Description

Trade term code

Preferred unit

Alternative unit

Explanation

baleen

BAL

kg

no.

whalebone

bark

BAR

kg

tree bark (raw, dried or powdered; unprocessed)

body

BOD

no.

kg

substantially whole dead animals, including fresh or processed fish, stuffed turtles, preserved butterflies, reptiles in alcohol, whole stuffed hunting trophies, etc.

bone

BON

kg

no.

bones, including jaws

calipee

CAL

kg

calipee or calipash (turtle cartilage for soup)

carapace

CAP

no.

kg

raw or unworked whole shells of Testudines species

carving

CAR

kg

no.

carved products other than ivory, bone or horn — for example coral and wood (including handicrafts).

N.B: Ivory carvings should be specified as such (see below - ‘IVC’). Also, for species from which more than one type of product may be carved (e.g. horn and bone), the trade term code should indicate the type of product in trade (e.g. bone carving ‘BOC’ or horn carving - ‘HOC’), where possible.

carving — bone

BOC

kg

no.

bone carving

carving — horn

HOC

kg

no.

horn carving

carving — ivory

IVC

kg

no.

ivory carvings, including e.g. smaller worked pieces of ivory (knife handles, chess sets, mahjong sets etc.). NB: Whole carved tusk should be reported as tusks (see ‘TUS’ below). Jewellery made from carved ivory should be reported as ‘jewellery — ivory’ (see IJW below).

caviar

CAV

kg

unfertilized dead processed eggs from all species of Acipenseriformes; also known as roe

chips

CHP

kg

chips of timber, especially Aquilaria spp., Gyrinops spp. and Pterocarpus santalinus

claw

CLA

no.

kg

claws — e.g. of Felidae, Ursidae or Crocodylia (NB: ‘turtle claws’ are usually scales and not real claws)

cloth

CLO

m2

kg

cloth — if the cloth is not made entirely from the hair of a CITES species, the weight of hair of the species concerned should instead, if possible, be recorded under ‘HAI’

coral (raw)

COR

no.

kg

raw or unworked coral and coral rock (also live rock and substrate) [as defined in Resolution Conf. 11.10 (Rev. CoP15)]. Coral rock should be recorded as ‘Scleractinia spp.’

NB: the trade should be recorded by number of pieces only if the coral specimens are transported in water.

Live rock (transported moist in boxes) should be reported in kg; coral substrate should be reported as number of pieces (since these are transported in water as the substrate to which non-CITES corals are attached).

cosmetics

COS

g

ml

cosmetics which include extracts of CITES- listed species. The quantity should reflect the amount of CITES-listed species present.

culture

CUL

no. of flasks, etc.

cultures of artificially propagated plants

derivatives

DER

kg/l

derivatives (other than those included elsewhere in this table)

dried plant

DPL

no.

dried plants — e.g. herbarium specimens

ear

EAR

no.

ears — usually elephant

egg

EGG

no.

kg

whole dead or blown eggs (see also ‘caviar’)

egg (live)

EGL

no.

kg

live fertilized eggs — usually birds and reptiles but includes fish and invertebrates

eggshell

ESH

g/kg

raw or unworked eggshell except whole eggs

extract

EXT

kg

l

extract — usually plant extracts

feather

FEA

kg/no. of wings

no.

feathers — in the case of objects (e.g. pictures) made of feathers, record the number of objects

fibre

FIB

kg

m

fibres — e.g. plant fibre but includes strings of tennis rackets

fin

FIN

kg

fresh, frozen or dried fins and parts of fins (including flippers)

fingerlings

FIG

kg

no.

juvenile fish of one or two years of age for the aquarium trade, hatcheries or for release operations

flower

FLO

kg

flowers

flower pot

FPT

no.

flower pots made from parts of a plant — e.g. treefern fibres (NB: live plants traded in so- called ‘community pots’ should be recorded as ‘live plants’, not as flower pots)

frog legs

LEG

kg

frog legs

fruit

FRU

kg

fruit

foot

FOO

no.

feet — e.g. of elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, lion, crocodile, etc.

fur products (large)

FPL

no.

large manufactured products of fur — e.g. bear or lynx fur blankets or other fur products of a substantial size.

fur product (small)

FPS

no.

small manufactured products of fur- including handbags, key fobs, purses, pillows, trim, etc.

gall

GAL

kg

gall

gall bladder

GAB

no.

kg

gall bladder

garment

GAR

no.

garments — including gloves and hats but not shoes. Includes trimming or decoration on garments

genitalia

GEN

kg

no.

castrates and dried penes

gill plates

GIL

no.

gill plates (e.g. for sharks)

graft rootstock

GRS

no.

graft rootstocks (without the grafts)

hair

HAI

kg

g

hair — includes all animal hair, e.g. of elephant, yak, vicuña, guanaco

hair products

HAP

no.

g

products made of hair (e.g. elephant hair bracelets)

horn

HOR

no.

kg

horns — includes antlers

jewellery

JWL

no.

g

jewellery — including bracelets, necklaces, and other items of jewellery from products other than ivory (e.g. wood, coral, etc.)

jewellery — ivory

IJW

no.

g

jewellery made of ivory

leather product (large)

LPL

no.

large manufactured products of leather — e.g. briefcases, furniture, suitcases, travel trunks

leather product (small)

LPS

no.

small manufactured products of leather — e.g. belts, braces, bicycle saddles, cheque book or credit card holders, handbags, key fobs, notebooks, purses, shoes, tobacco pouches, wallets, watch-straps and trim

live

LIV

no.

kg

live animals and plants

leaf

LVS

kg

no.

leaves

logs

LOG

m3

all wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, for processing notably into sawn wood, pulpwood or veneer sheets. NB: trade in logs of special purpose timbers traded by weight (e.g. lignum vitae, Guaiacum spp.) should be recorded in kg

meat

MEA

kg

meat, including flesh of fish if not whole (see ‘body’), fresh or unprocessed meat as well as processed meat (e.g. smoked, raw, dried, frozen or tinned)

medicine

MED

kg/l

medicine

musk

MUS

g

musk

oil

OIL

kg

l

oil — e.g. from turtles, seals, whales, fish, various plants

pearl

PRL

no.

pearl (e.g. for Strombus gigas)

piano keys

KEY

no.

ivory piano keys (e.g. one standard piano would be 52 ivory piano keys)

piece — bone

BOP

kg

pieces of bone, not manufactured

piece — horn

HOP

kg

pieces of horn, not manufactured — includes scrap

piece — ivory

IVP

kg

ivory pieces, not manufactured — includes scrap

plate

PLA

m2

plates of fur skins — includes rugs if made of several skins

plywood

PLY

m2

m3

material consisting of three or more sheets of wood glued and pressed one on the other and generally disposed so that the grains of successive layers are at an angle

powder

POW

kg

powder

pupae

PUP

no.

butterfly pupae

root

ROO

no.

kg

roots, bulbs, corms or tubers

NB: For the agarwood-producing taxa Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp., the preferred unit is ‘kilograms’. The alternative unit is ‘number’.

rug

RUG

no.

rugs

sawfish rostrum

ROS

no.

kg

sawfish rostrum

sawn wood

SAW

m3

wood simply sawn lengthwise or produced by a profile-chipping process; normally exceeds 6mm in thickness. NB: trade in sawn wood of special purpose timbers traded by weight (e.g. lignum vitae, Guaiacum spp.) should be recorded in kg

scale

SCA

kg

scales — e.g. of turtle, other reptiles, fish, pangolin

seed

SEE

kg

seeds

shell

SHE

no.

