Hinrich Kaiser
Hinrich Kaiser, U.S. herpetologist.
- Department of Biology, Victor Valley College, 18422 Bear Valley Road, Victorville, California, United States.
- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States.
Taxon names authored
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Publications
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1989
edit- Reiswig, H.M. & Kaiser, H. 1989. Description of Mycale bamfieldense n.sp. (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67(3): 674–677. DOI: 10.1139/z89-097 Reference page.
1994
edit- Kaiser, H., Coloma, L.A. & Gray, H.M. 1994. A new species of Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Martinique, French Antilles. Herpetologica 50(1): 23–32. JSTOR . Reference page.
- Kaiser, H., Green, D.M. & Schmid, M. 1994. Systematics and biogeography of Eastern Caribbean frogs (Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus), with the description of a new species from Dominica. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72(12): 2217–2237. DOI: 10.1139/z94-297 Reference page.
- Moravec, F. & Kaiser, H. 1994. Description of Cosmocerca longispicula sp. n. (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae), a parasite of a dendrobatid frog from Martinique, French Antilles. Parasitology Research 80: 29–32. DOI: 10.1007/BF00932620 Reference page.
- Moravec, F. & Kaiser, H. 1994. Trichospirura amphibiophila n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) in the frog Eleutherodactylus martinicensis from La Désirade, French Antilles. Journal of Parasitology 80(1): 121–125. DOI: 10.2307/3283354 Reference page.
1995
edit- Kaiser, H., Dwyer, C.M., Feichtinger, W. & Schmid, M. 1995. A new species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Tobago, West Indies, and its morphometric and cytogenetic characterization. Herpetological Natural History 3(2): 151–163. PDF Reference page.
- Moravec, F. & Kaiser, H. 1995. Helminth parasites from West Indian frogs, with descriptions of two new species. Caribbean Journal of Science 31(3–4): 252–268. PDF Reference page.
2004
edit- Grismer, L.L., Kaiser, H. & Yaakob, N.S. 2004. A new species of reed snake of the genus Calamaria H. Boie, 1827, from Pulau Tioman, Pahang, West Malaysia. Hamadryad 28(1–2): 1–6. PDF Reference page.
2006
edit- Barrio-Amorós, C.L., Rivas, G.L. & Kaiser, H. 2006. New species of Colostethus (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from the Península de Paria, Venezuela. Journal of Herpetology 40(3): 371–377. Reference page.
2013
edit- Kaiser, H., Crother, B.I., Kelly, C.M.R., Luiselli, L., O’Shea, M., Ota, H., Passos, P., Schleip, W.D. & Wüster, W. 2013. Best practices: in the 21st Century, taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable only when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review. Herpetological Review 44(1): 8–23. PDF Reference page.
2014
edit- Kaiser, H. 2014. Best practices in herpetological taxonomy: errata and addenda. Herpetological review 45(2): 257–268. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
- Kathriner, A., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2014. Re-examination of Hemidactylus tenkatei van Lidth de Jeude, 1895: Populations from Timor provide insight into the taxonomy of the H. brookii Gray, 1845 complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 3887(5): 583–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.5.5 Reference page.
- Kathriner, A., Bauer, A.M., O’Shea, M., Sanchez, C. & Kaiser, H. 2014. Hiding in plain sight: a new species of bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from West Timor, collected by Malcolm Smith in 1924. Zootaxa 3900(4): 555–568. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3900.4.6 Reference page.
2015
edit- Kaiser, H., Barrio-Amorós, C.L., Rivas, G.L., Steinlein, C. & Schmid, M. 2015. Five new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the coastal cloud forest of the Península de Paria, Venezuela. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(4): 7047–7088. DOI: 10.11609/JoTT.o4197.7047-88 Reference page.
- O’Shea, M., Parker, F. & Kaiser, H. 2015. A new species of New Guinea Worm-Eating Snake, genus Toxicocalamus (Serpentes: Elapidae), from the Star Mountains of Western Province, Papua New Guinea, with a revised dichotomous key to the genus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 161(6): 241–264. DOI: 10.3099/0027-4100-161.6.241 Reference page.
