Stephen Mahony

Stephen Mahony, Irish Herpetologist.

• School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Ireland
• Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdon.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 45 taxon names authored by Stephen Mahony

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2007

• Mahony, S., Ali Reza, A.H.M. 2007. Lygosoma bowringii. Geographic Distribution. Herpetological review 38(3): 353. Full Paper.
• Mahony, S., Ali Reza, A.H.M. 2007. Sylvirana leptoglossa. Geographic Distribution. Herpetological review 38(3): 350. Full Paper.
• Mahony, S., Ali Reza, A.H.M. 2007. Kalophrynus interlineatus. Geographic Distribution. Herpetological review 38(3): 348. Full Paper.
• Ali Reza, A.H.M. & Mahony, S. 2007. Kaloula taprobanica. Geographic Distribution. Herpetological review 38(3): 348. Full Paper.

2008

• Mahony, S. 2008. Lipinia vittigera. Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review 39(2): 239. Full Paper.
• Mahony, S. & Zug, G.R. 2008. Hemidactylus karenorum (Squamata: Gekkonidae)- Not in India? Hamadryad 32(1): 84–86. Full paper.
• Mahony, S. 2008. Redescription and generic reallocation of Rana mawphlangensis Pillai & Chanda, 1977 (Amphibia: Ranidae). Hamadryad 33: 1–12. Full Paper.
• Mahony, S., Ali Reza, A.H.M. 2008. A herpetological collection from the Chittagong Hill tracts, Bangladesh, with two new species records for the country. Hamadryad 32(1): 45–56. Full Paper.

2009

• Mahony, S. 2009. A new species of Japalura (Reptilia: Agamidae) from northeast India with a discussion of the similar species Japalura sagittifera Smith, 1940 and Japalura planidorsata Jerdon, 1870. Zootaxa 2212: 041–061. Abstract & excerpt. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Mahony, S., Ahmed, M., Hossain, M.K., Kabir, M.M. & Hasan, M.K. 2009. Cyrtodactylus ayeyarwadyensis Bauer, 2003 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in Bangladesh with habitat details of new collection localities and a discussion of morphological variation. Salamandra 45(4): 245–250. Full paper.
• Mahony, S., Hasan, M.K., Kabir, M.M., Ahmed, M. & Hossain, M.K. 2009. A catalogue of herpetofauna in the collection of Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Hamadryad 34(1): 80–94. Full Paper.
• Mahony, S. 2009. Taxonomic status of Cyrtodactylus khasiensis tamaiensis (Smith, 1940) and description of a new species allied to C. chrysopylos Bauer, 2003 from Myanmar (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Hamadryad 34(1): 62–74. Full Paper.
• Mahony, S. 2009. A new species of gecko of the genus Hemidactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Andhra Pradesh, India. Russian Journal of Herpetology 16(1): 27–34. Full paper.

2010

• Mahony, S. 2010. Systematic and taxomonic revaluation of four little known Asian agamid species, Calotes kingdonwardi Smith, 1935, Japalura kaulbacki Smith, 1937, Salea kakhienensis Anderson, 1879 and the monotypic genus Mictopholis Smith, 1935 (Reptilia: Agamidae). Zootaxa 2514(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2514.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Biju, S.D., Mahony, S. & Kamei, R.G. 2010. Description of two new species of torrent frog, Amolops Cope (Anura: Ranidae) from a degrading forest in the northeast Indian state of Nagaland. Zootaxa 2408(1): 31–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2408.1.2 Reference page. 
• Hasan, M.K., Mahony, S. & Kabir, M.M. 2010. Chiromantis doriae. Geographic Distribution. Herpetological review 41(1): 87. Full paper.

2011

• Mahony, S., Sengupta, S., Kamei, R.G. & Biju, S.D. 2011. A new low altitude species of Megophrys Kuhl and van Hasselt (Amphibia: Megophryidae), from Assam, northeast India. Zootaxa 3059: 36–46. Abstract (PDF).
• Mahony, S. 2011: Taxonomic revision of Hemidactylus brookii Gray: a re-examination of the type series and some Asian synonyms, and a discussion of the obscure species Hemidactylus subtriedrus Jerdon (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 3042: 37–67. Abstract (PDF).
• Biju, S.D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Mahony, S., Dinesh, K.P, Radhakrishnan, C., Zachariah, A., Giri, V. & Bossuyt, F. 2011. A taxonomic review of the Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 3029:1–96. Abstract (PDF).
• Mahony, S. 2011. Erratum: Mahony, Stephen (2011) Two new species of Megophrys Kuhl & van Hasselt (Amphibia: Megophryidae), from western Thailand and southern Cambodia. Zootaxa 2734: 23–39. Zootaxa 2924: 68. Full paper (PDF).
• Mahony, S. 2011. Two new species of Megophrys Kuhl & van Hasselt (Amphibia: Megophryidae), from western Thailand and southern Cambodia. Zootaxa 2734: 23–39. Abstract (PDF).