kg

raw or unworked shell of molluscs

side

SID

no.

sides or flanks of skins; does not include crocodilian Tinga frames (see under ‘skin’)

skeleton

SKE

no.

substantially whole skeletons

skin

SKI

no.

substantially whole skins, raw or tanned, including crocodilian Tinga frames, external body lining, with or without scales

skin piece

SKP

kg

skin pieces — including scraps, raw or tanned

skull

SKU

no.

skulls

soup

SOU

kg

l

soup — e.g. of turtle

specimen (scientific)

SPE

kg/l/ml/no.

scientific specimens — includes blood, tissue (e.g. kidney, spleen, etc.), histological preparations, preserved museum specimens, etc.

stem

STE

no.

kg

plant stems

NB: For the agarwood-producing taxa Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp., the preferred unit is ‘kilograms’. The alternative unit is ‘number’.

swim bladder

SWI

kg

hydrostatic organ, including isinglass/sturgeon glue

tail

TAI

no.

kg

tails — e.g. of caiman (for leather) or fox (for garment trimming, collars, boas, etc.), also includes flukes of cetaceans.

tooth

TEE

no.

kg

teeth — e.g. of whale, lion, hippopotamus, crocodile, etc.

timber

TIM

m3

kg

raw timber except saw-logs and sawn wood

trophy

TRO

no.

trophy — all the trophy parts of one animal if they are exported together: e.g. horns (2), skull, cape, back skin, tail and feet (i.e. ten specimens) constitute one trophy. But if, for example, the skull and horns are the only specimens of an animal that are exported, then these items together should be recorded as one trophy. Otherwise the items should be recorded separately. A whole stuffed body is recorded under ‘BOD’. A skin alone is recorded under ‘SKI’. Trade in ‘full mount’, ‘shoulder mount’ and ‘half mount’, along with any corresponding parts of the same animal exported together on the same permit, should be reported as ‘1 TRO’

trunk

TRU

no.

kg

elephant trunk. NB: An elephant trunk exported with other trophy items from the same animal on the same permit as part of a hunting trophy should be reported as ‘TRO’.

tusk

TUS

no.

kg

substantially whole tusks, whether or not worked. Includes tusks of elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, but not other teeth

veneer sheets

VEN

m3

kg

thin layers or sheets of wood of uniform thickness, usually 6mm or less in thickness, usually peeled (rotary veneer) or sliced (sliced veneer), for use in making plywood, for veneering furniture, veneer containers, etc.

VEN

m2

kg

wax

WAX

kg

Wax

wood product

WPR

no.

kg

manufactured wood products, including finished wood products such as furniture and musical instruments.

Unit of measure

Unit code

grams

g

kilograms

kg

liters

l

cubic centimeters

cm3

milliliters

ml

meters

m

square meters

m2

cubic meters

m3

number of specimens

no.

Taxon concerned

Taxonomic reference

all MAMMALIA taxa

Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (ed.) (2005): Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition, Vol. 1-2, xxxv + 2142 pp. Baltimore (John Hopkins University Press).

ARTIODACTYLA

Camelidae

Lama guanicoe

Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (1993): Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. xviii + 1207 pp., Washington (Smithsonian Institution Press).

CETACEA

Balaenopteridae

Balaenoptera omurai

Wada, S., Oishi, M. & Yamada, T. K. (2003): A newly discovered species of living baleen whales. - Nature, 426: 278-281.

Delphinidae

Orcaella heinsohni

Beasly, I., Robertson, K. M. & Arnold, P. W. (2005): Description of a new dolphin, the Australian Snubfin Dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni sp. n. (Cetacea, Delphinidae). -- Marine Mammal Science, 21(3): 365-400.

Delphinidae

Sotalia fluviatilis

Sotalia guianensis

Caballero, S., Trujillo, F., Vianna, J. A., Barrios-Garrido, H., Montiel, M. G., Beltrán-Pedreros, S., Marmontel, M., Santos, M. C., Rossi-Santos, M. R. & Baker, C. S. (2007). Taxonomic status of the genus Sotalia: species level ranking for ‘tucuxi’ (Sotalia fluviatilis) and ‘costero’ (Sotalia guianensis) dolphins. - Marine Mammal Science, 23: 358-386.

Delphinidae

Sousa plumbea

Sousa sahulensis

Jefferson, T. A.& Rosenbaum, H. C. (2014): Taxonomic revision of the humpback dolphins (Sousa spp.), and description of a new species from Australia. - Marine Mammal Science, 30(4): 1494-1541.

Delphinidae

Tursiops australis

Charlton-Robb, K., Gershwin, L.-A., Thompson, R., Austin, J., Owen, K. & McKechnie, S. (2011): A new dolphin species, the Burrunan Dolphin Tursiops australis sp. nov., endemic to southern Australian coastal waters. - PLoS ONE, 6 (9): e24047.

Iniidae

Inia araguaiaensis

Hrbek, T., da Silva, V. M. F., Dutra, N., Gravena, W., Martin, A. R. & Farias, I. P. (2014): A new species of river dolphin from Brazil or: How little do we know our biodiversity. - PLoS ONE 83623: 1-12.

Phocoenidae

Neophocaena asiaeorientalis

Jefferson, T. A. & Wang, J. Y. (2011): Revision of the taxonomy of finless porpoises (genus Neophocaena): The existence of two species. - Journal of Marine Animals and their Ecology, 4 (1): 3-16.

Physeteridae

Physeter macrocephalus

Rice, D. W., (1998): Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution — Society of Marine Mammalogy Special Publication Number 4, The Society for Marine Mammalogy, Lawrence, Kansas.

Platanistidae

Platanista gangetica

Rice, D. W., (1998): Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution — Society of Marine Mammalogy Special Publication Number 4, The Society for Marine Mammalogy, Lawrence, Kansas.

Ziphiidae

Mesoplodon hotaula

Dalebout, M. L., Scott Baker, C., Steel, D., Thompson, K., Robertson, K. M., Chivers, S. J., Perrin, W. F., Goonatilake, M., Anderson, C. R., Mead, J. G., Potter, C. W., Thompson, L., Jupiter, D. and Yamada, T. K. (2014): Resurrection of Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala 1963: A new species of beaked whale in the tropical Indo-Pacific. - Marine Mammal Science, 30 (3): 10811108.

PRIMATES

Atelidae

Ateles geoffroyi

Rylands, A. B., Groves, C. P., Mittermeier, R. A., Cortes-Ortiz, L. & Hines, J. J. (2006): Taxonomy and distributions of Mesoamerican primates. - In: A. Estrada, P. Garber, M. Pavelka and L. Luecke (eds), New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates: Distribution,Ecology, Behavior and Conservation, pp. 29-79. Springer, New York, USA.

Aotidae

Aotus jorgehernandezi

Defler, T. R. & Bueno, M. L. (2007): Aotus diversity and the species problem. – Primate Conservation, 22: 55-70.

Cebidae

Callithrix manicorensis

Garbino, T. & Siniciato, G. (2014): The taxonomic status of Mico marcai (Alperin 1993) and Mico manicorensis (van Roosmalen et al. 2000) (Cebidae, Callitrichinae) from Southwestern Brazilian Amazonia. - International Journal of Primatology, 35 (2): 529-546. (for Mico marcai lumped with Mico manicorensis treated as Callithrix manicorensis under CITES]

Cebidae

Cebus flavius

Oliveira, M. M. de & Langguth, A. (2006): Rediscovery of Marcgrave's Capuchin Monkey and designation of a neotype for Simia flava Schreber, 1774 (Primates, Cebidae). - Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, N.S., Zoologia, 523: 1-16.

