Trent Bell

Trent P. Bell, New Zealand herpetologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Bell, T.P. & Patterson, G.B. 2008. A rare alpine skink Oligosoma pikitanga n. sp. (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Llawrenny Peaks, Fiordland, New Zealand. Zootaxa 1882(1): 57–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1882.1.3 Reference page.
Chapple, D.G., Patterson, G.B., Bell, T.P. & Daugherty, C.H. 2008. Taxonomic revision of the New Zealand copper skink (Cyclodina aenea: Squamata: Scincidae) species complex, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Herpetology 42(3): 437–452. DOI: 10.1670/07-110.1 Reference page.

Patterson, G.B. & Bell, T.P. 2009. The Barrier skink Oligosoma judgei n. sp. (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Darran and Takitimu Mountains, South Island, New Zealand. Zootaxa 2271: 43–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2271.1.4 . Reference page.

Chapple, D.G., Bell, T.P., Chapple, S.N.J., Daugherty, C.H. & Patterson, G.B. 2011. Phylogeography and taxonomic revision of the New Zealand cryptic skink (Oligosoma inconspicuum; Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex. Zootaxa 2782: 1–33. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2782.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page.

Melzer, S., Bell, T.P. & Patterson, G.B. 2017. Hidden conservation vulnerability within a cryptic species complex: taxonomic revision of the spotted skink (Oligosoma lineoocellatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa 4300(3): 355–379. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.3.2. Reference page.
Melzer, S., Bell, T.P. & Patterson, G.B. 2017. SABINE MELZER, TRENT BELL & GEOFF B. PATTERSON (2017) Hidden conservation vulnerability within a cryptic species complex: taxonomic revision of the spotted skink (Oligosoma lineoocellatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa, 4300: 355–379. Zootaxa 4350(3): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.14. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Melzer, S., Hitchmough, R.A., Bell, T., Chapple, D.G. & Patterson, G.B. 2019. Lost and Found: Taxonomic revision of the speckled skink (Oligosoma infrapunctatum; Reptilia; Scincidae) species complex from New Zealand reveals a potential cryptic extinction, resurrection of two species, and description of three new species. Zootaxa 4623(3): 441–484. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.2 Reference page.

Knox, C., Hitchmough, R.A., Nielsen, S.V., Jewell, T. & Bell, T. 2021. A new, enigmatic species of black-eyed gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Mokopirirakau) from North Otago, New Zealand. Zootaxa 4964(1): 140–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.1.7 Reference page.

Bell, T. & Patterson, G.B. 2024. The Okuru skink (Oligosoma carinacauda sp. nov) of South Westland, New Zealand—simply elusive or extinct?. Zootaxa 5536(1): 123–138. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.1.4 Reference page.
Knox, C., Chapple, D.G. & Bell, T. 2024. Oligosoma eludens sp. nov. (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Hawkdun, Ida, and Saint Bathans Ranges of North Otago, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Zootaxa 5437(4): 480–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.4.2 Reference page.