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

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

Amphisbaena acangaoba Bahia Helmeted Worm Lizard 2020 Amphisbaena acangaoba Ribeiro, Gomides & Costa

Sauria (Lizards): Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)

	Acanthosaura aurantiacrista Orange-crested Pricklenape 2020 Acanthosaura aurantiacrista Trivalairat, Kunya, Chanhome, Sumontha, Vasaruchapong, Chomngam & Chiangkul
	Acanthosaura liui Honghe Pricklenape 2020 Acanthosaura liui Liu, Hou, Mo & Rao
	Acanthosaura prasina Lesser Green Pricklenape 2020 Acanthosaura prasina Ananjeva, Ermakov, Nguyen, Nguyen, Murphy, Lukonina & Orlov
	Ceratophora ukuwelai Salgala Horned Agama 2020 Ceratophora ukuwelai Karunarathna, Poyarkov, Amarasinghe, Surasinghe, Bushuev, Madawala, Gorin & Silva 2020
	Diploderma menghaiense Menghai Mountain Agama 2020 Diploderma menghaiense Liu, Hou, Wang, Ananjeva & Rao
	Pelturagonia anolophium Mount Lumut Shrub Agama 2020 Pelturagonia anolophium Harvey, Larson, Jacobs, Shaney, Streicher, Hamidy, Kurniawan & Smith
	Sitana dharwarensis Dharwar Fan-throated Agama 2020 Sitana dharwarensis Ambekar, Murthy & Mirza

Sauria (Lizards): Alopoglossidae (Fold-tongued Spectacled Tejus)

	Alopoglossus avilapiresae Amana Shade Teju 2020 Alopoglossus avilapiresae Ribeiro-Junior, Choueri, Lobos, Venegas, Torres-Carvajal & Werneck
	Alopoglossus collii Rondonia Shade Teju 2020 Alopoglossus collii Ribeiro-Junior, Choueri, Lobos, Venegas, Torres-Carvajal & Werneck
	Alopoglossus harrisi Vinces Shade Teju 2020 Alopoglossus harrisi Hernández-Morales, Sturaro, Nunes, Lotzkat & Peloso [substitute name for Alopoglossus festae Peracca 1904]
	Alopoglossus theodorusi Oyapok Shade Teju 2020 Alopoglossus theodorusi Ribeiro-Júnior, Meiri & Fouquet

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

Abronia morenica Sierra Morena Arboreal Alligator Lizard 2020 Abronia morenica Clause, Luna-Reyes & Nieto-Montes de Oca

Sauria (Lizards): Anolidae (Anoles)

	Dactyloa neglecta Teresopolis Anole 2020 Anolis neglectus Prates, Melo-Sampaio, Queiroz, Carnaval, Rodrigues & Oliveira Drummond
	Deiroptyx callainus East Dominican Green Anole 2020 Anolis callainus Köhler & Hedges

Sauria (Lizards): Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)

	Calumma emelinae Angozongahy Nosed Chameleon 2020 Calumma emelinae Prötzel, Scherz, Ratsoavina, Vences & Glaw
	Calumma ratnasariae Bealanana Nosed Chameleon 2020 Calumma ratnasariae Prötzel, Scherz, Ratsoavina, Vences & Glaw
	Calumma tjiasmantoi Ranomafana Nosed Chameleon 2020 Calumma tjiasmantoi Prötzel, Scherz, Ratsoavina, Vences & Glaw

Sauria (Lizards): Cordylidae (Girdled Lizards)

Smaug swazicus Swazi Girdled Lizard 2020 Smaug swazicus Bates & Stanley

Sauria (Lizards): Diplodactylidae (Double-toed Geckos)

	Lucasium iris Gilbert Ground Gecko 2020 Lucasium iris Vanderduys, Hoskin, Kutt, Wright & Zozaya
	Lucasium microplax Andamooka Ground Gecko 2020 Lucasium microplax Eastwood, Doughty, Hutchinson & Pepper
	Oedura nesos Groote Eylandt Marbled Velvet Gecko 2020 Oedura nesos Oliver, Jolly, Skipwith, Tedeschi & Gillespie
	Toropuku inexpectatus Coromandel Striped Gecko 2020 Toropuku inexpectatus Hitchmough, Nielsen & Bauer

Sauria (Lizards): Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)

	Goniurosaurus gezhi Gezhi Leopard Gecko 2020 Goniurosaurus gezhi Zhu, Chen, Román-Palacios, Li & He
	Goniurosaurus gollum Huaiji Leopard Gecko 2020 Goniurosaurus gollum Qi, Wang, Grismer, Chen, Lyu & Wang
	Goniurosaurus varius Nanling Leopard Gecko 2020 Goniurosaurus varius Qi, Grismer, Lyu, Zhang, Li & Wang

Sauria (Lizards): Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)

