Aurélien Miralles
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Aurélien Miralles, French herpetologist.
- CNRS-UMR5175 CEFE, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, 119 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
- Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
Taxon names authored
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Publications
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2005
edit- Miralles, A. 2005. The identity of Lacertus mabouya Lacepede, 1788, with description of a neotype: an approach toward the taxonomy of New World Mabuya. Herpetologica 61: 46–53.
- Miralles, A., Rivas, G. & Barrio-Amorós, C.L. 2005. Taxonomy of the genus Mabuya (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae) in Venezuela. Zoosystema 27: 825–837.
- Miralles, A., Rivas, G. & Schargel, W.E. 2005. A new species of Mabuya (Squamata, Scincidae) from the Venezuelan Andes. Zootaxa 895: 1–11. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
2006
edit- Miralles, A. 2006. A new species of Mabuya (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae) from the Caribbean Island of San Andrés, with a new interpretation of nuchal scales: character of taxonomic importance. The Herpetological Journal 16(1): 1–7. PDF Reference page.
- Miralles, A. 2006. Speciation in the "Várzéa" flooded forest: a new Mabuya (Squamata, Scincidae) from Western Amazonia. Zootaxa 1188: 1–22.
2008
edit- Harvey, M.B., Aguayo, R. & Miralles, A. 2008. Redescription and biogeography of Mabuya cochabambae Dunn with comments on Bolivian congeners (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 1828(1): 43–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1828.1.4 Reference page.
- Ziegler, T., David, P., Miralles, A., Doan, K.V. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2008. A new species of the snake genus Fimbrios from Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Truong Son, central Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 1729(1): 37–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1729.1.4 Reference page.
2009
edit- Miralles, A., Chaparro, J.C. & Harvey, M.B. 2009. Three rare and enigmatic South American Skinks. Zootaxa 2012(1): 47–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2012.1.3 Reference page.
- Miralles, A., Rivas Fuenmayor, G., Bonillo, C., Schargel, W.E., Barros, T., García-Pérez, J.E. & Barrio-Amorós, C.L. 2009. Molecular systematics of Carribean skinks of the genus Mabuya (Reptilia, Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from Venezuela. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156(3): 598–616. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00487.x Reference page.
2010
edit- Miralles, A. & Carranza, S. 2010. Systematics and biogeography of the Neotropical genus Mabuya, with special emphasis on the Amazonian skink Mabuya nigropunctata (Reptilia, Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 857–869.
2011
edit- Miralles, A., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2011. A molecular phylogeny of the "Madascincus polleni species complex", with description of a new species of scincid lizard from the coastal dune area of northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 2876: 1–16. Preview Reference page.
- Miralles, A., Vasconcelos, R., Perera, A., Harris, D.J. & Carranza, S. 2011. An integrative taxonomic revision of the Cape Verdean skinks (Squamata, Scincidae). Zoologica Scripta 40: 16–44.
2012
edit- Crottini, A., Miralles, A., Glaw, F., Harris, D.J., Lima, A. & Vences, M. 2012. Description of a new pygmy chameleon (Chamaeleonidae: Brookesia) from central Madagascar. Zootaxa 3490(1): 63–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3490.1.5 Reference page.
- Miralles, A., Anjeriniaina, M., Hipsley, C.A., Müller, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2012. Variations on a bauplan: description of a new Malagasy “mermaid skink” with flipper-like forelimbs only (Scincidae, Sirenoscincus Sakata & Hikida, 2003). Zoosystema 34(4): 701–719. DOI: 10.5252/z2012n4a3 ; PDF Reference page.
2013
edit- Vences, M., Guayasamin, J.M., Miralles, A. & De la Riva, I. 2013. To name or not to name: Criteria to promote economy of change in Linnaean classification schemes. Zootaxa 3636(2): 201–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.2.1 Reference page.
2014
edit- Crottini, A., Harris, D.J., Miralles, A., Glaw, F., Jenkins, R.K.B., Randrianantoandro, J.C., Bauer, A.M. & Vences, M. 2014. Morphology and molecules reveal two new species of the poorly studied gecko genus Paragehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 15: 175–198. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-014-0191-5 Reference page.
2015
edit- Miralles, A., Glaw, F., Ratsoavina, F.M. & Vences, M. 2015. A likely microendemic new species of terrestrial iguana, genus Chalarodon, from Madagascar. Zootaxa 3946(2): 201–220. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.2.3 Reference page.
