Glenn Michael Shea

Glenn Michael Shea (1961–), Australian herpetologist.

• Faculty of Veterinary Science B01, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• The Australian Museum, 6 College St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 37 taxon names authored by Glenn Michael Shea

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1993

• Sadlier, R.A., Colgan, D.J. & Shea, G.M. 1993. Taxonomy and distribution of the scincid lizard Saproscincus challengeri and related species in southeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 139–158. BHL Reference page. 

1996

• Couper, P.J., Covacevich, J.A., Marsterson, S.P. & Shea, G.M. 1996. Coggeria naufragus gen. et sp. nov., a sand-swimming skink from Fraser Island, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 233–241. BHL Reference page. 

1997

• Sadlier, R.A., Shea, G.M. & Bauer, A.M. 1997. A new genus and species of lizard (Squamata, Scincidae) from New Caledonia, southwest Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 171: 379–385. Reference page. 
• Shea, G.M. & Horner, P. 1997. A new species of Ramphotyphlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from the Darwin Area, with notes on two similar species from northern Australia. The Beagle 13: 53–60. BHL Reference page. 

1999

• Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: Types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1–91. DOI: 10.3853/j.1031-8062.15.1999.1290 Reference page. 

2000

• Shea, G.M. & Wallach, V. 2000. Reexamination of an anomalous distribution: resurrection of Ramphotyphlops becki (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Pacific Science 54(1): 70–74. Reference page. 

2003

• Bauer, A.M., Shea, G. & Günther, R. 2003. An annotated catalogue of the types of scincid lizards (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae) in the collection of the Museums für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZMB). Zoosystematics and Evolution 79(2): 253–321. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.20030790204 Reference page. 

2004

• Couper, P.J., Amey, A.P. & Shea, G.M. 2004. Comments on the taxonomic status of Cyrtodactylus abrae Wells 2002. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(2): 648. BHL Reference page. 

2005

• Sadlier, R.A., O'Meally, D. & Shea, G.M. 2005. A new species of spiny-tailed gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from inland Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51(2): 573–582. BHL Reference page. 

2007

• Shea, G.M. & Scanlon, J.D. 2007. Revision of the small tropical whipsnakes previously referred to Demansia olivacea (Gray, 1842) and Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) (Squamata: Elapidae). Records of the Australian Museum 59(2-3): 117–142. BHL Reference page. 

2008

• Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Sadlier, R.A., Shea, G. & Whitaker, A.H. 2008. A new small-bodied species of Bavayia (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from southeastern New Caledonia. Pacific Science 62(2): 247–256. DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2008)62[247:ANSSOB]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Couper, P.J., Sadlier, R.A., Shea, G.M. & Wilmer, J.W. 2008. A reassessment of Saltuarius swaini (Lacertilia: Diplodactylidae) in southeastern Queensland and New South Wales; two new taxa, phylogeny, biogeography and conservation. Records of the Australian Museum 60(1): 87–118. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.60.2008.1492 Reference page. 

2012

• Amey, A.P., Couper, P.J. & Shea, G.M. 2012. Intellagama lesueurii (Gray, 1831), the correct binomial combination for the Australian Eastern Water Dragon (Sauria, Agamidae). Zootaxa 3390(1): 65–67. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3390.1.6 Reference page. 
• Bauer, A.M., Sadlier, R.A., Jackman, T.R. & Shea, G. 2012. A new member of the Bavayia cyclura species group (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the southern ranges of New Caledonia. Pacific Science 66(2): 239–247. DOI: 10.2984/66.2.10 Reference page. 
• Shea, G.M. 2012. On the identity of the type species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae): Lygosoma melanopogon Duméril and Bibron 1839, with a note on a new scalation character of the pes in Sphenomorphus. Zootaxa 3490(1): 1–29. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3490.1.1 Reference page. 
• Glenn Shea, Patrick Couper, Jessica Worthington Wilmer & Andrew Amey. 2012. Revision of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Australia. Zootaxa 3146: 1–63. [1]

2014

• Sadlier, R.A., Shea, G.M., Jourdan, H., Whitaker, A.H. & Bauer, A.M. 2014. The New Caledonian leopard skink Lacertoides pardalis (Reptilia: Scincidae); a review of the species’ morphology, distribution, behavior and conservation. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 206: 31–44. Reference page. 
• Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Smith, S.A., Shea, G.M. & Whitaker, A.H. 2014. High elevation endemism on New Caledonia’s ultramafic peaks – a new genus and two new species of scincid lizard. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 206: 115–126. Reference page. 