	Cnemaspis avasabinae Velikonda Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis avasabinae Agarwal, Bauer & Khandekar
	Cnemaspis bangara Golden-tailed Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis bangara Agarwal, Thackeray, Pal & Khandekar
	Cnemaspis chengodumalaensis Chengodumala Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis chengodumalaensis Cyriac, Palot, Deuti & Umesh
	Cnemaspis graniticola Granite Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis graniticola Agarwal, Thackeray, Pal & Khandekar
	Cnemaspis lineatubercularis Lan Saka Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis lineatubercularis Ampai, Wood, Stuart & Aowphol
	Cnemaspis magnifica Sahleshpur Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis magnifica Khandekar, Thackeray, Pal & Agarwal
	Cnemaspis manoae Pilikuttuwa Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis manoae Amarasinghe & Karunarathna
	Cnemaspis nicobaricus Nicobar Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis nicobaricus Chandramouli
	Cnemaspis palakkadensis Palakkad Forest Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis palakkadensis Sayyed, Cyriac & Dileepkumar
	Cnemaspis ranganaensis Rangana Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis ranganaensis Sayyed & Sulakhe
	Cnemaspis rishivalleyensis Rishi Valley Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis rishivalleyensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar
	Cnemaspis selenolagus Ratchaburi Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis selenolagus Grismer, Yushchenko, Pawanghkanant, Nazarov, Naiduangchan, Suwannapoom & Poyarkov
	Cnemaspis stellapulvis Yadiyur Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis stellapulvis Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal
	Cnemaspis tubaensis Tuba Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis tubaensis Quah, Wood, Anuar, Muin & Grismer
	Cnemaspis yelagiriensis Yelagiri Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis yelagiriensis Agarwal, Thackeray, Pal & Khandekar
	Cnemaspis zacharyi Lakkidi Rock Gecko 2020 Cnemaspis zacharyi Cyriac, Palot, Deuti & Umesh
	Cyrtodactylus amphipetraeus Tak Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus amphipetraeus Chomdej, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Pradit, Nazarov, Grismer & Poyarkov
	Cyrtodactylus camortensis Central Nicobar Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus camortensis Chandramouli
	Cyrtodactylus crustulus Manus Island Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus crustulus Oliver, Hartman, Turner, Wilde, Austin & Richards
	Cyrtodactylus culaochamensis Cu Lao Cham Islands Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus culaochamensis Ngo, Grismer, Pham & Wood
	Cyrtodactylus dattkyaikensis Datt Kyaik Hills Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus dattkyaikensis Grismer, Wood, Quah, Grismer, Thura, Oaks & Lin
	Cyrtodactylus evanquahi Mount Baling Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus evanquahi Wood, Grismer, Muin, Anuar, Oaks & Sites
	Cyrtodactylus houaphanensis Houaphan Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus houaphanensis Schneider, Luu, Sitthivong, Teynié, Le, Nguyen & Ziegler
	Cyrtodactylus jatnai Bali Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus jatnai Amarasinghe, Riyanto, Mumpuni & Grismer
	Cyrtodactylus kohrongensis Koh Rong Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus kohrongensis Grismer, Onn, Oaks, Neang, Sokun, Murdoch, Stuart & Grismer
	Cyrtodactylus maelanoi Mae Hong Son Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus maelanoi Grismer, Rujirawan, Termprayoon, Ampai, Yodthong, Wood, Oaks & Aowphol
	Cyrtodactylus ngoiensis Ngoi Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus ngoiensis Schneider, Luu, Sitthivong, Teynié, Le, Nguyen & Ziegler
	Cyrtodactylus nicobaricus Northern Nicobar Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus nicobaricus Chandramouli
	Cyrtodactylus phnomchiensis Phnom Chi Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus phnomchiensis Neang, Henson & Stuart
	Cyrtodactylus phumyensis Phu My Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus phumyensis Ostrowski, Do, Le, Ngo, Pham, Nguyen, Nguyen & Ziegler
	Cyrtodactylus taungwineensis Taung Wine Hills Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus taungwineensis Grismer, Wood, Quah, Grismer, Thura, Oaks & Lin
	Cyrtodactylus urbanus Hengrabari Bent-toed Gecko 2020 Cyrtodactylus urbanus Purkayastha, Das, Bohra, Bauer & Agarwal
	Dixonius dulayaphitakorum Ranong Leaf-toed Gecko 2020 Dixonius dulayaphitakorum Sumontha & Pauwels
	Dixonius lao Khammouane Leaf-toed Gecko 2020 Dixonius lao Nguyen, Sitthivong, Ngo, Luu, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler
	Dixonius pawangkhananti Phetchaburi Leaf-toed Gecko 2020 Dixonius pawangkhananti Pauwels, Chomngam, Larsen & Sumontha
	Gehyra arnhemica East Arnhem Land Dtella 2020 Gehyra arnhemica Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty & Moritz
	Gehyra calcitectus Relictual Karst Dtella 2020 Gehyra calcitectus Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty & Moritz
	Gehyra chimera Western Kimberley Tree Dtella 2020 Gehyra chimera Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty & Moritz
	Gehyra gemina Plain Tree Dtella 2020 Gehyra gemina Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty & Moritz
	Gehyra lapistola Litchfield Rock Dtella 2020 Gehyra lapistola Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty & Moritz
	Gehyra lauta Gulf Tree Dtella 2020 Gehyra lauta Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty & Moritz
	Hemidactylus afarensis Afar Half-toed Gecko 2020 Hemidactylus afarensis Smíd, Mazuch, Nováková, Modrý, Malonza, Elmi, Carranza & Moravec
	Hemidactylus flavicaudus Yellow-tailed Half-toed Gecko 2020 Hemidactylus flavicaudus Lajmi, Giri, Singh & Agarwal
	Hemidactylus lanzai Lake Chew Bahir Half-toed Gecko 2020 Hemidactylus lanzai Smíd, Mazuch, Nováková, Modrý, Malonza, Elmi, Carranza & Moravec
