Paul Doughty

Paul Doughty, Australian herpetologist.

Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, 49 Kew St, Welshpool, Western Australia, Australia.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

87 taxon names authored by Paul Doughty

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2001

Read, K., Keogh, J.S., Scott, I.A., Roberts, J.D. & Doughty, P. 2001. Molecular phylogeny of the Australian frog genera Crinia, Geocrinia, and allied taxa (Anura: Myobatrachidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21(2): 294–308. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.1014 Reference page.

2006

Pepper, M., Doughty, P. & Keogh, J.S. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota; Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41(3): 539–555. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.028 Reference page.

2007

Doughty, P. & Anstis, M. 2007. A new species of rock-dwelling hylid frog (Anura: Hylidae) from the eastern Kimberley region of western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(3): 241–257. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.23(3).2007.241-257 Reference page.

2008

Doughty, P. & Edwards, D. 2008. A new species of Arenophryne (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the central coast of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24(2): 121–131. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(2).2008.121-131 ; BHL Reference page.
Doughty, P. & Hutchinson, M.N. 2008. A new species of Lucasium (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the southern deserts of Western Australia and South Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25(1): 95–106. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(1).2008.095-106 Reference page.
Doughty, P. & Roberts, J.D. 2008. A new species of Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia. Zootaxa 1939(1): 10–18. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1939.1.2 Reference page.
Doughty, P., Oliver, P.M. & Adams, M. 2008. Systematics of stone geckos in the genus Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from northwestern Australia, with a description of a new species from the Northwest Cape, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24(3): 247–265. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(3).2008.247-265 Reference page.
Melville, J., Shoo, L.P. & Doughty, P. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of the heath dragons (Rankinia adelaidensis and R. parviceps) from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot. Australian Journal of Zoology 56(3): 159–171. DOI: 10.1071/ZO07069 Reference page.

2009

Doughty, P., Anstis, M. & Price, L.C. 2009. A new species of Crinia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the high rainfall zone of the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25(2): 127–144. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(2).2009.127-144 Reference page.
Hutchinson, M.N., Doughty, P. & Oliver, P.M. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the stone geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus) of southern Australia. Zootaxa 2167(1): 25–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2167.1.2 Reference page.
Mecke, S., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2009. A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus. Zootaxa 2246(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2246.1.1 Reference page.

2010

Anstis, M., Tyler, M.J., Roberts, J.D. , Price, L.C. & Doughty, P. 2010. A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) with a highly distinctive tadpole from the north-western Kimberley region of Western Australia. Zootaxa 2550(1): 39–57. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2550.1.3 ; ResearchGate Reference page.
Doughty, P., Pepper, M. & Keogh, J.S. 2010. Morphological and molecular assessment of the Diplodactylus savagei species complex in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 2393(1): 33–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2393.1.3 Reference page.
Oliver, P.M., Adams, M. & Doughty, P. 2010. Molecular evidence for ten species and Oligo-Miocene vicariance within a nominal Australian gecko species (Crenadactylus ocellatus, Diplodactylidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 386. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-386 Reference page.

2011

Catullo, R.A., Doughty, P., Roberts, J.D. & Keogh, J.S. 2011. Multi-locus phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Uperoleia toadlets (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the western arid zone of Australia, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 2902(1): 1–43. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2902.1.1 Reference page.
Doughty, P. 2011. An emerging frog diversity hotspot in the northwest Kimberley of Western Australia: another new frog species from the high rainfall zone. Records of the Western Australian Museum 26(2): 209–218. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(2).2011.209-216 Reference page.
Doughty, P. & Oliver, P.M. 2011. A new species of Underwoodisaurus (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Zootaxa 3010(1): 20–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3010.1.2 Reference page.
Doughty, P., Kealley, L. & Donnellan, S.C. 2011. Revision of the Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skinks (Egernia depressa species-group) from Western Australia, with descriptions of three new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 26(1): 115–137. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(2).2011.115-137 Reference page.
Pepper, M., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N. & Keogh, J.S. 2011. Ancient drainages divide cryptic species in Australia’s arid zone: Morphological and multi-gene evidence for four new species of Beaked Geckos (Rhynchoedura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(3): 810–822. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.012 Reference page.

2012

Bauer, A.M. & Doughty,P. 2012. A new bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from the Kimberley region, Western Australia. Zootaxa 3187(1): 33–42. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3187.1.2 Reference page.
Doughty, P., Kealley, L. & Melville, J. 2012. Taxonomic assessment of Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) dragon lizards from the western arid zone of Australia. Zootaxa 3518(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3518.1.1 Reference page.
Doughty, P., Palmer, R., Sistrom, M.J., Bauer, A.M. & Donnellan, S.C. 2012. Two new species of Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) geckos from the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27(2): 117–134. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.27(2).2012.117-134 Reference page.
Oliver, P.M., Doughty, P. & Palmer, R. 2012. Hidden biodiversity in rare northern Australian vertebrates: the case of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus, Diplodactylidae) of the Kimberley. Wildlife Research 39(5): 429–435. DOI: 10.1071/WR12024 Reference page.

