Articles

Part of: Festschrift Wolfgang Maier

Research Article

A new massopodan sauropodomorph from Trossingen Formation (Germany) hidden as ‘ Plateosaurus’ for 100 years in the historical Tübingen collection

Omar Rafael Regalado Fernández, Ingmar Werneburg

10.3897/vz.72.e86348

08-09-2022

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771-822

Research Article

Western pond turtles in the Mojave Desert? A review of their past, present, and possible future

Jeffrey E. Lovich, George Jefferson, Robert Reynolds, Peter A. Scott, H. Bradley Shaffer, Shellie Puffer, Sarah Greely, Kristy Cummings, Robert N. Fisher, Kathie Meyer-Wilkins, Doug Gomez, Morgan Ford, Christopher D. Otahal

10.3897/vz.71.e63987

25-05-2021

Unique: 12514 | Total: 27096

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317-334

Research Article

Communicator whistles: A Trek through the taxonomy of the Boophis marojezensis complex reveals seven new, morphologically cryptic treefrogs from Madagascar (Amphibia: Anura: Mantellidae)

Miguel Vences, Jörn Köhler, Carl R. Hutter, Michaela Preick, Alice Petzold, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Frank Glaw, Mark D. Scherz

10.3897/vz.74.e121110

14-10-2024

Unique: 9294 | Total: 12898

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643-681

Research Article

Vertebral formula and numerical variations in the spine of the Antarctic and southern South American penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes)

M. Alejandra Sosa, Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche

10.3897/vz.74.e114112

08-03-2024

Unique: 3735 | Total: 7115

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209-219

Research Article

Limestone jewel: A new colourful karst-dwelling pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from the poorly explored borderlands of southern peninsular Thailand

Sabira S. Idiiatullina, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Tanapong Tawan, Thanawut Worranuch, Bunyarit Dechochai, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Tan Van Nguyen, Lawan Chanhome, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

10.3897/vz.73.e109854

19-09-2023

Unique: 6497 | Total: 8875

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697-716

Research Article

Integrative analysis of geographic variation and species boundaries in the white-lipped pitviper complex (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae: Trimeresurus albolabris)

Anita Malhotra, Mrinalini Walter, Guillem Limia Russel, Roger S. Thorpe

10.3897/vz.75.e142775

06-06-2025

Unique: 2033 | Total: 3050

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191-225

Review Article

Phylogeny and phylogeography of chelonians from sub-Saharan Africa—A review of current knowledge in tribute to Margaretha D. Hofmeyr

Uwe Fritz, Krystal A. Tolley, Melita Vamberger, Flora Ihlow

10.3897/vz.72.e95681

24-10-2022

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951-969

Review Article

Revision of bush frogs, Raorchestes and Philautus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the northeast Indian biodiversity hotspot with description of thirteen new species

Bitupan Boruah, V. Deepak, Abhijit Das

10.3897/vz.75.e148133

20-11-2025

Unique: 801 | Total: 1161

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517-625

Research Article

Citizen Science, taxonomy and grass snakes: iNaturalist helps to clarify variation of coloration and pattern in Natrix natrix subspecies

Uwe Fritz, Flora Ihlow

10.3897/vz.72.e87426

19-07-2022

Unique: 5666 | Total: 9166

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533-549

Research Article

Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reassessment of the widespread agamid lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Squamata, Agamidae) across South Asia

Gaurang Gowande, Saunak Pal, Daniel Jablonski, Rafaqat Masroor, Pushkar U. Phansalkar, Princia Dsouza, Aditi Jayarajan, Kartik Shanker

10.3897/vz.71.e62787

20-10-2021

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669-696

Research Article

Phreatic mysteries: Diversity and distribution of fossorial and aquifer-dwelling synbranchid eels of southern peninsular India, and implications for conservation (Pisces: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae)

Rajeev Raghavan, Remya L. Sundar, C.P. Arjun, Arya Sidharthan, Nithinraj Panangattu Dharmarajan, Appukuttannair Biju Kumar, Siby Philip, Anvar Ali, Mandar S. Paingankar, Glavin Thomas Rodrigues, Ralf Britz, Neelesh Dahanukar

10.3897/vz.75.e155717

11-08-2025

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245-258