Rafaqat Masroor

Rafaqat Masroor, Pakistani herpetologist.

• Zoological Sciences Division, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Department of Zoology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 9 taxon names authored by Rafaqat Masroor

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2006

• Baig, K.J. & Masroor, R. 2006. A New Species of Eremias (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Cholistan Desert, Pakistan. Russian Journal of Herpetology 13(3): 167–174. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2006-13-3-167-174 Reference page. 

2013

• Bauer, A.M., Masroor, R., Titus-McQuillan, J., Heinicke, M.P., Daza, J.D., Jackman, T.R. 2013. A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 3599(4): 301–324. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.4.1 Reference page. 

2014

• Siddiqui, P.J., Amir, S.A. & Masroor, R. 2014. The sparid fishes of Pakistan, with new distribution records. Zootaxa 3857(1): 71–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.1.3 Reference page. 

2016

• Rajabizadeh, M., Nagy, Z.T., Adriaens, D., Avcı, A., Masroor, R., Schmidtler, J., Nazarov, R., Esmaeili, H.R. & Christiaens, J. 2016. Alpine-Himalayan orogeny drove correlated morphological, molecular, and ecological diversification in the Persian dwarf snake (Squamata: Serpentes: Eirenis persicus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(4): 878–913. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12342 Reference page. 

2019

• Dufresnes, C., Mazepa, G., Jablonski, D., Oliveira, R.C., Wenseleers, T., Shabanov, D.A., Auer, M., Ernst, R., Koch, C., Ramírez-Chaves, H.E., Mulder, K.P., Simonov, E., Tiutenko, A., Kryvokhyzha, D., Wennekes, P.L., Zinenko, O.I., Korshunov, O.V., Al-Johany, A.M., Peregontsev, E., Masroor, R., Betto-Colliard, C., Denoёl, M., Borkin, L., Skorinov, D.V., Pasynkova, R.A., Mazanaeva, L., Rosanov, J.M., Dubey, S. & Litvinchuk, S.N. 2019. Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 141: 106615. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106615 Reference page. 

2020

• Jablonski, D., Khan, M.A. & Masroor, R. 2020. The genus Microhyla (Anura: Microhylidae) in Pakistan: species status and origins. Zootaxa 4845(2): 293–296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4845.2.11 Reference page. 
• Masroor, R., Khisroon, M. & Khan, M.A. 2020. A new species of Microgecko Nikolsky, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa 4780(1): 147–164. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4780.1.7 Reference page. 
• Masroor, R., Khisroon, M., Khan, M.A. & Jablonski, D. 2020. A new species of Eremias (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the arid mountains of Pakistan. Zootaxa 4786(1): 101–121. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4786.1.8 Reference page. 

2021

• Gowande, G., Pal, S., Jablonski, D., Masroor, R., Phansalkar, P.U., Dsouza, P., Jayarajan, A. & Shanker, K. 2021. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reassessment of the widespread agamid lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Squamata, Agamidae) across South Asia. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 669–696. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e62787 Reference page. 
• Jablonski, D., Masroor, R. & Hofmann, S. 2021. Revisited molecular phylogeny of the genus Sphaerotheca (Anura: Dicroglossidae): The biogeographic status of northernmost populations and further taxonomic changes. Diversity 13(5): 216. DOI: 10.3390/d13050216 Reference page. 

2022

• Masroor, R., Khan, M.A., Nadeem, M.S., Amir, S.A., Khisroon, M. & Jablonski, D. 2022. Appearances often deceive in racerunners: integrative approach reveals two new species of Eremias (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa 5175(1): 55–87. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.1.3 Reference page. 

2023

• Hofmann, S., Schmidt, J., Masroor, R., Borkin, L.J., Litvinchuk, S.N., Rödder, D., Vershinin, V.L. & Jablonski, D. 2023. Endemic lineages of spiny frogs demonstrate the biogeographic importance and conservational needs of the Hindu Kush–Himalaya region. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198(1): 310–325. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac113 Reference page. 

2024

• Bragin, A.M., Litvinchuk, S.N., Borkin, L.J., Melnikov, D.A., Skorinov, D.V., Jablonski, D., Masroor, R., Lalremsanga, H.T., Mirza, Z.A., Dufresnes, C. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2024. Hidden on the roof of the world: Mitochondrial data reveals exceptional genetic diversity of Himalayan Ablepharine skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 31(6): 351–368. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2024-31-6-351-368 Reference page. 
• Pola, L., Crochet, P.-A., Geniez, P., Shobrak, M., Busais, S., Jablonski, D., Masroor, R., Abduraupov, T., Carranza, S. & Šmíd, J. 2024. Some like it hot: Past and present phylogeography of a desert dwelling gecko across the Arabian Peninsula. Journal of Biogeography 51(7): 1244–1258. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14823 Reference page.