Christopher John Raxworthy

Christopher John Raxworthy, UK herpetologist.

Department of Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York, United States.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

63 taxon names authored by Christopher John Raxworthy

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1991

Raxworthy, C.J. 1991. Field observations on some dwarf chameleons (Brookesia spp.) from rainforest areas of Madagascar, with the description of a new species. Journal of Zoology 224(1): 11–25. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1991.tb04785.x Reference page.

1993

Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. 1993. Four new species of Amphiglossus from Madagascar (Squamata: Scincidae). Herpetologica 49(3): 326–341. JSTOR Reference page.
Raxworthy C.J. & Nussbaum R.A. 1993. A new Madagascan Phelsuma with a review of Phelsuma trilineata and comments on Phelsuma cepediana in Madagascar (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Herpetologica 49(3): 342–349. JSTOR Reference page.

1994

Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1994. A new rainforest gecko of the genus Paroedura Gunther from Madagascar. Herpetological Natural History 2(1): 43–49. Reference page.
Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1994. The genus Paragehyra (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) in southern Madagascar. Journal of Zoology 232(1): 37–59. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1994.tb01558.x Reference page.
Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1994. A New Species of Uroplatus Duméril (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southern Madagascar. Herpetologica 50(3): 319–325. JSTOR Reference page.
Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1994. A New Species of Mabuya Fitzinger (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Southern Madagascar. Herpetologica 50(3): 309–319. JSTOR Reference page.

1996

Jenkins, P.D., Goodman, S.M. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1996. The shrew tenrecs (Microgale) (Insectivora: Tenrecidae) of the Réserve naturelle intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology 85: 191–217. BHL Reference page.

1997

Jenkins, P.D., Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. 1997. A new species of Microgale (Insectivora, Tenrecidae), with comments on the status of four other taxa of shrew tenrecs. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Zoology Series 63(1): 1–12. BHL Reference page.

1998

Nussbaum, R.A., Raxworthy, C.J. & Pronk, O. 1998. The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae). Miscellaneous Publications, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology 186: 1–26. hdl: 2027.42/57280 Reference page.
Nussbaum, R.A., Andreone, F. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1998. New Rain-Forest Species of Pseudoxyrhopus Günther (Squamata: Colubridae) from Northern Madagascar. Copeia 1998(1): 128–132. DOI: 10.2307/1447708 JSTOR Reference page.

2000

Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2000. Systematic revision of the genus Paroedura Günther (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of five new species. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 189: 1–26. hdl: 2027.42/56432 Reference page.
Raselimanana, A.P., Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. 2000. A Revision of the Dwarf Zonosaurus Boulenger (Reptilia: Squamata: Cordylidae) from Madagascar, including Descriptions of Three New Species. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas 18: 1–16. BHL Reference page.

2006

Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page.
Goodman, S.M., Raxworthy, C.J., Maminirina, C.P. & Olson, L.E. 2006. A new species of shrew tenrec (Microgale jobihely) from northern Madagascar. Journal of Zoology 270(2): 384–398. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00146.x Reference page.
Greenbaum, E., Campbell, A.C. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2006. A revision of sub-Saharan Chalcides (Squamata: Scincidae), with redescriptions of two East African species. Herpetologica 62(1): 71–89. DOI: 10.1655/05-14.1 Reference page.
Raselimanana, A.P., Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2006. Observations and re-description of Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner 1891 and description of a second new species of long-tailed Zonosaurus from western Madagascar. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 739: 1–16. hdl: 2027.42/57175 Reference page.
Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. 2006. Six New Species of Occipital-Lobed Calumma Chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) from Montane Regions of Madagascar, with a New Description and Revision of Calumma brevicorne. Copeia 2006(4): 711–734. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6[711:SNSOOC]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.

2007

Raxworthy, C.J., Ingram, C.M., Rabibisoa, N. & Pearson, R.G. 2007. Applications of Ecological Niche Modeling for Species Delimitation: A Review and Empirical Evaluation Using Day Geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar. Systematic Biology 56(6): 907–923. DOI: 10.1080/10635150701775111 Reference page.

2009

Köhler, G., Diethert, H.-H., Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2009. A revision of the fish scale geckos, genus Geckolepis Grandidier (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Madagascar and the Comoros. Herpetologica 65(4): 419–435. DOI: 10.1655/08-059.1 Reference page.
Olson, L.E., Rakotomalala, Z., Hildebrandt, K.B.P., Lanier, H.C., Raxworthy, C.J. & Goodman, S.M. 2009. Phylogeography of Microgale brevicaudata (Tenrecidae) and Description of a New Species from Western Madagascar. Journal of Mammalogy 90(5): 1095–1110. DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-305.1 Reference page.

