Paul M. Oliver

Paul M. Oliver, Australian herpetologist.

• Research School of Biology, The Australian National University Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
• Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia.

Taxon names authored

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• 96 taxon names authored by Paul M. Oliver

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2006

• Richards, S.J., Oliver, P.M., Dahl, C. & Tjaturadi, B. 2006. A new species of large green treefrog (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from northern New Guinea. Zootaxa 1208: 57–68. Abstract & excerpt. .ResearchGate Reference page. 

2007

• Oliver, P.M. & Richards, S.J. 2007. A new species of montane stream-dwelling Litoria from Papua, Indonesia (Anura: Hylidae). Hamadryad 31: 299–303. Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Hutchinson, M.N. & Cooper, S.J.B. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 55(3): 197–210. DOI: 10.1071/ZO07008 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Richards, S.J., Tjaturadi, B., & Iskandar D.T. 2007. A New Large Green Species Of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) From Western New Guinea. Zootaxa 1519: 17–26. Abstract & excerpt. ResearchGate PDF. Reference page. 

2008

• 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. 
• Oliver, P.M., Stuart-Fox, D. & Richards, S.J. 2008. A new species of treefrog (Hylidae, Litoria) from the southern lowlands of New Guinea. Current Herpetology 27(1): 35–42. DOI: 10.3105/1345-5834(2008)27[35:ANSOTH]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P., Tjaturadi, B., Mumpuni, Krey, K. & Richards, S. 2008. A new species of large Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Melanesia. Zootaxa 1894(1): 59–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1894.1.5 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 

2009

• 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. 
• Oliver, P.M. & Sanders, K.L. 2009. Molecular evidence for Gondwanan origins of multiple lineages within a diverse Australasian gecko radiation. Journal of Biogeography 36(1): 2044–2055. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02149.x Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Edgar P., Mumpuni, Iskandar D.T. & Lilley R. 2009. A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae) from Seram Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2115: 47–55. Abstract & excerpt ResearchGate PDF . Reference page. 
• Richards, S.J., Oliver, P.M., Krey & Tjaturadi, B. 2009. A new species of Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from the foothills of the Foja Mountains, Papua Province, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2277: 1–13. Abstract & excerpt. . Reference page. 

2010

• 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. 
• Oliver, P.M., Couper, P.J. & Amey, A.P. 2010. A new species of Pygopus (Pygopodidae; Gekkota; Squamata) from north-eastern Queensland. Zootaxa 2578(1): 47–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2578.1.3 Reference page. 

2011

• 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. 
• Oliver, P.M. & Bauer, A.M. 2011. Systematics and evolution of the Australian knob-tail geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): plesiomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59(3): 664–674. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.018 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Krey, K., Mumpuni & Richards, S.J. 2011. A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae) from the North Papuan Mountains. Zootaxa 2930(1): 22–32. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2930.1.2 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 

2012

• 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. 
• Oliver, P.M., Richards, S.J., & Tjaturadi, B., 2012. Two new species of Callulops (Anura: Microhylidae) from montane forests in New Guinea. Zootaxa 3178: 33–44. Preview. Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Bauer, A.M., Greenbaum, E., Jackman, T. & Hobbie, T. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics of the arboreal Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray 1842 (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae): Another plesiomorphic grade? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(2): 255–264. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.013 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. 

2014

• Iannella, A., Richards, S. & Oliver, P. 2014. A new species of Choerophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the central cordillera of Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 3753(5): 483–493. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.5.6 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M. & Parkin, T. 2014. A new phasmid gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from the Arnhem Plateau: more new diversity in rare vertebrates from northern Australia. Zootaxa 3878(1): 37–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.1.3 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Couper, P.J. & Pepper, M. 2014. Independent Transitions between Monsoonal and Arid Biomes Revealed by Systematic Revison of a Complex of Australian Geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). PLoS ONE 9(12): e111895. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111895 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. 
• Richards, S.J., Oliver, P. & Brown, R.B. 2014. A new scansorial species of Platymantis Günther 1858 (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae) from Manus Island, Admiralty Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. pp. 123–134 in Telnov, D. (ed.). Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Volume II. The Entomological Society of Latvia: Lettland, Latvia. ISBN 9789984976877 Reference page. 
• Skipwith, P.L. & Oliver, P.M. 2014. A new Gehyra (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from New Guinea with unique caudal scalation. Zootaxa 3827(1): 57–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.1.5 Reference page. 

2015

• Iannella, A., Oliver, P.M. & Richards, S. 2015. Two new species of Choerophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the northern versant of Papua New Guinea’s central cordillera. Zootaxa 4058(3): 332–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.2 Reference page. 

