#Oxysaurus

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Australasian Journal of Herpetology 47:32-38. Published 9 July 2020. Two new hitherto overlooked species of Dwarf Goanna, Worrellisaurus Wells and Wellington, 1984, subgenus Parvavaranus Hoser, 2013 from Australia. TO BE ASSIGNED - LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:88C0C262-ABA2-4878-80D9-F85838DB90DD RAYMOND T. HOSER LSIDURN:LSID:ZOOBANK.ORG:PUB:784CF879-1F94-4F82-B3AE-7414FF271077 488 Park Road, Park Orchards, Victoria, 3134, Australia. Phone: +61 3 9812 3322 Fax: 9812 3355 E-mail: snakeman (at) snakeman.com.au Received 1 December 2020, Accepted 30 April 2020, Published 9 July 2020. ABSTRACT As part of a long-term taxonomic review of Australian varanid lizards by the author over a 40 year period, it has emerged that morphologically distinct and genetically divergent forms of two species of widely distributed Pygmy Monitors of the genus Worrellisaurus Wells and Wellington, 1984, subgenus Parvavaranus Hoser, 2013 remain unrecognized to science as of 2020. The purpose of this paper is to identify and formally name these new species. They can be readily identified and separated from the nominate form of each closely related species on the basis of morphology. Furthermore previously published studies involving the analysis of DNA has shown species-level divergences for the relevant putative taxa. It is for this reason I have not hesitated to recognise each taxon as full species. I have no doubt that a group of thieves known as the Wolfgang Wüster gang, will make a lot of “noise” following the publication of this paper and falsely accuse this author of “taxonomic vandalism”. Then a few years down the track, when the obvious can no longer be ignored, they will attempt to steal this work and illegally rename the very same species as done by Bucklitsch et al. (2016) at Wüster’s instigation, when they illegally renamed two varanid genera previously named by Hoser (2013). The unlawfully coined name Hapturosaurus Bucklitsch, Böhme and Koch, 2016, published in (PRINO = peer reviewed in name only) online “journal” Zootaxa is a junior synonym of the correct legal name Shireenhosersaurea Hoser, 2013. Solomonsaurus Bucklitsch, Böhme and Koch, 2016 is a junior synonym of the correct legal name Oxysaurus Hoser, 2013. The genus-level taxonomy used in this paper is that used in Hoser (2013) and not the illegally coined names of Wüster’s gang of thieves including Bucklitsch et al. (2016). I note that as of 2020 the ICZN names of Hoser are those that are being widely accepted by scientists as the most logical for the Australian varanids (see for example Cogger 2014 and Dubois et al. 2019, both of whom condemned the Wüster gang of thieves). The Hoser names are the ones that are fully compliant with the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Ride et al. 1999). Keywords: Taxonomy; nomenclature; Goanna; Monitor lizard; Varanidae; Varanus; Worrellisaurus; Parvavaranus; South Australia; Northern Territory; Western Australia, Queensland, Australia; Shireenhosersaurea; Hapturosaurus; Oxysaurus; Solomonsaurus; eremius; brevicauda; sparnus; new species; apicemalba; ignis; new subspecies; pyrhus.

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Before they get wiped out! Formal descriptions of 15 new species of Monitor Lizard in the Euprepiosaurus (AKA Varanus) indicus (Daudin, 1802) and the Shireenhosersaurea (AKA Varanus) prasinus (Schlegel, 1839) species groups. LSIDURN:LSID:ZOOBANK.ORG:PUB:80127B71-87E4-4384-87AE-004BF1C934C0 RAYMOND T. HOSER LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:F9D74EB5-CFB5-49A0-8C7C-9F993B8504AE 488 Park Road, Park Orchards, Victoria, 3134, Australia. Phone: +61 3 9812 3322 Fax: 9812 3355 E-mail: snakeman (at) snakeman.com.au Received 28 May 2020, Accepted 5 July 2020, Published 9 July 2020.