Cebidae

Mico rondoni

Ferrari, S. F., Sena, L., Schneider, M. P. C. & Júnior, J. S. S. (2010): Rondon's Marmoset, Mico rondoni sp. n., from southwestern Brazilian Amazonia. - International Journal of Primatology, 31: 693-714.

Cebidae

Saguinus ursulus

Gregorin, R. & de Vivo, M. (2013): Revalidation of Saguinus ursula Hoffmannsegg (Primates: Cebidae: Callitrichinae). - Zootaxa, 3721 (2): 172-182.

Cebidae

Saimiri collinsi

Merces, M. P., Alfaro, J. W. L., Ferreira, W. A. S., Harada, M. L. & Júnior, J. S. S. (2015): Morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics reveal that the Amazon River separates two eastern squirrel monkey species: Saimiri sciureus and S. collinsi. - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 82: 426-435.

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus lomamiensis

Hart, J.A., Detwiler, K.M., Gilbert, C.C., Burrell, A.S., Fuller, J.L., Emetshu, m., Hart, T.B., Vosper, A., Sargis, E.J. & Tosi, A.J. (2012): Lesula: A new species of Cercopithecus monkey endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo and implications for conservation of Congo's Central Basin. - PLoS ONE, 7 (9): e44271.

Cercopithecidae

Macaca munzala

Sinha, A., Datta, A., Madhusudan, M. D. & Mishra, C. (2005): Macaca munzala: A new species from western Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. - International Journal of Primatology,26(4): 977-989: doi: 10.1007/s10764-005-5333-3.

Cercopithecidae

Rhinopithecus strykeri

Geismann, T., Lwin, N., Aung, S. S., Aung, T. N., Aung, Z. M., Hla, T. H., Grindley, M. & Momberg, F. (2011): A new species of snub-nosed monkey, genus Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards, 1872 (Primates, Colobinae), from Northern Kachin State, Northeastern Myanmar. - Amer. J. Primatology, 73: 96-107.

Cercopithecidae

Rungwecebus kipunji

Davenport, T. R. b., Stanley, W. t., Sargis, E. j., de Luca, D. w., Mpunga, N. E., Machaga, S. J. & Olson, L. E. (2006): A new genus of African monkey, Rungwecebus: Morphology, ecology, and molecular phylogenetics. - Science, 312: 1378-1381.

Cercopithecidae

Trachypithecus villosus

Brandon- Jones, d., Eudey, A. A., Geissmann, t., Groves, C. p., Melnick, D. j., Morales J. C., Shekelle, M. & Steward, C.-B. (2004): Asian primate classification. - International Journal of Primatology, 25: 97-163.

Cercopithecidae

Cheirogaleus lavasoensis

Thiele, d., Razafimahatratra, E. & Hapke, A. (2013): Discrepant partitioning of genetic diversity in mouse lemurs and dwarf lemurs — biological reality or taxonomic bias? - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 69: 593-609.

Cercopithecidae

Microcebus gerpi

Radespiel, U., Ratsimbazafy, J. H., Rasoloharijaona, S., Raveloson, H., Andriaholinirina, N., Rakotondravony, R., Randrianarison, R. M. & Randrianambinina, B. (2012): First indications of a highland specialist among mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) and evidence for a new mouse lemur species from eastern Madagascar. - Primates, 53: 157-170.

Cercopithecidae

Microcebus marohita

Microcebus tanosi

Rasoloarison, R. M., Weisrock, D. W., Yoder, A. D., Rakotondravony, D. & Kappeler, P. M. [2013]: Two new species of mouse lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Microcebus) from Eastern Madagascar. - International Journal of Primatology, 34: 455-469.

Hylobatidae

Nomascus annamensis

Van Ngoc Thinh, Mootnick, A. R., Vu Ngoc Thanh, Nadler, T. & Roos, C. (2010): A new species of crested gibbon from the central Annamite mountain range. - Vietnamese Journal of Primatology, 4: 1-12.

Lorisidae

Nycticebus kayan

Munds, R.A., Nekaris, K.A.I. & Ford, S.M. (2013): Taxonomy of the bornean slow loris, with new species Nycticebus kayan (Primates, Lorisidae). - American Journal of Primatology, 75: 46-56.

Pitheciidae

Cacajao melanocephalus Cacajao oukary

Ferrari, S. F., Guedes, P. G., Figueiredo-Ready, W. M. B. & Barnett, A. A. (2014): Reconsidering the taxonomy of the Black-faced Uacaris, Cacajao melanocephalus group (Mammalia: Pitheciidae), from the northern Amazon Basin. - Zootaxa, 3866 (3): 353-370.

Pitheciidae

Callicebus aureipalatii

Wallace, R. B., Gómez, H., Felton, A. & Felton, A. (2006): On a new species of titi monkey, genus Callicebus Thomas (Primates, Pitheciidae), from western Bolivia with preliminary notes on distribution and abundance. - Primate Conservation, 20: 29-39.

Pitheciidae

Callicebus caquetensis

Defler, T. R., Bueno, M. L. & García, J. (2010): Callicebus caquetensis: a new and Critically Endangered titi monkey from southern Caquetá, Colombia. - Primate Conservation, 25: 1-9.

Pitheciidae

Callicebus vieira

Gualda-Barros, J., Nascimento, F. O. & Amaral, M. K. (2012): A new species of Callicebus Thomas, 1903 (Primates, Pitheciidae) from the states of Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil. - Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), 52: 261-279.

Pitheciidae

Callicebus miltoni

Dalponte, J. C., Silva, F. E. & Silva Júnior, J. S. (2014): New species of titi monkey, genus Callicebus Thomas, 1903 (Primates, Pitheciidae), from Southern Amazonia, Brazil. - Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, São Paulo, 54: 457-472.

Pitheciidae

Pithecia cazuzai

Pithecia chrysocephala

Pithecia hirsuta

Pithecia inusta

Pithecia isabela

Pithecia milleri

Pithecia mittermeieri

Pithecia napensis

Pithecia pissinattii

Pithecia rylandsi

Pithecia vanzolinii

Marsh, L.K. (2014): A taxonomic revision of the saki monkeys, Pithecia Desmarest, 1804. - Neotropical Primates, 21: 1-163.

Tarsiidae

Tarsius lariang

Merker, S. & Groves, C.P. (2006): Tarsius lariang: A new primate species from Western Central Sulawesi. - International Journal of Primatology, 27(2): 465-485.

Tarsiidae

Tarsius tumpara

Shekelle, m., Groves, C., Merker, S. & Supriatna, J. (2010): Tarsius tumpara: A new tarsier species from Siau Island, North Sulawesi. - Primate Conservation, 23: 55-64.

PROBOSCIDEA

Elephantidae

Loxodonta africana

Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. m. (1993): Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. xviii + 1207 pp., Washington (Smithsonian Institution Press).

SCANDENTIA

Tupaiidae

Tupaia everetti

Roberts, T. E., Lanier, H. C., Sargis, E. J. & Olson, L. E. (2011): Molecular phylogeny of treeshrews (Mammalia: Scandentia) and the timescale of diversification in Southeast Asia. - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 60 (3): 358-372.

Tupaiidae

Tupaia palawanensis

Sargis, E. J., Campbell, K. K. & Olson, L. E.(2014): Taxonomic boundaries and craniometric variation in the treeshrews (Scandentia, Tupaiidae) from the Palawan faunal region. - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 21 (1): 111-123.