	Hemidactylus nicolauensis Sao Nicolau Half-toed Gecko 2020 Hemidactylus nicolauensis Vasconcelos, Köhler, Geniez & Crochet
	Hemidactylus nzingae Cangandala Half-toed Gecko 2020 Hemidactylus nzingae Ceríaco, Agarwal, Marques & Bauer
	Hemidactylus paivae Malanje Half-toed Gecko 2020 Hemidactylus paivae Ceríaco, Agarwal, Marques & Bauer
	Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis Rishi Valley Half-toed Gecko 2020 Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar
	Hemidactylus sirumalaiensis Sirumalai Half-toed Gecko 2020 Hemidactylus sirumalaiensis Khandekar, Thackeray, Pawar & Agarwal
	Hemidactylus vernayi Lobito Half-toed Gecko 2020 Hemidactylus vernayi Ceríaco, Agarwal, Marques & Bauer
	Hemidactylus xericolus Nalgonda Half-toed Gecko 2020 Hemidactylus xericolus Lajmi, Giri, Singh & Agarwal
	Hemiphyllodactylus bonkowskii Hang Kia Slender Gecko 2020 Hemiphyllodactylus bonkowskii Nguyen, Do, Ngo, Pham, Pham, Le & Ziegler
	Hemiphyllodactylus dupanglingensis Dupangling Slender Gecko 2020 Hemiphyllodactylus dupanglingensis Zhang, Qian, Jiang, Cai, Deng & Yang 2020
	Hemiphyllodactylus kyaiktiyoensis Kyaiktiyo Mountain Slender Gecko 2020 Hemiphyllodactylus kyaiktiyoensis Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Oaks & Lin
	Hemiphyllodactylus minimus Dwarf Slender Gecko 2020 Hemiphyllodactylus minimus Mohapatra, Khandekar, Dutta, Mahapatra & Agarwal
	Hemiphyllodactylus nahangensis Na Hang Slender Gecko 2020 Hemiphyllodactylus nahangensis Do, Pham, Phan, Le, Ziegler & Nguyen
	Hemiphyllodactylus ngocsonensis Ngoc Son Slender Gecko 2020 Hemiphyllodactylus ngocsonensis Nguyen, Do, Ngo, Pham, Pham, Le & Ziegler
	Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini Thayeumin Cave Slender Gecko 2020 Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Oaks & Lin
	Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis Nilgiri Slender Gecko 2020 Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis Agarwal, Bauer, Pal, Srikanthan & Khandekar
	Hemiphyllodactylus pardalis Leopard Slender Gecko 2020 Hemiphyllodactylus pardalis Grismer, Yushchenko, Pawangkhanant, Naiduangchan, Nazarov, Orlova, Suwannapoom & Poyarkov
	Hemiphyllodactylus peninsularis Agasthyamalai Slender Gecko 2020 Hemiphyllodactylus peninsularis Agarwal, Bauer, Pal, Srikanthan & Khandekar
	Hemiphyllodactylus pinlaungensis Pinlaung Slender Gecko 2020 Hemiphyllodactylus pinlaungensis Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Oaks & Lin
	Hemiphyllodactylus zayuensis Zayu Slender Gecko 2020 Hemiphyllodactylus zayuensis Jiang, Wang & Che in Che, Jiang, Yan & Zhang (eds.)
	Hemiphyllodactylus zwegabinensis Zwegabin Mountain Slender Gecko 2020 Hemiphyllodactylus zwegabinensis Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Oaks & Lin
	Lakigecko aaronbaueri Garmabe Dwarf Gecko 2020 Lakigecko aaronbaueri Torki
	Lepidodactylus pollostos Salawati Scaly-toed Gecko 2020 Lepidodactylus pollostos Karkkainen, Richards, Kraus, Tjaturadi, Krey & Oliver
	Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus Keki Scaly-toed Gecko 2020 Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus Kraus & Oliver
	Lygodactylus baptistai Mamue Dwarf Gecko 2020 Lygodactylus baptistai Marques, Ceríaco, Buehler, Bandeira, Janota & Bauer
	Lygodactylus nyaneka Nyaneka Dwarf Gecko 2020 Lygodactylus nyaneka Marques, Ceríaco, Buehler, Bandeira, Janota & Bauer
	Lygodactylus tchokwe Tchokwe Dwarf Gecko 2020 Lygodactylus tchokwe Marques, Ceríaco, Buehler, Bandeira, Janota & Bauer
	Microgecko laki Lorestan Dwarf Gecko 2020 Microgecko laki Torki
	Microgecko tanishpaensis Balochistan Dwarf Gecko 2020 Microgecko tanishpaensis Masroor, Khisroon, Khan & Jablonski
	Nactus aktites Awar Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus aktites Zug
	Nactus allenallisoni Madang Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus allenallisoni Zug
	Nactus alotau Southern Forest Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus alotau Zug
	Nactus amplus Giant Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus amplus Zug
	Nactus arceo Morotai Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus arceo Zug
	Nactus chrisaustini Milne Bay Pygmy Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus chrisaustini Zug
	Nactus erugatus Milne Bay Smooth-tailed Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus erugatus Zug
	Nactus fredkrausi Misima Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus fredkrausi Zug
	Nactus grevifer Torricelli Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus grevifer Zug
	Nactus intrudusus Markham Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus intrudusus Zug
	Nactus inundatus Fly River Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus inundatus Zug
	Nactus kamiali Kamiali Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus kamiali Zug
	Nactus modicus Louisiade Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus modicus Zug
	Nactus nanus Dwarf North-coast Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus nanus Zug
	Nactus notios Southern Mountains Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus notios Zug
	Nactus panaeati Panaeati Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus panaeati Zug
	Nactus papua Uraru Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus papua Zug
	Nactus rainerguentheri Vogelkop Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus rainerguentheri Zug
	Nactus robertfisheri Bismarcks Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus robertfisheri Zug
	Nactus septentrionalis North Coast Papuan Hook-toed Gecko 2020 Nactus septentrionalis Zug
	Pseudogekko hungkag Mount Bulusan Smooth-scaled Gecko 2020 Pseudogekko hungkag Brown, Meneses, Wood, Fernandez, Cuesta, Clores, Tracy, Buehler & Siler
	Uroplatus fangorn Marojejy Leaf-tailed Gecko 2020 Uroplatus fangorn Ratsoavina, Glaw, Raselimanana, Rakotoarison, Vieites, Hawlitschek, Vences & Scherz
	Uroplatus fivehy Sorata Leaf-tailed Gecko 2020 Uroplatus fivehy Ratsoavina, Glaw, Raselimanana, Rakotoarison, Vieites, Hawlitschek, Vences & Scherz

