Laurent Chirio

Laurent Chirio, French herpetologist.

• 14 Rue des Roses, 06130 Grasse, France.

Taxon names authored

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• 17 taxon names authored by Laurent Chirio

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 4 eponyms of Laurent Chirio

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. 

2000

• 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. 

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. 
• 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. 

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

• 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. 
• Trape, J.-F., Chirio, L., Broadley, D.G. & Wüster, W. 2009. Phylogeography and systematic revision of the Egyptian cobra (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja haje) species complex, with the description of a new species from West Africa. Zootaxa, 2236: 1–25. Abstract & excerpt 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. 

2012

• Trape, J.-F., Trape, S. & Chirio, L. 2012. Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. IRD Orstom: Marseille. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2-7099-1726-1 Reference page. 

2014

• 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

• 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. 

2017

• 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

• Trape, J.-F. & Chirio, L. 2019. Une nouvelle espèce de Leptotyphlopidae (Squamata : Ophidia) d’Afrique centrale (In French). Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 169: 45–52. Reference page. 
• Rödel, M-O., Kucharzewski, C., Mahlow, K., Chirio, L., Pauwels, O., Carlino, P., Sambolah, G. & Glos, J. 2019. A new stiletto snake (Lamprophiidae, Atractaspidinae, Atractaspis) from Liberia and Guinea, West Africa. Zoosystematics and Evolution 95: 107–123. DOI: 10.3897/zse.95.31488 Reference page. 
• Simó-Riudalbas, M., Tamar, K., Šmíd, J., Misti, P., Sindaco, R., Chirio, L. & Carranza, S. 2019. Biogeography of Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae), with special emphasis on the Mesalina adramitana group from Arabia and the Socotra Archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 137: 300–312. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.023 Reference page. 

2021

• Trape, J.-F., Mediannikov, O., Chirio, A. & Chirio, L. 2021. Une nouvelle espèce de serpent mangeur d’œufs du genre Dasypeltis Wagler (Squamata : Colubridae : Colubrinae) en Afrique centrale. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 177: 65–80. Reference page. 

2023

• Tamar, K., Uvizl, M., Shobrak, M., Almutairi, M., Busais, S., Ali Salim, A.F., AlGethami, R.H.M., AlGethami, A.R., Alanazi, A.S.K., Alsubaie, S.D., Chirio, L., Carranza, S. & Šmíd, J. 2023. A new species of Pseudotrapelus (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Arabia. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 1033–1045. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e110626 Reference page. 

2024

• Chaney, T., Pauwels, O.S.G., Nagy, Z.T., Gvoždík, V., Kusamba, C., Badjedjea, G., Masudi, F.M., Akuboy, J.B., Ernst, R., Trape, J.-F., Chirio, L., Conradie, W., Keates, C., Wallach, V., Zassi-Boulou, A.-C., Vaughan, E.R. & Greenbaum, E. 2024. Phylogenetics and Integrative Taxonomy of African Water Snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Grayia). Herpetological Monographs 38(1): 1–52. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-23-00002.1 Reference page. 

2025

• Šmíd, J., Velenská, D., Pola, L., Tamar, K., Busais, S., Shobrak, M., Almutairi, M., Ali Salim, A.F., Alsubaie, S.D., AlGethami, R.H.M., AlGethami, A.R., Alanazi, A.S.K., Alshammari, A.M., Egan, D.M., Ramalho, R.O., Olson, D., Smithson, J., Chirio, L., Burger, M., Huyssteen, R., Petford, M.A. & Carranza, S. 2025. Phylogeny and systematics of Arabian lacertids from the Mesalina guttulata species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae), with the description of a new species. BMC Zoology 10: 11. DOI: 10.1186/s40850-025-00233-3 Reference page. 
• Trape, J.-F., Chirio, L., Chirio, A., Amona, I. & Mediannikov, O. 2025. A study of Hemidactylus angulatus Hallowell, 1854 in West and Central Africa (Sauria, Gekkonidae), with resurrection of Hemidactylus guineensis Peters, 1868. Zootaxa 5620(1): 163–174. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.7 Reference page.