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Australasian Journal of Herpetology 47:3-31. Published 9 July 2020. Before they get wiped out! Formal descriptions of 15 new species of Monitor Lizard in the Euprepiosaurus (AKA Varanus) indicus (Daudin, 1802) and the Shireenhosersaurea (AKA Varanus) prasinus (Schlegel, 1839) species groups. LSIDURN:LSID:ZOOBANK.ORG:PUB:80127B71-87E4-4384-87AE-004BF1C934C0 RAYMOND T. HOSER LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:F9D74EB5-CFB5-49A0-8C7C-9F993B8504AE 488 Park Road, Park Orchards, Victoria, 3134, Australia. Phone: +61 3 9812 3322 Fax: 9812 3355 E-mail: snakeman (at) snakeman.com.au Received 28 May 2020, Accepted 5 July 2020, Published 9 July 2020. ABSTRACT The Mangrove Monitor “Varanus indicus” (Daudin, 1802) and Green Monitor “Varanus prasinus” (Schlegel, 1839) were each long thought of as being single widespread species sensu Cogger et al. (1983) within the genus Varanus Merrem, 1820. In 2013, Hoser resurrected the name Euprepiosaurus Fitzinger, 1843 as a full genus for the Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 species group, excluding Varanus indicus spinulosus Mertens, 1941, in turn placed in the genus Oxysaurus Hoser, 2013 and the group including Monitor prasinus Schlegel, 1839, was placed in the new genus Shireenhosersaurea Hoser, 2013. A group known as the Wolfgang Wüster gang of thieves, did via Kaiser et al. (2013) falsely accuse Hoser of “taxonomic vandalism”. They then themselves committed a despicable act of taxonomic vandalism when via Bucklitsch, Böhme and Koch, (2016) they illegally coined new names in the PRINO (peer reviewed in name only) onlne journal Zootaxa for exactly the same genera. Lifting material directly from the Hoser (2013) paper, Bucklitsch et al. coined unlawful new names, Solomonsaurus and Hapturosaurus for the same genera in order to clutter zoology with unnecessary objective synonyms. As of 2020 about 17 distinctive forms previously associated with the putative taxon Euprepiosaurus indicus are widely recognized within herpetology as being separate species and have been formally named. Following an audit of the species complex, this paper formally names twelve other hitherto unnamed forms from Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands as new species on the basis of morphological and reproductive divergence from the 17 forms currently as of 2020 recognized as species. In terms of the genus Shireenhosersaurea. three populations of putative S. prasinus (Schlegel, 1839) are also formally named for the first time. This makes 12 recognized species in the genus. All species within the genera Oxysaurus and Shireenhosersaurea are probably in decline and some may be in imminent danger of extinction. Formally naming new species is the critically important first step in their conservation as outlined by Hoser (2019a, 2019b). Keywords: Herpetology; taxonomy; nomenclature; Varanidae; Varanus; Euprepiosaurus; Oxysaurus; Shireenhosersaurea; taxonomic vandalism; Hapturosaurus; Solomonsaurus; Monitor Lizards; Mangrove monitors; New Guinea; Australia; Solomon Islands; Papua; ICZN; indicus; jobiensis; doreanus; finschi; semotus; spinulosus; prasinus; new species; oxyi; adelynhoserae; jackyhoserae; lenhoseri; matteoae; elfakhariorum; allengreeri; dorisioi; paulwoolfi; sloppi; powi; scottgranti; shireenhoserae; satis; clara

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Two new hitherto overlooked species of Dwarf Goanna, Worrellisaurus Wells and Wellington, 1984, subgenus Parvavaranus Hoser, 2013 from Australia.