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

	Cercosaura pacha Pasco Shade Teju 2020 Cercosaura pacha Mamani, Chaparro, Correa, Alarcón, Salas & Catenazzi
	Macropholidus montanuccii Ayabaca Large-scaled Spectacled Teju 2020 Macropholidus montanuccii Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & Sales Nunes
	Magdalenasaura adercum San Rafael Spectacled Teju 2020 Magdalenasaura adercum Fang, Vásquez-Restrepo & Daza
	Magdalenasaura leurosquama Alexandria Spectacled Teju 2020 Magdalenasaura leurosquama Fang, Vásquez-Restrepo & Daza
	Petracola pajatensis Pajaten Rock Teju 2020 Petracola pajatensis Rodríguez & Mamani
	Pholidobolus condor Condor Mountains Mountain Teju 2020 Pholidobolus condor Parra, Sales-Nunes & Torres-Carvajal
	Pholidobolus dolichoderes Long-necked Mountain Teju 2020 Pholidobolus dolichoderes Parra, Sales-Nunes & Torres-Carvajal
	Pholidobolus fascinatus Lake Chillacocha Mountain Teju 2020 Pholidobolus fascinatus Parra, Sales-Nunes & Torres-Carvajal
	Pholidobolus samek Green-striped Mountain Teju 2020 Pholidobolus samek Parra, Sales-Nunes & Torres-Carvajal
	Riolama grandis Greater Tepui Teju 2020 Riolama grandis Recoder, Prates, Marques-Souza, Camacho, Sales Nunes, Vechio, Ghellere, McDiarmid & Rodrigues
	Riolama stellata Starred Tepui Teju 2020 Riolama stellata Recoder, Prates, Marques-Souza, Camacho, Sales Nunes, Vechio, Ghellere, McDiarmid & Rodrigues

Sauria (Lizards): Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)

