Richard Walter Wells
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Richard Walter Wells, controversial Australian herpetologist.
Taxon names authored
(List may be incomplete)
Publications
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1984
[edit]- Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. [1983] 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3–4): 73–129. Reference page.
1985
[edit]- Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page.
- Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A synopsis of the Amphibia and Reptilia of New Zealand. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 62–64. Reference page.
1987
[edit]- Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1987. A new species of proteroglyphous snake (Serpentes, Oxyuranidae) from Australia. The Australian Herpetologist 503: 1–8. Reference page.
2007
[edit]- Wells, R.W. 2007. Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia in Australia. A new genus of the family Chelidae from eastern Australia. Australian Biodiversity Record 2007(3): 1–13. PDF Reference page.
2009
[edit]- Wells, R.W. 2009: Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia in Australia. A new species of freshwater turtle in the genus Wollumbinia Wells 2007 (Reptilia: Chelidae) from eastern Australia. Australian biodiversity record 2009(1): 1-12. PDF PDF Reference page.
References
[edit]Extensive documentation of the problematic taxa and publications of Wells:
- Kaiser, H., Crother, B.I., Kelly, C.M.R., Luiselli, L., O’Shea, M., Ota, H., Passos, P., Schleip, W.D. & Wüster, W. 2013. Best practices: in the 21st Century, taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable only when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review. Herpetological Review 44(1): 8–23. PDF
Reference page.
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