Australasian Journal of Herpetology 47:32-38. Published 9 July 2020. INTRODUCTION As part of a long-term taxonomic review of Australian varanid lizards by the author over a 40 year period, the genus-level classification of the Varanidae globally was reviewed and revised by Hoser (2013). This classification has been widely accepted in the five years since then, including by regular critics of my scientific works known as the Wüster gang of thieves, who have even sought to illegally rename genera first formally named in the Hoser (2013) paper in Bucklitsch et al. (2016) as detailed by Hoser (2017). Therefore the genus-level classification of Hoser (2013) is used throughout this paper. The nefarious and often illegal activities of the Wüster gang of thieves are detailed in Hoser (2015a-f) and sources cited therein. Post year 2000 papers naming new taxa of Australian varanid include the following: Doughty et al. (2014), Hoser (2013, 2014, 2015g, 2018a, 2018b, 2018c, 2018d), Maryan et al. (2014). The post year 2000 varanid taxa named in Australia by these Two new hitherto overlooked species of Dwarf Goanna, Worrellisaurus Wells and Wellington, 1984, subgenus Parvavaranus Hoser, 2013 from Australia. TO BE ASSIGNED - LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:88C0C262-ABA2-4878-80D9-F85838DB90DD RAYMOND T. HOSER LSIDURN:LSID:ZOOBANK.ORG:PUB:784CF879-1F94-4F82-B3AE-7414FF271077 488 Park Road, Park Orchards, Victoria, 3134, Australia. Phone: +61 3 9812 3322 Fax: 9812 3355 E-mail: snakeman (at) snakeman.com.au Received 1 December 2020, Accepted 30 April 2020, Published 9 July 2020. ABSTRACT As part of a long-term taxonomic review of Australian varanid lizards by the author over a 40 year period, it has emerged that morphologically distinct and genetically divergent forms of two species of widely distributed Pygmy Monitors of the genus Worrellisaurus Wells and Wellington, 1984, subgenus Parvavaranus Hoser, 2013 remain unrecognized to science as of 2020. The purpose of this paper is to identify and formally name these new species. They can be readily identified and separated from the nominate form of each closely related species on the basis of morphology. Furthermore previously published studies involving the analysis of DNA has shown species-level divergences for the relevant putative taxa. It is for this reason I have not hesitated to recognise each taxon as full species. I have no doubt that a group of thieves known as the Wolfgang Wüster gang, will make a lot of “noise” following the publication of this paper and falsely accuse this author of “taxonomic vandalism”. Then a few years down the track, when the obvious can no longer be ignored, they will attempt to steal this work and illegally rename the very same species as done by Bucklitsch et al. (2016) at Wüster’s instigation, when they illegally renamed two varanid genera previously named by Hoser (2013). The unlawfully coined name Hapturosaurus Bucklitsch, Böhme and Koch, 2016, published in (PRINO = peer reviewed in name only) online “journal” Zootaxa is a junior synonym of the correct legal name Shireenhosersaurea Hoser, 2013. Solomonsaurus Bucklitsch, Böhme and Koch, 2016 is a junior synonym of the correct legal name Oxysaurus Hoser, 2013. The genus-level taxonomy used in this paper is that used in Hoser (2013) and not the illegally coined names of Wüster’s gang of thieves including Bucklitsch et al. (2016). I note that as of 2020 the ICZN names of Hoser are those that are being widely accepted by scientists as the most logical for the Australian varanids (see for example Cogger 2014 and Dubois et al. 2019, both of whom condemned the Wüster gang of thieves). The Hoser names are the ones that are fully compliant with the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Ride et al. 1999). Keywords: Taxonomy; nomenclature; Goanna; Monitor lizard; Varanidae; Varanus; Worrellisaurus; Parvavaranus; South Australia; Northern Territory; Western Australia, Queensland, Australia; Shireenhosersaurea; Hapturosaurus; Oxysaurus; Solomonsaurus; eremius; brevicauda; sparnus; new species; apicemalba; ignis; new subspecies; pyrhus.

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Before they get wiped out! Formal descriptions of 15 new species of Monitor Lizard in the Euprepiosaurus (AKA Varanus) indicus (Daudin, 1802) and the Shireenhosersaurea (AKA Varanus) prasinus (Schlegel, 1839) species groups.

