Rainer Günther

Rainer Günther (born 1941), German herpetologist.

Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany.

Taxon names authored

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(List may be incomplete)

Bauer, A.M., Lang, M. & Günther, R. 1994. An Annotated Type Catalogue of the Pygopods, Xantusiids, Gerrhosaurs and Cordylids (Reptilia: Squamata: Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae, Gerrhosauridae and Cordylidae) in the Collection of the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 70(1): 85–92. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.19940700103 Reference page.

Günther, R., Richards, S.J., & Iskandar D.T. 2001. Two new species of the genus Oreophryne from Irian Jaya, Indonesia (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Spixiana 24(3): 257–274. ResearchGate Reference page.

Bauer, A.M., Wallach, V. & Günther 2002. An annotated type catalogue of the scolecophidian, alethinophidian, and macrostomatan snakes in the collection of the Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin. Zoosystematics and Evolution 78(1): 157–176. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.20020780108 Reference page.

Rösler, H., Richards, S.J. & Günther, R. 2007. Remarks on morphology and taxonomy of geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, occurring east of Wallacea, with descriptions of two new species (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 43(4): 193–230. Reference page.

Günther, R., Richards, S.J., Tjaturadi, B., & Iskandar D.T. 2009. A new species of the microhylid frog genus Oreophryne from the Mamberamo Basin of northern Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea. Vertebrate Zoology 59(2): 147-155. PDF. Reference page.

Günther, R. & Richards, S. 2012 "2011". Description of two new species of the microhylid frog genus Oreophryne (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from southern Papua New Guinea. Vertebrate Zoology 61(3): 343–372. PDF Reference page.
Günther, R., Richards, S.J., Bickford, D.P. & Johnston, G.R. 2012. A new egg-guarding species of Oreophryne (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from southern Papua New Guinea. Zoosystematics and Evolution 88(2): 223–230. DOI: 10.1002/zoos.201200019 Reference page.

Günther, R., Richards, S.J. & Dahl, C.S. 2014. Nine new species of microhylid frogs from the Muller Range in western Papua New Guinea (Anura, Microhylidae). Vertebrate Zoology 64(1): 59–94. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Günther, R. 2015. Two new Oreophryne species from the Fakfak Mountains, West Papua Province of Indonesia (Anura, Microhylidae). Vertebrate Zoology 65(3): 357–370. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Günther, R., Richards, S.J., Tjaturadi, B., Krey, K. 2015. Two new species of the genus Cophixalus from the Raja Ampat Islands west of New Guinea (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 91(2): 199-213. DOI: 10.3897/zse.91.5411 . Reference page.

Günther, R., Richards, S.J., & Tjaturadi, B. 2016. A New Species of the Frog Genus Pseudocallulops from the Foja Mountains in Northwestern New Guinea (Amphibia, Microhylidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 23(1): 63-69. Reference page.
Günther, R. & Richards, S. 2016. Description of two new species of the microhylid frog genus Oreophryne (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from southern Papua New Guinea. Vertebrate Zoology 66(2): 157–168. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Günther, R., Richards, S.J. 2016. Description of a striking new Mantophryne species (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from Woodlark Island, Papua New Guinea. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 92(1): 111-118. DOI: 10.3897/zse.92.7629 Reference page.

Günther, R. & Richards, S. 2017. Three new species of the microhylid frog genus Choerophryne (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 265–279. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.11576. Reference page.

Günther, R., Richards, S.J., & Tjaturadi, B. 2018. Two new microhylid frog species of the genus Xenorhina Peters, 1863 from the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia. Vertebrate zoology 68(2): 109–122. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2016-23-1-63-69 . Reference page.

Richards, S. & Günther, R. 2019 Three new scansorial species of microhylid frogs (Anura: Cophixalus, Oreophryne) from Papua New Guinea. Salamandra 55(2): 55–72. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Günther, R., Richards, S.J., Tjaturadi, B., Krey, K. 2020. Two new microhylid frog species of the genus Xenorhina Peters, 1863 from the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia. Vertebrate zoology 70(3): 333–347. DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-06 PDF. Reference page.

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.