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New Species

Species are currency in the study of biodiversity because areas with more species are afforded the highest level of protection. Thus, naming new species is essential for conservation and for understanding life on Earth. Below are the 17 new species that I have described so far:
El Paso News - KFOX - New chameleon species - 19 June 2017

El Paso News - KFOX - New chameleon species - 19 June 2017

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Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus gutturalis (Bocage, 1873) complex unveils extensive cryptic diversity and traces its evolutionary history

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  • 5 new gecko species published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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Taxonomy of the Rhampholeon boulengeri Complex (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae): Five New Species from Central Africa’s Albertine Rift

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  • 5 new pygmy chameleon species published in Zootaxa

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Systematics of the Central African Spiny Reed Frog Afrixalus laevis (Anura: Hyperoliidae), with the description of two new species from the Albertine Rift

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  • 2 new frog species published in Zootaxa

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Integrative taxonomy of the Central African forest chameleon, Kinyongia adolfifriderici (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), reveals underestimated species diversity in the Albertine Rift

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  • 3 new chameleon species published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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A cryptic new species of Polemon (Squamata: Lamprophiidae, Aparallactinae) from the Miombo Woodlands of Central and East Africa

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  • 1 new snake species published in Copeia

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Phylogeography of Jackson's Forest Lizard Adolfus jacksoni (Sauria: Lacertidae) reveals cryptic diversity in the highlands of East Africa

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  • 1 new lizard species published in Herpetological Monographs

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