Michael Cota

Michael Cota, German-American herpetologist, based in Thailand.

Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand.
Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, 1 U-thong Nok Rd., Dusit District, Bangkok 10300 Thailand.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Chan-ard, T., Cota, M., Mekchai, S. & Laoteow, S. 2008. A new species of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from peninsular Thailand. Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 3(1): 25–31. Reference page.

Grismer, L.L., Sumontha, M., Cota, M., Grismer, J.L., Wood, Jr., 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): 1–55. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2576.1.1 Reference page.

Chan-ard, T., Mekchai, S. & Cota, M. 2011. Jarujinia: A New Genus of Lygosomine Lizard from Central Thailand, with a Description of a New species. Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 5(1): 17–24. Reference page.
Chan-ard, T., Makchai, S. & Cota, M. 2011. Jarujinia: A New Genus of Lygosomine Lizard from Central Thailand, with a Description of One New Species. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 5(1): 17–24. PDF Reference page.
Chan-ard, T., Cota, M., Mekchai, S. & Laoteow, S. 2011. A New Species of Larutia (Squamata: Scincidae) Found in Peninsular Thailand.Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 5(1): 57–65. Reference page.

Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr., P.L. & Cota, M. 2014. A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northwestern Thailand. Zootaxa 3760(1): 67–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.1.4 Reference page.

Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L. Jr, Aowphol, A., Cota, M., Murdoch, M.L., Aguilar, C. & Grismer, M.S. 2016. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and distribution of Bronchocela rayaensis (Squamata: Agamidae) on the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Zootaxa 4092(3): 414–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.3.6.Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Quah, E.S.H., Wood, P.L. Jr, Anuar, S., Muin, M.A., Davis, H.R., Murdoch, M., Grismer, J.L., Cota, M. & Cobos, A.J. 2016. Dragons in the mist: three new species of Pseudocalotes Fitzinger (Squamata: Agamidae) from the sky island archipelago of Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4136(3): 461–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.3. Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Aowphol, A., Cota, M., Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L. Aguilar, C. & Grismer, J.L. [2016] 2017. Out of Borneo, again and again: biogeography of the Stream Toad genus Ansonia Stoliczka (Anura: Bufonidae) and the discovery of the first limestone cave-dwelling species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 120(2): 371–395. DOI: 10.1111/BIJ.12886 Reference page.

Wood Jr., P.L., Grismer, L.L., Aowphol, A., Aguilar, C.A., Cota, M., Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L. & Sites Jr., J.W. 2017. Three new karst-dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata; Gekkoniade) from Peninsular Thailand and the phylogenetic placement of C. punctatonuchalis and C. vandeventeri. PeerJ 5: e2884. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2884 Reference page.

Grismer, L.L., del Pinto, L., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar, S., Cota, M., McGuire, J.A., Iskandar, D.T., Wood, P.L. Jr & Grismer, J.L. 2022. Phylogenetic and multivariate analyses of Gekko smithii Gray, 1842 recover a new species from Peninsular Malaysia and support the resurrection of G. albomaculatus (Giebel, 1861) from Sumatra. Vertebrate Zoology 72(1): 47–80. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e77702 ; ResearchGate Reference page.