Ivan Ineich

Ivan Ineich (1957–), French herpetologist.

Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités - Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISyEB) - UMR 7205 (CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE), CP 30, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, France.

Taxon names authored

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32 taxon names authored by Ivan Ineich

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1991

Chirio, L. & Ineich, I. 1991. Les genres Rhamphiophis Peters 1854 et Dipsina Jan 1863 (Serpentes, Colubridae): revue des taxons reconnus et description d'une espèce nouvelle. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série - Section A - Zoologie 13(1-2): 217–235. Reference page.
Ineich, I. & Sadlier, R.A. 1991. A new species of scincid lizard from New Caledonia, South Pacific Ocean (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae). Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 149: 343–348. Reference page.

1995

Ota, H., Fisher, R.N., Ineich, I. & Case, T.J. 1995. Geckos of the Genus Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Reptilia) in Micronesia: Description of a New Species and Reevaluation of the Status of Gecko moestus Peters, 1867. Copeia 1995(1): 183–195. DOI: 10.2307/1446813 Reference page.

1996

Wallach, V. & Ineich, I. 1996. Redescription of a rare Malagasy blind snake, Typhlops grandidieri Mocquard, with placement in a new genus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 30(3): 367–376. DOI: 10.2307/1565174 Reference page.

2000

Rasmussen, A.R. & Ineich, I. 2000. Sea snakes of New Caledonia and surrounding waters (Serpentes: Elapidae): first report on the occurence of Lapemis curtus and description of new species from the genus Hydrophis. Hamadryad 25(2): 91–99. Reference page.
Rasmussen, J.B., Chirio, L. & Ineich, I. 2000. The herald snakes (Crotaphopeltis) of the Central African Republic, including a systematic review of C. hippocrepis. Zoosystema 22(3): 585–600. PDF Reference page.

2001

Chirio, L. & Ineich, I. 2001. Description d'un nouveau scincidé endémique des montagnes du Cameroun (Lacertilia: Mabuya mekuana). Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 125(3): 185–196. Reference page.
Ineich, I. & Chirio, L. 2001. Description d'un nouveau scincidé de Republique Centrafricaine (Lacertilia: Mabuya pendeana). Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 125(3): 197–204. Reference page.

2003

Crochet, P.-A., Geniez, P. & Ineich, I. 2003. A multivariate analysis of the fringe-toed lizards of the Acanthodactylus scutellatus group (Squamata: Lacertidae): systematic and biogeographical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137(1): 117–155. DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00044.x Reference page.

2004

Ineich, I. & Chirio, L. 2004. L'Archipel Afro-montagne et les affinités de son herpetofaune: description d'une espèce nouvelle indiquant des relations phylétiques entre le Camerun et l'Afrique de l'est (Lacertilia, Scincidae, genre Trachyleps). Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 129(3): 317–331. Reference page.

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Ineich, I., Schmitz, A., Chirio, L. & LeBreton, M. 2004. New species of Leptosiaphos (Scincidae) from Adamaoua Massif, Central-Northern Province, Cameroon. Journal of Herpetology 38(4): 546–550. DOI: 10.1670/184-03A Reference page.

2005

Schmitz, A., Ineich, I. & Chirio, L. 2005. Molecular review of the genus Panaspis sensu lato (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Cameroon, with special reference to the status of the proposed subgenera. Zootaxa 863(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.863.1.1 . Reference page.

2006

Bauer, A.M., LeBreton, M., Chirio, L., Ineich, I. & Kouete, M.T. 2006. New species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Cameroon. African Journal of Herpetology 55(2): 83–93. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2006.9635542 Reference page.
Bauer, A.M., Chirio, L., Ineich, I. & LeBreton, M. 2006. New Species of Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Northern Cameroon, a Neglected Biodiversity Hotspot. Journal of Herpetology 40(4): 510–519. DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[510:NSOCSG]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
Ineich, I., Bonnet, X., Shine, R., Shine, T., Brischoux, F., LeBreton, M. & Chirio, L. 2006. What, if anything, is a 'typical' viper? Biological attributes of basal viperid snakes (genus Causus Wagler, 1830). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89(4): 575–588. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00690.x Reference page.

