New species described since last release

All new species since the latest release of the Reptile Database went online December 21, 2019.
This list also includes revalidated species. Latest entries on top.
Note that dates are the dates when species were entered into our database, NOT publication dates.
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  1. 12/24/2019 Tympanocryptis rustica MELVILLE, CHAPLIN, HIPSLEY, SARRE, SUMNER & HUTCHINSON 2019
  2. 12/24/2019 Tympanocryptis fictilis MELVILLE, CHAPLIN, HIPSLEY, SARRE, SUMNER & HUTCHINSON 2019
  3. 12/24/2019 Tympanocryptis tolleyi MELVILLE, CHAPLIN, HIPSLEY, SARRE, SUMNER & HUTCHINSON 2019
  4. 12/24/2019 Tympanocryptis argillosa MELVILLE, CHAPLIN, HIPSLEY, SARRE, SUMNER & HUTCHINSON 2019
  5. 12/24/2019 Tympanocryptis petersi MELVILLE, CHAPLIN, HIPSLEY, SARRE, SUMNER & HUTCHINSON 2019
  6. 12/22/2019 Hemidactylus sassanidianus TORKI 2019
  7. 12/22/2019 Hemidactylus pseudoromeshkanicus TORKI 2019
  8. 12/22/2019 Hemidactylus achaemenidicus TORKI 2019
  9. 12/22/2019 Amphisbaena mongoyo TEXEIRA JUNIOR, DAL VECHIO, RECODER, CASSIMIRO, SENA & RODRIGUES 2019
  10. 12/22/2019 Amphisbaena longinqua TEXEIRA JUNIOR, DAL VECHIO, RECODER, CASSIMIRO, SENA & RODRIGUES 2019
  11. 12/22/2019 Calamaria strigiventris POYARKOV, NGUYEN, ORLOV & VOGEL 2019

    12. --------- Species listed below are in the Dec 2019 release; species above will be in the next release.

  12. 12/14/2019 Amphisbaena arenicola PEREZ & BORGES-MARTINS 2019
  13. 12/14/2019 Amphisbaena nana PEREZ & BORGES-MARTINS 2019
  14. 12/14/2019 Amphisbaena tiaraju PEREZ & BORGES-MARTINS 2019
  15. 12/14/2019 Dipsadoboa montisilva BRANCH, CONRADIE & TOLLEY 2019
  16. 12/14/2019 Panaspis tsavoensis KILUNDA, CONRADIE, WASONGA, JIN, PENG, MURPHY, MALONZA & CHE 2019
  17. 12/14/2019 Liolaemus tajzara AGUILAR-KIRIGIN 2019
  18. 12/14/2019 Sibon ayerbeorum VERA-PÉREZ 2019
  19. 12/14/2019 Cyrtodactylus muangfuangensis SITTHIVONG, LUU, HA, NGUYEN, LE & ZIEGLER 2019
  20. 12/14/2019 Psammophylax kellyi KEATES, CONRADIE, GREENBAUM & EDWARDS 2019
  21. 12/14/2019 Nucras broadleyi BRANCH, CONRADIE, VAZ-PINTO & TOLLEY 2019
  22. 12/14/2019 Macrocalamus emas QUAH, ANUAR, GRISMER, WOOD & NOR 2019
  23. 12/14/2019 Liopeltis pallidonuchalis POYARKOV, NGUYEN & VOGEL 2019
  24. 12/14/2019 Anolis neglectus PRATES, MELO-SAMPAIO, DE QUEIROZ, CARNAVAL, RODRIGUES & OLIVEIRA-DRUMMOND 2019
  25. 12/14/2019 Cyrtodactylus manos OLIVER, KARKKAINEN, RÖSLER & RICHARDS 2019