Iguana melanoderma Caribbean Black Iguana 2020 Iguana melanoderma Breuil, Schikorski, Vuillaume, Krauss, Morton, Corry, Bech, Jelic & Grandjean

Sauria (Lizards): Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)

	Acanthodactylus lacrymae Tislit Fringe-toed Lizard 2020 Acanthodactylus lacrymae Miralles, Geniez, Beddek, Mendez Aranda, Brito, Leblois & Crochet
	Acanthodactylus montanus Mountain Fringe-toed Lizard 2020 Acanthodactylus montanus Miralles, Geniez, Beddek, Mendez Aranda, Brito, Leblois & Crochet
	Eremias fahimii Markazi Desert Runner 2020 Eremias fahimii Mozaffari, Ahmadzadeh & Pirooz
	Eremias kakari Balochistan Desert Runner 2020 Eremias kakari Masroor, Khisroon, Khan & Jablonski
	Ophisops agarwali Dahod Snake-eyed Lizard 2020 Ophisops agarwali Patel & Vyas
	Podarcis galerai Galera Wall Lizard 2020 Podarcis galerai Bassitta, Buades, Pérez-Cembranos, Pérez-Mellado, Terrasa, Brown, Navarro, Lluch, Ortega, Castro, Picornell & Ramon

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

	Liolaemus anqapuka Uchumayo Smooth-throated Lizard 2020 Liolaemus anqapuka Huamaní-Valderrama, Quiroz, Gutiérrez, Aguilar-Kirigin, Chaparro & Abdala in Huamaní-Valderrama, Quiroz, Gutiérrez, Aguilar-Kirigin, Huanca-Mamani, Valladares-Faúndez, Cerdeña, Chaparro, Santa Cruz & Abdala
	Liolaemus balagueri Camana Smooth-throated Lizard 2020 Liolaemus balagueri Villegas Paredes, Huamaní-Valderrama, Luque-Fernández, Gutiérrez Poblete, Quiróz & Abdala
	Liolaemus qalaywa Apurimac Smooth-throated Lizard 2020 Liolaemus qalaywa Chaparro, Quiroz, Mamani, Gutiérrez, Condori, Riva, Herrera-Juárez, Cerdeña, Arapa & Abdala

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

Uma thurmanae Mohawk Dunes Fringe-toed Lizard 2020 Uma thurmanae Derycke, Gottscho, Mulcahy & Queiroz

Sauria (Lizards): Scincidae (Skinks)

	Eutropis caraga Misamis Sun Skink 2020 Eutropis caraga Barley, Diesmos, Siler, Martinez & Brown
	Eutropis cuprea Copper Sun Skink 2020 Eutropis cuprea Barley, Diesmos, Siler, Martinez & Brown
	Eutropis dattaroyi Nicobar Sun Skink 2020 Eutropis dattaroyi Amarasinghe, Chandramouli, Deuti, Campbell, Henkanaththegedara & Karunarathna
	Eutropis gubataas Upland Sun Skink 2020 Eutropis gubataas Barley, Diesmos, Siler, Martinez & Brown
	Eutropis islamaliit Semirara Sun Skink 2020 Eutropis islamaliit Barley, Diesmos, Siler, Martinez & Brown
	Eutropis lapulapu Mactan Sun Skink 2020 Eutropis lapulapu Barley, Diesmos, Siler, Martinez & Brown
	Eutropis palauensis Palau Sun Skink 2020 Eutropis palauensis Barley, Diesmos, Siler, Martinez & Brown
	Eutropis resetari Agarapatana Sun Skink 2020 Eutropis resetari Batuwita, Udugampala & Edirisinghe
	Eutropis sahulinghangganan Palawan Sun Skink 2020 Eutropis sahulinghangganan Barley, Diesmos, Siler, Martinez & Brown
	Eutropis sibalom Sibalom Sun Skink 2020 Eutropis sibalom Barley, Diesmos, Siler, Martinez & Brown
	Lankascincus merrill Rakwana Hills Lanka Skink 2020 Lankascincus merrill Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana & Wickramasinghe
	Lankascincus sameerai Matara Lanka Skink 2020 Lankascincus sameerai Kanishka, Danushka & Amarasinghe
	Marisora aquilonaria Southern Sierra Madre Skink 2020 Marisora aquilonaria McCranie, Matthews & Hedges
	Marisora lineola Mayan Skink 2020 Marisora lineola McCranie, Matthews & Hedges
	Marisora syntoma Tehuantepec Skink 2020 Marisora syntoma McCranie, Matthews & Hedges
	Marisora urtica Fonseca Islands Skink 2020 Marisora urtica McCranie, Matthews & Hedges
	Ornithuroscincus sabini Mount Simpson Smooth-eared Skink 2020 Lobulia sabini Kraus
	Panaspis annettesabinae Oromia Snake-eyed Skink 2020 Panaspis annettesabinae Colston, Pyron & Bauer
	Panaspis mocamedensis Mocamedes Snake-eyed Skink 2020 Panaspis mocamedensis Ceríaco, Heinicke, Parker, Marques & Bauer
	Protoblepharus medogensis Medog Mountain Skink 2020 Asymblepharus medogensis Jiang, Wu, Guo, Li & Che in Che, Jiang, Yan & Zhang (eds.)
	Protoblepharus nyingchiensis Nyingchi Mountain Skink 2020 Asymblepharus nyingchiensis Jiang, Wu, Wang, Ding & Che in Che, Jiang, Yan & Zhang (eds.)
	Scelotes farquharsoni Qudeni Dwarf Burrowing Skink 2020 Scelotes farquharsoni Raw
	Scincella baraensis Ba Ra Mountain Ground Skink 2020 Scincella baraensis Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen & Murphy
	Sphenomorphus phuquocensis Phu Quoc Forest Skink 2020 Sphenomorphus phuquocensis Grismer, Nazarov, Bobrov & Poyarkov
	Trachylepis boehmei Amhara Skink 2020 Trachylepis boehmei Koppetsch