APODIFORMES

order- and family-level names for birds

Morony, J. J., Bock, W. J. & Farrand, J., Jr. (1975): Reference List of the Birds of the World. American Museum of Natural History. 207 pp.

all bird species — with the exception of the taxa mentioned below

Dickinson, E.C. (ed.)(2003): The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Revised and enlarged 3rd Edition. 1039 pp. London (Christopher Helm).

in combination with

Dickinson, E.C. (2005): Corrigenda 4 (02.06.2005) to Howard & Moore Edition 3 (2003). http://www.naturalis.nl/sites/naturalis.en/contents/i000764/corrigenda%204_final.pdf (available on the CITES website)

Trochilidae

Chlorostilbon lucidus

Pacheco, J. F. & Whitney, B. M. (2006): Mandatory changes to the scientific names of three Neotropical birds. - Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 126: 242-244.

Trochilidae

Eriocnemis isabellae

Cortés-Diago, A., Ortega, L. A., Mazariegos-Hurtado, L. & Weller, A.-A. (2007): A new species of Eriocnemis (Trochilidae) from southwest Colombia. - Ornitologia Neotropical, 18:161-170.

Trochilidae

Phaethornis aethopyga

Piacentini, V. Q., Aleixo, A. & Silveira, L. F. (2009): Hybrid, subspecies or species? The validity and taxonomic status of Phaethornis longuemareus aethopyga Zimmer, 1950 (Trochilidae). - Auk, 126: 604-612.

FALCONIFORMES

Accipitridae

Aquila hastata

Parry, S. J., Clark, W. S. & Prakash, V. (2002) On the taxonomic status of the Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastata. - Ibis, 144: 665-675.

Accipitridae

Buteo socotraensis

Porter, R. F. & Kirwan, G. M. (2010): Studies of Socotran birds VI. The taxonomic status of the Socotra Buzzard. - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 130 (2): 116-131.

Falconidae

Micrastur mintoni

Whittaker, A. (2002): A new species of forest-falcon (Falconidae: Micrastur) from southeastern Amazonia and the Atlantic rainforests of Brazil. - Wilson Bulletin, 114: 421-445.

PASSERIFORMES

Muscicapidae

Garrulax taewanus

Collar, N. J. (2006): A partial revision of the Asian babblers (Timaliidae). - Forktail, 22: 85-112.

PSITTACIFORMES

Cacatuidae

Cacatua goffiniana

Roselaar, C. S. & Michels, J. P. (2004): Nomenclatural chaos untangled, resulting in the naming of the formally undescribed Cacatua species from the Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae). -- Zoologische Verhandelingen, 350: 183-196.

Loriidae

Trichoglossus haematodus

Collar, N. J. (1997) Family Psittacidae (Parrots). In del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World, 4 (Sandgrouse to Cuckoos): 280-477. Barcelona (Lynx Edicions).

Psittacidae

Aratinga maculata

Nemesio, A. & Rasmussen, C. (2009): The rediscovery of Buffon's ‘Guarouba’ or ‘Perriche jaune’: two senior synonyms of Aratinga pintoi Silveira, Lima & Höfling, 2005 (Aves: Psittaciformes). - Zootaxa, 2013: 1-16.

Psittacidae

Forpus modestus

Pacheco, J. F. & Whitney, B. M. (2006): Mandatory changes to the scientific names of three Neotropical birds. - Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 126: 242-244.

Psittacidae

Pionopsitta aurantiocephala

Gaban-Lima, R., Raposo, M. A. & Höfling, E. (2002): Description of a new species of Pionopsitta (Aves: Psittacidae) endemic to Brazil. - Auk, 119: 815-819.

Psittacidae

Poicephalus robustus

Poicephalus fuscicollis

Coetzer, W.G., Downs, C.T., Perrin, M.R. & Willows-Munro, S. (2015): Molecular Systematics of the Cape Parrot (Poicephalus robustus). Implications for Taxonomy and Conservation. - PLoS ONE, 10(8):e0133376. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133376.

Psittacidae

Psittacula intermedia

Collar, N. J. (1997) Family Psittacidae (Parrots). In del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World, 4 (Sandgrouse to Cuckoos): 280-477. Barcelona (Lynx Edicions).

Psittacidae

Pyrrhura griseipectus

Olmos, F., Silva, W. A. G. & Albano, C. (2005: Grey-breasted Conure Pyrrhura griseipectus, an overlooked endangered species. - Cotinga, 24: 77-83.

Psittacidae

Pyrrhura parvifrons

Arndt, T. (2008): Anmerkungen zu einigen Pyrrhura-Formen mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Art und zweier neuer Unterarten. - Papageien, 8: 278-286.

STRIGIFORMES

Strigidae

Glaucidium mooreorum

Da Silva, J. M. C., Coelho, G. & Gonzaga, P. (2002): Discovered on the brink of extinction: a new species of pygmy owl (Strigidae: Glaucidium) from Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil. - Ararajuba, 10(2): 123-130.

Strigidae

Ninox burhani

Indrawan, M. & Somadikarta, S. (2004): A new hawk-owl from the Togian Islands, Gulf of Tomini, central Sulawesi, Indonesia. - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 124: 160-171.

Strigidae

Otus thilohoffmanni

Warakagoda, D. H. & Rasmussen, P. C. (2004): A new species of scops-owl from Sri Lanka. - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 124(2): 85-105.

CROCODYLIA & RHYNCHOCEPHALIA

Crocodylia & Rhynchocephalia except for the taxa listed below

Wermuth, H. & Mertens, R. (1996) (reprint): Schildkröte, Krokodile, Brückenechsen. xvii + 506 pp. Jena (Gustav Fischer Verlag).

Crocodylidae

Crocodylus johnstoni

Tucker, A. D. (2010): The correct name to be applied to the Australian freshwater crocodile, Crocodylus johnstoni [Krefft, 1873]. - Australian Zoologist, 35(2): 432-434.

Sphenodontidae

Sphenodon spp.

Hay, J. M., Sarre, S. D., Lambert, D. m., Allendorf, F. W. & Daugherty, C. H. (2010): Genetic diversity and taxonomy: a reassessment of species designation in tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia). - Conservation Genetics, 11 (93): 1063-1081.

SAURIA

for delimitation of families within the Sauria

Pough, F. H., Andrews, R. M., Cadle, J. E., Crump, M. L., Savitzky, A. H. & Wells, K. D. (1998): Herpetology. Upper Saddle River/New Jersey (Prentice Hall).

Agamidae

Saara spp.

Uromastyx spp.

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 zool. Beiträge, 56(1-2): 55-99.

Chamaeleonidae

Chamaleonidae spp.

Glaw, F. (2015): Taxonomic checklist of chamaeleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). -- Vertebrate Zoology, 65(2): 167-246.

(http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/vertebratezoology/vz65-2/01_vertebrate_zoology_65-2_glaw_167-246.pdf)

Cordylidae

Cordylidae spp. except the taxon mentioned below

Stanley, E. L., Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R., Branch, W. R. & P. le F. N. (2011): Between a rock and a hard polytomy: rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae). - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 58(1): 53-70.

Cordylidae

Cordylus marunguensis

Greenbaum, E., Stanley, E. L., Kusamba, C., Moninga, W. m., Goldberg, S. R. & Cha (2012): A new species of Cordylus (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Marungu Plateau of south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. - African Journal of Herpetology, 61 (1): 14-39.

Gekkonidae

Dactylonemis spp.

Hoplodactylus spp.

Mokopirirakau spp.

Nielsen, S. V., Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R., Hitchmough, R. A. & Daugherty, C. H. (2011): New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59 (1): 1-22.

Gekkonidae

Nactus serpensinsula

Kluge, A.G. (1983): Cladistic relationships among gekkonid lizards. - Copeia, 1983(no. 2): 465-475.

