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Chronology of species descriptions of the reptiles of the world (since 1758)

Amphisbaenia (Worm Lizards): Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards)

	Amphisbaena metallurga Espinhaço Mountains Worm Lizard* 2015 Amphisbaena metallurga Costa, Resende, Teixeira, Vechio & Clemente
	Leposternon bagual El Bagual Worm Lizard* 2015 Leposternon bagual Ribeiro, Santos-Junior & Zaher

Sauria (Lizards): Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)

	Acanthosaura phuketensis Phuket Pricklenape* 2015 Acanthosaura phuketensis Pauwels, Sumontha, Kunya, Nitikul, Samphanthamit, Wood & Grismer
	Bronchocela rayaensis Langkawi Long-tailed Agama* 2015 Bronchocela rayaensis Grismer, Wood, Lee, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi & Sites
	Bronchocela shenlong Mount Larut Long-tailed Agama* 2015 Bronchocela shenlong Grismer, Wood, Lee, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi & Sites
	Diploderma vela Quzika Mountain Agama* 2015 Japalura vela Wang, Jiang, Pan, Hou, Siler & Che
	Phrynocephalus lutensis Lut Toad-headed Agama* 2015 Phrynocephalus lutensis Kamali & Anderson
	Phrynocephalus sakoi Sharqiyah Toad-headed Agama* 2015 Phrynocephalus sakoi Melnikov, Melnikova, Nazarov, Al-Johany & Ananjeva
	Pseudotrapelus chlodnickii North East African Desert Agama* 2015 Pseudotrapelus chlodnickii Melnikov, Smielowski, Melnikova, Nazarov & Ananjeva
	Sitana bahiri Yala Fan-throated Agama* 2015 Sitana bahiri Amarasinghe, Ineich, Karunarathna, Botejue & Campbell
	Sitana devakai Puttalam Fan-throated Agama* 2015 Sitana devakai Amarasinghe, Ineich, Karunarathna, Botejue & Campbell
	Tympanocryptis diabolicus Hamersley Pebble Dragon 2015 Tympanocryptis diabolicus Doughty, Kealley, Shoo & Melville
	Tympanocryptis fortescuensis Fortescue Pebble Dragon 2015 Tympanocryptis fortescuensis Doughty, Kealley, Shoo & Melville
	Tympanocryptis pseudopsephos Goldfields Pebble Dragon 2015 Tympanocryptis pseudopsephos Doughty, Kealley, Shoo & Melville

Sauria (Lizards): Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)

Ophiodes luciae Pale-striped Glass Lizard* 2015 Ophiodes luciae Cacciali & Scott

Sauria (Lizards): Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)

	Kinyongia msuyae Mdandu Chameleon* 2015 Kinyongia msuyae Menegon, Loader, Davenport, Howell, Tilbury, Machaga & Tolley
	Kinyongia mulyai Mount Nzawa Crestless Chameleon* 2015 Kinyongia mulyai Tilbury & Tolley
	Rhampholeon hattinghi Mount Nzawa Leaf Chameleon* 2015 Rhampholeon hattinghi Tilbury & Tolley

Sauria (Lizards): Cordylidae (Girdled Lizards)

Platysaurus attenboroughi Karasburg Flat Lizard* 2015 Platysaurus attenboroughi Whiting, Branch, Pepper & Keogh

Sauria (Lizards): Dactyloidae (Anoles)

	Dactyloa maia Nurra Anole* 2015 Dactyloa maia Batista, Veselý, Mebert, Lotzkat & Köhler
	Dactyloa peruensis Esperanza Anole* 2015 Anolis peruensis Poe, Latella, Ayala-Varela, Yañez-Miranda & Torres-Carvajal
	Norops elcopeensis El Copé Anole* 2015 Anolis elcopeensis Poe, Scarpetta & Schaad

Sauria (Lizards): Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)

	Goniurosaurus kadoorieorum Kadoories' Leopard Gecko* 2015 Goniurosaurus kadoorieorum Yang & Chan
	Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis Guangxi Leopard Gecko* 2015 Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis Yang & Chan