2013

Doughty, P. & Oliver, P.M. 2013. Systematics of Diplodactylus (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot: redefinition of D. polyophthalmus and the description of two new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28(1): 44–65. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.28(1).2013.044-065 Reference page.
Marin, J., Donellan, S.C., Hedges, S.B., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N., Cruaud, C. & Vidal, N. 2013. Tracing the history and biogeography of the Australian blindsnake radiation. Journal of Biogeography 40(5): 928–937. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12045 Reference page.
Marin, J., Donnellan, S.C., Hedges, S.B., Puillandre. N., Aplin, K.P., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N., Couloux, A., Vidal, N. 2013. Hidden species diversity of Australian burrowing snakes (Ramphotyphlops). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110(2): 427–441. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12132 Reference page.
Pepper, M., Doughty, P., Fujita, M.K., Moritz, C. & Keogh, J.S. 2013. Speciation on the Rocks: Integrated Systematics of the Heteronotia spelea Species Complex (Gekkota; Reptilia) from Western and Central Australia. PLoS One 8(11): e78110. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078110 Reference page.
Mecke, S., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2013. Redescription of Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with clarification of its synonyms and the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3701(5): 473–517. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.5.1 Reference page.

2014

Catullo, R.A., Doughty, P. & Keogh, J.S. 2014. A new frog species (Myobatrachidae: Uperoleia) from the Northern Deserts region of Australia, with a redescription of U. trachyderma. Zootaxa 3753(3): 251–262. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.3.4 Reference page.
Catullo, R.A., Lanfear, R., Doughty, P. & Keogh, J.S. 2014. The biogeographical boundaries of northern Australia: evidence from ecological niche models and a multi-locus phylogeny of Uperoleia toadlets (Anura: Myobatrachidae). Journal of Biogeography 41(4): 659–672. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12230 Reference page.
Doughty, P., Kealley, L., Fitch, A. & Donnellan, S.C. 2014. A new diminutive species of Varanus from the Dampier Peninsula, western Kimberley region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 29: 128–140. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.29(2).2014.128-140 ; BHL Reference page.
Oliver, P.M., Laver, R.J., Melville, J. & Doughty, P. 2014. A new species of velvet gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from the limestone ranges of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia. Zootaxa 3873(1): 49–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.1.4 Reference page.

2015

Doughty, P., Kealley, L., Shoo, L. & Melville, J. 2015. Revision of the Western Australian pebble-mimic dragon species-group (Tympanocryptis cephalus: Reptilia: Agamidae). Zootaxa 4039(1): 58–117. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.1.3. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Maddock, S.T., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Smith, L.A. & Wüster, W. 2015. A new species of death adder (Acanthophis: Serpentes: Elapidae) from north-western Australia. Zootaxa 4007(3): 301–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.3.1. Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page.

2016

Anstis, M., Price, L., Roberts, J.D., Catalano, S.R., Hines, H.B., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2016. Revision of the water-holding frogs, Cyclorana platycephala (Anura: Hylidae), from arid Australia, including a description of a new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 451–479. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.1 Reference page.
Doughty, P., Ellis, R.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2016. Many things come in small packages: Revision of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus: Diplodactylidae) of Australia. Zootaxa 4168(2): 239–278. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.2 Reference page.
Oliver, P.M., Bourke, G., Pratt, R.C., Doughty, P. & Moritz, C. 2016. Systematics of small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia: redescription of G. kimberleyi Börner & Schüttler, 1983 and description of a new restricted range species. Zootaxa 4107(1): 49–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.1.2. Reference page.
Oliver, P.M. & Doughty, P. 2016. Systematic revision of the marbled velvet geckos (Oedura marmorata species complex, Diplodactylidae) from the Australian arid and semi-arid zones. Zootaxa 4088(2): 151–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.1 Reference page.

2017

Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P. & Roberts, J.D. 2017. An annotated type catalogue of the frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Limnodynastidae, Myobatrachidae, Pelodryadidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 32(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.32(1).2017.001-028 Reference page.
Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Donnellan, S.C., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2017. Worms in the sand: Systematic revision of the Australian blindsnake Anilios leptosoma (Robb, 1972) species complex (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from the Geraldton Sandplain, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4323(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.1.1 Reference page.
Rabosky, D.L., Doughty, P. & Huang, H-T. 2017. Lizards in pinstripes: morphological and genomic evidence for two new species of scincid lizards within Ctenotus piankai Storr and C. duricola Storr (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Australian arid zone. Zootaxa 4303(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.1. Reference page.