2013

• Biju, S.D., Kamei, R.G., Mahony, S., Thomas, A., Garg, S., Sircar, G. & Suyesh, R. 2013. Taxonomic review of the tree frog genus Rhacophorus from the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Rhacophoridae), with description of ontogenetic colour changes and reproductive behaviour. Zootaxa 3636(2): 257–289. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.2.3 Reference page. 
• Mahony, S., Teeling, E.C. & Biju, S.D. 2013. Three new species of horned frogs, Megophrys (Amphibia: Megophryidae), from northeast India, with a resolution to the identity of Megophrys boettgeri populations reported from the region. Zootaxa 3722(2): 143–169. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.2.2 Reference page. 

2014

• Biju, S.D., Garg, S., Mahony, S., Wijayathilaka, N., Senevirathne, G., Meegaskumbura, M. 2014. DNA barcoding, phylogeny and systematics of Golden-backed frogs (Hylarana, Ranidae) of the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot, with the description of seven new species Contributions to Zoology 83(4): 269–335. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Biju, S.D., Senevirathne, G., Garg, S., Mahony, S., Kamei, R.G., Thomas, A., Shouche, Y., Raxworthy, C.J., Meegaskumbura, M. & Van Bocxlaer, I. 2016. Frankixalus, a new rhacophorid genus of tree hole breeding frogs with oophagous tadpoles. PLoS One 11(1): e0145727. DOI: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145727 Reference page. 

2017

• Mahony, S., Foley, N.M., Biju, S.D. & Teeling, E.C. 2017. Evolutionary history of the Asian Horned Frogs (Megophryinae): integrative approaches to timetree dating in the absence of a fossil record. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34(3): 744–771. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw267 Reference page. 
• Poyarkov, Jr., N.A., Duong, T.V., Orlov, N.L., Gogoleva, S.S., Vassilieva, A.B., Nguyen, L.T., Nguyen, V.D.H., Nguyen, S.N., Che, J. & Mahony, S. 2017. Molecular, morphological and acoustic assessment of the genus Ophryophryne (Anura, Megophryidae) from Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with description of a new species. ZooKeys 672: 49–120. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.672.10624. Reference page. 
• Tapley, B., Cutajar, T., Mahony, S., Nguyen, C.T., Dau, V.Q., Nguyen, T.T., Luong, H.V. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2017. The Vietnamese population of Megophrys kuatunensis (Amphibia: Megophryidae) represents a new species of Asian horned frog from Vietnam and southern China. Zootaxa 4344(3): 465–492. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.3. Reference page. 

2018

• Agarwal, I., Mahony, S., Giri, V.B., Chaitanya, R. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. Two new species of bent toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Northeast India with comments on name-bearing types from the region. Zootaxa 4420(3): 334–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.3.2 Reference page. 
• Agarwal, I., Mahony, S., Giri, V.B., Chaitanya, R. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. Six new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeast India. Zootaxa 4524(5): 501–535. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.5.1 Reference page. 
• Tapley, B., Cutajar, T., Mahony, S., Nguyen, C.T., Dau, V.Q., Luong, A.M., Le, D.T., Nguyen, T.T., Nguyen, T.Q., Portway, C., Luong, H.V. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2018. Two new and potentially highly threatened Megophrys Horned frogs (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from Indochina’s highest mountains. Zootaxa 4508(3): 301–333. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.3.1. Reference page. 
• Mahony, S., Kamei, R.G., Teeling, E.C. & Biju, S.D. 2018. Cryptic diversity within the Megophrys major species group (Amphibia: Megophryidae) of the Asian Horned Frogs: Phylogenetic perspectives and a taxonomic revision of South Asian taxa, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4523(1): 1–96. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4523.1.1 Reference page. 

2019

• Mahony, S. 2018. Cordicephalus Nevo, 1968 (Amphibia, Anura, Pipimorpha), is a junior homonym of Cordicephalus Wardle, 1947 (Rhabditophora, Cestoda, Diphyllobothriidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(2): [1]
• Giri, V.B., Chaitanya, R., Mahony, S., Lalrounga, S., Lalrinchhana, C., Das, A., Sarkar, V., Karanth, P. & Deepak, V. 2019. On the systematic status of the genus Oriocalotes Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae) with the description of a new species from Mizoram state, Northeast India. Zootaxa 4638(4): 451–484. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.4.1. Reference page. 

2020

• 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. 

2021

• Kamei, R.G. & Mahony, S. 2021. A new species of Bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) from the Garo Hills, Meghalaya State, north-east India, and discussion of morphological variation for C. urbanus. The Herpetological Journal 31(3): 177–196. DOI: 10.33256/31.3.177196 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: 1–41. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5071.1.1 Reference page. 

2022

• Mahony, S. & Kamei, R.G. 2022. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Manipur State, northeast India, with a critical review highlighting extensive errors in literature covering bent-toed geckos of the Indo-Burma region. Journal of Natural History 55(39–40): 2445–2480. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1994667 Reference page.