea, with comments on endemism in the North Papuan Mountains

scientific article

The botanical and zoological codes impede biodiversity research by discouraging publication of unnamed new species

scientific article published on August 2010

The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes

scientific article published in 2020

The other side of the Sahulian coin: biogeography and evolution of Melanesian forest dragons (Agamidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Trans-biome diversity in Australian grass-specialist lizards (Diplodactylidae: Strophurus).

scientific article

Two new species of Choerophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the northern versant of Papua New Guinea’s central cordillera

scientific article (publication date: 17 December 2015)

Two new species of treefrog (Pelodrydidae: Litoria) from southern New Guinea elucidated by DNA barcoding

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

Vicars in the desert: Substrate specialisation and paleo-erosion underpin cryptic speciation in an Australian arid-zone lizard lineage (Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus)

scientific article published in 2024

Young relicts and old relicts: a novel palaeoendemic vertebrate from the Australian Central Uplands

scientific article

List of works by Paul M. Oliver

A New Scansorial Species of Cophixalus (Anura: Microhylidae) from the Kikori River Basin, Papua New Guinea

A New Species of Small Bent-Toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae) from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea

A new Gehyra (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from New Guinea with unique caudal scalation

A new biogeographically disjunct giant gecko (Gehyra: Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from the East Melanesian Islands

A new phasmid gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from the Arnhem Plateau: more new diversity in rare vertebrates from northern Australia

A new species of Choerophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the central cordillera of Papua New Guinea ⬇️

A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central New Guinea

A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern versant of New Guinea’s Central Cordillera

A new species of Velvet Gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from the limestone ranges of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia

A new species of gecko from arid inland regions of eastern Australia (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae)

A novel hotspot of vertebrate endemism and an evolutionary refugium in tropical Australia

At the end of the line: independent overwater colonizations of the Solomon Islands by a hyperdiverse trans-Wallacean lizard lineage (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkota: Squamata)

Correction to 'Young relicts and old relicts: a novel palaeoendemic vertebrate from the Australian Central Uplands'

Crossing the line: increasing body size in a trans-Wallacean lizard radiation (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkota)

Crypsis and convergence: integrative taxonomic revision of the Gehyra australis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia

Cryptic diversity in vertebrates: molecular data double estimates of species diversity in a radiation of Australian lizards (Diplodactylus, Gekkota).

Disparate origins for endemic bird taxa from the ‘Gondwana Rainforests’ of Central Eastern Australia

Diversification across biomes in a continental lizard radiation

Diversity gradients of terrestrial vertebrates – substantial variations about a common theme

Early insularity and subsequent mountain uplift were complementary drivers of diversification in a Melanesian lizard radiation (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus).

Five new species of the pelodryadid genus Litoria Tschudi from the southern versant of Papua New Guinea’s Central Cordillera, with observations on the diversification of reproductive strategies in Melanesian treefrogs ⬇️

Further evidence for old radiations originating at the northern edge of the Australian plate.

Genetic elucidation of cryptic and ancient diversity in a group of Australian diplodactyline geckos: the Diplodactylus vittatus complex.

Independent Transitions between Monsoonal and Arid Biomes Revealed by Systematic Revison of a Complex of Australian Geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae)

Insular biogeographic origins and high phylogenetic distinctiveness for a recently depleted lizard fauna from Christmas Island, Australia.

Life on Earth: Count cryptic species in biodiversity tally.

Lizards of the lost arcs: mid-Cenozoic diversification, persistence and ecological marginalization in the West Pacific.

Many things come in small packages: Revision of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus: Diplodactylidae) of Australia

Mass turnover and recovery dynamics of a diverse Australian continental radiation

Molecular and morphological assessment of Varanus pilbarensis (Squamata: Varanidae), with a description of a new species from the southern Pilbara, Western Australia

Molecular evidence for Gondwanan origins of multiple lineages within a diverse Australasian gecko radiation

Molecular evidence for ten species and Oligo-Miocene vicariance within a nominal Australian gecko species (Crenadactylus ocellatus, Diplodactylidae) ⬇️

Molecular phylogenetics of the arboreal Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray 1842 (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae): Another plesiomorphic grade? ⬇️

Morphological and genetic evidence for a new karst specialist lizard from New Guinea (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae).

Mountain colonisation, miniaturisation and ecological evolution in a radiation of direct developing New Guinea Frogs (Choerophryne, Microhylidae)

Mountain colonisation, miniaturisation and ecological evolution in a radiation of direct developing New Guinea Frogs (Choerophryne, Microhylidae)

Mountain colonisation, miniaturisation and ecological evolution in a radiation of direct developing New Guinea Frogs (Choerophryne, Microhylidae)

Mountain colonisation, miniaturisation and ecological evolution in a radiation of direct-developing New Guinea Frogs (Choerophryne, Microhylidae).

Multiple trans-Torres Strait colonisations by tree frogs in the Litoria caerulea group, with the description of a new species from New Guinea ⬇️

On and off the rocks: persistence and ecological diversification in a tropical Australian lizard radiation

Phylogenetic evidence for mid-Cenozoic turnover of a diverse continental biota

Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae)

Phylogeny and systematics of Melanesia’s most diverse gecko lineage (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae, Squamata)

Real-world conservation planning for evolutionary diversity in the Kimberley, Australia, sidesteps uncertain taxonomy

Relicts and radiations: Phylogenomics of an Australasian lizard clade with east Gondwanan origins (Gekkota: Diplodactyloidea)

Resources for phylogenomic analyses of Australian terrestrial vertebrates.

Species delimitation in the Gehyra nana (Squamata: Gekkonidae) complex: cryptic and divergent morphological evolution in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics, with the description of four new species

Systematic revision of the marbled velvet geckos (Oedura marmorata species complex, Diplodactylidae) from the Australian arid and semi-arid zones

Systematics and evolution of the Australian knob-tail geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): Plesiomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene ⬇️

Systematics of Diplodactylus (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot: redefinition of D. polyophthalmus and the description of two new species

Systematics of New Guinea treefrogs (Litoria: Pelodryadidae) with erectile rostral spikes: an extended description of Litoria pronimia and a new species from the Foja Mountains

Systematics of small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia: redescription of G. kimberleyi Börner & Schüttler, 1983 and description of a new restricted range species

Taxonomic revision of the stone geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus) of southern Australia

The Knight and the King: two new species of giant bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae, Squamata) from northern New Guinea, with comments on endemism in the North Papuan Mountains

The botanical and zoological codes impede biodiversity research by discouraging publication of unnamed new species

The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes

The other side of the Sahulian coin: biogeography and evolution of Melanesian forest dragons (Agamidae) ⬇️

Trans-biome diversity in Australian grass-specialist lizards (Diplodactylidae: Strophurus).

Two new species of Choerophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the northern versant of Papua New Guinea’s central cordillera

Two new species of treefrog (Pelodrydidae: Litoria) from southern New Guinea elucidated by DNA barcoding

Vicars in the desert: Substrate specialisation and paleo-erosion underpin cryptic speciation in an Australian arid-zone lizard lineage (Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus)

Young relicts and old relicts: a novel palaeoendemic vertebrate from the Australian Central Uplands