Gekkonidae

Naultinus spp.

Nielsen, S. V., Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R., Hitchmough, R. A. & Daugherty, C. H. (2011): New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59 (1): 1-22.

Gekkonidae

Phelsuma spp.

Rhoptropella spp.

Glaw, F. & Rösler, H. (2015): Taxonomic checklist of the day geckos of the genera Phelsuma Gray, 1825 and Rhoptropella Hewitt, 1937 (Squamata: Gekkonidae). - Vertebrate Zoology, 65(2): 167-246)

(http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/vertebratezoology/vz65-2/02_vertebrate_zoology_65-2_glaw-roesler_247-283.pdf)

Gekkonidae

Toropuku spp.

Tukutuku spp.

Woodworthia spp.

Nielsen, S. V., Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R., Hitchmough, R. A. & Daugherty, C. H. (2011): New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59 (1): 1-22.

Gekkonidae

Uroplatus spp. except for the taxa mentioned below

Raxworthy, C.J. (2003): Introduction to the reptiles. - In: Goodman, S.M. & Bernstead, J.P. (eds.), The natural history of Madagascar: 934-949. Chicago.

Gekkonidae

Uroplatus finiavana

Ratsoavina, F.M., Louis jr., E.E., Crottini, A., Randrianiaina, R.-D., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. (2011): A new leaf tailed gecko species from northern Madagascar with a preliminary assessment of molecular and morphological variability in the Uroplatus ebenaui group. - Zootaxa, 3022: 39-57.

Gekkonidae

Uroplatus giganteus

Glaw, F., Kosuch, J., Henkel, W. F., Sound, P. and Böhme, W. (2006): Genetic and morphological variation of the leaf-tailed gecko Uroplatus fimbriatus from Madagascar, with description of a new giant species. - Salamandra, 42: 129-144.

Gekkonidae

Uroplatus pietschmanni

Böhle, A. & Schönecker, P. (2003): Eine neue Art der Gattung Uroplatus Duméril, 1805 aus OstMadagaskar (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae). - Salamandra, 39(3/4): 129-138.

Gekkonidae

Uroplatus sameiti

Raxworthy, C.J., Pearson, R.G., Zimkus, B.M., Reddy, S., Deo, A.J., Nussbaum, R.A. & Ingram, C.M. (2008): Continental speciation in the tropics: contrasting biogeographic patterns of divergence in the Uroplatus leaf-tailed gecko radiation of Madagascar. - Journal of Zoology, 275: 423-440.

Iguanidae

Iguanidae spp. except for the taxa mentioned below

Hollingsworth, B. D. (2004): The Evolution of Iguanas: An Overview of Relationships and a Checklist of Species. pp. 19-44. In: Alberts, A. C., Carter, R. L., Hayes, W. K. & Martins, E. P. (Eds), Iguanas: Biology and Conservation. Berkeley (University of California Press).

Iguanidae

Brachylophus bulabula

Keogh, J. S., Edwards, D. L., Fisher, R. N. & Harlow, P. S. (2008): Molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered Fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history. - Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 363(1508): 3413-3426.

Iguanidae

Conolophus marthae

Gentile, G. & Snell, H. (2009): Conolophus marthae sp. nov. (Squamata, Iguanidae), a new species of land iguana from the Galápagos archipelago. - Zootaxa, 2201: 1-10.

Iguanidae

Cyclura lewisi

Burton, F. J. (2004): Revision to Species Cvclura nubila lewisi, the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana - Caribbean Journal of Science, 40(2): 198-203.

Iguanidae

Phrynosoma blainvillii

Phrynosoma cerroense

Phrynosoma wigginsi

Montanucci, R.R. (2004): Geographic variation in Phrynosoma coronatum (Lacertilia, Phrynosomatidae): further evidence for a peninsular archipelago. - Herpetologica, 60: 117.

Teiidae

Teiidae spp.

Harvey, M. B., Ugueto, G. N. & Gutberlet, R. L. Jr. (2012): Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). - Zootaxa, 3459: 1-156.

Varanidae

Varanidae spp.

except for the taxa mentioned below

Böhme, W. (2003): Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (family Varanidae) - Zoologische Verhandelingen. Leiden, 341: 1-43.

in combination with

Koch, A., Auliya, M. & Ziegler, T. (2010): Updated Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (Squamata: Varanidae). - Bonn zool. Bull., 57(2): 127-136.

Varanidae

Varanus bangonorum

Varanus dalubhasa

Welton, L. J., Travers, S. L., Siler, C. D. & Brown, R. M. (2014): Integrative taxonomy and phylogeny-based species delimitation of Philippine water monitor lizards (Varanus salvator complex) with descriptions of two new cryptic species. - Zootaxa, 3881 (3): 201-227.

Varanidae

Varanus hamersleyensis

Maryan, B., Oliver, P. M., Fitch, A. J. & O'Connell, M. (2014): Molecular and morphological assessment of Varanus pilbarensis (Squamata: Varanidae), with a description of a new species from the southern Pilbara, Western Australia. - Zootaxa, 3768 (2): 139-158.

Varanidae

Varanus nesterovi

Böhme, W., Ehrlich, K., Milto, K. D., 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.

Varanidae

Varanus samarensis

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.

Varanidae

Varanus sparnus

Doughty, P., Kealley, L., Fitch, A. & Donnellan, S. C. (2014): A new diminutive species of Varanus from the Dampier Peninsula, western Kimberley region, Western Australia. - Records of the Western Australian Museum, 29: 128-140.

SERPENTES

Loxocemidae spp.

Pythonidae spp.

Boidae spp.

Bolyeriidae spp.

Tropidophiidae spp.

Viperidae spp.

except for the retention of the genera Acrantophis, Sanzinia, Calabaria, Lichanura, the recognition of Epicrates maurus as valid species and except for the species mentioned below

McDiarmid, R. W., Campbell, J. A. & Touré, T. A. (1999): Snake Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Volume 1, Washington, DC. (The Herpetologists' League).

Boidae

Candoia paulsoni

Candoia superciliosa

Smith, H. M., Chiszar, d., Tepedelen, K. & van Breukelen, F. (2001): A revision of the bevelnosed boas (Candoia carinata complex) (Reptilia: Serpentes). - Hamadryad, 26(2): 283-315.

Boidae

Corallus batesii

Henderson, R. W., Passos, P. & Feitosa, D. (2009); Geographic variation in the Emerald Treeboa, Corallus caninus (Squamata: Boidae). - Copeia, 2009 (3): 572-582.

Boidae

Epicrates crassus

Epicrates assisi

Epicrates alvarezi

Passos, P. & Fernandes, R. (2008): Revision of the Epicrates cenchria complex (Serpentes: Boidae). - Herpetol. Monographs, 22: 1-30.

Boidae

Eryx borrii

Lanza, B. & Nistri, A. (2005): Somali Boidae (genus Eryx Daudin 1803) and Pythonidae (genus Python Daudin 1803) (Reptilia Serpentes). - Tropical Zoology, 18(1): 67-136.

Boidae

Eunectes beniensis

Dirksen, L. (2002): Anakondas. NTV Wissenschaft.

Colubridae

Xenochrophis piscator

Xenochrophis schnurrenbergeri

Xenochrophis tytleri

Vogel, G. & David, P. (2012): A revision of the species group of Xenochrophis piscator (Schneider, 1799) (Squamata: Natricidae). - Zootaxa, 3473: 1-60.

Elapidae

Micrurus ruatanus

McCranie, J. R. (2015): A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. - Zootaxa, 3931 (3): 352-386.

