Abbasaurum maxinehoserae Hoser, 2022 is a newly discovered species of skink from the Otway Ranges of south-west Victoria. It is restricted to this area and was discovered and formally named by the Snakeman Raymond Hoser in mid 2022. The specimen shown was busted out of a log in the middle of winter.
Australasian Journal of Herpetology ®
Issue 59, published 15 August 2022
List of new taxa formally named.
All species are Australian, unless otherwie indicated.
All major papers are downloadable below the list.
New Genus
Abbasaurum Hoser, 2022. (Skink)
Caudatenebrosus Hoser, 2022. (Skink)
Innocuascincus Hoser, 2022. (Skink)
Nocivi Hoser, 2022. (Skink)
Ocellatalbum Hoser, 2022. (Skink)
New Species
Abbasaurum abba Hoser, 2022. (Small skink, East NSW)
Abbasaurum bobbottomi Hoser, 2022. (Small skink, West Victoria)
Abbasaurum maxinehoserae Hoser, 2022. (Small skink, SW Victoria)
Anomalopus eungellaensis Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, NE Queensland)
Anomalopus woolfi Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, SE Queensland)
Antaresia kimberleyae Hoser, 2022. (West Kimberley Children's Python, Western Australia)
Caudatenebrosus rosswellingtoni Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing Skink, Northern Territory)
Coeranoscincus pailsei Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing Skink, FNE Queensland)
Coeranoscincus whybrowi Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing Skink, FNE Queensland)
Cylindrophis (Cylindrophis) timorensis Hoser, 2022. (Timor Pipe Snake, Indonesia)
Cylindrophis (Motteramus) floresensis Hoser, 2022. (Flores Pipe Snake, Indonesia)
Ctenotus robertcooki Hoser, 2022. (Copper-tailed Skink, New England Region, NSW, Australia)
Delma (Honlamopus) honlami Hoser, 2022. (Legless Lizard, South Australia)
Ipsofactoscincus davemerceicai Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, SE Queensland)
Litotescincus colinrayi Hoser, 2022. (Small metallic skink, Tasmania)
Litotescincus evanwhittoni Hoser, 2022. (Small metallic skink, Tasmania)
Litotescincus fiacummingae Hoser, 2022. (Small metallic skink, Tasmania)
Litotescincus martinekae Hoser, 2022. (Small metallic skink, Victoria)
Ocellatalbum alexdudleyi Hoser, 2022. (Ocellated skink, Tasmania)
Ocellatalbum assangei Hoser, 2022. (Ocellated skink, Tasmania)
Ocellatalbum dannygoodwini Hoser, 2022. (Ocellated skink, Tasmania)
Notocincus flecka Hoser, 2022. (Small skink)
Notocincus monodorsa Hoser, 2022. (Small skink)
Notocincus whoa Hoser, 2022. (Small skink)
Opacitascincus ugh Hoser, 2022. (Small burrowing skink, NW, WA)
New Subspecies
Caudatenebrosus fuscicaudis divergans Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, NE Queensland)
Glaphyromorphus punctulatus latusumbra Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, NE Queensland)
Glaphyromorphus punctulatus nigreopunctata Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, NE Queensland)
Innocuascincus cracens dorsalux Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, NE Queensland)
Innocuascincus pumilis piperlateralis Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, NE Queensland)
Notocincus flecka fereflecka Hoser, 2022. (Small skink)
AJH Issue 59 Front cover.
Antaresia (Pythonidae), Taxonomy and Nomenclature: Fixing up errors and oversights including that Antaresia maculosa peninsularis Esquerre et al. 2021 is a junior synonym of A. maculosa brentonoloughani Hoser, 2003. ICZN Code Rule of Priority applies (Article 23).
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 3-9.
Two new species of Pipe Snake, Genus Cylindrophis (Squamata: Cylindrophiidae) from Timor and Flores, Indonesia.
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 10-12.
Delma honlami sp. nov.: A new species of Pygopodid legless lizard from South Australia (Squamata: Gekkota: Pygopodidae: Delma: Honlamopus).
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 13-16.
The Iconic Australian Copper-tailed Skink Ctenotus taeniolatus (White, 1790) split. A sign of severely under-estimated species diversity in Australia’s smaller lizards.
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 17-20.
The Australian skink genus Notoscincus Fuhn, 1969 revised!.
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 21-31.
Overlooked genera and species of Australian burrowing skink (Squamata:Scincidae).
Greater diversity of skink species in south-east Australia than previously realized: Carinascincus Wells and Wellington, 1985 sensu lato is further divided.
... Raymond T. Hoser, pp. 48-64.
All of AJH Issue 59, including covers in one big pdf file (64 pages).
All of the newly discovered and formally named genera and species in AJH Issue 59.
Full Zoobank listing of all species, genera, family and taxonomic works of the Snakeman Raymond Hoser as of 12 June 2022 (nearly 2,000 entities named, nearly 1,000 species and subspecies) (45 pages).
ICZN Case 3601 ... ICZN Ruled on 30 April 2021 that all published issues of Australasian Journal of Herpetology ® is validly published according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and also that all new names within are valid and have priority over later names.
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