Paul M. Oliver

Paul M. Oliver, Australian herpetologist.

• Research School of Biology, The Australian National University Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
• Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 65 taxon names authored by Paul M. Oliver

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2006

• Richards, S.J., Oliver, P.M., Dahl, C. & Tjaturadi, B. 2006. A new species of large green treefrog (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from northern New Guinea. Zootaxa 1208: 57–68. Abstract & excerpt. .ResearchGate Reference page. 

2007

• Oliver, P.M., Hutchinson, M.N. & Cooper, S.J.B. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 55(3): 197–210. DOI: 10.1071/ZO07008 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Richards, S.J., Tjaturadi, B., & Iskandar D.T. 2007. A New Large Green Species Of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) From Western New Guinea. Zootaxa 1519: 17–26. Abstract & excerpt. ResearchGate PDF. Reference page. 

2008

• Oliver, P.M., Tjaturadi, B., Mumpuni, Krey & Richards, S.J. 2008. A new species of large Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Melanesia. Zootaxa 1894: 59–68. Abstract & excerpt. ResearchGate PDF. Reference page. 

2009

• Oliver, P.M., Edgar P., Mumpuni, Iskandar D.T. & Lilley R. 2009. A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae) from Seram Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2115: 47–55. Abstract & excerpt ResearchGate PDF . Reference page. 
• Richards, S.J., Oliver, P.M., Krey & Tjaturadi, B. 2009. A new species of Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from the foothills of the Foja Mountains, Papua Province, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2277: 1–13. Abstract & excerpt. . Reference page. 

2011

• Oliver, P.M., Krey K., Mumpuni & Richards, S.J. 2011. A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae) from the North Papuan Mountains. Zootaxa 2930: 22–32. Preview ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2012

• Oliver, P.M., Richards, S.J., & Tjaturadi, B., 2012. Two new species of Callulops (Anura: Microhylidae) from montane forests in New Guinea. Zootaxa 3178: 33–44. Preview. Reference page. 

2014

• Oliver, P.M. & Parkin, T. 2014. A new phasmid gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from the Arnhem Plateau: more new diversity in rare vertebrates from northern Australia. Zootaxa 3878(1): 37–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.1.3 Reference page. 
• Skipwith, P.L. & Oliver, P.M. 2014. A new Gehyra (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from New Guinea with unique caudal scalation. Zootaxa 3827(1): 57–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.1.5 Reference page. 

2015

• Iannella, A., Oliver, P.M. & Richards, S. 2015. Two new species of Choerophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the northern versant of Papua New Guinea’s central cordillera. Zootaxa 4058(3): 332–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.2. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

2016

• Couper, P.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2016. A new species of gecko from arid inland regions of eastern Australia (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). Zootaxa 4093(4): 525–538. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.4 Reference page. 
• Doughty, P., Ellis, R.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2016. Many things come in small packages: Revision of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus: Diplodactylidae) of Australia. Zootaxa 4168(2): 239–278. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.2 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Bourke, G., Pratt, R.C., Doughty, P. & Moritz, C. 2016. Systematics of small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia: redescription of G. kimberleyi Börner & Schüttler, 1983 and description of a new restricted range species. Zootaxa 4107(1): 49–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.1.2. Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M. & Doughty, P. 2016. Systematic revision of the marbled velvet geckos (Oedura marmorata species complex, Diplodactylidae) from the Australian arid and semi-arid zones. Zootaxa 4088(2): 151–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.1 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Richards, S., Mumpuni & Rösler, H. 2016. The Knight and the King: two new species of giant bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae, Squamata) from northern New Guinea, with comments on endemism in the North Papuan Mountains. ZooKeys 562: 105–130. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.562.6052 ResearchGate .Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Clegg, J.R., Fisher, R.N., Richards, S.J., Taylor, P.N. & Jocque, M.M.T. 2016. A new biogeographically disjunct giant gecko (Gehyra: Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from the East Melanesian Islands. Zootaxa 4208(1): 61–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.1.3. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2017

• Nielsen, S.V. & Oliver, P.M. 2017. Morphological and Genetic Evidence for A New Karst Specialist Lizard from New Guinea (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae). Royal Society Open Science 4: 170781. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170781. Reference page. 