2016

• Couper, P.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2016. A new species of gecko from arid inland regions of eastern Australia (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). Zootaxa 4093(4): 525–538. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.4 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. & 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. 
• Oliver, P.M. & McDonald, P.J. 2016. Young relicts and old relicts: a novel palaeoendemic vertebrate from the Australian Central Uplands. Royal Society Open Science 4(1): 160018. DOI: 0.1098/rsos.160018 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Richards, S., Mumpuni & Rösler, H. 2016. The Knight and the King: two new species of giant bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae, Squamata) from northern New Guinea, with comments on endemism in the North Papuan Mountains. ZooKeys 562: 105–130. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.562.6052 ResearchGate .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., Clegg, J.R., Fisher, R.N., Richards, S.J., Taylor, P.N. & Jocque, M.M.T. 2016. A new biogeographically disjunct giant gecko (Gehyra: Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from the East Melanesian Islands. Zootaxa 4208(1): 61–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.1.3 Reference page. 

2017

• Nielsen, S.V. & Oliver, P.M. 2017. Morphological and Genetic Evidence for A New Karst Specialist Lizard from New Guinea (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae). Royal Society Open Science 4: 170781. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170781. 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. 

2019

• Oliver, P.M., Günther, R., Mumpuni & Richards, S.J. 2019. Systematics of New Guinea treefrogs (Litoria: Pelodryadidae) with erectile rostral spikes: an extended description of Litoria pronimia and a new species from the Foja Mountains. Zootaxa 4604(2): 335–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4604.2.6 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Karkkainen, D.T., Rösler, H. & Richards, S.J. 2019. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central New Guinea. Zootaxa 4671(1): 119–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.1.9 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Richards, S.J. & Donnellan, S.C. 2019. Two new species of treefrog (Pelodrydidae: Litoria) from southern New Guinea elucidated by DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 4609(3): 469–484. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.4 Reference page. 

2020

• Karkkainen, D.T., Richards S.J., Kraus, F., Tjaturadi, B., Krey, K. & Oliver, P.M. 2020. A new species of small Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Salawati Island, Indonesia. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 66(3–4): 180–189. DOI: 10.1163/22244662-bja10001 Reference page. 
• Kraus, F. & Oliver, P.M. 2020. A new species of Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the mountains of northeastern Papua New Guinea: older than the hills. Zootaxa 4718(4): 549–561. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4718.4.8 Reference page. 
• Tallowin, O.J.S., Meiri, S., Donnellan, S.C., Richards, S.J., Austin, C.C. & Oliver, P.M. 2020. The other side of the Sahulian coin: biogeography and evolution of Melanesian forest dragons (Agamidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129(1): 99–113. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz125 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Hartman, R., Turner, C.D., Wilde, T.A., Austin, C.C. & Richards, S.J. 2020. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae: Squamata) from Manus Island, and extended description and range extension for Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis (De Rooij). Zootaxa 4728(3): 341–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.3.3 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. 
• Oliver, P.M., Jolly, C.J., Skipwith, P.L., Tedeschi, L.G. & Gillespie, G.R. 2020. A new velvet gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory. Zootaxa 4779(3): 438–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3.10 Reference page. 

2021

• Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Poyarkov, N.A., Le, M.D., Kraus, F., Agarwal, I., Oliver, P.M., Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, T.Q., Karunarathna, S., Welton, L.J., Stuart, B.L., Luu, V.Q., Bauer, A.M., O’Connell, K.A., Quah, E.S.H., Chan, K.O., Ziegler, T., Ngo, H., Nazarov, N.A., Aowphol, A., Chomdej, S., Suwannapoom, C., Siler, C.D., Anuar, S., Ngo, V.T. & Grismer, J.L. 2021. Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 101–154. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e59307 Reference page. 
• Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Poyarkov, N.A., Le, M.D., Karunarathna, S., Chomdej, S., Suwannapoom, C., Qi, S., Liu, S., Che, J., Quah, E.S.H., Kraus, F., Oliver, P.M., Riyanto, A., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Grismer, J.L. 2021. Karstic Landscapes Are Foci of Species Diversity in the World’s Third-Largest Vertebrate Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata; Gekkonidae). Diversity 13(5): 183. DOI: 10.3390/d13050183 Reference page. 
• Karin, B.R., Oliver, P.M., Stubbs, A.L., Arifin, U., Iskandar, D.T., Arida, E., Oong, Z., McGuire, J.A., Kraus, F., Fujita, M.K., Ineich, I., Ota, H., Hathaway, S.A. & Fisher, R.N. 2021. Who’s your daddy? On the identity and distribution of the paternal hybrid ancestor of the parthenogenetic gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4999(1): 87–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.1.6 fullarticle pdf Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Karkkainen, D. & Richards, S.J. 2021. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern versant of New Guinea’s Central Cordillera. Zootaxa 5057(2): 260–270. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5057.2.6 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P., Günther, R., Tjaturadi, B. & Richards, S.J. 2021. A new species of large green treefrog (Litoria, Pelodryadidae) from Papua, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4903(1): 117–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.1.7 Reference page. 

