Scott Thomson

Scott Thomson, also published as Scott A. Thomson (born 1966), Australian palaeontologist, taxonomist and herpetologist with an interest in turtles.

Scott Thomson

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Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 10 taxon names authored by Scott Thomson

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1997

• Thomson, S.A., White, A. & Georges, A. 1997. Re-evaluation of Emydura lavarackorum: identification of a living fossil. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42: 327–336. Online and PDF download. Reference page. 

1999

• Thomson, S. & Mackness, B. 1999. Fossil Turtles from the Early Pliocene Bluff Downs Local Fauna, with a description of a new species of Elseya. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 123(3):101-105. download

2000

• Thomson, S., Kennett, R. & Georges, A. 2000. A new species of long-necked turtle (Testudines: Chelidae) from the Arnhem Land Plateau, Northern Territory, Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3(4): 675–685. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Thomson, S. 2000. A Revision of the Fossil Chelid Turtles (Pleurodira) Described by C.W. De Vis, 1897. Memoires of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 593–598. Online (with link to PDF). Reference page. 
• Thomson, S.A. 2000. The identification of the holotype of Chelodina oblonga (Testudines: Chelidae) with a discussion of taxonomic implications. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:745–749. download

2001

• Iverson, J., Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2001. The validity of the taxonomic changes for turtles proposed by Wells and Wellington. Journal of Herpetology 35, 361–368. Online and PDF download. Reference page. 

2002

• McCord, W. & Thomson, S. 2002. A new species of Chelodina (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from northern Australia. Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 255–267. PDF Reference page. 

2006

• Thomson, S. A. 2006. Case 3351: Chelodina rugosa Ogilby, 1890 (currently Macrochelodina rugosa; Reptilia, Testudines): proposed precedence over Chelodina oblonga Gray, 1841. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 63:3:187-193 download
• Thomson, S., Georges, A. & Limpus, C. 2006. A New Species of Freshwater Turtle in the Genus Elseya (Testudines Chelidae) from Central Coastal Queensland, Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 5(1): 74–86. Online and PDF download. Reference page. 

2007

• Thomson, SA. 2007. Comment on the proposed precedence of Chelodina rugosa Ogilby, 1890 (currently Macrochelodina rugosa; Reptilia, Testudines) over Chelodina oblonga Gray, 1841 (Case 3351). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 64(2):127-128. download

2009

• Thomson, S. & Georges, A. 2009. Myuchelys gen. nov. —a new genus for Elseya latisternum and related forms of Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae). Zootaxa 2053: 32–42. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2010

• Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1–37. Preview PDF Reference page. 

2013

• Vogt, R.C., Thomson, S.A., Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., Mittermeier, R.A. & Baggi, N. 2013. Case 3587 Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Reptilia,Testudines): proposed precedence over Emys cayennensis Schweigger, 1812. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 70(1): 33–39. Download Reference page. 

2014

• Thomson, S. 2014. Comment on Spracklandus Hoser, 2009 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae): request for confirmation of the availability of the generic name and for the nomenclatural validation of the journal in which it was published (Case 3601). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 71(2):133-135. download
• Thomson, S. and Baggi, N. 2014. Comment on Terrapene putnami Hay, 1906 (Testudines, EMYDIDAE): replacement of the holotype by designation of a neotype (Case 3628; see BZN 70: 193–198) Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 03/2014; 71(1):29. download

2015

• Turtle Extinctions Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G.L., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B. & van Dijk, P.P.) 2015. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5(8):000e.1–66. PDF.
• Rhodin, A.G.J., Kaiser, H., van Dijk, P.P., Wüster, W., O’Shea, M., Archer, M., Auliya, M., Boitani, L., Bour, R., Clausnitzer, V., Contreras-MacBeath, T., Crother, B.I., Daza, J.M., Driscoll, C.A., Flores-Villela, O., Frazier, J., Fritz, U., Gardner, A.L., Gascon, C., Georges, A., Glaw, F., Grazziotin, F.G., Groves, C.P., Haszprunar, G., Havaš, P., Hero, J-M., Hoffmann, M., Hoogmoed, M.S., Horne, B.D., Iverson, J.B., Jäch, M., Jenkins, C.L., Jenkins, R.K.B., Kiester, A.R., Keogh, J.S., Lacher, Jr., T.E., Lovich, J.E., Luiselli, L., Mahler, D.L., Mallon, D., Mast, R., McDiarmid, R.W., Measey, J., Mittermeier, R.A., Molur, S., Mosbrugger, V., Murphy, R.W., Naish, D., Niekisch, M., Ota, H., Parham, J.F., Parr, N.J., Pilcher, N.J., Pine, R.H., Rylands, A.B.., Sanderson, J.G., Savage, J.M., Schleip, W., Scrocchi, G.J., Shaffer, H.B., Smith, E.N., Sprackland, R., Stuart, S.N., Vetter, H., Vitt, L.J., Waller, T., Webb, G., Wilson, E.O., Zaher, H. & Thomson, S. 2015. Comment on Spracklandus Hoser, 2009 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae): request for confirmation of the availability of the generic name and for the nomenclatural validation of the journal in which it was described. Case 3601. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 72(1): 61–78. PDF. Reference page. 
• Thomson, S., Amepou, Y., Anamiato, J. & Georges, A. 2015. A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 4006(1): 59–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Thomson, S. & Georges, A. 2016. A new species of freshwater turtle of the genus Elseya (Testudinata: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from the Northern Territory of Australia. Zootaxa 4061(1): 018–028. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.1.2 PDF Reference page. 

