James Randall McCranie

James Randall McCranie, U.S. herpetologist.

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(List may be incomplete)

Nicholson, K.E., McCranie, J.R. & Köhler, G. 2000. Herpetofaunal expedition to Parque Nacional Patuca: a newly established park in Honduras. Herpetological Bulletin 72: 26–31. Full text. Reference page.

McCranie, J.R., Wilson L.D. & Gotte, S.W. 2001. Three new country records for Honduran snakes. Herpetological Review 32: 62–63.

McCranie, J.R., Wilson, L.D. & Köhler, G. 2005. The Amphibians & Reptiles of the Bay Islands and Cayos Cochinos, Honduras. Bibliomania!, Salt Lake City, Utah. xiv + 210 pp.

McCranie, J.R. & Smith, E.N. 2006. A new species of Craugastor (Anura: Leptodactylidae) of the alfredi group from Western Honduras. Herpetologica 62(2): 183–190. DOI: 10.1655/05-22.1 Reference page.
McCranie, J.R., Townsend, J.H. & Wilson, L.D. 2006. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Honduran Mosquitia. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. ix + 291 pp.

McCranie, J.R. 2011. The Snakes of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Contributions to Herpetology, 6, Ithaca, New York, x + 714 pp.
McCranie, J.R. 2011. A new species of Tantilla of the taeniata species group (Reptilia, Squamata, olubridae, Colubrinae) from northeastern Honduras. Zootaxa 3037: 37–44.

McCranie, J.R. & Hedges, S.B. 2012. Two new species of geckos from Honduras and resurrection of Sphaerodactylus continentalis Werner from the synonymy of Sphaerodactylus millepunctatus Hallowell (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonoidea, Sphaerodactylidae). Zootaxa 3492: 65–76. Preview Reference page.

Mccranie, J.R. & Hedges, S.B. 2013. Two additional new species of Sphaerodactylus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonoidea, Sphaerodactylidae) from the Honduran Bay Islands. Zootaxa 3694(1): 40–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.1.2 Reference page.
Mccranie, J.R. & Hedges, S.B. 2013. A new species of Phyllodactylus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonoidea, Phyllodactylidae) from Isla de Guanaja in the Honduran Bay Islands. Zootaxa 3694(1): 51–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.1.3 Reference page.
Mccranie, J.R. & Hedges, S.B. 2013. A review of the Cnemidophorus lemniscatus group in Central America (Squamata: Teiidae), with comments on other species in the group. Zootaxa 3722(3): 301–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.3.1 Reference page.

McCranie, J.R. 2015. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931(3): 352–386. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.3.2 Reference page.
McCranie, J.R. & Gotte, S.W. 2014. An investigation into the Swan Island Honduras collecting event of Tiaporus fuliginosus Cope (Reptilia: Teiidae) and its systematic status. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 127 (4): 543–556. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-127.4.543 Reference page.

McCranie, J.R. 2017. Books, book reviews, anoles, and do we really know what we believe we know? Zootaxa 4290(2): 377–379. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4290.2.8 Reference page.
McCranie, J.R. 2017. A new species of Rhadinella (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Sierra de Agalta, Honduras. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(2): 244–253. PDF Reference page.
McCranie, J.R. 2017. Specific status of the Montaña de Celaque Honduran frogs previously referred to as Plectrohyla guatemalensis (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae). Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(2): 390–401. PDF Reference page.
McCranie, J.R. & Smith, E.N. 2017. A Review of the Tantilla taeniata Species Group (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Colubrinae) in Honduras, with the Description of Three New Species. Herpetologica 73(4): 338–348. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-16-00080.1 Reference page.