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

	Gonatodes castanae Norosi Padless Gecko 2020 Gonatodes castanae Carvajal-Cogollo, Eguis-Avendaño & Meza-Joya
	Gonatodes chucuri Chucuri Padless Gecko 2020 Gonatodes chucuri Meneses-Pelayo & Ramírez
	Gonatodes machelae Margarita Padless Gecko 2020 Gonatodes machelae Rivero-Blanco & Schargel

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

	Stenocercus catherineae Huembo Whorl-tailed Iguana 2020 Stenocercus catherineae Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & García-Bravo
	Stenocercus diploauris Mantaro River Whorl-tailed Iguana 2020 Stenocercus diploauris Venegas, Echevarría, García-Ayachi & Landauro 2020
	Stenocercus dracopennatus Yambrasbamba Whorl-tailed Iguana 2020 Stenocercus dracopennatus Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & García-Bravo
	Stenocercus flagracanthus Cuispes Whorl-tailed Iguana 2020 Stenocercus flagracanthus Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & García-Bravo
	Stenocercus nigrobarbatus Black-bearded Whorl-tailed Iguana 2020 Stenocercus nigrobarbatus Venegas, Echevarría, García-Ayachi & Landauro 2020
	Stenocercus philmayi Las Corontas Whorl-tailed Iguana 2020 Stenocercus philmayi Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & García-Bravo

Sauria (Lizards): Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)

Varanus bennetti Palau Monitor 2020 Varanus bennetti Weijola, Vahtera, Koch, Schmitz & Kraus 2020

Serpentes (Snakes): Boidae (Typical Boas)

Eryx sistanensis Sistan Sand Boa 2020 Eryx sistanensis Eskandarzadeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Zargan, Hajinourmohamadi, Nazarov, Sami, Rajabizadeh, Nabizadeh & Navaian

Serpentes (Snakes): Colubridae (Typical Snakes)