- Rhodin, A.G.J., Kaiser, H., van Dijk, P.P., Wüster, W., O’Shea, M., Archer, M., Auliya, M., Boitani, L., Bour, R., Clausnitzer, V., Contreras-MacBeath, T., Crother, B.I., Daza, J.M., Driscoll, C.A., Flores-Villela, O., Frazier, J., Fritz, U., Gardner, A.L., Gascon, C., Georges, A., Glaw, F., Grazziotin, F.G., Groves, C.P., Haszprunar, G., Havaš, P., Hero, J-M., Hoffmann, M., Hoogmoed, M.S., Horne, B.D., Iverson, J.B., Jäch, M., Jenkins, C.L., Jenkins, R.K.B., Kiester, A.R., Keogh, J.S., Lacher, Jr., T.E., Lovich, J.E., Luiselli, L., Mahler, D.L., Mallon, D., Mast, R., McDiarmid, R.W., Measey, J., Mittermeier, R.A., Molur, S., Mosbrugger, V., Murphy, R.W., Naish, D., Niekisch, M., Ota, H., Parham, J.F., Parr, N.J., Pilcher, N.J., Pine, R.H., Rylands, A.B.., Sanderson, J.G., Savage, J.M., Schleip, W., Scrocchi, G.J., Shaffer, H.B., Smith, E.N., Sprackland, R., Stuart, S.N., Vetter, H., Vitt, L.J., Waller, T., Webb, G., Wilson, E.O., Zaher, H. & Thomson, S. 2015. Comment on Spracklandus Hoser, 2009 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae): request for confirmation of the availability of the generic name and for the nomenclatural validation of the journal in which it was described. Case 3601. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 72(1): 61–78. PDF. Reference page.
2016
edit- Busack, S.D., Salvador, A., Bauer, A.M. & Kaiser, H. 2016. Darevskia and Iberolacerta (Reptilia, Lacertidae): Arribas, 1997 or 1999? The correct dating of two nomenclatural acts affecting Palearctic lizards, and validation of the name Caucasilacerta Harris, Arnold & Thomas, 1998. Bionomina 10: 61–73. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.10.1.4 Reference page.
- Mecke, S., Kieckbusch, M., O'Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2016. First record of the poorly known skink Sphenomorphus oligolepis (Boulenger, 1914) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Seram Island, Maluku Province, Indonesia. Asian Herpetological Research 7(1): 64–68. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.150052 Reference page.
- Hartmann, L., Mecke, S., Kieckbusch, M., Mader, F. & Kaiser, H. 2016. A new species of bent-toed gecko, genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Jawa Timur Province, Java, Indonesia, with taxonomic remarks on C. fumosus (Müller, 1895). Zootaxa 4067(4): 552–568. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.4.2. Reference page.
- Kieckbusch, M., Mecke, S., Hartmann, L., Ehrmentraut, L., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2016. An inconspicuous, conspicuous new species of Asian pipesnake, genus Cylindrophis (Reptilia: Squamata: Cylindrophiidae), from the south coast of Jawa Tengah, Java, Indonesia, and an overview of the tangled taxonomic history of C. ruffus (Laurenti, 1768). Zootaxa 4093(1): 1–25. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.1.1. Reference page.
- Mecke, S., Kieckbusch, M., Hartmann, L. & Kaiser, H. 2016. Historical considerations and comments on the type series of Cyrtodactylus marmoratus Gray, 1831, with an updated comparative table for the bent-toed geckos of the Sunda Islands and Sulawesi. Zootaxa 4175(4): 353–365. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.4.5. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
- O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2016. The first female specimen of the poorly known Arfak Stout-tailed Snake, Calamophis sharonbrooksae Murphy, 2012 (Serpentes: Colubroidea: Homalopsidae), from the Vogelkop Peninsula of Indonesian West New Guinea, with comments on the taxonomic history of primitive homalopsid. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10(1): 1–10. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- O’Shea, M., Doria, G., Petri, M. & Kaiser, H. 2016. A 140 year-old specimen from the Southern Trans-Fly region of Papua New Guinea proves that the Eastern Brownsnake, Pseudonaja textilis, was not a wartime or post-war introduction (Serpentes, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae). Doriana: Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria" 108: 249–273. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
2017
edit- Riyanto, A., Mulyadi, McGuire, J.A., Kusrini, M.D., Febylasmia, Basyir, I.H. & Kaiser, H. 2017. A new small bent-toed gecko of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the lower slopes of Mount Tambora, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4242(3): 517–528. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.3.5. Reference page.
2018
edit- Kaiser, C., Kaiser, H. & O’Shea, M. 2018. The taxonomic history of Indo-Papuan groundsnakes, genus Stegonotus Duméril et al., 1854 (Colubridae), with some taxonomic revisions and the designation of a neotype for S. parvus (Meyer, 1874). Zootaxa 4512(1): 1–73. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4512.1.1 Reference page.
- Kieckbusch, M., Mader, F., Kaiser, H. & Mecke, S. 2018. A new species of Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Reptilia: Squamata: Cylindrophiidae) from Boano Island, northern Maluku Province, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4486(3): 236–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.3.2. Reference page.
- O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2018. Erroneous Environs or Aberrant Activities? Reconciling unexpected collection localities for three New Guinea worm-eating snakes (Toxicocalamus, Serpentes, Elapidae) using historical accounts Herpetological Review 49(2): 189–207. (Full article PDF) Reference page.
- O’Shea, M., Allison, A. & Kaiser, H. 2018. The taxonomic history of the enigmatic Papuan snake genus Toxicocalamus (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), with the description of a new species from the Managalas Plateau of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, and a revised dichotomous key. Amphibia-Reptilia 39(4): 403–433. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-20181052 Reference page.