Australasian Journal of Herpetology 47:3-31. Published 9 July 2020. Before they get wiped out! Formal descriptions of 15 new species of Monitor Lizard in the Euprepiosaurus (AKA Varanus) indicus (Daudin, 1802) and the Shireenhosersaurea (AKA Varanus) prasinus (Schlegel, 1839) species groups. LSIDURN:LSID:ZOOBANK.ORG:PUB:80127B71-87E4-4384-87AE-004BF1C934C0 RAYMOND T. HOSER LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:F9D74EB5-CFB5-49A0-8C7C-9F993B8504AE 488 Park Road, Park Orchards, Victoria, 3134, Australia. Phone: +61 3 9812 3322 Fax: 9812 3355 E-mail: snakeman (at) snakeman.com.au Received 28 May 2020, Accepted 5 July 2020, Published 9 July 2020. ABSTRACT The Mangrove Monitor “Varanus indicus” (Daudin, 1802) and Green Monitor “Varanus prasinus” (Schlegel, 1839) were each long thought of as being single widespread species sensu Cogger et al. (1983) within the genus Varanus Merrem, 1820. In 2013, Hoser resurrected the name Euprepiosaurus Fitzinger, 1843 as a full genus for the Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 species group, excluding Varanus indicus spinulosus Mertens, 1941, in turn placed in the genus Oxysaurus Hoser, 2013 and the group including Monitor prasinus Schlegel, 1839, was placed in the new genus Shireenhosersaurea Hoser, 2013. A group known as the Wolfgang Wüster gang of thieves, did via Kaiser et al. (2013) falsely accuse Hoser of “taxonomic vandalism”. They then themselves committed a despicable act of taxonomic vandalism when via Bucklitsch, Böhme and Koch, (2016) they illegally coined new names in the PRINO (peer reviewed in name only) onlne journal Zootaxa for exactly the same genera. Lifting material directly from the Hoser (2013) paper, Bucklitsch et al. coined unlawful new names, Solomonsaurus and Hapturosaurus for the same genera in order to clutter zoology with unnecessary objective synonyms. As of 2020 about 17 distinctive forms previously associated with the putative taxon Euprepiosaurus indicus are widely recognized within herpetology as being separate species and have been formally named. Following an audit of the species complex, this paper formally names twelve other hitherto unnamed forms from Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands as new species on the basis of morphological and reproductive divergence from the 17 forms currently as of 2020 recognized as species. In terms of the genus Shireenhosersaurea. three populations of putative S. prasinus (Schlegel, 1839) are also formally named for the first time. This makes 12 recognized species in the genus. All species within the genera Oxysaurus and Shireenhosersaurea are probably in decline and some may be in imminent danger of extinction. Formally naming new species is the critically important first step in their conservation as outlined by Hoser (2019a, 2019b). Keywords: Herpetology; taxonomy; nomenclature; Varanidae; Varanus; Euprepiosaurus; Oxysaurus; Shireenhosersaurea; taxonomic vandalism; Hapturosaurus; Solomonsaurus; Monitor Lizards; Mangrove monitors; New Guinea; Australia; Solomon Islands; Papua; ICZN; indicus; jobiensis; doreanus; finschi; semotus; spinulosus; prasinus; new species; oxyi; adelynhoserae; jackyhoserae; lenhoseri; matteoae; elfakhariorum; allengreeri; dorisioi; paulwoolfi; sloppi; powi; scottgranti; shireenhoserae; satis; clara.

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Taxonomic vandalism in herpetology. 70 illegally coined names.

Illegal name coined by associates of the Wolfgang  Wüster gang of thieves and improperly promoted.

Comments or reasons given by author for breaching  International Code of Zoological  Nomenclature.

Correct taxon name according to scientific  ethics and International Code of  Zoological Nomenclature.

Acanthophis cryptamydros Maddock, Ellis, Doughty, Smith and Wüster, 2015

Falsely alleged Wells and  Wellington, 1985 name not code compliant. See Wellington (2016).