2007

Wüster, W., Crookes, S., Ineich, I., Mané, Y., Pook, C.E., Trape, J.-F. & Broadley, D.G. 2007. The phylogeny of cobras inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: evolution of venom spitting and the phylogeography of the African spitting cobras (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja nigricollis complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(2): 437–453. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.021 Reference page.

2008

Chirio, L., Ineich, I., Schmitz, A. & LeBreton, M. 2008. A new species of Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Central African forests. African Journal of Herpetology 57(1): 13–28. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2008.9635565 Reference page.

2009

Ineich, I. 2009. The terrestrial herpetofauna of Torres and Banks Groups (northern Vanuatu), with report of a new species for Vanuatu. Zootaxa 2198: 1–15. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2198.1.1 Reference page.
Leaché, A.D., Chong, R.A., Papenfuss, T.J., Wagner, P., Böhme, W., Schmitz, A., Rödel, M.O., LeBreton, M., Ineich, I., Chirio, L., Bauer, A.M., Eniang, E.A. & El Din, S.B. 2009. Phylogeny of the genus Agama based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56(4): 273–278. BHL Reference page.
Wagner, P., Ineich, I., Leaché, A.D., Wilms, T.M., Trape, S., Böhme, W. & Schmitz, A. 2009. Studies on African Agama VI. Taxonomic status of the West African Agama (Sauria: Agamidae) with prominent tail crests: Agama boulengeri Lataste, 1886, Agama insularis Chabanaud, 1918 and Agama cristata Mocquard, 1905. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56(4): 239–253. PDF Reference page.

2010

Barej, M.F., Ineich, I., Gvoždík, V., Lhermitte-Vallarino, N., Gonwouo, N.L., LeBreton, M., Bott, U. & Schmitz, A. 2010. Insights into chameleons of the genus Trioceros (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) in Cameroon, with the resurrection of Chamaeleon serratus Mertens, 1922. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 57(2): 211–229. PDF Reference page.

2011

Chirio, L., Ineich, I., Schmitz, A. & Trape, J.-F. 2011. Note sur la systématique des espèces du genre Prosymna Gray, 1849 en Afrique au Nord de l'Equateur (Serpentes, Prosymnidae). Revue suisse de zoologie 118(1): 157–173. BHL Reference page.
Rasmussen, A.R., Elmberg, J., Gravlund, P. & Ineich, I. 2011. Sea snakes (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae) in Vietnam: a comprehensive checklist and an updated identification key. Zootaxa 2894(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2894.1.1 Reference page.

2014

Glaw, F., Rösler, H., Ineich, I., Gehring, P.-S., Köhler, J. & Vences, M. 2014. A new species of nocturnal gecko (Paroedura) from karstic limestone in northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(2): 249–259.DOI: 10.3897/zse.90.8705 Reference page.
Leaché, A.D., Wagner, P., Linkem, C.W., Böhme, W., Papenfuss, T.J., Chong, R.A., Lavin, B.R., Bauer, A.M., Nielsen, S.V., Greenbaum, E., Rödel, M.O., Schmitz, A., LeBreton, M., Ineich, I., Chirio, L., Ofori-Boateng, C., Eniang, E.A., El Din, S.B., Lemmon, A.R. & Burbrink, F.T. 2014. A hybrid phylogenetic-phylogenomic approach for species tree estimation in African Agama lizards with applications to biogeography, character evolution, and diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79: 215–230. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.013 Reference page.

