Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach
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Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach (1947-), U.S. herpetologist
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Taxon names authored
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Eponyms
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Publications
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1989
[edit]- Williams, K.L. & Wallach, V. 1989. Snakes of the World: Synopsis of snake generic names. Volume I. Krieger Publishing Company: Malabar. 234 pp. ISBN 978-0894642159 Reference page.
1994
[edit]- Smith, H.M., Dixon, J.R. & Wallach, V. 1994. Case 2875. Coluber poecilogyrus Wied-Neuwied, [1824] (currently Liophis poecilogyrus) (Reptilia, Serpentes): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51(3): 250–252. BHL Reference page.
1996
[edit]- Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 1996. Remarkable New Worm Snake (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) from the East African Coast. Copeia 1996(1): 162–166. DOI: 10.2307/1446951 JSTOR Reference page.
- Wallach, V. & Ineich, I. 1996. Redescription of a rare Malagasy blind snake, Typhlops grandidieri Mocquard, with placement in a new genus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 30(3): 367–376. DOI: 10.2307/1565174 Reference page.
1997
[edit]- Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 1997. A review of the genus Leptotyphlops (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with the description of a new forest-dwelling species. Durban Museum Novitates 22(1): 37–42. Reference page.
- Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 1997. A review of the worm snakes of Mozambique (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) with the description of a new species. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10(11): 111–119. Reference page.
1998
[edit]- Hahn, D.E. & Wallach, V. 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23(1): 50–62. Reference page.
2000
[edit]- Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2000. A new blind snake (Serpentes, Typhlopidae) from montane forests of the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology 49(2): 165–168. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2000.9635442 Reference page.
- Shea, G.M. & Wallach, V. 2000. Reexamination of an anomalous distribution: resurrection of Ramphotyphlops becki (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Pacific Science 54(1): 70–74. Reference page.
- Wallach, V. 2000. Critical review of some recent descriptions of Pakistani Typhlops by MS Khan, 1999 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Hamadryad 25(1): 129–143. Reference page.
2001
[edit]- Wallach, V. 2001. Typhlops roxaneae, a new species of Thai blindsnake from the T. diardii species group, with a synopsis of the Typhlopidae of Thailand (Serpentes: Scolecophidia). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49(1): 39–49. PDF Reference page.
2002
[edit]- Bauer, A.M., Wallach, V. & Günther, R. 2002. An annotated type catalogue of the scolecophidian, alethinophidian, and macrostomatan snakes in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Zoosystematics and Evolution 78(1): 157–176. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.20020780108
Reference page. - Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2002. Review of the Dispholidini, with the description of a new genus and species from Tanzania (Serpentes, Colubridae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Zoology Series 66(2): 57–74. DOI: 10.1017/S0968047002000079 BHL Reference page.
- Franzen, M. & Wallach, V. 2002. A new Rhinotyphlops from southeastern Turkey (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 176–184. DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0176:ANRFST]2.0.CO;2
Reference page. - Lehr, E., Wallach, V., Köhler, G. & Aguilar, C. 2002. New species of tricolor Leptotyphlops (Reptilia: Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae) from Central Peru. Copeia 2002(1): 131–136. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0131:NSOTLR]2.0.CO;2
Reference page. - Pauwels, O.S.G., Wallach, V., David, P. & Chanhome, L. 2002. A New Species of Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Southern Peninsular Thailand. Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 2(2): 7–18. Reference page.
- Wallach, V. 2002. Typhlops etheridgei, a new species of African blindsnake in the Typhlops vermicularis species group from Mauritania (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Hamadryad 27(1): 108–122. Reference page.
2003
[edit]- Wallach, V. 2003. Scolecophidia miscellanea. Hamadryad 27(2): 222–240. Reference page.
2004
[edit]- Wallach, V. & Lanza, B. 2004. Taxonomic reassessment of Giuseppe Scortecci's scolecophidian type and non-type specimens from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen, in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano (Reptilia: Serpentes). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 145(1): 79–91. BHL Reference page.
- Wallach, V. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2004. Typhlops lazelli, A New Species of Chinese Blindsnake from Hong Kong (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Breviora 512: 1–21. BHL Reference page.
2007
[edit]- Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2007. A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 1408: 1–78. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
- Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2007. A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1515: 31–68. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
- Wallach, V., Mercurio, V. & Andreone, F. 2007. Rediscovery of the enigmatic blind snake genus Xenotyphlops in northern Madagascar, with description of a new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1402: 59–68. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
- Wallach, V., Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C. & Gee, G.V.A. 2007 An enigmatic new species of blind snake from Luzon Island, northern Philippines (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 41(4): 690–702. DOI: 10.1670/206-5.1 Reference page.