Elapidae

Naja atra

Naja kaouthia

Wüster, W. (1996): Taxonomic change and toxinology: systematic revisions of the Asiatic cobras (Naja naja species complex) - Toxicon, 34: 339-406.

Elapidae

Naja mandalayensis

Slowinski, J. B. & Wüster, W. (2000.): A new cobra (Elapidae: Naia) from Myanmar (Burma) - Herpetologica, 56: 257-270.

Elapidae

Naja oxiana

Naja philippinensis

Naja sagittifera

Naja samarensis

Naja siamensis

Naja sputatrix

Naja sumatrana

Wüster, W. (1996): Taxonomic change and toxinology: systematic revisions of the Asiatic cobras (Naja naja species complex) - Toxicon, 34: 339-406.

Pythonidae

Leiopython bennettorum

Leiopython biakensis

Leiopython fredparkeri

Leiopython huonensis

Leiopython hoserae

Schleip, W. D. (2008): Revision of the genus Leiopython Hubrecht 1879 (Serpentes: Pythonidae) with the redescription of taxa recently described by Hoser (2000) and the description of new species. - Journal of Herpetology, 42(4): 645-667.

Pythonidae

Morelia clastolepis

Morelia kinghorni

Morelia nauta

Morelia tracyae

Harvey, M. B., Barker, D. B., Ammerman, L. K. & Chippindale, P. T. (2000): Systematics of pythons of the Morelia amethistina complex (Serpentes: Boidae) with the description of three new species - Herpetological Monographs, l4: 139-185.

Pythonidae

Python bivittatus

Jacobs, H. J., Auliya, M. & Böhme, W. (2009): Zur Taxonomie des Dunklen Tigerpythons, Python molurus bivittatus KUHL, 1820, speziell der Population von Sulawesi. - Sauria, 31: 5-16.

Pythonidae

Python breitensteini

Python brongersmai

Keogh, J. S., Barker, D. G. & Shine, R. 2001.Heavily exploited but poorly known: systematics and biogeography of commercially harvested pythons (Python curtus group) in Southeast Asia — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 73: 113-129.

Pythonidae

Python kyaiktiyo

Zug, G.R., Grotte, S. W. & Jacobs, J. F. (2011): Pythons in Burma: Short-tailed python (Reptilia: Squamata). - Proc. biol. Soc. Washington, 124(2): 112-136.

Pythonidae

Python natalensis

Broadley, D. G. (1999): The southern African python, Python natalensis A. Smith 1840, is a valid species. - African Herp News, 29: 31-32.

Tropidophiidae

Tropidophis spp.

except for the taxa mentioned below

Hedges, S.B. (2002): Morphological variation and the definition of species in the snake genus Tropidophis (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae). - Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Zoology), 68 (2): 83-90.

Tropidophiidae

Tropidophis celiae

Hedges, B. S., Estrada, A. R. & Diaz, L. M. (1999): New snake (Tropidophis) from western Cuba - Copeia, 1999(2): 376-381.

Tropidophiidae

Tropidophis grapiuna

Curcio, F. F., Sales Nunes, P. M., Suzart Argolo, A. J., Skuk, G. & Rodrigues, M. T. (2012): Taxonomy of the South American dwarf boas of the genus Tropidophis Bibron, 1840, with the description of two new species from the Atlantic forest (Serpentes: Tropidophiidae). - Herpetological Monographs, 26 (1): 80-121.

Tropidophiidae

Tropidophis hendersoni

Hedges, B. S. & Garrido, O. (2002): A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from Eastern Cuba - Journal of Herpetology, 36:157-161.

Tropidophiidae

Tropidophis morenoi

Hedges, B. S., Garrido, O. & Diaz, L. M. (2001): A new banded snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from north-central Cuba - Journal of Herpetology,35: 615-617.

Tropidophiidae

Tropidophis preciosus

Curcio, F. F., Sales Nunes, P. M., Suzart Argolo, A. J., Skuk, G. & Rodrigues, M. T. (2012): Taxonomy of the South American dwarf boas of the genus Tropidophis Bibron, 1840, with the description of two new species from the Atlantic forest (Serpentes: Tropidophiidae). - Herpetological Monographs, 26 (1): 80-121.

Tropidophiidae

Tropidophis spiritus

Hedges, B. S. & Garrido, O. (1999): A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from central Cuba - Journal of Herpetology, 33: 436-441.

Tropidophiidae

Tropidophis xanthogaster

Domínguez, M., Moreno, L. V. & Hedges, S. B. (2006): A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from the Guanahacabibes Peninsula of Western Cuba. - Amphibia-Reptilia, 27(3): 427-432.

TESTUDINES

Testudines order names

Wermuth, H. & Mertens, R. (1996) (reprint): Schildkröte, Krokodile, Brückenechsen. xvii + 506 pp. Jena (Gustav Fischer Verlag).

species and family names — with the exception of the retention of the following names Mauremys iversoni, Mauremys pritchardi, Ocadia glyphistoma, Ocadia philippeni, Sacalia pseudocellata, and except for the taxa mentioned below

Fritz, U. & Havaš, P. (2007): Checklist of Chelonians of the World. - Vertebrate Zoology, 57(2): 149-368. Dresden. ISSN 1864-5755 [without its appendix]

Emydidae

Graptemys pearlensis

Ennen, J. R., Lovich, J. E., Kreiser, B. R., Selman, W. & Qualls, C. P. (2010): Genetic and morphological variation between populations of the Pascagoula Map Turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) in the Pearl and Pascagoula Rivers with description of a new species. - Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 9(1): 98-113.

Geoemydidae

Batagur affinis

Praschag, P., Sommer, R. S., McCarthy, C., Gemel, R. & Fritz, U. (2008): Naming one of the world's rarest chelonians, the southern Batagur. - Zootaxa, 1758: 61-68.

Geoemydidae

Batagur borneoensis,

Batagur dhongoka,

Batagur kachuga,

Batagur trivittata

Praschag, P., Hundsdörfer, A. K. & Fritz, U. (2007): Phylogeny and taxonomy of endangered South and South-east Asian freshwater turtles elucidates by mtDNA sequence variation (Testudines: Geoemydidae: Batagur, Callagur, Hardella, Kachuga, Pangshura). - Zoologica Scripta, 36: 429-442.

Geoemydidae

Cuora bourreti

Cuora picturata

Spinks, P.Q., Thomson, R.C., Zhang, Y.P., Che, J., Wu, Y. & Shaffer, H.B. (2012): Species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in the critically endangered Asian box turtle genus Cuora. - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63: 656-667. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.014.

Geoemydidae

Cyclemys enigmatica,

Cyclemys fusca

Cyclemys gemeli

Cyclemys oldhamii

Fritz, U., Guicking, D., Auer, M., Sommer, R. s., Wink, M. & Hundsdörfer, A. K. (2008): Diversity of the Southeast Asian leaf turtle genus Cyclemys: how many leaves on its tree of life? - Zoologica Scripta, 37: 367-390.

Geoemydidae

Mauremys reevesii

Barth, D., Bernhard, D., Fritzsch, G. & U. Fritz (2004): The freshwater turtle genus Mauremys (Testudines, Geoemydidae) - a textbook example of an east-west disjunction or a taxonomic misconcept? - Zoologica Scripta, 33: 213-221.

Testudinidae

Centrochelys sulcata

Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., Iverson, J. B., Rhodin, A. G. J., Shaffer, H. B. & Bour, R.] (2014): Turtles of the world, 7th edition: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. 000. v7. - Chelonian Research Monographs, 5 doi: 10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014.

