New species added since last release

All new species since the deadline for the latest release of the Reptile Database (Dec 20, 2022).
This list also includes revalidated species. Latest entries on top.
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  1. 3/30/2023 Sibon leucomelas BOULENGER 1896 (revalidated)
  2. 3/30/2023 Hebius maximus MALNATE 1962 (elevated from subspecies)
  3. 3/30/2023 Darevskia josefschmidtleri ARRIBAS et al. 2022
  4. 3/30/2023 Pholidobolus marianus RUTHVEN 1921 (revalidated)
  5. 3/30/2023 Cyrtopodion vindhya PATEL, THACKERAY, MIRZA & VYAS 2023
  6. 3/30/2023 Elaphe druzei JABLONSKI, RIBEIRO‐JÚNIOR, SIMONOV, ŠOLTYS & MEIRI 2023
  7. 3/30/2023 Cyrtodactylus chengodumalaensis AGARWAL, UMESH, DAS, BAUER & KHANDEKAR 2023
  8. 3/24/2023 Cnemaspis ganeshaiahi NARAYANAN, PAL, GRISMER & ARAVIND 2023
  9. 3/24/2023 Ovophis malhotrae ZENG, LI, LIU, WU, HOU, ZHAO, NGUYEN, GUO & SHI 2023
  10. 3/24/2023 Bronchocela nicobarica CHANDRAMOULI, ADHIKARI, AMARASINGHE & ABINAWANTO 2023
  11. 3/24/2023 Bronchocela cyanopalpebra CHANDRAMOULI, ADHIKARI, AMARASINGHE & ABINAWANTO 2023
  12. 3/24/2023 Cnemaspis nanayakkarai KARUNARATHNA et al. 2023
  13. 3/24/2023 Cnemaspis jayaweerai KARUNARATHNA et al. 2023
  14. 3/24/2023 Aspidoscelis dixoni SCUDDAY 1973 (revalidated)
  15. 3/24/2023 Sceloporus vandenburgianus COPE 1896 (revalidated)
  16. 3/24/2023 Anolis richteri DUNN 1944 (revalidated)
  17. 3/24/2023 Lepidophyma jasonjonesi GRÜNWALD et al. 2023
  18. 3/24/2023 Anolis tequendama MORENO-ARIAS, MÉNDEZ-GALEANO, BELTRÁN & VARGAS-RAMÍREZ 2023
  19. 3/24/2023 Anolis quimbaya MORENO-ARIAS, MÉNDEZ-GALEANO, BELTRÁN & VARGAS-RAMÍREZ 2023
  20. 3/24/2023 Achalinus dabieshanensis ZHANG, LIU, HUANG, HU, YU, SUN, ZHANG, WEN & ZHANG 2023
  21. 3/24/2023 Pareas tigerinus LIU, ZHANG, POYARKOV, HOU, WU, RAO, NGUYEN & VOGEL 2023
  22. 3/24/2023 Pareas yunnanensis VOGT 1922 (revalidated)
  23. 3/24/2023 Phyllurus fimbriatus HOSKIN 2023
  24. 2/22/2023 Diploderma tachengense LIU, HOU, ANANJEVA & RAO 2023
  25. 2/22/2023 Diploderma jiulongense LIU, HOU, ANANJEVA & RAO 2023
  26. 2/22/2023 Diploderma donglangense LIU, HOU, ANANJEVA & RAO 2023
  27. 2/22/2023 Diploderma danbaense LIU, HOU, ANANJEVA & RAO 2023
  28. 2/22/2023 Tropidophis cacuangoae ORTEGA-ANDRADE et al. 2022
  29. 2/22/2023 Dipsas welborni ARTEAGA & BATISTA 2023
  30. 2/13/2023 Podarcis lusitanicus GENIEZ, SÁ-SOUSA, GUILLAUME, CLUCHIER & CROCHET 2014 (elevated from subspecies)
  31. 2/13/2023 Cyrtodactylus hutan DAVIS et al. 2023
  32. 2/13/2023 Cyrtodactylus kapitensis DAVIS et al. 2023
  33. 2/13/2023 Gerrhopilus wallachi KRAUS 2023
  34. 2/13/2023 Gerrhopilus slapcinskyi KRAUS 2023
  35. 2/13/2023 Gerrhopilus polyadenus KRAUS 2023
  36. 2/13/2023 Gerrhopilus papuanorum KRAUS 2023
  37. 2/13/2023 Gerrhopilus lorealis KRAUS 2023
  38. 2/13/2023 Gerrhopilus flavinotatus KRAUS 2023
  39. 2/13/2023 Pholidobolus odinsae AMÉZQUITA et al. 2023
  40. 2/13/2023 Pholidobolus celsiae AMÉZQUITA et al. 2023
  41. 2/13/2023 Pholidobolus argosi AMÉZQUITA et al. 2023
  42. 2/13/2023 Cyrtodactylus thongphaphumensis GRISMER et al. 2023
  43. 2/13/2023 Hoplodactylus tohu SCARSBROOK, WALTON, RAWLENCE & HITCHMOUGH 2023
  44. 2/13/2023 Cyrtodactylus santana CHAN, GRISMER, SANTANA, PINTO, LOKE & CONABOY 2023
  45. 2/13/2023 Dipsas aparatiritos RAY et al. 2023
  46. 2/13/2023 Liotyphlops palauophis MARRA-SANTOS 2023
  47. 2/13/2023 Sibon welborni ARTEAGA & BATISTA 2023
  48. 2/13/2023 Sibon vieirai ARTEAGA & BATISTA 2023
  49. 2/13/2023 Sibon marleyae ARTEAGA & BATISTA 2023
  50. 2/13/2023 Sibon canopy ARTEAGA & BATISTA 2023
  51. 2/13/2023 Sibon irmelindicaprioae ARTEAGA & BATISTA 2023
  52. 2/13/2023 Rhampholeon princeeai MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY 2022
  53. 2/13/2023 Rhampholeon waynelotteri MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY 2022
  54. 2/13/2023 Rhampholeon nicolai MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY 2022
  55. 2/13/2023 Rhampholeon rubeho MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY 2022
  56. 2/13/2023 Rhampholeon colemani MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY 2022
  57. 2/13/2023 Rhampholeon sabini MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY 2022
  58. 2/13/2023 Ateuchosaurus okinavensis THOMPSON 1912 (revalidated)
  59. 2/13/2023 Darevskia spitzenbergerae EISELT, DAREVSKY & SCHMIDTLER 1992 (revalidated)
  60. 2/13/2023 Darevskia mirabilis ARRIBAS, ILGAZ, KUMLUTAŞ, DURMUŞ, AVCI & ÜZÜM 2013 (revalidated)
  61. 2/13/2023 Darevskia obscura LANTZ & CYRÉN 1936 (revalidated)
  62. 2/13/2023 Eumeces zarudnyi NIKOLSKY 1900 (revalidated)
  63. 2/13/2023 Phrynocephalus horvathi MEHELY 1894 (revalidated)
  64. 2/13/2023 Proctoporus titans LEHR, CUSI, FERNANDEZ, VERA & CATENAZZI 2022
  65. 12/26/2022 Boaedon montanus TRAPE, MEDIANNIKOV, HINKEL & HINKEL 2022
  66. 12/26/2022 Geophis berillus BARRAGÁN-RESÉNDIZ et al. 2022
  67. 12/26/2022 Gloydius chambensis KUTTALAM et al. 2022
  68. 12/26/2022 Mesoclemmys sabiniparaensis CUNHA et al. 2022
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These species will be in the next release of the database, due in April 2023. This list will then be cleared and starts from scratch.