Sauria (Lizards): Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)

	Blaesodactylus microtuberculatus Ankarana Velvet Gecko* 2015 Blaesodactylus microtuberculatus Jono, Bauer, Brennan & Mori
	Cnemaspis adii Hampi Rock Gecko* 2015 Cnemaspis adii Srinivasulu, Kumar & Srinivasulu
	Cnemaspis mahsuriae Mount Raya Rock Gecko* 2015 Cnemaspis mahsuriae Grismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi & Ahmad
	Cnemaspis rajabasa Mount Rajabasa Rock Gecko* 2015 Cnemaspis rajabasa Amarasinghe, Harvey, Riyanto & Smith
	Cyrtodactylus bobrovi Ngoc Lau Bent-toed Gecko* 2015 Cyrtodactylus bobrovi Nguyen, Le, Pham, Ngo, Hoang, Pham & Ziegler
	Cyrtodactylus inthanon Doi Inthanon Bent-toed Gecko 2015 Cyrtodactylus inthanon Kunya, Sumontha, Panitvong, Dongkumfu, Sirisamphan & Pauwels
	Cyrtodactylus otai Hang Kia Bent-toed Gecko* 2015 Cyrtodactylus otai Nguyen, Le, Pham, Ngo, Hoang, Pham & Ziegler
	Cyrtodactylus petani Pasuruan Bent-toed Gecko* 2015 Cyrtodactylus petani Riyanto, Grismer & Wood
	Cyrtodactylus psarops Speckle-faced Bent-toed Gecko 2015 Cyrtodactylus psarops Harvey, O'Connell, Barraza, Riyanto, Kurniawan & Smith
	Cyrtodactylus ranongensis Ranong Bent-toed Gecko 2015 Cyrtodactylus ranongensis Sumontha, Pauwels, Panitvong, Kunya & Grismer
	Cyrtodactylus rosichonarieforum Sekunyam Forest Bent-toed Gecko* 2015 Cyrtodactylus rosichonariefi Riyanto, Grismer & Wood (currently Cyrtodactylus rosichonarieforum)
	Cyrtodactylus semicinctus Kerinci Bent-toed Gecko 2015 Cyrtodactylus semicinctus Harvey, O'Connell, Barraza, Riyanto, Kurniawan & Smith
	Cyrtodactylus soudthichaki Khun Don Bent-toed Gecko* 2015 Cyrtodactylus soudthichaki Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Bonkowski & Ziegler
	Dixonius taoi Phu Quy Leaf-toed Gecko* 2015 Dixonius taoi Botov, Phung, Nguyen, Bauer, Brennan & Ziegler
	Gekko boehmei Bualapha Grey-headed Karst Gecko* 2015 Gekko boehmei Lu, Calame, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler
	Gekko bonkowskii Lesser Thakhek Karst Gecko* 2015 Gekko bonkowskii Lu, Calame, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler
	Gekko kwangsiensis Wuming Rock Gecko* 2015 Gekko kwangsiensis Yang
	Gekko sengchanthavongi Bualapha Brown-headed Karst Gecko* 2015 Gekko sengchanthavongi Lu, Calame, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler
	Gekko aaronbaueri Lom Yen Karst Gecko* 2015 Gekko aaronbaueri Ngo, Pham, Phimvohan, David & Teynié
	Hemidactylus adensis Aden Half-toed Gecko* 2015 Hemidactylus adensis Smid, Moravec, Kratochvil, Nasher, Masuch, Gvozdik & Carranza
	Hemidactylus awashensis Awash Half-toed Gecko* 2015 Hemidactylus awashensis Smid, Moravec, Kratochvil, Nasher, Masuch, Gvozdik & Carranza
	Hemidactylus hemchandrai Bhandara Half-toed Gecko* 2015 Hemidactylus hemchandrai Dandge & Tiple
	Hemidactylus mandebensis Taizz Half-toed Gecko* 2015 Hemidactylus mandebensis Smid, Moravec, Kratochvil, Nasher, Masuch, Gvozdik & Carranza
	Hemidactylus yajurvedi Kanker Rock Gecko 2015 Hemidactylus yajurvedi Murthy, Bauer, Lajmi, Agarwal & Giri
	Hemiphyllodactylus bintik Spotted Slender Gecko* 2015 Hemiphyllodactylus bintik Grismer, Wood, Anuar, Quah, Muin, Chan, Sumarli & Loredo
	Hemiphyllodactylus changningensis Changning Slender Gecko 2015 Hemiphyllodactylus changningensis Guo, Zhou, Yan & Li
	Microgecko chabaharensis Chabahar Dwarf Gecko* 2015 Microgecko chabaharensis Gholamifard, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Khosravani, Yousefkhani & Oraei
	Pseudogekko atiorum Negros Smooth-scaled Gecko* 2015 Pseudogekko atiorum Davis, Watters, Köhler, Whitsett, Huron, Brown, Diesmos & Siler
	Uroplatus fiera Fierenana Leaf-tailed Gecko* 2015 Uroplatus fiera Ratsoavina, Ranjanaharisoa, Glaw, Raselimanana, Miralles & Vences

