Kirati Kunya

Kirati Kunya, Thai zookeeper and herpetologist.

Nakhonratchasima Zoo, ZPO, 111 M. 1, Ratchasima – Pak Tongchai Rd., Chaimongkol, Muang Nakonrajsima, Thailand.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Grismer, L.L., Sumontha, M., Cota, M., Grismer, J.L., Wood, P.L., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Kunya, K. 2010. A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa 2576: 1–55. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Panitvong, N., Sumontha, M., Konlek, K. & Kunya, K. 2010 Gekko lauhachindai sp. nov., a new cave-dwelling gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from central Thailand. Zootaxa 2671: 40–52. Preview (PDF). Reference page.

Sumontha, M., Pauwels, O.S.G., Kunya, K., Limlikhitaksorn, C., Ruksue, S., Taokratok, A., Ansermet, M. & Chanhome, L. 2012. A new species of parachute gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: genus Ptychozoon) from Kaeng Krachan National Park, western Thailand. Zootaxa 3513: 68–78. Preview. . Reference page.

Pauwels, O.S.G., Sumontha, M., Kunya, K., Nitikul, A., Samthanthamit, P., Wood, Jr., P.L. & Grismer, L.L. 2015. Acanthosaura phuketensis (Squamata: Agamidae), a new long-horned tree agamid from southwestern Thailand. Zootaxa 4020(3): 473–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4020.3.4 Reference page.

Sumontha, M., Kunya, K., Dangsri, S. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2017. Oligodon saiyok, a new limestone-dwelling kukri snake (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand. Zootaxa 4294(3): 316–328. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.3.2 Reference page.

Sumontha, M., Vasaruchapong, T., Chomngam, N., Suntrarachun, S., Pawangkhanant, P., Sompan, W., Smit, T., Kunya, K. & Chanhome, L. 2020. Protobothrops kelomohy sp. nov. (Squamata: Viperidae), the Second Known Species of Lance-Headed Pit Viper from Thailand. Tropical Natural History 20(1): 43–59. PDF Reference page.
Trivalairat, P., Kunya, K., Chanhome, L., Sumontha, M., Vasaruchapong, T., Chomngam, N. & Chiangkul, K. 2020. Acanthosaura aurantiacrista (Squamata: Agamidae), a new long horn lizard from northern Thailand. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e48587. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e48587 Reference page.

Pauwels, O.S.G., Meesook, W., Kunya, K., Donbundit, N. & Sumontha, M. 2022. A new Four-clawed Gecko from limestone hills in Lopburi Province, central Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae: Gehyra). Zootaxa 5115(4): 511–531. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.4.3 Reference page.
Trivalairat, P., Sumontha, M., Kunya, K. & Chiangkul, K. 2022. Acanthosaura meridiona sp. nov. (Squamata: Agamidae), a new short-horned lizard from southern Thailand. Herpetological Journal 32(1): 34–50. DOI: 10.33256/32.1.3450 Reference page.