2018

• Doughty, P., Bourke, G., Tedeschi, L.G., Pratt, R.C., Oliver, P.M., Palmer, R.A. & Moritz, C. 2018. Species delimitation in the Gehyra nana (Squamata: Gekkonidae) complex: cryptic and divergent morphological evolution in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics, with the description of four new species. Zootaxa 4403(2): 201–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.2.1 Reference page. 

2019

• Oliver, P.M., Günther, R., Mumpuni & Richards, S.J. 2019. Systematics of New Guinea treefrogs (Litoria: Pelodryadidae) with erectile rostral spikes: an extended description of Litoria pronimia and a new species from the Foja Mountains. Zootaxa 4604(2): 335–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4604.2.6 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Richards, S.J. & Donnellan, S.C. 2019. Two new species of treefrog (Pelodrydidae: Litoria) from southern New Guinea elucidated by DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 4609(3): 469–484. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.4 Reference page. 

2020

• Karkkainen, D.T., Richards S.J., Kraus, F., Tjaturadi, B., Krey, K. & Oliver, P.M. 2020. A new species of small Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Salawati Island, Indonesia. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 66(3–4): 180–189. DOI: 10.1163/22244662-bja10001 Reference page. 
• Tallowin, O.J.S., Meiri, S., Donnellan, S.C., Richards, S.J., Austin, C.C. & Oliver, P.M. 2020. The other side of the Sahulian coin: biogeography and evolution of Melanesian forest dragons (Agamidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129(1): 99–113. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz125 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Hartman, R., Turner, C.D., Wilde, T.A., Austin, C.C. & Richards, S.J. 2020. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae: Squamata) from Manus Island, and extended description and range extension for Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis (De Rooij). Zootaxa 4728(3): 341–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.3.3 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Prasetya, A.M., Tedeschi, L.G., Fenker, J., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P. & Moritz, C. 2020. Crypsis and convergence: integrative taxonomic revision of the Gehyra australis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia. PeerJ 8: e7971. DOI: 10.7717/PEERJ.7971 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Jolly, C.J., Skipwith, P.L., Tedeschi, L.G. & Gillespie, G.R. 2020. A new velvet gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory. Zootaxa 4779(3): 438–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3.10 Reference page. 

2021

• Oliver, P., Günther, R., Tjaturadi, B. & Richards, S.J. 2021. A new species of large green treefrog (Litoria, Pelodryadidae) from Papua, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4903(1): 117–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.1.7 Reference page. 

2022

• Oliver, P.M., Donnellan, S.C. & Gunn, B.F. 2022. Plio–Pleistocene vicariance across arid Australia in the ‘Spiny Knob-tailed Geckos’ (Nephrurus asper group), with the description of a new species from western Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 69(6): 216–228. DOI: 10.1071/ZO22008 Reference page. 
• Riyanto, A., Faz, F.H., Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Munir, M., Fitriana, Y.S., Hamidy, A., Kusrini, M.D. & Oliver, P.M. 2022. A New Bent-Toed Gecko of the Cyrtodactylus marmoratus Group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Obi Island, Indonesia. Herpetologica 78(1): 30–39. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-21-00028.1 Reference page. 
• Torkkola, J.J., Worthington Wilmer, J., Hutchinson, M.N., Couper, P.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2022. Die on this hill? A new monotypic, microendemic and montane vertebrate genus from the Australian Wet Tropics. Zoologica Scripta 51(5): 483–497. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12550 Reference page. 

2023

• Rix, M.G., Wilmer, J.W. & Oliver, P.M. 2023. A new species of Endangered giant trapdoor spider (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Euoplos) from the Brigalow Belt of inland Queensland, Australia. The Journal of Arachnology 51(1): 27-36. DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-21-056. . Reference page. 

2024

• McDonald, P.J., Fenner, A.L., Torkkola, J. & Oliver, P.M. 2024. Vicars in the desert: Substrate specialisation and paleo-erosion underpin cryptic speciation in an Australian arid-zone lizard lineage (Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus). Vertebrate Zoology 74: 577–594. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e128775 Reference page. 
• Slavenko, A., Richards, S.J., Donnellan, S.C., Allison, A. & Oliver, P.M. 2024. Gold in the mountains: Striking new species of Papuascincus (Sphenomorphini: Scincidae) from New Guinea. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 133–149. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e112782 Reference page.