Sauria (Lizards): Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus)

	Cercosaura doanae San Martin Shade Lizard* 2015 Cercosaura doanae Echevarría, Barboza & Venegas
	Euspondylus paxcorpus Ulcuran Sun Teju* 2015 Euspondylus paxcorpus Doan & Adams
	Petracola angustisoma Bongará Rock Lizard* 2015 Petracola angustisoma Echevarría & Venegas
	Proctoporus machupicchu Machu Picchu Lightbulb Lizard* 2015 Proctoporus machupicchu Mamani, Goicoechea & Chaparro
	Riolama inopinata Murisipán Tepui Lizard* 2015 Riolama inopinata Kok
	Rondonops biscutatus Speckled-lipped Shield-naped Lizard* 2015 Rondonops biscutatus Colli, Hoogmoed, Cannatella, Cassimiro, Gomes, Ghellere, Nunes, Pellegrino, Salerno, Souza & Rodrigues
	Rondonops xanthomystax Yellow-lipped Shield-naped Lizard* 2015 Rondonops xanthomystax Colli, Hoogmoed, Cannatella, Cassimiro, Gomes, Ghellere, Nunes, Pellegrino, Salerno, Souza & Rodrigues

Sauria (Lizards): Hoplocercidae (Club-tailed Iguanas)

	Enyalioides altotambo Alto Tambo Wood Lizard* 2015 Enyalioides altotambo Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & Queiroz
	Enyalioides anisolepis Rough-scaled Wood Lizard* 2015 Enyalioides anisolepis Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & Queiroz
	Enyalioides sophiarothschildae Río Lejía Wood Lizard* 2015 Enyalioides sophiarothschildae Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & Queiroz

Sauria (Lizards): Liolaemidae (South American Lesser Iguanas)

	Liolaemus crandalli Northwest Patagonian Smooth-throated Lizard* 2015 Liolaemus crandalli Avila, Medina, Perez, Sites & Morando
	Liolaemus omorfi Quebrada Zorritas Smooth-throated Lizard* 2015 Liolaemus omorfi Demangel, Sepúlveda, Jara, Pincheira-Donoso & Núñez
	Liolaemus scorialis Scoria Smooth-throated Lizard* 2015 Liolaemus scorialis Troncoso-Palacios, Díaz, Esquerré & Urra
	Liolaemus yalguaraz Yalguaraz Smooth-throated Lizard* 2015 Liolaemus yalguaraz Abdala, Quinteros & Semham
	Liolaemus zabalai Biobio Smooth-throated Lizard* 2015 Liolaemus zabalai Troncoso-Palacios, Díaz, Esquerré & Urra
	Phymaturus cacivioi El Cuy Chuckwalla* 2015 Phymaturus cacivioi Lobo & Nenda
	Phymaturus tromen Tromen Volcano Chuckwalla* 2015 Phymaturus tromen Lobo & Nenda

Sauria (Lizards): Opluridae (Madagascar Iguanas)

