Walter E. Schargel

Walter E. Schargel, U.S. herpetologist.

• Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, United States.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 27 taxon names authored by Walter E. Schargel

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2002

• Schargel, W.E. & García-Pérez, J.E. 2002. A new species and a new record of Atractus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Andes of Venezuela. Journal of Herpetology 36(3): 398–402. DOI: 10.2307/1566183 Reference page. 
• Schargel, W.E., García-Pérez, J.E. & Smith, E.N. 2002. A new species of Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 115(3): 534–542. BHL Reference page. 

2003

• Doan, T.M. & Schargel, W.E. 2003. Bridging the gap in Proctoporus distribution: a new species (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Andes of Venezuela. Herpetologica 59(1): 68–75. DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0068:BTGIPD]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

2005

• Miralles, A., Rivas, G. & Schargel, W.E. 2005. A new species of Mabuya (Squamata, Scincidae) from the Venezuelan Andes. Zootaxa 895: 1–11. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 
• Rivas, G.A., Schargel, W.E. & Meik, J.M. 2005. A new species of Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), endemic to the Península de Paria, Venezuela. Herpetologica 61(4): 461–468. DOI: 10.1655/04-96.1 Reference page. 
• Schargel, W.E., Rivas Fuenmayor, G. & Myers, C.W. 2005. An Enigmatic New Snake from Cloud Forest of the Península de Paria, Venezuela (Colubridae: Genus Taeniophallus?). American Museum Novitates 3484: 1–22. hdl: 2246/5675 Reference page. 

2006

• Myers, C.W. & Schargel, W.E. 2006. Morphological Extremes—Two New Snakes of the Genus Atractus from Northwestern South America (Colubridae: Dipsadinae). American Museum Novitates 3532: 1–13. hdl: 2246/5810 Reference page. 

2007

• Schargel, W.E., Rivas Fuenmayor, G., Barros, T.R., Péfaur, J.E. & Navarrete, L.F. 2007. A new aquatic snake (Colubridae: Pseudoeryx) from the Lake Maracaibo Basin, Northwestern Venezuela: a relic of the past course of the Orinoco River. Herpetologica 63(2): 236–244. DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[236:ANASCP]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

2008

• Rivas, G.A. & Schargel, W.E. 2008. Gecko on the rocks: an enigmatic new species of Gonatodes (Sphaerodactylidae) from Inselbergs of the Venezuelan Guayana. Zootaxa 1925: 39–50. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 
• Myers, C. W. & Schargel, W.E. 2008. Comment on the proposed conservation of Atractus, Wagler 1828 and Atractus trilineatus, Wagler 1828 (Reptilia, Serpentes). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65(1): 63.
• Lawing, A.M., Meik, J.M., Schargel, W.E. 2008. Coding meristic characters for phylogenetic analysis: a comparison of Step-matrix Gap-weighting and Generalized Frequency Coding. Systematic Biology 57(1): 167–173. DOI: 10.1080/10635150801898938

2009

• Miralles, A., Rivas Fuenmayor, G., Bonillo, C., Schargel, W.E., Barros, T., García-Pérez, J.E. & Barrio-Amorós, C.L. 2009. Molecular systematics of Carribean skinks of the genus Mabuya (Reptilia, Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from Venezuela. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156(3): 598–616. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00487.x Reference page. 

2010

• Schargel, W.E., Rivas, G.A., Makowsky, R., Señaris, J.C., Natera, M.A., Barros, T.R., Molina, C.R., Barrio-Amorós, C.L. 2010. Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in the Guayana Region, with description of a new species from Venezuela. Systematics and Biodiversity 8(3): 312–339. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2010.504757 Reference page. 

2012

• Rivero-Blanco, C. & Schargel, W.E. 2012. A strikingly polychromatic new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from northern Venezuela. Zootaxa 3518: 66–78. Preview Reference page. 
• Rivas, G.A., Sales Nunes, P.M., Dixon, J.R., Schargel, W.E., Caicedo, J.R., Barros, T.R., Camargo, E.G. & Barrio-Amorós, C.L. 2012. Taxonomy, Hemipenial Morphology, and Natural History of Two Poorly Known Species of Anadia (Gymnophthalmidae) from Northern South America. Journal of Herpetology 46(1): 33–40. DOI: 10.1670/10-139
• Passos, P., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Rivera, D.E., Aguilar, C. and Schargel, W.E. 2012. Rediscovery of Atractus microrhyncus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), with a reappraisal of the taxonomic status of A. emersoni and A. natans. Herpetologica 68(3): 375–392. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00078.1

2013

• Rivas, G.A., Ugueto, G.N., Schargel, W.E., Barros, T.R., Velozo, P. & Sánchez, L.E. 2013. A distinctive new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Isla La Blanquilla, Venezuela, with remarks on the distribution of some other Caribbean sphaerodactylid lizard. South American Journal of Herpetology 8(1): 5–18. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-12-18212.1 Reference page. 
• Schargel, W.E., Lamar, W.W., Passos, P., Valencia, J.H., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Campbell, J.A. 2013. A new giant Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Ecuador, with notes on some other large Amazonian congeners. Zootaxa 3721(5): 455–474. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3721.5.2 Reference page. 

2014

• Schmid, M., Steinlein, C., Feichtinger, W., Haaf, T., Mijares-Urrutia, A., Schargel, W.E. & Hedges, S.B. 2014. Cytogenetic studies on Gonatodes (Reptilia, Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae). Cytogenetic and Gemone Research 144(1): 47–61. DOI: 10.1159/000367929

2017

• Schargel, W.E., Rivas, G.A., García-Pérez, J.E., Rivero-Blanco, C., Chippindale, P.T. & Fujita, M.K. 2017. A new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the western versant of the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela. Zootaxa 4291(3): 549–562. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.7 Reference page. 
• García-Pérez, J.E. & Schargel, W.E. 2017. A new species of Gymnophthalmus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from sand dunes of the Llanos of Apure, Venezuela. Zootaxa 4318(3): 576–586. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.3.9. Reference page. 

2020

• Rivero-Blanco, C. & Schargel, W.E.. 2020. A new diurnal gecko in the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Margarita Island, Venezuela. Zootaxa, 4729(3): 429–439. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.3.9

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