Acanthophis lancasteri Wells and Wellington, 1985

Afronaja  Wallach, Wüster and  Broadley 2009.

Falsely alleged earlier Hoser paper  not published according to Article 8 of Zoological Code.

Spracklandus Hoser, 2009.

Ahaetuliinae Figuero et al., 2016.

No reason given. Due to time  factor and authorship, oversight must have been deliberate.

Charlespiersonserpeniinae Hoser,  2013 (Alt: Ahaetuliinae Hoser, 2013)

Amerotyphlops  Hedges et al., 2014

Author was a signatory to Kaiser  et al. documents of 2012/2013.

Altmantyphlops Hoser, 2012

Antaresia stimsoni (Smith, 1985)

Name published after Wells and  Wellington, 1985, (date priority) but improperly not renounced.

Antaresia saxacola Wells and  Wellington, 1985. Note: Nomen nudem  claim on Wikipedia is false.

Antillotyphlops  Hedges et al., 2014

Author was a signatory to Kaiser  et al. documents of 2012/2013.

Mosestyphlops Hoser, 2012

Archipelagekko Wood et al. 2019

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally  ignore rules of ICZN’s code.

Extentusventersquamus Hoser, 2018

Asiatyphylops Hedges et al., 2014

Author was a signatory to Kaiser  et al. documents of 2012/2013.

Argyrophis Gray, 1845

Bartleia Hutchinson et al. 1990

Deliberately ignored name authority  to rename taxon (nomen furtum).

Techmarscincus  Wells and  Wellington, 1985

Bassiana  Hutchinson et al. 1990

Deliberately ignored name authority  to rename taxon (nomen furtum).

Acritoscincus Wells and Wellington, 1985

Brachyseps Erens et al., 2016

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally  ignore rules of ICZN’s code.

Oxyscincus Hoser,  2015

Broadleysaurus  Bates et al., 2013

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally ignore rules of ICZN’s  code.

Funkisaurus Hoser, 2013

Candoiidae  Pyron et al., 2014

No reason given, but authors and  stated reviewers have improperly attacked Hoser for years.

Candoiidae  Hoser, 2013

Carlia isostriacantha Silva et al. 2018

No reason given. Did not cite  Wells and Wellington, 1985.

Carlia mysteria Wells and Wellington, 1985

Cautula  Hutchinson et al. 1990

Deliberately ignored name authority  to rename taxon (nomen furtum).

Harrisoniascincus  Wells and  Wellington, 1984

Chelodina burrungandjii Thomson, Kennett and Georges, 2000

Alleged Wells and Wellington,  1985 not code compliant when it was.

Chelodina billabong (Wells and Wellington, 1985)

Chelodina canni  McCord  and Thomson, 2002

Falsely claimed Wells and  Wellington, 1985 nomen nudem.

Chelodina rankini Wells and Wellington, 1985

Crocodylus halli Murray et al. 2019

No citation or reason given.

Crocodylus adelynhoserae (Hoser, 2012)

Ctenophorus spinodomus Sadlier, Colgan, Beatson and Cogger, 2019

Falsely claimed Wells and  Wellington, 1985 name invalid.

Ctenophorus hawkeswoodi (Wells and  Wellington, 1985)

Cubatyphlops Hedges  et al., 2014

Author was a signatory to Kaiser et al. documents of 2012/2013.

Dannytyphlops Hoser, 2012

Cyclocoridae, Zaher et al. 2019 (via Weinell and Brown,  2018)

Authors cited Kaiser et al. (2015 version)

Oxyrhabdiumiidae Hoser, 2013.  (by later author’s family definitions)

Dasypeltis arabica Bates and Broadley, 2018

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally  ignore rules of ICZN’s code.

Dasypeltis saeizadi Hoser, 2013

Diporiphora granulifera Melville et al. 2019.

See for Lophognathus horneri Melville et  al., 2018.

Diporiphora melvillae Hoser, 2015.

Diporiphora gracilis Melville et al. 2019.

See for Lophognathus horneri Melville et  al., 2018.