- Miralles, A., Hipsley, C.A., Erens, J., Gehara, M., Rakotoarison, A., Glaw, F., Müller, J. & Vences, M. 2015. Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae). PLoS One 10(6): e0126074. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126074 Reference page.
- Nagy, Z., Marion, A.B., Glaw, F., Miralles, A., Nopper, J., Vences, M. & Hedges, S.B. 2015. Molecular systematics and undescribed diversity of Madagascan scolecophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes). Zootaxa 4040(1): 31–47. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.1.3 Reference page.
- Ratsoavina, F.M., Ranjanaharisoa, F.A., Glaw, F., Raselimanana, A.P., Miralles, A. & Vences, M. 2015. A new leaf-tailed gecko of the Uroplatus ebenaui group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar's central eastern rainforests. Zootaxa 4006(1): 143–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.7 Reference page.
2016
edit- Miralles, A., Jono, T., Mori, A., Gandola, R., Erens, J., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2016. A new perspective on the reduction of cephalic scales in fossorial legless skinks (Squamata, Scincidae). Zoologica Scripta 45(4): 380–393. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12164 Reference page.
- Miralles, A., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2016. Species delimitation methods put into taxonomic practice: two new Madascincus species formerly allocated to historical species names (Squamata: Scincidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 92(2): 257–275. DOI: 10.3897/zse.92.9945 Reference page.
2017
edit- Erens, J., Miralles, A., Glaw, F., Chatrou, L. & Vences, M. 2017. Extended molecular phylogenetics and revised systematics of Malagasy scincine lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 466–472. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.008 Reference page.
- Miralles, A., MacLeod, A., Rodríguez, A., Ibáñez, A., Jiménez-Uzcategui, G., Quezada, G., Vences, M. & Steinfartz, S. 2017. Shedding light on the imps of darkness: an integrative taxonomic revision of the Galápagos Marine Iguanas (genus Amblyrhynchus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181(3): 678–710. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx007 Reference page.
2018
edit- Quah, E.S.H., Grismer, L.L., Jetten, T., Wood, P.L. Jr., Miralles, A., Sah, S.A.M., Guek, K.H.P. & Brady, M.L. 2018. The rediscovery of Schaefer’s Spine-jawed Snake (Xenophidion schaeferi Günther & Manthey, 1995) (Serpentes, Xenophidiidae) from Peninsular Malaysia with notes on its variation and the first record of the genus from Sumatra, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4441(2): 366–378. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.2.10 Reference page.
2020
edit- Miralles, A., Geniez, P., Beddek, M., Aranda, D.M., Brito, J.C., Leblois, R. & Crochet, P.-A. 2020. Morphology and multilocus phylogeny of the Spiny-footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus) complex reveal two new mountain species from the Moroccan Atlas. Zootaxa 4747(2): 302–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.2.4 Reference page.
2021
edit- Miralles A., Bruy, T., Crottini, A., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Scherz, M.D., Schmidt, R., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2021. Completing a taxonomic puzzle: integrative review of geckos of the Paroedura bastardi species complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 27–48. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e59495 Reference page.
- Scherz, M.D., Schmidt, L., Crottini, A., Miralles, A., Rakotoarison, A., Raselimanana, A.P., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2021. Into the Chamber of Horrors: A proposal for the resolution of nomenclatural chaos in the Scaphiophryne calcarata complex (Anura: Microhylidae), with a new species-level phylogenetic hypothesis for Scaphiophryninae. Zootaxa 4938(1): 392–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4938.1.2 Reference page.
2022
edit- Vences, M., Multzsch, M., Gippner, S., Miralles, A., Crottini, A., Gehring, P.-S., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Glaw, F. & Scherz, M.D. 2022. Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus madagascariensis group reveals an unexpected diversity of little brown geckos in Madagascar’s rainforest. Zootaxa 5179(1): 1–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5179.1.1 Reference page.
2023
edit- Miralles, A., Köhler, J., Glaw, F., Wollenberg Valero, K.C., Crottini, A., Rosa, G.M., Du Preez, L.H., Gehring, P.-S., Vieites, D.R., Ratsoavina, F.M. & Vences, M. 2023. An endless harvest: Integrative revision of the Gephyromantis boulengeri and G. blanci complexes reveals six new species of mantellid frogs from Madagascar. Salamandra 59(1): 1–41. PDF Reference page.