2018

Doughty, P., Bourke, G., Tedeschi, L.G., Pratt, R.C., Oliver, P.M., Palmer, R.A. & Moritz, C. 2018. Species delimitation in the Gehyra nana (Squamata: Gekkonidae) complex: cryptic and divergent morphological evolution in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics, with the description of four new species. Zootaxa 4403(2): 201–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.2.1 Reference page.
Doughty, P., Bauer, A.M., Pepper, M. & Keogh, J.S. 2018. Spots before the eyes: revision of the saxicoline geckos of the Gehyra punctata (Squamata: Gekkonidae) species complex in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33(1): 1–50. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.33(1).2018.001-050 Reference page.
Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33(1): 51–94. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.33(1).2018.051-094 Reference page.
Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Bauer, A.M., Pepper, M. & Keogh, J.S. 2018. A replacement name for Gehyra punctulata Doughty, Bauer, Pepper & Keogh, 2018 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) and the nomenclatural status of Phyria punctulata Gray, 1842. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33(1): 133–134. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.33(1).2018.133-134 Reference page.
Kealley, L., Doughty, P., Pepper, M., Keogh, J.S., Hillyer, M. & Huey, J. 2018. Conspicuously concealed: revision of the arid clade of the Gehyra variegata (Gekkonidae) group in Western Australia using an integrative molecular and morphological approach, with the description of five cryptic species. PeerJ 6: e5334. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5334 Reference page.
Mecke, S. & Doughty, P. 2018. A new species of Eremiascincus (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Vertebrate Zoology 68(1): 27–37. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

2019

Melville, J., Date, K.S., Horner, P. & Doughty, P. 2019. Taxonomic revision of dragon lizards in the genus Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Australian monsoonal tropics. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 23–55. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2019.77.01 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.

2020

Eastwood, J.A., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N. & Pepper, M. 2020. Revision of Lucasium stenodactylus (Boulenger, 1896; Squamata: Diplodactylidae), with the resurrection of L. woodwardi (Fry, 1914) and the description of a new species from south-central Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 35: 63–86. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.35.2020.063-086 Reference page.
Oliver, P.M., Prasetya, A.M., Tedeschi, L.G., Fenker, J., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P. & Moritz, C. 2020. Crypsis and convergence: integrative taxonomic revision of the Gehyra australis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia. PeerJ 8: e7971. DOI: 10.7717/PEERJ.7971 Reference page.

2021

Donnellan, S.C., Catalano, S.R., Pederson, S., Mitchell, K.J., Suhendran, A., Price, L.C., Doughty, P. & Richards, S.J. 2021. Revision of the Litoria watjulumensis (Anura: Pelodryadidae) group from the Australian monsoonal tropics, including the resurrection of L. spaldingi. Zootaxa 4933(2): 211–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.2.3 Reference page.
Ellis, R.J., Kaiser, H., Maddock, S.T., Doughty, P. & Wüster, W. 2021. An evaluation of the nomina for death adders (Acanthophis Daudin, 1803) proposed by Wells & Wellington (1985), and confirmation of A. cryptamydros Maddock et al., 2015 as the valid name for the Kimberley death adder. Zootaxa 4995(1): 161–172. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.1.9 Reference page.

2022

Aplin, K.P.†, Cowan, M.A. & Doughty, P. 2022. Synonymy of two west coast Lerista (Reptilia: Scincidae) species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 37: 22–35. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.37.2022.022-025 Reference page.
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., Esquerré, D., Fitch, A.J., Maryan, B., Doughty, P., Donnellan, S.C. & Keogh, J.S. 2022. Between a rock and a dry place: phylogenomics, biogeography, and systematics of ridge-tailed monitors (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus acanthurus complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 173: 107516. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107516 Reference page.

2023

Donnellan, S.C., Catullo, R.A., Rowley, J.J.L., Doughty, P., Price, L.C., Hines, H.B. & Richards, S.J. 2023. Revision of Litoria rothii (Anura: Pelodryadidae) from northern Australia. Zootaxa 5352(1): 73–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.1.3 Reference page.

2024

Farquhar, J.E., Prates, I., Doughty, P., Rabosky, D.L. & Chapple, D.G. 2024. Morphological and genetic data challenge species and subspecies in the Lerista microtis group (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa 5437(3): 336–362. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.2 Reference page.

2025

Pepper, M., Doughty, P., Fletcher, J. & Keogh, J.S. 2025. Molecular and morphological assessment of the widely distributed legless gecko Delma tincta Kluge (Squamata: Pygopodidae), including a taxonomic revision. Records of the Western Australian Museum 40: 1–46. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.40.2025.001-046 Reference page.
Purser, W.A., Doughty, P., Rowley, J.J.L. Böhme, W., Donnellan, S.C., Anstis, M., Mitchell, N., Shea, G.M., Amey, A., Mitchell, B.A. & Catullo, R.A. 2025. Systematics of the Little Red Tree Frog, Litoria rubella (Anura: Pelodryadidae), with the description of two new species from eastern Australia and arid Western Australia. Zootaxa 5594(2): 269–315. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.3 Reference page.