Chalarodon steinkampi Smooth-bellied Madagascar Ground Iguana* 2015 Chalarodon steinkampi Miralles, Glaw, Ratsoavina & Vences

Sauria (Lizards): Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)

	Phrynosoma bauri Eastern Short-horned Lizard* 2015 Phrynosoma bauri Montanucci
	Phrynosoma diminutum Colorado Short-horned Lizard* 2015 Phrynosoma diminutum Montanucci

Sauria (Lizards): Pygopodidae (Flap-footed Lizards)

	Aprasia wicherina Wicherina Worm Lizard 2015 Aprasia wicherina Maryan, Adams & Aplin
	Delma hebesa Esperance Snake Lizard* 2015 Delma hebesa Maryan, Brennan, Adams & Aplin

Sauria (Lizards): Scincidae (Skinks)

	Liburnascincus artemis Bamboo Range Rock Skink 2015 Liburnascincus artemis Hoskin & Couper
	Sphenomorphus senja Malayan Forest Skink* 2015 Sphenomorphus senja Grismer & Quah
	Trachylepis adamastor Adamastor Skink* 2015 Trachylepis adamastor Ceriaco

Sauria (Lizards): Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)

	Lepidoblepharis emberawoundule Burbayar Scaly-eyed Gecko* 2015 Lepidoblepharis emberawoundule Batista, Ponce, Vesely, Mebert, Hertz, Köhler, Carrizo & Lotzkat
	Lepidoblepharis rufigularis Red-throated Scaly-eyed Gecko* 2015 Lepidoblepharis rufigularis Batista, Ponce, Vesely, Mebert, Hertz, Köhler, Carrizo & Lotzkat
	Lepidoblepharis victormartinezi Colón Scaly-eyed Gecko* 2015 Lepidoblepharis victormartinezi Batista, Ponce, Vesely, Mebert, Hertz, Köhler, Carrizo & Lotzkat

Sauria (Lizards): Teiidae (Greater Tejus)

Ameiva reticulata Reticulated Ameiva* 2015 Ameiva reticulata Landauro, García-Bravo & Venegas

Sauria (Lizards): Tropiduridae (Rough-tailed Iguanas)

	Stenocercus albolineatus White-lined Whorl-tailed Iguana* 2015 Stenocercus albolineatus Teixeira, Prates, Nisa, Silva-Martins, Strüssmann & Rodrigues
	Stenocercus amydrorhytus Coris Whorl-tailed Iguana* 2015 Stenocercus amydrorhytus Köhler & Lehr
	Stenocercus johaberfellneri Malvas Whorl-tailed Iguana* 2015 Stenocercus johaberfellneri Köhler & Lehr

Sauria (Lizards): Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)

Varanus nesterovi Zagros Desert Monitor* 2015 Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz

Serpentes (Snakes): Colubridae (Typical Snakes)

	Atractus heyeri Yacambú Spindle Snake* 2015 Atractus heyeri Esqueda & McDiarmid
	Chironius brazili Southeast Brazilian Sipo* 2015 Chironius brazili Hamdan & Fernandes
	Eirenis occidentalis Sanliurfa Dwarf Snake* 2015 Eirenis occidentalis Rajabizadeh, Nagy, Adriaens, Avci, Masroor, Schmidtler, Nazarov, Esmaeili & Christiaens
	Imantodes guane Colombian Blunt-headed Tree Snake* 2015 Imantodes guane Missassi & Prudente
	Oligodon arenarius Dune Kukri Snake* 2015 Oligodon arenarius Vassilieva
	Phalotris normanscotti Chaco White-collared Snake* 2015 Phalotris normanscotti Cabral & Cacciali
	Rabdion grovesi Yellow-bellied Pointed Snake* 2015 Rabdion grovesi Amarasinghe, Vogel, McGuire, Sidik, Supriatna & Ineich
	Rhadinella donaji Oaxacan Dwarf Brown Snake* 2015 Rhadinella donaji Campbell
	Synophis bogerti Wildsumaco Shadow Snake* 2015 Synophis bogerti Torres-Carvajal, Echevarría, Venegas, Chávez & Camper
	Synophis insulomontanus Mountain Shadow Snake* 2015 Synophis insulomontanus Torres-Carvajal, Echevarría, Venegas, Chávez & Camper
	Synophis zaheri El Oro Shadow Snake* 2015 Synophis zaheri Pyron, Guayasamin, Peñafiel, Bustamante & Arteaga
	Synophis zamora Zamora Shadow Snake* 2015 Synophis zamora Torres-Carvajal, Echevarría, Venegas, Chávez & Camper

