Olivier Sylvain Gérard Pauwels

Olivier Sylvain Gérard Pauwels (1971–), Belgian zoologist.

• Département des Vertébrés Récents, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.

Taxon names authored

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• 80 taxon names authored by Olivier Sylvain Gérard Pauwels

Eponyms

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• 1 eponym of Olivier Sylvain Gérard Pauwels

Publications

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2000

• Ziegler, T., Herrmann, H.-W., David, P., Orlov, N.L. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2000. Triceratolepidophis sieversorum, a New Genus and Species of Pitviper (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 7(3): 199–214. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2000-7-3-199-214 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

2001

• Chou, W.-H., Truong, N.Q. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2001. A new species of Takydromus (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from Vietnam. Herpetologica 57(4):497–508. JSTOR Reference page. 

2003

• Bauer, A.M., Sumontha, M. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2003. Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Thailand. Zootaxa 376(1): 1–18. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.376.1.1 Reference page. 

2004

• David, P. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2004. A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Macrocalamus lateralis Günther, 1864 (Serpentes, Colubridae), with the descriptions of two new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2): 635–645. PDF Reference page. 

2008

• Pauwels, O.S.G. & Vande weghe, J.P. 2008. Les Reptiles du Gabon. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. 272 pp. ISBN 9781893912014. (in French).
• David, P., Vogel, G. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2008. A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from southern Vietnam and Cambodia. Zootaxa 1939(1): 19–37. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1939.1.3 Reference page. 

2010

• Barej, M.F., Rödel, M.-O., Gonwouo, L.N., Pauwels, O.S.G., Böhme, W. & Schmitz, A. 2010. Review of the genus Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874 in Central Africa with the description of three new species (Amphibia: Anura: Petropedetidae). Zootaxa 2340(1): 1–49. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2340.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• 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. 

2012

• 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. 

2013

• Pauwels, O.S.G., Sumontha, M., Latinne, A. & Grismer, L.L. 2013. Cyrtodactylus sanook (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling gecko from Chumphon Province, southern Thailand. Zootaxa 3635(3): 275–285. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.3.7 Reference page. 

2014

• Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr, P.L., Anuar, S., Riyanto, A., Ahmad, N., Muin, M.A., Sumontha, M., Grismer, J.L., Chan, K.O., Quah, E.S.H. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2014. Systematics and natural history of Southeast Asian rock geckos (genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) with descriptions of eight new species from Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Zootaxa 3880(1): 1–147. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3880.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Pauwels, O.S.G. & Sumontha, M. 2014. Cyrtodactylus samroiyot, a new limestone-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa 3755(6): 573–583. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.6.4 Reference page. 
• Panitvong, N., Sumontha, M., Tunprasert, J. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2014. Cyrtodactylus saiyok sp. nov., a new dry evergreen forest-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand. Zootaxa 3869(1): 64–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.1.6 Reference page. 
• Pauwels, O.S.G., Sumontha, M., Keeratikiat, K. & Phanamphon, E. 2014. Cyrtodactylus kunyai (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko from Loei Province, northeastern Thailand. Zootaxa 3821(2): 253–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.2.5. . Reference page. 

2015

• David, P., Pauwels, O.S.G., Nguyen, T.Q. & Vogel, G. 2015. On the taxonomic status of the Thai endemic freshwater snake Parahelicops boonsongi, with the erection of a new genus (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 3948(2): 203–217. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.2.3. Preview (PDF). 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. 

2016

• Pauwels, O.S.G. & Sumontha, M. 2016. Taxonomic identity of two enigmatic aquatic snake populations (Squamata: Homalopsidae: Cerberus and Homalopsis) from southern Thailand. Zootaxa 4107(2): 293–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.2.11. Reference page. 
• Pauwels, O.S.G., Sumontha, M. & Bauer, A,M. 2016. A new Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from Phetchaburi Province, Thailand. Zootaxa 4088(3): 409–419. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.6.Reference page. 