2015

Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Ineich, I., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S., Botejue, W.M.S. & Campbell, P.D. 2015. Two new species of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Sri Lanka, including a taxonomic revision of the Indian Sitana species. Zootaxa 3915(1): 67–98. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.3 Reference page.
Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karanarathna, D.M.S.S., Campbell, P.D. & Ineich, I. 2015. Systematics and ecology of Oligodon sublineatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, an endemic snake of Sri Lanka, including the designation of a lectotype. Zoosystematics and Evolution 91(1): 71–80. DOI: 10.3897/zse.91.4971 Reference page.
Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Campbell, P.D., Hallermann, J., Sidik, I., Supriatna, J. & Ineich, I. 2015. Two new species of the genus Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Squamata: Cylindrophiidae) from Southeast Asia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 9(1) [General Section]: 34–51. BHL PDF Reference page.
Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Vogel, G., McGuire, J.A., Sidik, I., Supriatna, J. & Ineich, I. 2015. Description of a Second Species of the Genus Rabdion Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Colubridae: Calamariinae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Herpetologica 71(3): 234–239. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00058 Reference page.
Ineich, I., Trape, J.-F., Chirio, L. & Courtois, J. 2015. Rectifications sur les séries-types et nouvelles données concernant les geckos africains Hemidactylus kundaensis Chirio & Trape, 2012 et Tarentola pastoria Trape, Baldé & Ineich, 2012 déposés au Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 153: 49–52. Reference page.

2016

Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Campbell, P.D., Chandramouli, S.R., Deuti, K., Raha, S.R., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S. & Ineich, I. 2016. Taxonomy and natural history of Eutropis beddomei (Jerdon, 1870) (Reptilia: Scincidae), including a redescription of the holotype. Zootaxa 4132(4): 509–520. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.4.3. Reference page.
Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Campbell, P.D., Chandramouli, S.R., Deuti, K., Raha, S., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S. & Ineich, I. 2016. Taxonomy of two endemic Indian skinks, Eutropis bibronii (Gray, 1838) and E. nagarjunensis (Sharma, 1969) (Reptilia: Scincidae), including redescriptions of their types. Zootaxa 4154(2): 155–168. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.2.3. Reference page.
Ineich, I. & Fisher, R.N. 2016. Rediscovery of the 220-year-old holotype of the Banded Iguana, Brachylophus fasciatus (Brongniart, 1800) in the Paris Natural History Museum. Zootaxa 4138(2): 381–391. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.2.10. Reference page.
Ineich, I., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2016. A new species of Blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tsingy limestone outcrops in Namoroka National Park, north-western Madagascar. Zootaxa 4109(5): 523–541. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.5.2. Reference page.
Vogel, G., Amarasinghe, A.A.T. & Ineich, I. 2016. Resurrection of Pseudorabdion torquatum (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854), a former synonym of P. longiceps (Cantor, 1847) (Colubridae: Calamariinae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4121(3): 337–345. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.3.8 Reference page.

2017

Ineich, I. & Trape, J-F. 2017. Euprepes chaperi Vaillant, 1884, a junior subjective synonym of Mochlus guineensis (W. Peters, 1879) (Scincidae, Lygosominae). Zootaxa 4232(4): 585–587. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.4.9. Reference page.
Leaché, A.D., Grummer, J.A., Miller, M., Krishnan, S., Fujita, M.K., Böhme, W., Schmitz, A., LeBreton, M., Ineich, I., Chirio, L., Ofori-Boateng, C., Eniang, E.A., Greenbaum, E., Rödel, M.O. & Wagner, P. 2016. Bayesian inference of species diffusion in the West African Agama agama species group (Reptilia, Agamidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 15(3): 192–203. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1238018 Reference page.

2018

Wüster, W., Chirio, L., Trape, J.-F., Ineich, I., Jackson, K., Greenbaum, E., Barron, C., Kusamba, C., Nagy, Z.T., Storey, R., Hall, C., Wüster, C.E., Barlow, A. & Broadley, D.G.† 2018. Integration of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences and morphology reveals unexpected diversity in the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca) species complex in Central and West Africa (Serpentes: Elapidae). Zootaxa 4455(1): 68–98. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.1.3 Reference page.