	Ahaetulla borealis Northwest Indian Whip Snake 2020 Ahaetulla borealis Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh
	Ahaetulla farnsworthi Karnataka Whip Snake 2020 Ahaetulla farnsworthi Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh
	Ahaetulla malabarica Malabar Whip Snake 2020 Ahaetulla malabarica Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh
	Ahaetulla sahyadrensis Sahyadri Hills Whip Snake 2020 Ahaetulla sahyadrensis Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh [substitute name for Passerita mycterizans var. fuscus Günther 1858]
	Ahaetulla travancorica Travancore Whip Snake 2020 Ahaetulla travancorica Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh
	Chironius gouveai Uruguayan Sipo 2020 Chironius gouveai Entiauspe-Neto, Lyra, Koch, Quintela, Abegg & Loebmann
	Chlorosoma dunupyana Rio Branco Bush Racer 2020 Chlorosoma dunupyana Melo-Sampaio, Passos, Martins, Jennings, Moura-Leite, Morato, Venegas, Chávez, Venâncio & Souza
	Caaeteboia gaeli Paraiba Ground Snake 2020 Caaeteboia gaeli Montingelli, Barbo, Pereira Filho, Santana, França, Grazziotin & Zaher
	Dendrelaphis vogeli Yunnan Bronzeback 2020 Dendrelaphis vogeli Jiang, Ren, Guo, Wang, Ding & Li
	Dendrelaphis wickrorum Pundaluoya Bronzeback 2020 Dendrelaphis wickrorum Danushka, Kanishka, Amarasinghe, Vogel & Seneviratne
	Dipsas bothropoides Serra do Cariri Snail Eater 2020 Dipsas bothropoides Mebert, Passos, Fernandes, Entiauspe-Neto, Alvez, Machado & Lopes
	Eirenis rafsanjanicus Rafsanjan Dwarf Snake 2020 Eirenis rafsanjanicus Akbarpour, Rastegar-Pouyani, Fathinia & Rastegar-Pouyani
	Leptodeira misinawui Jubones Cat-eyed Snake 2020 Leptodeira misinawui Torres-Carvajal, Sánchez-Nivicela, Posse, Celi & Koch
	Limnophis branchi Lagoa Carumbo Swamp Snake 2020 Limnophis branchi Conradie, Deepak, Keates & Gower
	Liopeltis tiomanica Tioman Ringneck 2020 Liopeltis tiomanica Som, Grismer, Wood, Quah, Brown, Diesmos, Weinell & Stuart
	Lycodon cathaya Huaping Wolf Snake 2020 Lycodon cathaya Wang, Qi, Lyu, Zeng & Wang
	Lycodon chithrasekarai Sri Lankan Bridle Snake 2020 Dryocalamus chithrasekarai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Pushpamal & Wickramasinghe
	Lycodon deccanensis Deccan Wolf Snake 2020 Lycodon deccanensis Ganesh, Deuti, Punith, Achyuthan, Mallik, Adhikari & Vogel
	Lycodon obvelatus Panzhihua Wolf Snake 2020 Lycodon obvelatus Wang, Yu, Vogel & Che
	Lycodon serratus Serrate-banded Wolf Snake 2020 Lycodon serratus Wang, Yu, Vogel & Che
	Lycodon zayuensis Zayu Wolf Snake 2020 Lycodon zayuensis Jiang, Wang, Jin & Che in Che, Jiang, Yan & Zhang (eds.)
	Macrocalamus emas Golden-bellied Mountain Reed Snake 2020 Macrocalamus emas Quah, Anuar, Grismer, Wood & Nor
	Oligodon lipipengi Medog Kukri Snake 2020 Oligodon lipipengi Jiang, Wang, Li, Ding, Ding & Che in Che, Jiang, Yan & Zhang (eds.)
	Oligodon rostralis Long-snouted Kukri Snake 2020 Oligodon rostralis Nguyen, Tran, Nguyen, Neang, Yushchenko & Poyarkov
	Opisthotropis hungtai Heishiding Mountain Stream Keelback 2020 Opisthotropis hungtai Wang, Lyu, Zeng, Lin, Yang, Nguyen, Le, Ziegler & Wang
	Oxybelis koehleri Guatemalan Vine Snake 2020 Oxybelis koehleri Jadin, Blair, Orlofske, Jowers, Rivas, Vitt, Ray, Smith & Murphy
	Oxybelis rutherfordi Trinidad Vine Snake 2020 Oxybelis rutherfordi Jadin, Blair, Orlofske, Jowers, Rivas, Vitt, Ray, Smith & Murphy
	Oxyrhopus emberti Bolivian Calico Snake 2020 Oxyrhopus emberti Gonzales, Reichle & Entiauspe-Neto
	Persiophis fahimii Kerman Whip Snake 2020 Persiophis fahimii Rajabizadeh, Pyron, Nazarov, Poyarkov, Adriaens & Herrel
	Rhabdophis chiwen Chiwen Keelback 2020 Rhabdophis chiwen Piao, Chen, Wu, Shi, Takeuchi, Jono, Fukuda, Mori, Tang, Chen & Ding
	Smithophis arunachalensis Arunachal Rain Snake 2020 Smithophis arunachalensis Das, Deepak, Captain, Wade & Gower
	Smithophis linearis Striped Rain Snake 2020 Smithophis linearis Vogel, Chen, Deepak, Gower, Shi, Ding & Hou 2020
	Stegonotus caligocephalus Dark-headed Sabah Ground Snake 2020 Stegonotus caligocephalus Kaiser, Lapin, O'Shea & Kaiser
	Tantilla lydia Atlántida Centipede Snake 2020 Tantilla lydia Antúnez-Fonseca, Castro, España, Townsend & Wilson 2020

Serpentes (Snakes): Cyclocoridae (Philippine Burrowing Snakes, etc.)

