Stephen Charles Donnellan

Stephen Charles Donnellan (1954–), Australian herpetologist.

South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia.
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia.

Taxon names authored

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85 taxon names authored by Stephen Charles Donnellan

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1990

Hutchinson, M.N., Donnellan, S.C., Baverstock, P.R., Krieg, M., Simms, S. & Burgin, S. 1990. Immunological relationships and generic revision of the Australian lizards assigned to the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Australian Journal of Zoology 38(5): 535–554. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9900535 Reference page.

1992

Hutchinson, M.N. & Donnellan, S.C. 1992. Taxonomy and genetic variation in the Australian lizards of the genus Pseudemoia (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Journal of Natural History 26(1): 215–264. DOI: 10.1080/00222939200770091 Reference page.

2006

Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page.

2008

Gardner, M.G., Hugall, A.F., Donnellan, S.C., Hutchinson, M.N. & Foster, R. 2008. Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154(4): 781–794. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00422.x . Reference page.

2009

Mecke, S., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2009. A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus. Zootaxa 2246(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2246.1.1 Reference page.
Donnellan, S.C., Couper, P.J., Saint, K.M. & Wheaton, L. 2009. Systematics of the Carlia ‘fusca’ complex (Reptilia: Scincidae) from northern Australia. Zootaxa 2227(1): 1–31. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2227.1.1 Reference page.
Helgen, K.M., Armstrong, K.N., Guzinski, J., How, R.A. & Donnellan, S.C. 2009. Taxonomic status of the Christmas Island Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus murrayi Andrews, 1900, as assessed by morphometric and molecular phylogenetic investigations of Indo-Australian Pipistrellus. Report to the Commonwealth Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 26 pp. Reference page.

2010

Vidal, N., Marin, J., Morini, M., Donnellan, S., Branch, W.R., Thomas, R., Vences, M., Wynn, A., Cruadd, C. & Hedges, S.B. 2010. Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana. Biology Letters 6(4): 558–561. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0220 Reference page.

2012

Donnellan, S., Anstis, M., Price, L. & Wheaton, L. 2012. A new species of Crinia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Zootaxa 3499: 1–26. Preview Reference page.

2013

Marin, J., Donnellan, S.C., Hedges, S.B., Puillandre. N., Aplin, K.P., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N., Couloux, A., Vidal, N. 2013. Hidden species diversity of Australian burrowing snakes (Ramphotyphlops). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110(2): 427–441. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12132 Reference page.
Mecke, S., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2013. Redescription of Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with clarification of its synonyms and the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3701(5): 473–517. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.5.1 Reference page.
Sparks, K.S., Andersen, A.N., Donnellan, S.C., Austin, A.D. 2013 (Online) 2014 (Print). Navigating the mtDNA road map out of the morphological maze: interpreting morphological variation in the diverse Monomorium rothsteini (Forel) complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 39(2): 264–278. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12051 Reference page.

2014

Rabosky, D.L., Hutchinson, M.N., Donnellan, S.C., Talaba, A.L. & Lovette, I.J. 2014. Phylogenetic disassembly of species boundaries in a widespread group of Australian skinks (Scincidae: Ctenotus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77: 71–82. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.026 Reference page.

2015

Donnellan, S.C., Foster, R., Junge, C., Huveneers, C., Rogers, P., Kilian, A. & Bertozzi, T. 2015. Fiddling with the proof: the Magpie Fiddler Ray is a colour pattern variant of the common Southern Fiddler Ray (Rhinobatidae: Trygonorrhina). Zootaxa 3981(3): 367–384. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.3.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

2016

Anstis, M., Price, L., Roberts, J.D., Catalano, S.R., Hines, H.B., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2016. Revision of the water-holding frogs, Cyclorana platycephala (Anura: Hylidae), from arid Australia, including a description of a new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 451–479. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.1 Reference page.
Timm, R.M., Weijola, V., Aplin, K.P., Donnellan, S.C., Flannery, T.F., Thomson, V. & Pine, R.H. 2016. A new species of Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae) from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Mammalogy 97(3): 861–878. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw034 Reference page.
Weijola, V., Donnellan, S.C. & Lindqvist, C. 2016. A new blue-tailed Monitor lizard (Reptilia, Squamata, Varanus) of the Varanus indicus group from Mussau Island, Papua New Guinea. ZooKeys 568: 129–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.568.6872 Reference page.

2017

Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Donnellan, S.C., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2017. Worms in the sand: Systematic revision of the Australian blindsnake Anilios leptosoma (Robb, 1972) species complex (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from the Geraldton Sandplain, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4323(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.1.1 Reference page.
Weijola, V., Kraus, F., Vahtera, V., Lindqvist, C. & Donnellan, S.C. 2017. Reinstatement of Varanus douarrha Lesson, 1830 as a valid species with comments on the zoogeography of monitor lizards (Squamata:Varanidae) in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 64(6): 434-451. DOI: 10.1071/ZO16038 Reference page.

