Patrick David

Patrick David, French herpetologist.

Département Systématique et Évolution, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Vogel, G. & David, P. 1999. A revision of the genus Macrocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new species and a key to the genus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 47(2): 309–332. PDF Reference page.

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.

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.

David, P., Bain, R.H., Nguyen, T.Q., Orlov, N.L., Vogel, G., Thanh, V.N. & Ziegler, T. 2007. A new species of the natricine snake genus Amphiesma from the Indochinese Region (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae). Zootaxa 1462: 41–60. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

David, P., Vogel, G. & Dubois, A. 2011. On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae). Zootaxa 2992: 1–51. Preview PDF. Reference page.
David, P., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.Q. & Ziegler, T. 2011. A new species of the genus Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 (Squamata: Natricidae) from the highlands of Kon Tum Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 2758: 43–56. Preview. Reference page.

David, P. & Vogel, G. 2012. On the status of Trimeresurus monticola meridionalis Bourret, 1935 (Squamata: Viperidae). Zootaxa 3304: 43–53. Preview Reference page.
Vogel, G. & David, P. 2012. A revision of the species group of Xenochrophis piscator (Schneider, 1799) (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 3473(1): 1–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3473.1.1 Reference page.

David, P., Vogel, G. & van Rooijen, J. 2013. On some taxonomically confused species of the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 related to Amphiesma khasiense (Boulenger, 1890) (Squamata, Natricidae). Zootaxa 3694(4): 301–335. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.4.1 Reference page.

Vogel, G., David, P. & Chandramouli, S.R. 2014. On the systematics of Trimeresurus labialis Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867, a pitviper from the Nicobar Islands (India), with revalidation of Trimeresurus mutabilis Stoliczka, 1870 (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae). Zootaxa 3786(5): 557–573. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.5.4 Reference page.
Vogel, G., David, P. & Sidik, I. 2014. On Trimeresurus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822), with the designation of a neotype and the description of a new species of pitviper from Sumatra (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8(2) [General Issue]: 1–29. BHL Reference page.

David, P., Agarwal, I., Athreya, R., Mathew, R., Vogel, G. & Mistry, V.K. 2015: Revalidation of Natrix clerki Wall, 1925, an overlooked species in the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 3919(2): 375–395. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3919.2.9. Reference page.
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.
Teynié, A., David, P., Lottier, A., Le, M.D., Vidal, N. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2015. A new genus and species of xenodermatid snake (Squamata: Caenophidia: Xenodermatidae) from northern Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Zootaxa 3926(4): 523–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.4.4. Reference page.
Tri, N.V., Thai, P.H., Phimvohan, A., David, P. & Teynié, A. 2015. Gekko aaronbaueri, a new gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos. Zootaxa 3914(2): 144–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.2.4 Reference page.

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.

Ziegler, T., David, P., Ziegler, T.N., Pham, T.C., Nguyen, T.Q. & Le, M.D. 2018. Morphological and molecular review of Jacob’s Mountain Stream Keelback Opisthotropis jacobi Angel & Bourret, 1933 (Squamata: Natricidae) with description of a sibling species from northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4374(4): 476–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.2 Reference page.

Vogel, G. & David, P. 2019. A new species of the Lycodon fasciatus complex from the Khorat Plateau, eastern Thailand (Reptiles, Squamata, Colubridae). Zootaxa 4577(3): 515–528. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.3.6 Reference page.
Purkayastha, J. & David, P. 2019. A new species of the snake genus Hebius Thompson from Northeast India (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 4555(1): 79–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.1.6. Reference page.

David, P., Vogel, G., Nguyen, T.Q., Orlov, N.L., Pauwels, O.S.G., Teynié, A. & Ziegler, T. 2021. A revision of the dark-bellied, stream-dwelling snakes of the genus Hebius (Reptilia: Squamata: Natricidae) with the description of a new species from China, Vietnam and Thailand. Zootaxa 4911(1): 1–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4911.1.1 Reference page.

Hauser, S., Smits, T. & David, P. 2022. On the distribution of the species of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Squamata: Natricidae) in northern Thailand, including the description of a new species and a discussion on snake diversity of this region. Zootaxa 5116(1): 1–39. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5116.1.1 Reference page.
David, P., Nadolski, B., Ganesh, S.R., Adhikari, O.D. & Srikanthan, A.N. 2022. A Nomenclatural Review of Ahaetulla nasuta (Lacépède, 1789): resurrection of Ahaetulla fusca (Duméril, Bibron et Duméril, 1854) for the populations of the Indochinese Region (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 29(1): 19–34. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2022-29-1-19-34 Reference page.