Testudinidae

Chelonoidis carbonarius

Chelonoidis denticulatus

Chelonoidis niger

Olson, S.L. & David, N. (2014): The gender of the tortoise genus Chelonoidis Fitzinger, 1835 (Testudines: Testudinidae). - Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 126(4): 393-394.

Testudinidae

Gopherus morafkai

Murphy, R. W., Berry, K. H., Edwards, T., Levitón, A. E., Lathrop, A. & Riedle, J. D. (2011): The dazed and confused identity of Agassiz's land tortoise, Gopherus agassizii (Testudines, Testudinidae) with the description of a new species, and its consequences for conservation. - Zookeys, 113: 39-71.

Testudinidae

Homopus solus

Branch, W. R. (2007): A new species of tortoise of the genus Homopus (Chelonia: Testudinidae) from southern Namibia. - African Journal of Herpetology, 56(1): 1-21.

Testudinidae

Kinixys nogueyi

Kinixys zombensis

Kindler, C., Branch, W. R., Hofmeyr, M. D., Maran, J., Široký, P., Vences, M., Harvey, J., Hauswaldt, J. S., Schleicher, A., Stuckas, H. & Fritz, U. (2012): Molecular phylogeny of African hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys): implications for phylogeography and taxonomy (Testudines: Testudinidae). - Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 50: 192-201.

Trionychidae

Lissemys ceylonensis

Praschag, P., Stuckas, H., Päckert, M., Maran, J. & Fritz, U. (2011): Mitochondrial DNA sequences suggest a revised taxonomy of Asian flapshell turtles (Lissemys Smith, 1931) and the validity of previously unrecognized taxa (Testudines: Trionychidae). - Vertebrate Zoology, 61(1): 147-160.

Trionychidae

Nilssonia gangeticus

Nilssonia hurum

Nilssonia nigricans

Praschag, P., Hundsdörfer, A.K., Reza, A.H.M.A. & Fritz, U. (2007): Genetic evidence for wildliving Aspideretes nigricans and a molecular phylogeny of South Asian softshell turtles (Reptilia: Trionychidae: Aspideretes, Nilssonia). - Zoologica Scripta, 36:301-310.

Amphibia spp.

Taxonomic Checklist of Amphibian Species listed in the CITES Appendices and the Annexes of EC Regulation (EC) No 338/97. Species information extracted from Frost, D. R. (ed.) (2015), Amphibian Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference, an online reference (http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html) Version 6.0 as of May 2015 with additional comments by the Nomenclature Specialist of the CITES Animals Committee.

All fish species, except the genus Hippocampus

Taxonomic Checklist of Fish species listed in the CITES Appendices and the Annexes of EC Regulation 338/97 (Elasmobranchii, Actinopteri, Coelacanthi, and Dipneusti, except the genus Hippocampus). Information extracted from Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. (eds.): Catalog of Fishes, an online reference (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp), version update from 3 February 2015.

SYNGNATHIFORMES

Syngnathidae

Hippocampus spp.

Horne, M. L. (2001): A new seahorse species (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Great Barrier Reef - Records of the Australian Museum, 53: 243-246.

Kuiter, R. H. (2001): Revision of the Australian seahorses of the genus Hippocampus (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with a description of nine new species - Records of the Australian Museum, 53: 293-340.

Kuiter, R. H. (2003): A new pygmy seahorse (Pisces: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from Lord Howe Island - Records of the Australian Museum, 55: 113-116.

Lourie, S. A. & Randall, J. E. (2003): A new pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus denise (Teleostei: Syngnathidae), from the Indo-Pacific — Zoological Studies, 42: 284-291.

Lourie, S. A., Vincent, A. C. J. & Hall, H. J. (1999): Seahorses. An identification guide to the world's species and their conservation. Project Seahorse (ISBN 0 9534693 0 1) (Second edition available on CD-ROM).

Syngnathidae

Hippocampus dahli

Kuiter, R. H. (2001): Revision of the Australian seahorses of the genus Hippocampus (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with a description of nine new species - Records of the Australian Museum, 53: 293-340.

Syngnathidae

Hippocampus debelius

Gomon, M. F. & Kuiter, R. H. (2009): Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific. - Aqua, Int. J. of Ichthyology, 15(1): 37-44.

Syngnathidae

Hippocampus paradoxus

Foster, R. & Gomon, M. F. (2010): A new seahorse (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from south-western Australia. - Zootaxa, 2613: 61-68.

Syngnathidae

Hippocampus patagonicus

Piacentino, G. L. M. and Luzzatto, D. C. (2004): Hippocampus patagonicus sp. nov., new seahorse from Argentina (Pisces, Syngnathiformes). - Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, 6(2): 339-349.

Syngnathidae

Hippocampus planifrons

Kuiter, R. H. (2001): Revision of the Australian seahorses of the genus Hippocampus (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with a description of nine new species - Records of the Australian Museum, 53: 293-340.

Syngnathidae

Hippocampus pontohi

Lourie, S. A. & Kuiter, R. H. (2008): Three new pygmy seahorse species from Indonesia (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus). - Zootaxa, 1963: 54-68.

Syngnathidae

Hippocampus satomiae

Hippocampus severnsi

Lourie, S. A. & Kuiter, R. H. (2008): Three new pygmy seahorse species from Indonesia (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus). - Zootaxa, 1963: 54-68.

Syngnathidae

Hippocampus tyro

Randall, J. & Lourie, S. A. (2009): Hippocampus tyro, a new seahorse (Gasterosteiformes: Syngnathidae) from the Seychelles. - Smithiana Bulletin, 10: 19-21.

Syngnathidae

Hippocampus waleanus

Gomon, M. F. & Kuiter, R. H. (2009): Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific. -- Aqua, Int. J. of Ichthyology, 15(1): 37-44.

ARANEAE

Theraphosidae

Aphonopelma albiceps

Aphonopelma pallidum

Brachypelma spp.

except for the taxa mentioned below

Taxonomic Checklist of CITES listed Spider Species, information extracted from Platnick, N. (2006), The World Spider Catalog, an online reference, Version 6.5 as of 7 April 2006.

Theraphosidae

Brachypelma ruhnaui lumped with Brachypelma albiceps treated as Aphonopelma albiceps under CITES

Platnick, N. I. (2014): The World Spider Catalogue, V15. http://platnick.sklipkani.cz/html/

Theraphosidae

Brachypelma kahlenbergi

Rudloff, J.-P. (2008): Eine neue Brachypelma-Art aus Mexiko (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). - Arthropoda, 16(2): 26-30.

SCORPIONES

Scorpionidae

Pandinus spp.

except for the taxon mentioned below

Lourenco, W. R. & Cloudsley-Thompson, J. C. (1996): Recognition and distribution of the scorpions of the genus Pandinus Thorell, 1876 accorded protection by the Washington Convention - Biogeographica, 72(3): 133-143.

Pandinus roeseli

Lourenco, W. R. (2014): Further considerations on the identity and distribution of Pandinus imperator (C. L. Koch, 1841) and description of a new species from Cameroon (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). - Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg, 17(192): 139-151.

COLEOPTERA

Lucanidae

Colophon spp.

Bartolozzi, L. (2005): Description of two new stag beetle species from South Africa (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). - African Entomology, 13(2): 347-352.

LEPIDOPTERA

Papilionidae

Ornithoptera spp.

Trogonoptera spp.

Troides spp.

Matsuka, H. (2001): Natural History of Birdwing Butterflies. 367 pp. Tokyo (Matsuka Shuppan). (ISBN 4-9900697-0-6).