Diporiphora garrodi Hoser, 2015.

Egernia arnhemensis Sadlier, 1990

Original name over-written in  expectation ICZN would rule against Wells and Wellington (they didn’t!).

Hortonia obiri Wells and  Wellington, 1985 (genus in contention)

Emydura macquarii dharra Cann, 1998

Alleged Wells and Wellington,  1985 not code compliant when it was.

Emydura cooki (Wells and  Wellington, 1985)

Emydura macquarii emmotti Cann, McCord and Joseph-Ouni, 2003

Alleged Wells and Wellington,  1985 not code compliant when it was.

Emydura macquarii windorah (Wells and Wellington, 1985)

Gehyra capensis Kealley et al., 2018

No reason given. But published  several weeks after Hoser, 2018.

Gehyra bulliardi Hoser,  2018.

Flexiseps Erens et al., 2016

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally  ignore rules of ICZN’s code.

Clarascincus Hoser,  2015

Hapturosaurus Bucklitsch, Böhme and Koch, 2016

No reason given. Also co-published  hate rant (Denzer at al. 2016).

Shireenhosersaurea Hoser, 2013

Indotyphlops  Hedges et al., 2014

Author was a signatory to Kaiser  et al. documents of 2012/2013.

Maxhoserus Hoser,  2012

Japonigekko  Wood et al. 2019

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally ignore rules of ICZN’s  code.

Sparsuscolotes  Hoser, 2018

Leiopython  meridionalis Schleip, 2014

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally ignore rules of ICZN’s  code.

Leiopython  hoserae Hoser, 2000

Leiopython montanus Schleip, 2014

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally  ignore rules of ICZN’s code.

Leiopython albertisi bennetti Hoser, 2000

Lemuriatyphlops Pyron and Wallach, 2014

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally ignore rules of ICZN’s  code.

Elliotttyphlopea Hoser, 2012

Lepidodactylus  aignanus Kraus, 2019

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally ignore rules of ICZN’s  code.

Shireenhosergecko  jarradbinghami Hoser, 2018

Lepidodactylus kwasnickae Kraus, 2019

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally  ignore rules of ICZN’s code.

Adelynhosergecko brettbarnetti Hoser, 2018

Lepidodactylus mitchelli Kraus, 2019

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally  ignore rules of ICZN’s code.

Adelynhosergecko stevebennetti Hoser, 2018

Lepidodactylus zweifeli Kraus, 2019

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally  ignore rules of ICZN’s code.

Bobbottomcolotes bobbottomi Hoser, 2018

Lophognathus horneri Melville et al., 2018

No reason given in paper.  Description lifted from Hoser, 2015. Editor cited Kaiser et al. veto.

Lophognathus wellingtoni Hoser, 2015

Macrochelys apalachicolae Thomas et al., 2014

Falsely claimed no holotype ever  existed. Claim rebutted by co-author.

Macrochelys muscati Hoser, 2013.

Macrochelys suwanniensis Thomas et al., 2014

Falsely claimed no holotype ever  existed. Claim rebutted by co-author.

Macrochelys maxhoseri Hoser, 2013.

Madatyphlops Hedges  et al., 2014

Author was a signatory to Kaiser et al. documents of 2012/2013.

Ronhoserus Hoser, 2012

Malayodracon Denzer, Manthey, Mahlow and Böhme, 2015

No reason given. Later published hate  rant (Denzer at al. 2016).

Daraninagama  Hoser, 2014

Malayopython Reynolds et al., 2013a, 2013b, 2014

Invoked Kaiser veto; also falsely  claimed Broghammerus a nomen nudum

Broghammerus Hoser, 2004

Malayotyphlops  Hedges et al., 2014

Author was a signatory to Kaiser  et al. documents of 2012/2013.

Katrinahosertyphlops Hoser, 2012

Matobosaurus  Bates et al., 2013

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally ignore rules of ICZN’s  code.

