Wolfgang Böhme

Wolfgang Böhme (1944–), German herpetologist.

• Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Adenauerallee, Bonn, Germany.

Taxon names authored

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• 97 taxon names authored by Wolfgang Böhme

Eponyms

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• 17 eponyms of Wolfgang Böhme

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1981

• Böhme, W. 1981. Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1: Echsen (Sauria) I. Aula-Verlag: Wiesbaden. 520 pp. ISBN 9783891040027 Reference page. 
• Böhme, W. & Klaver, C. 1981. Zur innerartlichen Gliederung und zur Artgeschichte von Chamaeleo quadricornis Tornier, 1899 (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 4: 313–328. DOI: 10.1163/156853881X00401 Reference page. 

1984

• Böhme, W. 1984. Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 2/I: Echsen (Sauria) II. Aula-Verlag: Wiesbaden. 416 pp. ISBN 9783891040003 Reference page. 

1985

• Brygoo, É.-R. & Böhme, W. 1985. Un Zonosaurus nouveau de la région d'Antseranana (= Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar) (Reptilia: Cordylidae). Revue française d'aquariologie et d'herpétologie 12(1): 31–32. Reference page. 

1986

• Böhme, W. 1986. Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 2/II: Echsen (Sauria) III. Aula-Verlag: Wiesbaden. 434 pp. ISBN 9783891040010 Reference page. 
• Klaver, C. & Böhme, W. 1986. Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria) with special reference to hemipenis morphology. Bonner zoologische Monographien 22: 1–64. BHL Reference page. 

1988

• Klaver, C. & Böhme, W. 1988. Systematics of Bradypodion tenue (Matschie, 1892) (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae) with a description of a new species from the Uluguru and Uzungwe Mountains, Tanzania. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 39(4): 381–393. BHL Reference page. 

1992

• Klaver, C. & Böhme, W. 1992. The species of Chamaeleo cristatus group from Cameroon and adjacent countries, West Africa. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 43(3): 433–476. BHL Reference page. 

1993

• Böhme, W. 1993. Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 3/I: Schlangen (Serpentes) I. Aula-Verlag: Wiesbaden. 479 pp. ISBN 9783891040034 Reference page. 

1997

• Böhme, W. 1997. A note of the gender of the genus Podarcis (Sauria: Lacertidae). Bonner zoologische Beiträge 47(1/2): 187–188. PDF Reference page. 
• Klaver, C.J. & Böhme, W. 1997. Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich, 112: XIV, 1–85. Berlin, Walter de Gruyter & Co. Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Vences, M., Glaw, F. & Böhme, W. 1997. Genital morphology and systematics of Geodipsas Boulenger, 1896 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new genus. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 104(1): 95–114. BHL Reference page. 

1998

• Böhme, W. 1998. Podarcis siculus, -a, -um? – Entgegnung auf eine Entgegnung. Die Eidechse 8(3): 101–102. Reference page. 

1999

• Böhme, W. 1999. Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 3/IIA: Schlangen (Serpentes) II. Aula-Verlag: Wiesbaden. 335 pp. ISBN 9783891046166 Reference page. 

2001

• Wilms, T. & Böhme, W. 2001. Revision der Uromastyx-acanthinura-Artengruppe, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art aus der Zentralsahara (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen des Staatlichen Museums für Tierkunde Dresden 51(8): 73–104. Reference page. 

2002

• Mausfeld, P., Schmitz, A., Böhme, W., Misof, B., Vrcibradic, D. & Rocha, C.F.D. 2002. Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241(3): 281–293. DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00081 Reference page. 

2005

• Böhme, W. & Köhler, J. 2005. Do endings of adjective flectible species names affect stability? A final note on the gender of Podarcis Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Bonner zoologische Beiträge 47(3/4): 293–295. PDF Reference page. 

2006

• Bauer, A.M., Böhme, W. & Günther, R. 2006. An annotated catalogue of the types of chameleons (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZMB). Zoosystematics and Evolution 82(2): 268–281. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.200600014 Reference page. 