2013

Vences, M., Rakotoarison, A., Rakotondrazafy, A.M.A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Randrianiaina, R-D., Glaw, F., Lehtinen, R.M. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2013. Assessing the diversity of phytotelmic frogs along Madagascar’s east coast: Redefinition of Guibemantis bicalcaratus (Boettger, 1913) and revalidation of Guibemantis methueni (Angel, 1929). Vertebrate Zoology 63(2): 193–205. DOI: 10.3897/vz.63.e31427 Reference page.

2014

Raselimanana, A.P., Raxworthy, C.J., Andreone, F., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2014. An enigmatic new Scaphiophryne toadlet from the rainforests of north-eastern Madagascar (Amphibia: Microhylidae). Vertebrate Zoology 64(1): 95–102. DOI: 10.3897/vz.64.e31464 Reference page.

2015

Oliver, L.A., Prendini, E., Kraus, F. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2015. Systematics and biogeography of the Hylarana frog (Anura: Ranidae) radiation across tropical Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 90: 176–192. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.001 Reference page.

2016

Biju, S.D., Senevirathne, G., Garg, S., Mahony, S., Kamei, R.G., Thomas, A., Shouche, Y., Raxworthy, C.J., Meegaskumbura, M. & Van Bocxlaer, I. 2016. Frankixalus, a new rhacophorid genus of tree hole breeding frogs with oophagous tadpoles. PLoS One 11(1): e0145727. DOI: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145727 Reference page.
Ruane, S., Burbrink, F.T., Randriamahatantsoa, B. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2016. The Cat-eyed Snakes of Madagascar: Phylogeny and Description of a New Species of Madagascarophis (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) from the Tsingy of Ankarana. Copeia 104(3): 712–721. DOI: 10.1643/CH-15-346 Reference page.

2018

Ruane, S., Myers, E.A., Lo, K., Yuen, S., Welt, R.S., Juman, M., Futterman, I., Nussbaum, R.A., Schneider, G., Burbrink, F.T. & Raxworthy, C.J. [2017] 2018. Unrecognized species diversity and new insights into colour pattern polymorphism within the widespread Malagasy snake Mimophis (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 16(3): 229–244. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2017.1375046 Reference page.

2019

Burbrink, F.T., Ruane, S., Kuhn, A.L., Rabibisoa, N., Randriamahatantsoa, B., Raselimanana, A.P., Andrianarimalala, M.S., Cadle, J.E., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Nussbaum, R.A., Jones, L.N., Pearson, R. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2019. The origins and diversification of the exceptionally rich gemsnakes (Colubroidea: Lamprophiidae: Pseudoxyrhophiinae) in Madagascar. Systematic Biology 68(6): 918–936. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syz026 Reference page.
Uetz, P., Cherikh, S., Shea, G., Ineich, I., Campbell, P.D., Doronin, I.V., Rosado, J., Wynn, A.H., Tighe, K.A., McDiarmid, R.W., Lee, J.L., Köhler, G., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Raxworthy, C.J., Scheinberg, L.A., Resetar, A., Sabaj Pérez, M.A., Schneider, G., Franzen, M., Glaw, F., Böhme, W., Schweiger, S., Gemel, R., Couper, P., Amey, A.P., Dondorp, E., Ofer, G., Meiri, S. & Wallach, V. 2019. A global catalog of primary reptile type specimens. Zootaxa 4695(5): 438–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.5.2 Reference page.

2023

Das, S., Greenbaum, E., Meiri, S., Bauer, A.M., Burbrink, F.T., Raxworthy, C.J., Weinell, J.L., Brown, R.M., Brecko, J., Pauwels, O.S.G., Rabibisoa, N., Raselimanana, A.P. & Merilä, J. 2023. Ultraconserved elements-based phylogenomic systematics of the snake superfamily Elapoidea, with the description of a new Afro-Asian family. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 180: 107700. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107700 Reference page.
Rabibisoa, N., Welt, R.S. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2023. Revision of the subgenus Ochthomantis frogs from Madagascar (Amphibia: Mantellidae) with the description of four species and resurrection of Mantidactylus catalai and M. poissoni. Animals. Basel, Switzerland 13(17: 2800): 1–67. DOI: 10.3390/ani13172800 Reference page.

2025

Wu, D.-Y., Prendini, E., Raxworthy, C.J., Wang, Z.-J., Zhou, W.-W., Chen, J.-M., Suwannapoom, C., Sucharitakul, P., Pie, M.R., Xu, W. & Yuan, Z.-Y. 2025. Earth history and trait innovation drive the global radiation of modern toads. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 292(2057): 20251928. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2025.1928 Reference page.