2022

• Oliver, P.M., Donnellan, S.C. & Gunn, B.F. 2022. Plio–Pleistocene vicariance across arid Australia in the ‘Spiny Knob-tailed Geckos’ (Nephrurus asper group), with the description of a new species from western Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 69(6): 216–228. DOI: 10.1071/ZO22008 Reference page. 
• Richards, S.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2022. A new species of insular treefrog in the Litoria thesaurensis species group from the Nakanai Mountains, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 1067–1076. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e91422 Reference page. 
• Riyanto, A., Faz, F.H., Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Munir, M., Fitriana, Y.S., Hamidy, A., Kusrini, M.D. & Oliver, P.M. 2022. A New Bent-Toed Gecko of the Cyrtodactylus marmoratus Group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Obi Island, Indonesia. Herpetologica 78(1): 30–39. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-21-00028.1 Reference page. 
• Torkkola, J.J., Worthington Wilmer, J., Hutchinson, M.N., Couper, P.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2022. Die on this hill? A new monotypic, microendemic and montane vertebrate genus from the Australian Wet Tropics. Zoologica Scripta 51(5): 483–497. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12550 Reference page. 

2023

• Günther, R., Richards, S.J., Hamidy, A., Trilaksono, W., Sulaeman, T.N. & Oliver, P.M. 2023. A new large green treefrog (Litoria: Pelodryadidae) from western New Guinea, with the description of a new diagnostic character for the Litoria graminea group. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71: 417–429. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2023-0031 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Iskandar, D.T. & Richards, S.J. 2023. A new species of torrent-breeding treefrog (Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from the mountains of Papua, Indonesia, with new records and observations of Litoria dorsivena (Tyler, 1968). Vertebrate Zoology 73: 127–139. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e91111 Reference page. 
• Rix, M.G., Wilmer, J.W. & Oliver, P.M. 2023. A new species of Endangered giant trapdoor spider (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Euoplos) from the Brigalow Belt of inland Queensland, Australia. The Journal of Arachnology 51(1): 27-36. DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-21-056. . Reference page. 
• Richards, S.J., Donnellan, S.C. & Oliver, P.M. 2023. Five new species of the pelodryadid genus Litoria Tschudi from the southern versant of Papua New Guinea’s Central Cordillera, with observations on the diversification of reproductive strategies in Melanesian treefrogs. Zootaxa 5263(2): 151–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.1 Reference page. 
• Wilson, J.D., Rix, M.G. & Oliver, P.M. 2023. A new species of Endangered giant trapdoor spider (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Euoplos) from the Brigalow Belt of inland Queensland, Australia. Journal of Arachnology 51(1): 27-36. DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-21-056. . Reference page. 

2024

• Ferreira, F., Kraus, F., Richards, S., Oliver, P., Günther, R., Trilaksono, W., Arida, E.A., Hamidy, A., Riyanto, A., Tjaturadi, B., Thébaud, C., Gaucher, P. & Fouquet, A. [2023] 2024. Species delimitation and phylogenetic analyses of a New Guinean frog genus (Microhylidae: Hylophorbus) reveal many undescribed species and a complex diversification history driven by late Miocene events. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(2): zlad168. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad168 Reference page. 
• McDonald, P.J., Fenner, A.L., Torkkola, J. & Oliver, P.M. 2024. Vicars in the desert: Substrate specialisation and paleo-erosion underpin cryptic speciation in an Australian arid-zone lizard lineage (Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus). Vertebrate Zoology 74: 577–594. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e128775 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Boothroyd, N., Tjaturadi, B., Riyanto, A., Iskandar, D.T. & Richards, S.J. 2024. A new species of narrow-banded Cyrtodactylus (Gekkonidae) from northern New Guinea. Zootaxa 5506(1): 79–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5506.1.4 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., McDonald, P.J., Dahl, G., Nagombi, E. & Richards, S.J. 2024. A new species of treefrog (Litoria: Pelodryadidae) from the karstic South-fold Mountains of New Guinea. Zootaxa 5514(6): 559–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.6.4 Reference page. 
• Slavenko, A., Richards, S.J., Donnellan, S.C., Allison, A. & Oliver, P.M. 2024. Gold in the mountains: Striking new species of Papuascincus (Sphenomorphini: Scincidae) from New Guinea. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 133–149. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e112782 Reference page. 
• Richards, S.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2024. Two new species of torrent-breeding treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from hill forests on the southern edge of New Guinea’s Central Cordillera. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 417–433. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e123251 Reference page. 

2025

• Oliver, P.M. & Richards, S.J. 2025. A new species of Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae) from Misima Island, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 5601(2): 368–376. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5601.2.10 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. 
• Richards, S.J., Johnston, G.R. & Oliver, P.M. 2025. A new montane species of stream-dwelling treefrog (Pelodryadidae) from the Star Mountains, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 5661(2): 221–236. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.2.4 Reference page.