Valter Weijola

Valter Weijola, Finnish herpetologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Weijola, V.S-Å. & Sweet, S.S. 2010. A new melanistic species of monitor lizard (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae) from Sanana Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2434: 17–32. Preview. Reference page.

Weijola, V., Donnellan, S.C. & Lindqvist, C. 2016. A new blue-tailed Monitor lizard (Reptilia, Squamata, Varanus) of the Varanus indicus group from Mussau Island, Papua New Guinea. ZooKeys 568: 129–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.568.6872 Reference page.
Timm, R.M., Weijola, V., Aplin, K.P., Donnellan, S.C., Flannery, T.F., Thomson, V. & Pine, R.H. 2016. A new species of Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae) from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Mammalogy 97(3): 861–878. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw034 Reference page.

Weijola, V., Kraus, F., Vahtera, V., Lindqvist, C. & Donnellan, S.C. 2017. Reinstatement of Varanus douarrha Lesson, 1830 as a valid species with comments on the zoogeography of monitor lizards (Squamata:Varanidae) in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 64(6): 434-451. DOI: 10.1071/ZO16038 Reference page.

Weijola, V., Vahtera, V., Koch, A., Schmitz, A. & Kraus, F. 2020. Taxonomy of Micronesian monitors (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanus): endemic status of new species argues for caution in pursuing eradication plans. Royal Society Open Science 7: 200092. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200092 Reference page.

Kraus, F., Vahtera, V. & Weijola, V. 2022. Lepidodactylus browni (Squamata, Gekkonidae) Placed in the Synonymy of L. orientalis. Journal of Herpetology 56(1): 137–145. DOI: 10.1670/21-010 Reference page.

Kraus, F., Vahtera, V. & Weijola, V. 2023. A new species of Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 5296(4): 525–539. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.4.2 Reference page.