2017

• Pauwels, O.S.G., Larsen, H., Suthanthangjai, W., David, P. & Sumontha, M. 2017. A new kukri snake (Colubridae: Oligodon) from Hua Hin District, and the first record of O. deuvei from Thailand. Zootaxa 4291(3): 531–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.6 Reference page. 
• Sumontha, M., Chomngam, N., Phanamphon, E., Pawangkhanant, P., Viriyapanon, C., Thanaprayotsak, W. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2017. A new limestone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from Khao Sam Roi Yot massif, peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa 4247(5): 556–568. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.5.2 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. 

2018

• Pauwels, O.S.G., Nazarov, R.A., Bobrov, V.V. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2018. Taxonomic status of two populations of Bent-toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with description of a new species from Nui Chua National Park, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4403(2): 307–335. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.2.5 Reference page. 

2019

• Marques, M.P., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bandeira, S., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Bauer, A.M. 2019. Description of a new long-tailed skink (Scincidae: Trachylepis) from Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zootaxa 4568(1): 51–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.1.3 Reference page. 
• Murdoch, M.L., Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L. Jr., Neang, T., Poyarkov, N.A., Ngo, V.T., Nazarov, R.A., Aowphol, A., Pauwels, O.S.G., Nguyen, H.N. & Grismer, J.L. 2019. Six new species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Cardamom Mountains and associated highlands of Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 4554(1): 1–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4554.1.1 Reference page. 
• Rödel, M-O., Kucharzewski, C., Mahlow, K., Chirio, L., Pauwels, O., Carlino, P., Sambolah, G. & Glos, J. 2019. A new stiletto snake (Lamprophiidae, Atractaspidinae, Atractaspis) from Liberia and Guinea, West Africa. Zoosystematics and Evolution 95: 107–123. DOI: 10.3897/zse.95.31488 Reference page. 

2020

• Sumontha, M. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2020. A new leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from the city of Ranong, southwestern Thailand. Zootaxa 4852(2): 166–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.2.2 Reference page. 
• Pauwels, O.S.G., Chomngam, N., Larsen, H. & Sumontha, M. 2020. A new limestone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from coastal hills in Cha-am, peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa 4845(1): 97–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4845.1.7 Reference page. 

2021

• Meesook, W., Sumontha, M., Donbundit, N. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2021. A new cave-dwelling Gekko (Gekko) from Lopburi Province, central Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4969(2): 318–330. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4969.2.5 Reference page. 

2022

• 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. 

2023

• Greenbaum, E., Pauwels, O.S.G., Gvoždík, V., Vaughan, E.R., Chaney, T., Buontempo, M., Aristote, M.M., Muninga, W.M. & Engelbrecht, H.M. 2023. Systematics of the Thirteen-scaled Green Snake Philothamnus carinatus (Squamata: Colubridae), with the description of a cryptic new species from Central and East Africa. African Journal of Herpetology 72(2): 119–144. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2023.2245840 Reference page. 
• Pauwels, O.S.G., Brecko, J., Baeghe, D., Venderickx, J., Vanderheyden, A. & Backeljau, T. 2023. Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in Belgium. Zookeys 1184ː 41–64. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1184.103702 Reference page. 

2024

• Donbundit, N., Sumontha, M., Suthanthangjai, M., Suthanthangjai, W. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2024. Another new micro-endemic, limestone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from Phetchaburi Province, western Thailand. Zootaxa 5447(4): 531–546. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.4.5 Reference page. 
• Das, S., Greenbaum, E., Brecko, J., Pauwels, O.S.G., Ruane, S., Pirro, S. & Merilä, J. 2024. Phylogenomics of Psammodynastes and Buhoma (Elapoidea: Serpentes), with the description of a new Asian snake family. Scientific Reports 14: 9489. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60215-2 Reference page. 

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