Swilesaurus Hoser, 2013

Microauris  Pal et al. 2018

No reason given. No citation of  Hoser, 2014.

Tamilnaducalotes Hoser, 2014

Monilesaurus Pal et  al. 2018

No reason given. No citation of  Hoser, 2014.

Skrijelus Hoser, 2014

Myuchelys  Thomson and Georges,  2009

Falsely claimed Wells 2007 breached  article 8 of Zoological Code.

Wollumbinia  Wells, 2007

Mopanveldophis Figuero et al., 2016.

No reason given. Due to time factor  and authorship, oversight must have been deliberate.

Chrismaxwellus Hoser, 2013

Naja (Boulengerina) guineensis Wüster et al.  2018

Wolfgang Wüster said on Facebook  he invoked Kaiser “veto” to coin new name.

Boulengerina jackyhoserae Hoser, 2013

Niveoscincus  Hutchinson et al. 1990

Deliberately ignored name  authority to rename taxon (nomen furtum).

Litotescincus Wells  and Wellington, 1985

Oedura luritja Oliver  and McDonald, 2016

Falsely alleged Wells and  Wellington, 1985 name not code compliant.

Oedura greeri Wells  and Wellington, 1985

Ophiomorus kardesi Kornilios et al., 2018

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally  ignore rules of ICZN’s code.

Ophiomorus macconchiei Hoser,  2015

Paralaudakia Baig et  al., 2012

Author was a signatory to Kaiser et al. documents of 2012/2013.

Adelynkimberleyea Hoser, 2012

Pogona brevis Witten,  1994

Witten falsely claimed the Wells  and Wellington, 1985 holotype was “missing” when it never was.

Pogona henrylawsoni Wells and Wellington, 1985

Ptychozoon cicakterbang Grismer et al. 2019.

Authors over-written Hoser names  previously. See for Mopanveldophis.

Cliveevattcolotes (or alternatively Ptychozoon) steveteesi Hoser, 2018

Rhacogekko  Wood et al. 2019

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally ignore rules of ICZN’s  code.

Alexteescolotes  Hoser, 2018

Silvascincus  Skinner et al., 2013.

Co-author Mark Hutchinson has long  term form for renaming Wells and Wellington taxa (e.g. Niveoscincus).

Karma  Wells, 2009.

Solomonsaurus Bucklitsch, Böhme and Koch, 2016

No reason given. Also co-published  hate rant (Denzer at al. 2016).

Oxysaurus Hoser, 2013

Stegonotus melanolabiatus Ruane et al. 2017

No reason given. Ostensibly  overlooked by 6 authors and alleged peer reviewers. Diagnosis effectively  lifted from Hoser 2012.

Stegonotus adelynhoserae Hoser, 2012

Sundagekko Wood et al. 2019

Cited Kaiser et al. (2013) as a basis to illegally  ignore rules of ICZN’s code.

Scelotretus Fitzinger, 1843

Sundatyphlops  Hedges et al., 2014

Author was a signatory to Kaiser  et al. documents of 2012/2013.

Sivadictus Wells and  Wellington, 1985, (Note: Anilios  Gray, 1845, is a different genus: Type sp. australis)

Tribolonotus parkeri Rittmeyer and Austin, 2017

No reason given.  Remote possibility it was a genuine  oversight.

Pediporus (Feretribolonotus) greeri Hoser, 2016

Tropicagama Melville et al. 2018

No reason given in paper. Description  lifted from Hoser, 2015. Editor cited Kaiser et al. veto.

Melvillesaurea Hoser, 2015

Tumbunascincus  Skinner et al., 2013

Co-author Mark Hutchinson has long  term form for renaming Wells and Wellington taxa (e.g. Niveoscincus).

Magmellia Wells, 2009.

Tympanocryptis osbornei Melville et al. 2019.

Falsely claimed T. lineata holotype was T. telecom Wells and Wellington, 1985  to assert species unnamed.

Tympanocryptis lineata Peters, 1863.