  26. 12/14/2019 Eirenis yassujicus FATHINIA, RASTEGAR-POUYANI & SHAFAEIPOUR 2019
  27. 12/14/2019 Liolaemus victormoralesii AGUILAR-PUNTRIANO, RAMÍREZ, CASTILLO, MENDOZA, VARGAS & SITES JR 2019
  28. 12/14/2019 Liolaemus chiribaya AGUILAR-PUNTRIANO, RAMÍREZ, CASTILLO, MENDOZA, VARGAS & SITES JR 2019
  29. 12/14/2019 Liolaemus nazca AGUILAR-PUNTRIANO, RAMÍREZ, CASTILLO, MENDOZA, VARGAS & SITES JR 2019
  30. 12/14/2019 Liolaemus vhagar QUINTEROS, RUIZ-MONACHESI & ABDALA 2019
  31. 12/14/2019 Liolaemus meraxes QUINTEROS, RUIZ-MONACHESI & ABDALA 2019
  32. 12/14/2019 Liolaemus balerion QUINTEROS, RUIZ-MONACHESI & ABDALA 2019
  33. 12/1/2019 Cnemaspis anandani MURTHY, NITESH, SENGUPTA & DEEPAK 2019
  34. 12/1/2019 Crocodylus halli MURRAY, RUSSO, ZORILLA & MCMAHAN 2019
  35. 12/1/2019 Cordylus phonolithos MARQUES, CERÍACO, STANLEY, BANDEIRA, AGARWAL & BAUER 2019
  36. 12/1/2019 Cnemaspis koynaensis KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL 2019
  37. 12/1/2019 Cnemaspis amba KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL 2019
  38. 12/1/2019 Lycodon pictus JANSSEN, PHAM, NGO, LE, NGUYEN & ZIEGLER 2019
  39. 12/1/2019 Sphenomorphus preylangensis GRISMER, WOOD, QUAH, ANUAR, POYARKOV, THY, ORLOV, THAMMACHOTI & SEIHA 2019
  40. 12/1/2019 Microgecko varaviensis GHOLAMIFARD, RASTEGAR-POUYANI & RASTEGAR-POUYANI 2019
  41. 12/1/2019 Scincella badenensis NGUYEN, NGUYEN, NGUYEN & MURPHY 2019
  42. 12/1/2019 Gehyra electrum ZOZAYA, FENKER & MACDONALD 2019
  43. 12/1/2019 Dravidogecko janakiae CHAITANYA, GIRI, DEEPAK, DATTA-ROY, MURTHY & KARANTH 2019
  44. 12/1/2019 Dravidogecko tholpalli CHAITANYA, GIRI, DEEPAK, DATTA-ROY, MURTHY & KARANTH 2019
  45. 12/1/2019 Dravidogecko smithi CHAITANYA, GIRI, DEEPAK, DATTA-ROY, MURTHY & KARANTH 2019
  46. 12/1/2019 Dravidogecko douglasadamsi CHAITANYA, GIRI, DEEPAK, DATTA-ROY, MURTHY & KARANTH 2019
  47. 12/1/2019 Dravidogecko meghamalaiensis CHAITANYA, GIRI, DEEPAK, DATTA-ROY, MURTHY & KARANTH 2019
  48. 12/1/2019 Dravidogecko septentrionalis CHAITANYA, GIRI, DEEPAK, DATTA-ROY, MURTHY & KARANTH 2019
  49. 11/28/2019 Varanus colei BÖHME, JACOBS, KOPPETSCH & SCHMITZ 2019
  50. 11/24/2019 Cyrtodactylus atremus KRAUS & WEIJOLA 2019
  51. 11/24/2019 Trachischium apteii BHOSALE, GOWANDE & MIRZA 2019
  52. 11/23/2019 Uroplatus fetsy RATSOAVINA, SCHERZ, TOLLEY, RASELIMANANA, GLAW & VENCES 2019
  53. 11/16/2019 Diploderma swild WANG, WU, JIANG, CHEN, MIAO, SILER & CHE 2019
  54. 11/14/2019 Boiga thackerayi GIRI, DEEPAK, CAPTAIN, PAWAR & TILLACK 2019