2015

• Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Shea, G.M., & Smith, S.A. 2015. Taxonomic resolution to the problem of polyphyly in the New Caledonian scincid lizard genus Lioscincus (Squamata: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum 67(7): 207–224. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.67.2015.1649 Reference page. 
• Shea, G.M. 2015. A new species of Anilios (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from Central Australia. Zootaxa 4033(1): 103–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.5 Reference page. 

2017

• Shea, G.M. 2017. The identity of Lygosoma (Hinulia) misolense Vogt, 1928 (Squamata: Scincidae). pp. 21–26 in Telnov, D., Barclay, M.V.L. & Pauwels, O.S.G. (eds.). Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Volume 3. Entomological Society of Latvia. 830 pp. ISBN 9789984976884 Reference page. 
• Shea, G.M. 2017. Generic allocation of the enigmatic scincid lizard Lygosoma inconspicuum F. Müller, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sulawesi. pp. 27–33 in Telnov, D., Barclay, M.V.L. & Pauwels, O.S.G. (eds.). Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Volume 3. Entomological Society of Latvia. 830 pp. ISBN 9789984976884 Reference page. 
• Shea, G.M. 2017. A new species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Doberai Peninsula of New Guinea, with a redescription of Sphenomorphus consobrinus (Peters et Doria, 1878). pp. 35–48 in Telnov, D., Barclay, M.V.L. & Pauwels, O.S.G. (eds.). Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Volume 3. Entomological Society of Latvia. 830 pp. ISBN 9789984976884 Reference page. 

2018

• Shea, G.M. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2018. Resolution of the types and type localities of some early nominal species of the Australian myobatrachid frog genus Pseudophryne Fitzinger, 1843. Zootaxa 4407(1): 51–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.1.3 Reference page. 

2019

• 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

• Shea, G.M. & Iskandar, D.T. 2020. Mabuia wirzi Roux, 1925 (Squamata: Scincidae), an overlooked synonym of Dasia olivacea Gray, 1839, with notes on the synonymy of Dasia olivacea. Zootaxa 4763(1): 145–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.1.13 Reference page. 
• Shea, G., Thomson, S. & Georges, A. 2020. The identity of Chelodina oblonga Gray 1841 (Testudines: Chelidae) reassessed. Zootaxa 4779(3): 419–437. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3.9. PDF Reference page. 

2021

• Shea, G.M. 2021. Nomenclature of supra-generic units within the Family Scincidae (Squamata). Zootaxa 5067(3): 301–351. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5067.3.1 Reference page. 
• Rowley, J.J.L., Mahony, S., Hines, H.B., Myers, S., Price, L.C., Shea, G.M. & Donnellan, S.C. 2021. Two new frog species from the Litoria rubella species group from eastern Australia. Zootaxa 5071(1): 1–41. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5071.1.1 Reference page. 

2023

• Parkin, T., Donnellan, S.C., Parkin, B., Shea, G.M. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2023. Phylogeography, hybrid zones and contemporary species boundaries in the south-eastern Australian smooth frogs (Anura: Myobatrachidae: Geocrinia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 189: 107934. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107934 Reference page. 

2025

• Donnellan, S.C., Mahony, M.J., Esquerré, D., Brennan, I.G., Price, L.C., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Günther, R., Monis, P., Bertozzi, T., Keogh, J.S., Shea, G.M. & Richards, S.J. 2025. Phylogenomics informs a generic revision of the Australo-Papuan treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204(2): zlaf015. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf015 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. 
• Slavenko, A., Shea, G.M., Richards, S.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2025. A new species of montane Prasinohaema (Sphenomorphini: Scincidae) from the South-fold Mountains of New Guinea. Zootaxa 5621(2): 211–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.3. Reference page.