2019

Ineich, I., Doronin, I.V., Cheylan, M. & Campbell, P.D. 2019. Additional data on the herpetological collection of Louis Amédée Lantz (1886–1953), with emphasis on specimens in the Natural History Museum, London. Zootaxa 4638(1): 95–113. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.1.4 Reference page.
Portillo, F., Stabley, E.L., Branch, W.R.†, Conradie, W., Rödel, M.-O., Penner, J., Barej, M.F., Kusamba, C., Muninga, W.M., Aristote, M.M., Bauer, A.M., Trape, J.-F., Nagy, Z.T., Carlino, P., Pauwels, O.S.G., Menegon, M., Ineich, I., Burger, M., Zassi-Boulou, A.-G., Mazuch, T., Jackson, K., Hughes, D.F., Behangama, M. & Greenbaum, E. 2019. Evolutionary history of burrowing asps (Lamprophiidae: Atractaspidinae) with emphasis on fang evolution and prey selection. PLoS One 14(4): e0214889. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214889 Reference page.
Rösler, H., Grismer, L.L., Ineich, I. & Kaiser, H. 2019. The purportedly Indo-Australian gecko species Cnemaspis timoriensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) is actually the first named species of the neotropical genus Gonatodes Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4576(3): 483–509. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.3.4 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.

2021

Hawlitschek, O., Scherz, M.D., Webster, K.C., Ineich, I. & Glaw, F. 2021. Morphological, osteological, and genetic data support a new species of Madatyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) endemic to Mayotte Island, Comoros Archipelago. The Anatomical Record 304(10): 2249–2263. DOI: 10.1002/ar.24589 Reference page.

2022

Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Ineich, I., Riyanto, A., Hallermann, J., Andayani, N., Abinawanto, A. & Supriatna, J. 2022. Taxonomy and distribution of a common arboreal lizard, Bronchocela jubata Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Reptilia: Agamidae), with designation of its lectotype from Java, Indonesia. Zootaxa 5150(1): 62–85. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.1.3 Reference page.
Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Danushka, A.D., Kanishka, A.S., Campbell, P.D., Ineich, I., Hallermann, J. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2022. Lygosoma megalops Annandale, 1906 (Squamata, Scincidae): a junior synonym of Lankascincus fallax (Peters, 1860). Bionomina 26(1): 50–58. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.26.1.4 Reference page.
Bandara, S.K., Ganesh, S.R., Kanishka, A.S., Danushka, A.D., Sharma, V.R., Campbell, P.D., Ineich, I., Vogel, G. & Amarasinghe, A.A.T. 2022. Taxonomic Composition of the Oligodon arnensis (Shaw 1802) Species Complex (Squamata: Colubridae) with the Description of a New Species from India. Herpetologica 78(1): 51–73. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-21-00026.1 Reference page.

2025

Barbosa, M.R., Parrinha, D., Marques, M.P., Harun, M., Recoder, R.S., Sena, M.A., Bila, S., Ineich, I., Fernandes, D.S., Passos, P., Rodrigues, M.T. & Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2025. A long-known new species of the Trachylepis maculilabris species complex (Squamata: Scincidae) from South-Eastern Africa. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 91(1): 1–27. DOI: 10.2992/007.091.0101 Reference page.
Prasetyo, M.D., Yudha, D.S., Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Ineich, I., Gillespie, G.R. & Riyanto, A. 2025. A new blind skink (Reptilia: Dibamidae: Dibamus) from buton island, Indonesia. Taprobanica 14(1): 25–38. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v14i1.349 Reference page.
Vences, M., Miralles, A., Ineich, I., Rakotoarison, A., Glasenapp, C., Scherz, M.D., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Raselimanana, A.P. 2025. An updated survey of molecular diversity in Madagascar's velvet geckos, genus Blaesodactylus, with description of a new species from the island’s arid West. Zootaxa 5620(2): 230–254. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.2 Reference page.