ARHYNCHOBDELLIDA

Hirudinidae

Hirudo medicinalis

Hirudo verbana

Nesemann, H. & Neubert, E. (1999): Annelida: Clitellata: Branchiobdellida, Acanthobdellea, Hirudinea. - Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, vol. 6/2, 178 pp., Berlin (Spektrum Akad. Verlag). ISBN 3-8274-0927-6.

VENEROIDA

Tridacnidae

Tridacna ningaloo

Penny, S. & Willan, R.C. (2014): Description of a new species of giant clam (Bivalvia: Tridacnidae) from Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. - Molluscan Research, 34 (3): 201-211.

Tridacnidae

Tridacna noae

Su, Y., Hung, J.-H., Kubo, H. & Liu, L.-L. (2014): Tridacna noae (Röding, 1798) - a valid giant clam species separated from T. maxima (Röding, 1798) by morphological and genetic data. – Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 62: 124-135.

ANTHOZOA AND HYDROZOA

all CITES listed species

Taxonomic Checklist of all CITES listed Coral Species, based on information compiled by UNEP- WCMC 2012

Taxon concerned

Taxonomic reference

General Reference

Generic names

For the generic names of all plants listed in the Appendices, unless they are superseded by standard checklists adopted by the CoP.

The Plant-Book, second edition, [D. J. Mabberley, 1997, Cambridge University Press (reprinted with corrections 1998)] for the generic names of all plants listed in the Appendices of the Convention, unless they are superseded by standard checklists adopted by the Conference of the Parties)

General Reference

Generic names

For generic synonyms not mentioned in The Plant- Book, unless they are superseded by standard checklists adopted by the CoP.

A Dictionary of Flowering Plants and Ferns, 8th edition, (J. C. Willis, revised by H. K. Airy Shaw, 1973, Cambridge University Press) for generic synonyms not mentioned in The Plant-Book, unless they are superseded by standard checklists adopted by the Conference of the Parties as referenced below.

AMARYLLIDACEAE, PRIMULACEAE

Cyclamen, Galanthus and Sternbergia

CITES Bulb Checklist (A. P. Davis et al., 1999, compiled by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Cyclamen and Galanthus and Sternbergia.

APOCYNACEAE

Pachypodium spp.

CITES Aloe and Pachypodium Checklist (U. Eggli et al., 2001, compiled by Städtische Sukkulenten- Sammlung, Zurich, Switzerland, in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its update: An Update and Supplement to the CITES Aloe & Pachypodium Checklist [J. M. Lüthy (2007), CITES Management Authority of Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland] as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Aloe and Pachypodium.

Hoodia spp.

Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer N. L. (eds.) (2003). Strelitzia 14: 150-151. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Hoodia.

CACTACEAE

All Cactaceae.

CITES Cactaceae Checklist third edition, (2016, compiled by D. Hunt) as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Cactaceae. It is available as a pdf on the CITES section of the website of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. https://www.kew.org/sites/default/files/CITES%20Cactaceae%20Checklist_CCC3_170629.pdf.

CYCADACEAE, STANGERIACEAE and ZAMIACEAE

All Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae.

The World List of Cycads: CITES and Cycads: Checklist 2013 (Roy Osborne, Michael A. Calonje, Ken D. Hill, Leonie Stanberg and Dennis Wm. Stevenson) in CITES and Cycads a user's guide (Rutherford, C. et al., Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. UK 2013), as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae.

DICKSONIACEAE

Dicksonia species of the Americas.

Dicksonia species of the Americas (2003, compiled by Bonn Botanic Garden and the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany) as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Dicksonia.

DROSERACEAE, NEPHENTACEAE, SARRACENIACEAE

Dionaea, Nepenthes and Sarracenia.

CITES Carnivorous Plant Checklist, (B. von Arx et al., 2001, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Dionaea, Nepenthes and Sarracenia.

EBANACEAE

Diospyros spp. - populations of Madagascar.

The genus Diospyros in Madagascar: a Preliminary Checklist for CITES Parties (CVPM 2016) based on the Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar is available on the Catalogue website. This reference is to be used as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Diospyros from Madagascar. See http://www.tropicos.org/ProlectWebPortal.aspx?pagename=Diospyros&prolectid=17. There is a link to the page here: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031908?proiectid=17 and the pdf download is here: http://www.tropicos.org/docs/MadCat/Diospyros%20checklist%2028.03.2016.pdf

EUPHORBIACEAE

Succulent species of Euphorbia.

The CITES Checklist of Succulent Euphorbia Taxa (Euphorbiaceae), Second edition (S. Carter and U. Eggli, 2003, published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany) as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of succulent euphorbias.

LEGUMINACEAE

Dalbergia spp. - populations of Madagascar

A Preliminary Dalbergia checklist for Madagascar for CITES (CVPM 2014) based on the Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar is available as a pdf on the CITES website as SC65 Inf. 21. This reference is to be used as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Dalbergia from Madagascar. See: https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/sc/65/Inf/E-SC65-Inf-21.pdf

LILIACEAE

Aloe spp.

CITES Aloe and Pachypodium Checklist (U. Eggli et al., 2001, compiled by Städtische Sukkulenten- Sammlung, Zurich, Switzerland, in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its update: An Update and Supplement to the CITES Aloe & Pachypodium Checklist [J. M. Lüthy (2007), CITES Management Authority of Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland] as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Aloe and Pachypodium

ORCHIDACEAE

Laelia, Paphiopedilum, Phalaenopsis, Phragmipedium, Pleione and Sophronitis (Volume 1, 1995) and Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Disa, Dracula and Encyclia (Volume 2, 1997), and Aerangis, Angraecum, Ascocentrum, Bletilla, Brassavola, Calanthe, Catasetum, Miltonia, Miltonioides and Miltoniopsis, Renanthera, Renantherella, Rhynchostylis, Rossioglossum, Vanda and Vandopsis (Volume 3, 2001); and Aerides, Coelogyne, Comparettia and Masdevallia

CITES Orchid Checklist, (compiled by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom) as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Cattleya, Cypripedium, Laelia, Paphiopedilum, Phalaenopsis, Phragmipedium, Pleione and Sophronitis (Volume 1, 1995) and Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Disa, Dracula and Encyclia (Volume 2, 1997), and Aerangis, Angraecum, Ascocentrum, Bletilla, Brassavola, Calanthe, Catasetum, Miltonia, Miltonioides and Miltoniopsis, Renanthera, Renantherella, Rhynchostylis, Rossioglossum, Vanda and Vandopsis (Volume 3, 2001); and Aerides, Coelogyne, Comparettia and Masdevallia (Volume 4, 2006).

Bulbophyllum spp.

CITES checklist for Bulbophyllum and allied taxa (Orchidaceae). Sieder, A., Rainer, H., Kiehn, M. (2007): Address of the authors: Department of Biogeography and Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna; Rennweg 14, A-1030 Vienna (Austria) as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Bulbophyllum.

PALMAE

Dypsis decipiens and Dypsis decaryi.

Proposed Standard Reference for two CITES-listed palms endemic to Madagascar (CVPM 2016) based on the Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar can be found as a pdf on the US Fish & Wildlife Service website. This is to be used as a guideline when making reference to Dypsis decipiens and Dypsis decaryi. See: http://www.fws.gov/international/

TAXACEAE

Species of Taxus.

World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers (A. Farjon, 2001) as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Taxus.

ZYGOPHYLLACEAE

Guaiacum spp.

Usta de especies, nomenclatura y distribución en el género Guaiacum. Davila Aranda. P. & Schippmann, U. (2006): Medicinal Plant Conservation 12:50 as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Guaiacum.