2009

• Wilms, T.M., Böhme, W., Wagner, P., Lutzmann, N. & Schmitz, A. 2009. On the Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Genus Uromastyx Merrem, 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Uromastycinae) – Resurrection of the Genus Saara Gray, 1845. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56(1/2): 55–99. BHL Reference page. 
• Koch, A., Arida, E., McGuire, J.A., Iskandar, D.T. & Böhme, W. 2009. A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) similar to C. ceramensis de Rooij, 1913, from the Banggai Islands, east of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2196: 19–30. Abstract & excerpt PDF ResearchGate Reference page. 

2010

• Barej, M.F., Rödel, M.-O., Gonwouo, L.N., Pauwels, O.S.G., Böhme, W. & Schmitz, A. 2010. Review of the genus Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874 in Central Africa with the description of three new species (Amphibia: Anura: Petropedetidae). Zootaxa 2340(1): 1–49. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2340.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Ullenbruch, K., Grell, O. & Böhme, W. 2010. Reptiles from southern Benin, West Africa, with the description of a new Hemidactylus (Gekkonidae), and a country-wide checklist. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 57(1): 31–54. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Koch, A., Gaulke, M. & Böhme, W. 2010. Unravelling the underestimated diversity of Philippine water monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanus salvator complex), with the description of two new species and a new subspecies. Zootaxa 2446: 1–54. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.Q., Nguyen, V.S., Böhme, W. & Ziegler, T. 2010. A new species of Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Vietnam . Folia Zoologica 59(2): 115–121. DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v59.i2.a6.2010 Reference page. 

2011

• Barej, M.F., Schmitz, A., Menegon, M., Hillers, A., Hinkel, H., Böhme, W. & Rödel, M.O. 2011. Dusted off—the African Amietophrynus superciliaris-species complex of giant toads. Zootaxa 2772: 1–32. Reference page. 
• Bauer, A.M., Parham, J.F., Brown, R.M., Stuart, B.L., Grismer, L.L., Papenfuss, T.J., Böhme, W., Savage, J.M., Carranza, S., Grismer, J.L., Wagner, P., Schmitz, A., Ananjeva, N.B. & Inger, R.F. 2010. Availability of new Bayesian-delimited gecko names and the importance of character-based species descriptions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278(1705): 490–492. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1330 Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Freund, W., Modrý, D., Schmitz, A. & Böhme, W. 2011. Studies on African Agama IX. New insights into Agama finchi Böhme et al., 2005 (Sauria: Agamidae), with the description of a new subspecies. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 60(1): 25–34. PDF. Reference page. 

2013

• Ahmadzadeh, F., Flecks, M., Carretero, M.A., Mozaffari, O., Böhme, W., Harris, D.J., Freitas, S. & Rödder, D. 2013. Cryptic speciation patterns in Iranian rock lizards uncovered by integrative taxonomy. PLoS ONE 8(12): e80563. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080563 Reference page. 
• Hartmann, T., Geissler, P., Poyarkov, Jr., N.A., Ihlow, F., Galoyan, E.A., Rödder, D. & Böhme, W. 2013. A new species of the genus Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3599(3): 246–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.3.3 Reference page. 
• Kindler, C., Böhme, W., Corti, C., Gvoždík, V., Jablonski, D., Jandzík, D., Metallinou, M., Široký, P. & Fritz, U. 2013. Mitochondrial phylogeography, contact zones and taxonomy of grass snakes (Natrix natrix, N. megalocephala). Zoologica Scripta 42(5): 458–472. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12018 Reference page. 
• Koch, C., Venegas, P.J., Rödder, D., Flecks, M. & Böhme, W. 2013. Two new endemic species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru and additional information on Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924. Zootaxa 3745(2): 263–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.2.6 Reference page. 
• Vassilieva, A.B., Geissler, P., Galoyan, E.A., Poyarkov Jr., N.A., Devender, R.W.V. & Böhme, W. 2013. A new species of Kukri Snake (Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826; Squamata: Colubridae) from the Cat Tien National Park, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3702(3): 233–246. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.3.2 Reference page. 