  55. 11/12/2019 Acanthosaura tongbiguanensis LIU & RAO 2019
  56. 10/24/2019 Oedura lineata HOSKIN 2019
  57. 10/24/2019 Oedura picta HOSKIN 2019
  58. 10/24/2019 Oedura elegans HOSKIN 2019
  59. 10/23/2019 Atractus stygius PASSOS, AZEVEDO, NOGUEIRA, FERNANDES & SWAYA 2019
  60. 10/1/2019 Cnemaspis anslemi KARUNARATHNA & UKUWELA 2019
  61. 9/30/2019 Achalinus yunkaiensis WANG, LI & WANG 2019
  62. 9/30/2019 Saurodactylus elmoudenii JAVANMARDI, VOGLER & JOGER 2019
  63. 9/30/2019 Saurodactylus slimanii JAVANMARDI, VOGLER & JOGER 2019
  64. 9/30/2019 Saurodactylus harrisii JAVANMARDI, VOGLER & JOGER 2019
  65. 9/30/2019 Saurodactylus splendidus JAVANMARDI, VOGLER & JOGER 2019
  66. 9/25/2019 Liolaemus aureum DIZA-VEGA, MALDONADO & DEMANGEL 2018
  67. 9/23/2019 Gloydius huangi WANG, REN, DONG, JIANG, SHI, SILER & CHE 2019
  68. 9/10/2019 Lipinia vassilievi POYARKOV, GEISSLER, GORIN, DUNAYEV, HARTMANN & SUWANNAPOOM 2019
  69. 9/10/2019 Lipinia trivittata POYARKOV, GEISSLER, GORIN, DUNAYEV, HARTMANN & SUWANNAPOOM 2019
  70. 9/10/2019 Cyrtodactylus dayangbuntingensis QUAH, GRISMER, WOOD JR & SAH 2019
  71. 9/5/2019 Larutia kecil FUKUYAMA, HIKIDA, HOSSMAN & NISHIKAWA 2019
  72. 9/3/2019 Cnemaspis nandimithrai KARUNARATHNA et al. 2019
  73. 9/3/2019 Cnemaspis kivulegedarai KARUNARATHNA et al. 2019
  74. 9/3/2019 Cnemaspis butewai KARUNARATHNA et al. 2019
  75. 9/3/2019 Cnemaspis hitihami KARUNARATHNA et al. 2019
  76. 9/3/2019 Cnemaspis kohukumburai KARUNARATHNA et al. 2019
  77. 9/3/2019 Cnemaspis gotaimbarai KARUNARATHNA et al. 2019
  78. 8/28/2019 Cnemaspis thayawthadangyi LEE, MILLER, ZUG & MULCAHY 2019
  79. 8/28/2019 Cnemaspis tanintharyi LEE, MILLER, ZUG & MULCAHY 2019
  80. 8/24/2019 Epictia rioignis KOCH, MARTINS & SCHWEIGER 2019
  81. 8/24/2019 Lepidodactylus dialeukos KRAUS 2019
  82. 8/24/2019 Lepidodactylus kwasnickae KRAUS 2019
  83. 8/24/2019 Lepidodactylus mitchelli KRAUS 2019
  84. 8/24/2019 Lepidodactylus zweifeli KRAUS 2019
  85. 8/24/2019 Lepidodactylus aignanus KRAUS 2019
  86. 8/24/2019 Helicops boitata MORAES-DA-SILVA et al. 2019
  87. 8/24/2019 Bothrops monsignifer TIMMS et al. 2019
  88. 8/24/2019 Cnemaspis aaronbaueri SAYYED, GRISMER, CAMPBELL & DILEEPKUMAR 2019
  89. 8/24/2019 Takydromus yunkaiensis WANG, LYU & WANG 2019
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These species will be in the next release of the database, due in Dec 2019. This list will then be cleared and starts from scratch.