Luke J. Welton

Luke J. Welton, U.S. herpetologist

• Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 11 taxon names authored by Luke J. Welton

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2009

• Welton, L.J., Siler, C.D., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 2009. A New Bent-Toed Gecko (Genus Cyrtodactylus) from Southern Palawan Island, Philippines and Clarification of the Taxonomic Status of C. annulatus. Herpetologica 65(3): 328–343. DOI: 10.1655/08-057R1.1 Reference page. 

2010

• Welton, L.J., Siler, C.D., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 2010. Phylogeny-based species delimitation of southern Philippines bent-toed geckos and a new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago. Zootaxa 2390: 49–68. Preview. Reference page. 
• Welton, L.J., Siler, C.D., Bennett, D., Diesmos, A., Duya, M.R., Dugay, R., Rico, E.L.B., van Weerd, M. & Brown, R.M. 2010. A spectacular new Philippine monitor lizard reveals a hidden biogeographic boundary and a novel flagship species for conservation. Biology Letters 6: 654–658. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0119 Reference page. 
• Welton, L.J., Siler, C.D., Linkem, C.W., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 2010. Philippine Bent-Toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus agusanensis Complex: Multilocus Phylogeny, Morphological Diversity, and Descriptions of Three New Species. Herpetological Monographs 24(1): 55–85. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-10-00005.1 Reference page. 

2014

• Siler, C.D., Welton, L.J., Davis, D.R., Watters, J.L., Davey, C.S., Diesmos, A.C., Diesmos, M.L. & Brown, R.M. 2014. Taxonomic revision of the Pseudogekko compresicorpus Complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with descriptions of three new species. Herpetological Monographs 28(1): 110–139. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-14-00005 Reference page. 

2017

• Allen, K.E., Tapondjou N., W.P., Welton, L.J. & Bauer, A.M. 2017. A new species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Central Africa and a key to the Trachylepis of West and Central Africa. Zootaxa 4268(2): 255–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.2.5 Reference page. 

2018

• Costa, H.C., Welton, L.J. & Hallermann, J. 2018. An updated diagnosis of the rare Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907, based on additional specimens (Squamata, Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae). Evolutionary Systematics 2(2): 125–135. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.2.28059 Reference page.