Varanus  teriae Sprackland, 1991

Allegedly overlooked name authority  and then refused to renounce synonym.

Varanus  keithhornei (Wells and  Wellington, 1985). (Note: genus assignment is in flux).

Xerotyphlops Hedges  et al., 2014

Author was a signatory to Kaiser et al. documents of 2012/2013.

Lenhosertyphlops Hoser, 2012

 In the original table as printed, the underlined names are OBJECTIVE synonyms (as in exactly the same type specimen or type species - about 30 in total). Items in blue are so-called subjective synonyms, but based on second authors taxonomic diagnosis are one and the same taxon as earlier items on right, meaning oldest available names must be used.  Items in blue typically include specimens from same location and collection series and/or extremely closely related species if genus, with later authors typically lifting important diagnostic material from earlier authors papers (mainly uncited or alternatively derided, but bootlegged). About half the junior synonyms have NOT been recorded in Zoobank (ICZN Repository) as of end Sept 2019 and many of the others are incompletely listed. All senior Hoser names (most on this list) have been fully recorded in Zoobank at time of original publication since inception of Zoobank (ICZN), and also recorded on publication and archived at Zoological Record, National Library of Australia, Natural History Museum, UK, etc, and fully comply with rules of the in force International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.  Learn more at http://www.smuggled.com/scientific-fraud-wolfgang-wuster.htm

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10 recent illegally coined names by the taxonomic vandal, Wolfgang Wüster and his gang of thieves, with correct scientific names shown in a table. Australasian Journal of Herpetology ®, Issue 35, published 20 July 2017, pages 57-63. Taxonomic vandalism by Wolfgang Wüster and his gang of thieves continues. New names unlawfully coined by the rulebreakers for species and genera previously named according to the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. RAYMOND T. HOSER 488 Park Road, Park Orchards, Victoria, 3134, Australia. Phone: +61 3 9812 3322 Fax: 9812 3355 E-mail: snakeman (at) snakeman.com.au Received 25 April 2017, Accepted 28 June 2017, Published 20 July 2017. ABSTRACT Hoser (2015a-f) detailed illegal actions by Welshman Wolfgang Wüster and his gang of thieves with respect to their campaign to undermine the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature as well as their attempts to usurp the authority of the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). Their business model was not unlike that of the terrorist group calling themselves “Islamic State” or ISIS in that nothing was outside of their domain in terms of acts they would do to further their aim. Hoser (2015a) published a list of 31 names illegally coined by the Wüster gang with the express intent of illegally overwriting valid ICZN compliant names previously published to steal the intellectual property of others. They use websites and journals they despotically control to push their illegally coined names on others, falsely alleging they are legal and code complaint, which they are not. Wolfgang Wüster and his gang also supress use of the correct legal names by others and aggressively encourage others to similarly steal the works of others. Since Hoser (2015a) published a list of 31 illegally coined names in herpetology, the gang has continued to unlawfully create nomenclatural instability as part of their campaign to destroy the rules of nomenclature that have governed the biological sciences for centuries. This paper presents a summary of ten of the gang’s more recent acts of taxonomic vandalism and presents these 10 unlawfully coined names in a table with the correct names alongside, so that herpetologists can use the correct names instead. The list from 2015 has also been republished as the information within it remains current. Keywords: Taxonomy; nomenclature; International Code of Zoological Nomenclature; ICZN; herpetology; Wolfgang Wüster; Taxonomic Vandalism; Kaiser; terrorist; Acanthophis cryptamydros; Acanthophis lancasteri; Oedura luritja; Oedura greeri; Malayodracon; Daraninagama; Solomonsaurus; Oxysaurus; Hapturosaurus; Shireenhosersaurea; Tribolonotus parkeri; Tribolonotus greeri; Ahaetuliinae; Charlespiersonserpeniinae; Mopanveldophis; Chrismaxwellus; Brachyseps; Oxyscincus; Flexiseps; Clarascincus; Propetribolonotus; Pediporus; Feretribolonotus.