2015

• Koch, C., Venegas, P.J. & Böhme, W. 2015. Three new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru. Zootaxa 3964(2): 228–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.2.4 Reference page. 
• Böhme, W., Ehrlich, K., Milto, K., Orlov, N. & Scholz, S. 2015. A New Species of Desert Monitor Lizard (Varanidae: Varanus: Psammosaurus) from the Western Zagros Region (Iraq, Iran). Russian Journal of Herpetology 22(1): 41–52. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2019-22-%25s-41-52 Reference page. 
• Denzer, W., Manthey, U., Mahlow, K. & Böhme, W. 2015. The systematic status of Gonocephalus robinsonii Boulenger, 1908 (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae). Zootaxa 4039(1): 129–144. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.1.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Patschke, M., Böhme, W. & Koch, A. 2015. Integrative Taxonomic Revision of the Varanus timorensis (Gray, 1831) Group (Squamata: Varanidae). Biawak 9(1): 15. Reference page.

2016

• Bucklitsch, Y., Böhme, W. & Koch, A. 2016. Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation. Zootaxa 4153(1): 1–192. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4153.1.1. Reference page. 
• Gower, D.J., Wade, E., Spawls, S., Böhme, W., Buechley, E.R., Sykes, D. & Colston, T.J. 2016. A new large species of Bitis Gray, 1842 (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia. Zootaxa 4093(1): 41–63. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.1.3 Reference page. 
• Pokrant, F., Kindler, C., Ivanov, M., Cheylan, M., Geniez, P., Böhme, W. & Fritz, U. 2016. Integrative taxonomy provides evidence for the species status of the Ibero-Maghrebian grass snake Natrix astreptophora. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 118(4): 873–888. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12782 Reference page. 

2017

• Kindler, C., Chèvre, M., Ursenbacher, S., Böhme, W., Hille, A., Jablonski D., Vamberger, M. & Fritz, U. 2017. Hybridization patterns in two contact zones of grass snakes reveal a new Central European snake species. Scientific Reports 7: 7378. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07847-9 Reference page. 

2018

• Hofmann, S., Mebert, K., Schulz, K-D., Helfenbeger, N., Göçmen, B. & Böhme, W. 2018. A new subspecies of Zamenis hohenackeri (Strauch, 1873) (Serpentes: Colubridae) based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 4471(1): 137–153. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.1.6 Reference page. 
• Koch, C., Venegas, P.J., Santa Cruz, R. & Böhme, W. 2018. Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries. Zootaxa 4385(1): 1–101. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4385.1.1 Reference page. 

2019

• Böhme, W. & Denzer, W. 2019. Warum die Endungen adjektivischer Artnamen dem Geschlecht der Gattungsnamen angepasst werden müssen. Sauria 41(1): 55–62. PDF Reference page. 
• Koppetsch, T., Böhme, W. & Koch, A. 2019. A new species of Dibamus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Pulau Manado Tua, Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4555(3): 331–345. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.3.3 Reference page. 
• Trape, J.-F., Crochet, P.-A., Broadley, D.G.†, Sourouille, P., Mané, Y., Burger, M., Böhme, W., Saleh, M., Karan, A., Lanza, B.† & Mediannikov, O. 2019. On the Psammophis sibilans group (Serpentes, Lamprophiidae, Psammophiinae) north of 12°S, with the description of a new species from West Africa. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 68(1): 61–91. DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2019.68.1.061 Reference page. 
• Uetz, P., Cherikh, S., Shea, G., Ineich, I., Campbell, P.D., Doronin, I.V., Rosado, J., Wynn, A.H., Tighe, K.A., McDiarmid, R.W., Lee, J.L., Köhler, G., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Raxworthy, C.J., Scheinberg, L.A., Resetar, A., Sabaj Pérez, M.A., Schneider, G., Franzen, M., Glaw, F., Böhme, W., Schweiger, S., Gemel, R., Couper, P., Amey, A.P., Dondorp, E., Ofer, G., Meiri, S. & Wallach, V. 2019. A global catalog of primary reptile type specimens. Zootaxa 4695(5): 438–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.5.2 Reference page. 

2021

• Wagner, P., Ihlow, F., Hartmann, T., Flecks, M., Schmitz, A. & Böhme, W. 2021. Integrative approach to resolve Calotes mystaceus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 species complex (Squamata: Agamidae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin 70(1): 141–171. DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2021.70.1.141 . Reference page. 

2024

• Boroumand, H., Shafiei Bafti, S., Saberi-Pirooz, R., Böhme, W. & Ahmadzadeh, F. 2024. Description of six new species from Mesalina watsonana complex in the Iranian plateau and neighboring regions. Zootaxa 5501(1): 108–130. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5501.1.5 Reference page.