2017

• Thomson, S., Lambertz, M. 2017. On the Nomenclatural Status of the Recently Described Snail-eating Turtle from Southeast Asia (Testudines, Geoemydidae): Malayemys khoratensis Ihlow et al. 2016 vs. Malayemys isan Sumontha et al. 2016. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. December 2017, 16(2):239-245. [1]PDF

2018

• Thomson, S.A., Pyle, R.L., Ahyong, S.T., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Ammirati, J., Araya, J.F., et al. 2018. Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation. PLOS Biology 16(3): e2005075. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075 Reference page. 

2019

• Kehlmaier, C., Zhang, X., Georges, A., Campbell, P.D., Thomson, S., & Fritz, U. 2019. Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression. Scientific Reports (2019) 9:5841 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42310-x Reference page. 

2020

• Garnett, S.T., Chrisidis, L., Conix, S., Costello, M.J., Zachos, F.E., Bánki, O.S., Bao, Y., Barik, S.K., Buckeridge, J.S., Hobert, D., Lien, A., Montgomery, N., Nikolaeva, S., Pyle, R.L., Thomson, S.A., van Dijk, P.P., Whalen, A., Zhang, Z.-Q. & Thiele, K.R. 2020. Principles for creating a single authoritative list of the world’s species. PLoS Biology 18(7): e3000736. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000736 .Reference page. 
• Garnett, ST. & Thomson, SA. 2020. Are the implications for conservation of a major taxonomic revision of the world’s birds’ simply serendipity? Animal Conservation 23(4):355-356. DOI: 10.1111/acv.12628
• Kaiser, H., Thomson, SA. & Shea, GM. 2020. Nawaran Esquerré, Donnellan, Brennan, Lemmon, Lemmon, Zaher, Grazziotin & Keogh, 2020 is an invalid junior synonym of Nyctophilopython Wells & Wellington, 1985 (Squamata, Pythonidae): simple priority without Zoobank pre-registration. Bionomina 20(1):47-54. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.20.1.4
• Rhodin, A.G.J. & Thomson, S. 2020. Bibliography of Peter C.H. Pritchard. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 19(1):5. DOI: 10.2744/1071-8443.19.1.5 Reference page. 
• Shea, G., Thomson, S. & Georges, A. 2020. The identity of Chelodina oblonga Gray 1841 (Testudines: Chelidae) reassessed. Zootaxa 4779(3): 419–437. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3.9. PDF Reference page. 

2021

• Wüster, W., Thomson, S.A., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H., 2021 Confronting taxonomic vandalism in biology: conscientious community self-organization can preserve nomenclatural stability. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 133(3): 645–670. PDF Reference page. 

2023

• Scott A. Thomson, Natália R. Friol, White, A.W., Dion Wedd, Arthur Georges. 2023. The Australian gulf snapping turtle Elseya lavarackorum (Testudines: Chelidae) revisited—Is the late Pleistocene fossil species extant? Vertebrate Zoology 73:237-256.

2024

• Kehlmaier, C., Gerald Kuchling, Glenn Shea, Georges, A., Zhang, X., Fritz, U., & Thomson, S. 2024. History and historical DNA: Identity of Chelodina intergularis Fry, 1915 and type localities of C. intergularis and C. rugosa Ogilby, 1890. Zootaxa 5448 (4): 531–555 | https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.6Reference page. 
• Wolfgang Wüster,*, , Hinrich Kaiser, Marinus S. Hoogmoed, Luis M. P. Ceríaco, ,Lutz Dirksen, Christophe Dufresnes, Frank Glaw, Axel Hille, Jörn Köhler, Thore Koppetsch, Konstantin D. Milto, Glenn M. Shea, David Tarkhnishvili, Scott A. Thomson, Miguel Vences, and Wolfgang Böhme. 2024. How not to describe a species: lessons from a tangle ofanacondas (Boidae: Eunectes Wagler, 1830). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024, 201, zlae099. Available from: [2] [accessed Sep 25 2024].