Claudia Koch

Claudia Koch, German herpetologist.

• Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 25 taxon names authored by Claudia Koch

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2013

• Koch, C., Venegas, P.J., Rödder, D., Flecks, M. & Böhme, W. 2013. Two new endemic species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru and additional information on Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924. Zootaxa 3745(2): 263–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.2.6 Reference page. 

2015

• Koch, C., Venegas, P.J. & Böhme, W. 2015. Three new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru. Zootaxa 3964(2): 228–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.2.4 Reference page. 

2016

• Koch, C., Santa Cruz, R. & Cárdenas, H. 2016. Two new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Northern Peru. Zootaxa 4150(2): 101–122. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.2.1 Reference page. 
• Koch, C., Flecks, M., Venegas, P.J., Bialke, P., Valverde, S. & Rödder, D. 2016. Applying n-dimensional hypervolumes for species delimitation: unexpected molecular, morphological, and ecological diversity in the Leaf-Toed Gecko Phyllodactylus reissii Peters, 1862 (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) from northern Peru. Zootaxa 4161(1): 41–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.1.2 Reference page. 
• Venegas, P.J., Echevarría, L.Y., García-Burneo, K. & Koch, C. 2016. A new species of iguanid lizard, genus Stenocercus (Squamata, Iguania), from the Central Andes in Peru. Zootaxa 4205(1): 52–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.4 Reference page. 
• Koch, C. & Venegas, P.J. 2016. A large and unusually colored new snake species of the genus Tantilla (Squamata; Colubridae) from the Peruvian Andes. PeerJ 4: e2767. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2767 Reference page. 

2017

• Woodman, N., Koch, C. & Hutterer, R. 2017. Rediscovery of the type series of the Sacred Shrew, Sorex religiosus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826, with additional notes on mummified shrews of ancient Egypt (Mammalia: Soricidae). Zootaxa 4341(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.1.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2018

• Koch, C., Venegas, P.J., Santa Cruz, R. & Böhme, W. 2018. Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries. Zootaxa 4385(1): 1–101. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4385.1.1 Reference page. 

2019

• Koch, C., Martins, A. & Schweiger, S. 2019. A century of waiting: description of a new Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) based on specimens housed for more than 100 years in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NMW). PeerJ 7: e7411. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7411 Reference page. 
• Carrasco, P.A., Grazziotin, F.G., Santa Cruz-Farfán, R., Koch, C., Ochoa, J.A., Scrocchi, G.J., Leynaud, G.C. & Chaparro, J.C. 2019. A new species of Bothrops (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Pampas del Heath, southeastern Peru, with comments on the systematics of the Bothrops neuwiedi species group. Zootaxa 4565(3): 301–344. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.3.1 Reference page. 
• Dufresnes, C., Mazepa, G., Jablonski, D., Oliveira, R.C., Wenseleers, T., Shabanov, D.A., Auer, M., Ernst, R., Koch, C., Ramírez-Chaves, H.E., Mulder, K.P., Simonov, E., Tiutenko, A., Kryvokhyzha, D., Wennekes, P.L., Zinenko, O.I., Korshunov, O.V., Al-Johany, A.M., Peregontsev, E., Masroor, R., Betto-Colliard, C., Denoёl, M., Borkin, L., Skorinov, D.V., Pasynkova, R.A., Mazanaeva, L., Rosanov, J.M., Dubey, S. & Litvinchuk, S.N. 2019. Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 141: 106615. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106615 Reference page. 

2020

• Reyes-Puig, C., Wake, D.B., Kotharambath, R., Streicher, J.W., Koch, C., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Ron, S.R. 2020. Two extremely rare new species of fossorial salamanders of the genus Oedipina (Plethodontidae) from northwestern Ecuador. PeerJ 8: e9934. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9934 Reference page. 

2021

• Torres-Carvajal, O., Parra, V., Nunes, P.M.S. & Koch, C. 2021. A New Species of Microtegu Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from Amazonian Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 55(4): 385–395. DOI: 10.1670/20-142 Reference page. 

2022

• Tiutenko, A., Koch, C., Pabijan, M. & Zinenko, O. 2022. Generic affinities of African house snakes revised: a new genus for Boodon erlangeri (Serpentes: Elapoidea: Lamprophiidae: Lamprophiinae). Salamandra 58(4): 235–262. Abstract. PDF. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2023

• Martins, A., Folly, M., Ferreira, G.N., Garcia da Silva, A.S., Koch, C., Fouquet, A., Machado, A., Lopes, R.T., Pinto, R., Rodrigues, M.T. & Passos, P. 2023. An evolutionary paradox on threadsnakes: Phenotypic and molecular evidence reveal a new and remarkably polymorphic species of Siagonodon (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) from Amazonia. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 345–366. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e98170 Reference page. 
• Tinoco, N., Koch, C., Colmenares-Pinzón, J.E., Castellanos, F.X. & Brito M., J. 2023. New species of the Spiny Mouse genus Neacomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from northwestern Ecuador. Zookeys 1175ː 187–221. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1175.106113 Reference page.