2009
[edit]- Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2009. A review of the eastern and southern African blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), excluding Letheobia Cope, with the description of two new genera and a new species. Zootaxa 2255: 1–100. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
- Wallach, V. & Glaw, F. 2009. A new mid-altitude rainforest species of Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Madagascar with notes on the taxonomic status of T. boettgeri Boulenger, T. microcephalus Werner, and T. capensis Rendahl. Zootaxa 2294(1): 23–38. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2294.1.2
Reference page. - Wallach, V., Wüster, W. & Broadley, D.G. 2009. In praise of subgenera: taxonomic status of cobras of the genus Naja Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae). Zootaxa 2236: 26–36. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page.
2010
[edit]- Wallach, V., Lanza, B. & Nistri, A. 2010. Aprosdoketophis andreoni, a new genus and species of snake from Somalia (Serpentes: Colubridae: Boiginae). African Journal of Herpetology 59(2): 95–110. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2010.512962
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2013
[edit]- Wegener, J.E., Swoboda, S., Hawlitschek, O., Franzen, M., Wallach, V., Vences, M., Nagy, Z.T., Hedges, S.B., Köhler, J. & Glaw, F. 2013. Morphological variation and taxonomic reassessment of the endemic Malagasy blind snake family Xenotyphlopidae (Serpentes, Scolecophidia). Spixiana 36(2): 269–282. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
2014
[edit]- Broadley, D.G., Wade, E.O.Z. & Wallach, V. 2014. A new species of Myriopholis from Ghat oasis, southwestern Libya (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae). Arnoldia (Zimbabwe) 10(30): 351–359. Reference page.
- Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829(1): 1–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1
Reference page. - Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.
2016
[edit]- Pyron, R.A., Ganesh, S.R., Sayyed, A., Sharma, V., Wallach, V. & Somaweera, R. 2016. A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Zoosystema 38(4): 453–506. DOI: 10.5252/z2016n4a2
Reference page. - Wallach, V. 2016. Morphological review and taxonomic status of the Epictia phenops species group of Mesoamerica, with description of six new species and discussion of South American Epictia albifrons, E. goudotii, and E. tenella (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae). Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(2): 215–374. PDF Reference page.
2018
[edit]- Wallach, V. & Gemel, R. 2018. Typhlops weidholzi n. inedit., a new species of Letheobia from the republic of Cameroon, and a synopsis of the genus (Squamata: Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae). Herpetozoa 31(1/2): 27–46. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
2019
[edit]- Uetz, P., Cherikh, S., Shea, G., Ineich, I., Campbell, P.D., Doronin, I.V., Rosado, J., Wynn, A.H., Tighe, K.A., McDiarmid, R.W., Lee, J.L., Köhler, G., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Raxworthy, C.J., Scheinberg, L.A., Resetar, A., Sabaj Pérez, M.A., Schneider, G., Franzen, M., Glaw, F., Böhme, W., Schweiger, S., Gemel, R., Couper, P., Amey, A.P., Dondorp, E., Ofer, G., Meiri, S. & Wallach, V. 2019. A global catalog of primary reptile type specimens. Zootaxa 4695(5): 438–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.5.2
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2021
[edit]- Greenbaum, E., Allen, K.E., Vaughan, E.R., Pauwels, O.S.G., Wallach, V., Kusamba, C., Muninga, W.M., Aristote, M.M., Mali, F.M.M., Badjedjea, G., Penner, J., Rödel, M.-O., Rivera, J., Sterkhova, V., Johnson, G., Tapondjou, W.P. & Brown, R.B. 2021. Night stalkers from above: A monograph of Toxicodryas tree snakes (Squamata: Colubridae) with descriptions of two new cryptic species from Central Africa. Zootaxa 4965(1): 1–44. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.1.1
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2023
[edit]- O’Shea, M., Wallach, V., Hsiao, E. & Kaiser, H. 2023. “Anteaters” under the airport: a slender new species of blindsnake, genus Indotyphlops, from Timor-Leste (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae: Asiatyphlopinae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 101: 486–498. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2022-0097
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2024
[edit]- Chaney, T., Pauwels, O.S.G., Nagy, Z.T., Gvoždík, V., Kusamba, C., Badjedjea, G., Masudi, F.M., Akuboy, J.B., Ernst, R., Trape, J.-F., Chirio, L., Conradie, W., Keates, C., Wallach, V., Zassi-Boulou, A.-C., Vaughan, E.R. & Greenbaum, E. 2024. Phylogenetics and Integrative Taxonomy of African Water Snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Grayia). Herpetological Monographs 38(1): 1–52. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-23-00002.1
Reference page. - Wallach, V., Midtgaard, R. & Hsiao, E. 2024. Revalidation of the Arboreal Asian Snake Genera Gonyophis Boulenger, 1891; Rhynchophis Mocquard, 1897; and Rhadinophis Vogt, 1922, with Description of a New Genus and Tribe (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Diversity 16: 576. DOI: 10.3390/d16090576
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