- O’Shea, M., Kusuma, K.I. & Kaiser, H. 2018. First record of the Island Wolfsnake, Lycodon capucinus (H. Boie in F. Boie 1827), from New Guinea, with comments on its widespread distribution and confused taxonomy, and a new record for the Common Sun Skink, Eutropis multifasciata (Kuhl 1820). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 25(1): 70–84. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- O’Shea, M., Herlihy, B., Paivu, B., Parker, F., Richards, S.J. & Kaiser, H. 2018. Rediscovery of the rare Star Mountains Worm-eating Snake, Toxicocalamus ernstmayri O’Shea et al., 2015 (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) with the description of its coloration in life. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 12(1): 27–34. PDF Reference page.
2019
edit- Kaiser, C., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2019. A new species of Indo-Papuan groundsnake, genus Stegonotus Duméril et al., 1854 (Serpentes, Colubridae), from the Bird’s Head Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia, with comments on differentiating morphological characters. Zootaxa 4590(2): 201–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.2.1 Reference page.
- Kaiser, C., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2019. Corrigenda and Addenda to the Article “The taxonomic history of Indo-Papuan groundsnakes, genus Stegonotus Duméril et al., 1854 (Colubridae), with some taxonomic revisions and the designation of a neotype for S. parvus (Meyer, 1874)” by Kaiser et al. (2018). Zootaxa 4615(2): 392–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.10 Reference page.
- Rösler, H., Grismer, L.L., Ineich, I. & Kaiser, H. 2019. The purportedly Indo-Australian gecko species Cnemaspis timoriensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) is actually the first named species of the neotropical genus Gonatodes Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4576(3): 483–509. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.3.4 Reference page.
2020
edit- Bernstein, J.M., Bauer, A.M., McGuire, J.A., Arida, E., Kaiser, H., Kieckbusch, M. & Mecke, S. 2020. Molecular phylogeny of Asian pipesnakes, genus Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Squamata: Cylindrophiidae), with the description of a new species from Myanmar. Zootaxa 4851(3): 535–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.5 Reference page.
- Kaiser, C., Lapin, J., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2020. Carefully examining Bornean Stegonotus (Serpentes, Colubridae): the montane groundsnake population in Sabah is a new and distinct species. Zootaxa 4894(1): 53–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.1.2 Reference page.
- O'Shea, M., Blum, P. & Kaiser, H. 2020. Discovery of the second specimen of Toxicocalamus ernstmayri O’Shea et al., 2015 (Squamata: Elapidae), the first from Papua Province, Indonesia, with comments on the type locality of T. grandis (Boulenger, 1914). Bonn zoological Bulletin 69(2): 395–411. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
2021
edit- Ellis, R.J., Kaiser, H., Maddock, S.T., Doughty, P. & Wüster, W. 2021. An evaluation of the nomina for death adders (Acanthophis Daudin, 1803) proposed by Wells & Wellington (1985), and confirmation of A. cryptamydros Maddock et al., 2015 as the valid name for the Kimberley death adder. Zootaxa 4995(1): 161–172. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.1.9 Reference page.
- Kaiser, C., Kaiser, H., Mecke, S. & O’Shea, M. 2021. A new species of Stegonotus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the remnant coastal forests of southern Timor-Leste. Zootaxa 5027(4): 489–514. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5027.4.2 Reference page.
- Kaiser, H., Mecke, S., Kaiser, C. & O’Shea, M. 2021. Three’s Company: discovery of a third syntype of Stegonotus lividus, a species of colubrid snake from Pulau Semau, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, with comments on an unpublished 19th Century manuscript by the naturalist Salomon Müller. Zootaxa 5039(1): 56–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5039.1.2 Reference page.
- Wüster, W., Thomson, S.A., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H., 2021 Confronting taxonomic vandalism in biology: conscientious community self-organization can preserve nomenclatural stability. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 133(3): 645–670. PDF Reference page.
2022
edit- Kraus, F., Kaiser, H. & O’Shea, M. 2022. Hidden diversity in semi-fossorial Melanesian forest snakes: A revision of the Toxicocalamus loriae complex (Squamata, Elapidae) from New Guinea. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 997–1034. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e89647 Reference page.
- Reilly, S.B., Stubbs, A.L., Arida, E., Karin, B.R., Arifin, U., Kaiser, H., Bi, K., Iskandar, D.T. & McGuire, J.A. 2022. Phylogenomic Analysis Reveals Dispersal-Driven Speciation and Divergence with Gene Flow in Lesser Sunda Flying Lizards (Genus Draco). Systematic Biology 71(1): 221–241. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syab043 Reference page.
- Reilly, S.B., Arifin, U., Stubbs, A.L., Karin, B.R., Kaiser, H., Frederick, J.H., Arida, E., Iskandar, D.T. & McGuire, J.A. 2022. Phylogenetic relationships of southern Wallacean ranid frogs (Anura: Ranidae: Hylarana). Zootaxa 5150(4): 591–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.4.7 Reference page.
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 Reference page.