Serpentes (Snakes): Cylindrophiidae (Asian Pipe Snakes)

Cylindrophis jodiae Annam Pipe Snake* 2015 Cylindrophis jodiae Amarasinghe, Ineich, Campbell & Hallermann

Serpentes (Snakes): Elapidae_1 (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)

	Acanthophis cryptamydros Kimberley Death Adder 2015 Acanthophis cryptamydros Maddock, Ellis, Doughty, Smith & Wüster
	Micrurus tikuna Tikuna Coral Snake* 2015 Micrurus tikuna Feitosa, Silva, Pires, Zaher & Prudente
	Toxicocalamus ernstmayri Star Mountains Worm-eating Snake 2015 Toxicocalamus ernstmayri O'Shea, Kaiser & Parker

Serpentes (Snakes): Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)

Boaedon radfordi Lendu Plateau House Snake* 2015 Boaedon radfordi Greenbaum, Portillo, Jackson & Kusamba

Serpentes (Snakes): Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)

	Epictia antoniogarciai Jaén Thread Snake* 2015 Epictia antoniogarciai Koch, Venegas & Böhme
	Epictia hobartsmithi Guaiquinima Thread Snake* 2015 Epictia hobartsmithi Esqueda & McDiarmid
	Epictia septemlineata Peruvian Seven-lined Thread Snake* 2015 Epictia septemlineata Koch, Venegas & Böhme
	Epictia vanwallachi Pataz Thread Snake* 2015 Epictia vanwallachi Koch, Venegas & Böhme
	Trilepida pastusa Tulcán Thread Snake* 2015 Trilepida pastusa Salazar-Valenzuela, Martins, Amador-Oyola & Torres-Carvajal

Serpentes (Snakes): Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters)

	Pareas atayal Atayal Slug Eater* 2015 Pareas atayal You, Poyarkov & Lin
	Pareas vindumi Kachin Slug Eater* 2015 Pareas vindumi Vogel

Serpentes (Snakes): Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)

	Amerotyphlops arenensis Paraiba Blind Snake* 2015 Amerotyphlops arenensis Graboski, Filho, Silva, Prudente & Zaher
	Anilios fossor Ruby Gap Blind Snake* 2015 Anilios fossor Shea
	Anilios insperatus Fassifern Blind Snake* 2015 Anilios insperatus Venchi, Wilson & Borsboom

Serpentes (Snakes): Viperidae (Vipers)

	Gloydius rickmersi Kyrgyz Mamushi* 2015 Gloydius rickmersi Wagner, Tiutenko, Borkin & Simonov
	Ophryacus smaragdinus Emerald Horned Pitviper 2015 Ophryacus smaragdinus Grünwald, Jones, Franz-Chávez & Ahumada-Carrillo

Serpentes (Snakes): Xenodermidae (Asian Litter Snakes)

Parafimbrios lao Laotian Bearded Snake* 2015 Parafimbrios lao Teynié, David, Lottier, Le, Vidal & Nguyen

Testudines (Turtles): Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)

Elseya rhodini Southern Papuan Snapping Turtle* 2015 Elseya rhodini Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges

Testudines (Turtles): Testudinidae (Tortoises)

Chelonoidis donfaustoi Eastern Santa Cruz Giant Tortoise 2015 Chelonoidis donfaustoi Poulakakis, Edwards & Caccone in Poulakakis, Edwards, Chiari, Garrick, Russello, Benavides, Watkins-Colwell, Glaberman, Tapia, Gibbs, Cayot & Caccone