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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26 taxon names authored by Hinrich Kaiser

PublicationsEdit

(List may be incomplete)

1989Edit

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.

1994Edit

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. 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.

1995Edit

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.

2004Edit

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.

2006Edit

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.

2013Edit

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.

2014Edit

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.

2015Edit

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.

2016Edit

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.

2017Edit

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.

2018Edit

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.

2019Edit

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.

2020Edit

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.

2021Edit

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.