2019

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

Richards, S.J. & Donnellan, S.C. 2020. Litoria aplini sp. nov., a new species of treefrog (Pelodryadidae) from Papua New Guinea. Records of the Australian Museum 72(5): 325–337. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1729 Reference page.
Esquerré, D., Donnellan, S.C., Brennan, I.G., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Zaher, H., Grazziotin, F.G. & Keogh, J.S., 2020. Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Morphometrics Reveal Rapid Phenotypic Evolution in Pythons After Crossing Wallace’s Line. Systematic Biology. 69 (6): 1039-1051 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syaa024 Reference page.
Mahony, M., Moses, B., Mahony, S.V., Lemckert, F.L. & Donnellan, S.C. 2020. A new species of frog in the Litoria ewingii species group (Anura: Pelodryadidae) from south-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 4858(2): 201–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.2.3 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.

2021

Esquerré, D., Donnellan, S.C., Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., Fenker, J. & Keogh, J.S. 2021. Phylogeography, historical demography and systematics of the world's smallest pythons (Pythonidae, Antaresia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 161: 107181. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107181 Reference page.
Mahony, M.J., Hines, H.B., Mahony, S.V., Moses, B., Catalano, S.R., Myers, S. & Donnellan, S.C. 2021. A new hip-pocket frog from mid-eastern Australia (Anura: Myobatrachidae: Assa). Zootaxa 5057(4): 451–486. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5057.4.1 Reference page.
Richards, S.J., Tjaturadi, B., Krey, K. & Donnellan, S.C. 2021. A new stream-dwelling frog of the genus Litoria Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Pelodryadidae) from Salawati Island, Indonesia. Pp. 419–426, pl. 83. In: Telnov, D., Barclay, M.V.L. & Pauwels, O.S.G. (eds.) Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Volume IV. The Entomological Society of Latvia, Riga. 448 pp. 19–33 pls. ISBN 978-9984-9768-9-1. . Reference page.
Rowley, J.J.L., Mahony, S., Hines, H.B., Myers, S., Price, L.C., Shea, G.M. & Donnellan, S.C. 2021. Two new frog species from the Litoria rubella species group from eastern Australia. Zootaxa 5071(1): 1–41. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5071.1.1 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.
Mahony, M.J., Hines, H.B., Bertozzi, T., Mahony, S.V., Newell, D.A., Clarke, J.M. & Donnellan, S.C. 2022. A new species of Philoria (Anura: Limnodynastidae) from the uplands of the Gondwana Rainforests World Heritage Area of eastern Australia. Zootaxa 5104(2): 209–241. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.2.3 Reference page.
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., Esquerré, D., Fitch, A.J., Maryan, B., Doughty, P., Donnellan, S.C. & Keogh, J.S. 2022. Between a rock and a dry place: phylogenomics, biogeography, and systematics of ridge-tailed monitors (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus acanthurus complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 173: 107516. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107516 Reference page.

2023

Donnellan, S.C., Catullo, R.A., Rowley, J.J.L., Doughty, P., Price, L.C., Hines, H.B. & Richards, S.J. 2023. Revision of Litoria rothii (Anura: Pelodryadidae) from northern Australia. Zootaxa 5352(1): 73–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.1.3 Reference page.
Parkin, T., Donnellan, S.C., Parkin, B., Shea, G.M. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2023. Phylogeography, hybrid zones and contemporary species boundaries in the south-eastern Australian smooth frogs (Anura: Myobatrachidae: Geocrinia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 189: 107934. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107934 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.
Richards, S.J. & Donnellan, S.C. 2023. Two new species of green treefrogs (Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from the northern slopes of Papua New Guinea’s Central Cordillera. Zootaxa 5271(3): 477–502. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5271.3.3 Reference page.

2024

Aplin, K.P., Maryan, B., Armstrong, K.N., Pavey, C.R. & Donnellan, S.C. 2024. Molecular and morphological assessment of the Liopholis inornata (Rosén, 1905) species group (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from northern Western Australia. Zootaxa 5551(2): 299–332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.2.4 Reference page.
Parkin, T., Rowley, J.J.L., Elliott-Tate, J., Mahony, M.J., Sumner, J., Melville, J. & Donnellan, S.C. 2024. Systematic assessment of the brown tree frog (Anura: Pelodryadidae: Litoria ewingii) reveals two endemic species in South Australia. Zootaxa 5406(1): 1–36. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.1.1 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.

2025

Price, L.C., Hoskin, C.J., Mahony, M.J. & Donnellan, S.C. 2025. Systematic evaluation of molecular genetic, morphological and acoustic variation reveals three species in the Litoria revelata complex (Anura: Pelodryadidae). Zootaxa 5584(3): 301–338. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.1 Reference page.

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