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Case 3672: Anolis chlorocyanus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 and Anolis coelestinus Cope, 1862 (Reptilia, Squamata): proposed conservation of the specific names and designation of a neotype for A. chlorocyanus

Gunther Köhler, S. Blair Hedges, “Case 3672: Anolis chlorocyanus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 and Anolis coelestinus Cope, 1862 (Reptilia, Squamata): proposed conservation of the specific names and designation of a neotype for A. chlorocyanus”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 1, pp. , 2015.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to conserve the specific names of  Anolis chlorocyanus  Duméril & Bibron, 1837 and  Anolis coelestinus  Cope, 1862 in their accustomed usages. The syntypes of the former species are conspecific with the only available syntype of the latter; however, for....

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Opinion 2449: Anolis chlorocyanus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 and Anolis coelestinus Cope, 1862 (Reptilia, Squamata): conservation of usage of specific names by designation of a neotype for the former species not approved

ICZN, “Opinion 2449: Anolis chlorocyanus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 and Anolis coelestinus Cope, 1862 (Reptilia, Squamata): conservation of usage of specific names by designation of a neotype for the former species not approved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

he International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to designate a neotype for  Anolis chlorocyanus  Duméril & Bibron, 1837. As a result, the specific name  Anolis chlorocyanus  Duméril & Bibron, 1837, will have priority over  A. coelestinus  Cope, 1862 as the valid name for the....

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Case 3676: Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by replacement of the neotype

Valter Weijola, “Case 3676: Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by replacement of the neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. , 2015.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to designate a new neotype for the mangrove monitor  Varanus indicus  (Daudin, 1802), which is endemic to the Moluccan islands of Indonesia. The recent choice of an unrepresentative specimen to serve as neotype for this nominal species....

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Comment 3676-1: Comment on the proposed conservation of Tupinambus indicus Daudin, 1832 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata) by replacement of the neotype

Wolfgang Böhme, André Koch, Thomas Ziegler, “Comment 3676-1: Comment on the proposed conservation of Tupinambus indicus Daudin, 1832 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata) by replacement of the neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. , 2016.

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Comment 3676-2: On the proposed conservation of Tupinambus indicus Daudin, 1802 by replacement of the neotype

Daniel Bennett, “Comment 3676-2: On the proposed conservation of Tupinambus indicus Daudin, 1802 by replacement of the neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, pp. , 2017.

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Comment 3676-3: Response to a comment on the proposed conservation of Tupinambus indicus Daudin, 1802 by replacement of the neotype

Samuel S. Sweet, “Comment 3676-3: Response to a comment on the proposed conservation of Tupinambus indicus Daudin, 1802 by replacement of the neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, pp. , 2017.

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Opinion 2451: Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata): specific name conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2451: Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata): specific name conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to conserve the accustomed usage of the specific names of  Varanus indicus  (Daudin, 1802) and  Varanus chlorostigma Gray, 1831 by replacing the neotype specimen of  Tupinambis indices  Daudin, 1802 with a new neotype that belongs to the original taxonomic....

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Case 3688: Charinidae Gray 1849 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): proposed suppression

Diomedes A. Quintero, William A. Shear, “Case 3688: Charinidae Gray 1849 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): proposed suppression”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. , 2016.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to suppress the little-used senior homonym Charinidae Gray, 1849 in order to conserve the family-group name Charinidae Quintero, 1986. Charinidae Quintero, 1986 is a well-established name for the most speciose group of Amblypygi, while Charinidae (originally Charinini) Gray, 1849 has been little used since its original proposal; to resurrect this....

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Comment 3688-1: On the proposed suppression of Charinidae Gray, 1849 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): a counter-proposal

Jay M. Savage, “Comment 3688-1: On the proposed suppression of Charinidae Gray, 1849 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): a counter-proposal”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, pp. , 2017.

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Comment 3688-2: On the proposed suppression of Charinidae Gray, 1849 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): a counter-application

R. Alexander Pyron, “Comment 3688-2: On the proposed suppression of Charinidae Gray, 1849 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): a counter-application”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, pp. , 2017.

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