Montri Sumontha

Montri Sumontha, Thai fisheries science academic, entomologist, herpetologist and photographer.

Ranong Marine Fisheries Station, 157 Saphanpla Rd., Paknam, Muang, Ranong 85000, Thailand.

Taxon names authored

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(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

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.

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.
Panitvong, N., Sumontha, M., Konlek, K. & Kunya, K. 2010 Gekko lauhachindai sp. nov., a new cave-dwelling gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from central Thailand. Zootaxa 2671: 40–52. Preview (PDF). Reference page.

Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr, P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar, S., Muin, M.A., Sumontha, M., Ahmad, N., Bauer, A.M., Wangkulangkul, S., Grismer, J.L. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2012. A phylogeny and taxonomy of the Thai-Malay Peninsula bent-toed geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae): combined morphological and molecular analyses with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa 3520: 1–55. Preview. Reference page.
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Suwannapoom, C., Sumontha, M, Tunprasert, J., Ruangsuwan, T., Pawangkhanant, P., Korost, D.V., Poyarkov, N.A. 2018. A striking new genus and species of cave-dwelling frog (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae: Asterophryinae) from Thailand. PeerJ. 6: e4422. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4422 Reference page.

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.
Sumontha, M., Vasaruchapong, T., Chomngam, N., Suntrarachun, S., Pawangkhanant, P., Sompan, W., Smit, T., Kunya, K. & Chanhome, L. 2020. Protobothrops kelomohy sp. nov. (Squamata: Viperidae), the Second Known Species of Lance-Headed Pit Viper from Thailand. Tropical Natural History 20(1): 43–59. PDF Reference page.
Trivalairat, P., Kunya, K., Chanhome, L., Sumontha, M., Vasaruchapong, T., Chomngam, N. & Chiangkul, K. 2020. Acanthosaura aurantiacrista (Squamata: Agamidae), a new long horn lizard from northern Thailand. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e48587. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e48587 Reference page.

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.

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.
Trivalairat, P., Sumontha, M., Kunya, K. & Chiangkul, K. 2022. Acanthosaura meridiona sp. nov. (Squamata: Agamidae), a new short-horned lizard from southern Thailand. Herpetological Journal 32(1): 34–50. DOI: 10.33256/32.1.3450 Reference page.

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.
Pawangkhanant, P., Poyarkov, N.A., Ward-Smith, H., Grassby-Lewis, R., Sumontha, M., Kliukin, N.S., Idiiatullina, S.S., Trofimets, A.V., Suwannapoom, C. & Lee, J.L. 2024. A new species of karst-associated kukri snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from southern Thailand. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 359–379. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e112132 Reference page.