Levitonius mirus Waray Dwarf Burrowing Snake 2020 Levitonius mirus Weinell, Paluh, Siler & Brown

Serpentes (Snakes): Cylindrophiidae (Asian Pipe Snakes)

Cylindrophis slowinskii Kachin Pipe Snake 2020 Cylindrophis slowinskii Bernstein, Bauer, McGuire, Arida, Kaiser, Kieckbusch & Mecke

Serpentes (Snakes): Elapidae, terrestrial species (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)

	Naja nana Dwarf Water Cobra 2020 Naja nana Collet & Trape
	Sinomicrurus peinani Guangxi Coral Snake 2020 Sinomicrurus peinani Liu, Yan, Hou, Wang, Nguyen, Murphy, Che & Guo
	Suta gaikhorstorum Pilbara Hooded Snake 2020 Suta gaikhorstorum Maryan, Brennan, Hutchinson & Geidans
	Toxicocalamus goodenoughensis Goodenough Island Worm-eating Snake 2020 Toxicocalamus goodenoughensis Roberts & Austin
	Toxicocalamus mattisoni Mount Simpson Worm-eating Snake 2020 Toxicocalamus mattisoni Kraus

Serpentes (Snakes): Elapidae, marine species (Sea Snakes)

Emydocephalus orarius Western Australian Turtle-headed Sea Snake 2020 Emydocephalus orarius Nankivell, Goiran, Hourston, Shine, Rasmussen, Thomson & Sanders

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

	Boaedon bocagei Kissama House Snake 2020 Boaedon bocagei Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer
	Boaedon branchi Cuando Cubango House Snake 2020 Boaedon branchi Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer
	Boaedon fradei Moxico House Snake 2020 Boaedon fradei Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer

Serpentes (Snakes): Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters)

	Asthenodipsas borneensis Bornean Dark-necked Slug Eater 2020 Asthenodipsas borneensis Quah, Grismer, Lim, Anuar & Chan
	Pareas kaduri Lohit Slug Eater 2020 Pareas kaduri Bhosale, Phansalkar, Sawant, Gowande, Patel & Mirza
	Pareas victorianus Victoria Snail Eater 2020 Pareas victorianus Vogel, Nguyen, Zaw & Poyarkov
	Xylophis mosaicus Anaimalai Narrow-headed Snake 2020 Xylophis mosaicus Deepak, Narayanan, Das, Rajkumar, Easa, Sreejith & Gower

Serpentes (Snakes): Tropidophiidae (Dwarf Boas)

Tropidophis steinleini Maisi Dwarf Boa 2020 Tropidophis steinleini Díaz & Cádiz

Serpentes (Snakes): Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)

Ramphotyphlops mollyozakiae Sakaerat Blind Snake 2020 Ramphotyphlops mollyozakiae Wallach

Serpentes (Snakes): Uropeltidae (Shield-tailed Snakes)

	Rhinophis gunasekarai Matale Shieldtail 2020 Rhinophis gunasekarai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Wickramasinghe & Gower
	Rhinophis karinthandani Mananthavady Shieldtail 2020 Rhinophis karinthandani Sampaio, Narayanan, Cyriac, Venu & Gower
	Rhinophis melanoleucus Lakkidi Shieldtail 2020 Rhinophis melanoleucus Cyriac, Narayanan, Sampaio, Umesh & Gower
	Rhinophis mendisi Balangoda Shieldtail 2020 Rhinophis mendisi Gower
	Uropeltis rajendrani Kolli Hills Shieldtail 2020 Uropeltis rajendrani Ganesh & Achyuthan

Serpentes (Snakes): Viperidae (Vipers)

	Atheris hetfieldi Bioko Bush Viper 2020 Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques & Bauer
	Atheris mongoensis Mongo Hairy Bush Viper 2020 Atheris mongoensis Collet & Trape
	Crotalus ehecatl Chiapas Rattlesnake 2020 Crotalus ehecatl Carbajal-Márquez, Cedeño-Vázquez, Martínez-Arce, Neri-Castro & Machkour-M'Rabet
	Crotalus mictlantecuhtli Veracruz Rattlesnake 2020 Crotalus mictlantecuhtli Carbajal-Márquez, Cedeño-Vázquez, Martínez-Arce, Neri-Castro & Machkour-M'Rabet
	Protobothrops kelomohy Omkoi Lance-headed Pitviper 2020 Protobothrops kelomohy Sumontha, Vasaruchapong, Chomngam, Suntrarachun, Pawangkhanant, Sompan, Smits, Kunya & Chanhome
	Trimeresurus caudornatus Nabang Pitviper 2020 Trimeresurus caudornatus Chen, Ding, Vogel & Shi in Chen, Yu, Vogel, Shi, Song, Tang, Yang, Ding & Chen
	Trimeresurus davidi Car Nicobar Green Pitviper 2020 Trimeresurus davidi Chandramouli, Campbell & Vogel
	Trimeresurus salazar Seijosa Pitviper 2020 Trimeresurus salazar Mirza, Bhosale, Phansalkar, Sawant, Gowande & Patel

Serpentes (Snakes): Xenodermidae (Asian Litter Snakes)

	Achalinus pingbianensis Pingbian Mountains Burrowing Snake 2020 Achalinus pingbianensis Li, Yu, Wu, Liao, Tang, Liu & Guo
	Achalinus tranganensis Trang An Burrowing Snake 2020 Achalinus tranganensis Luu, Ziegler, Ha, Lo, Hoang, Ngo, Le, Tran & Nguyen
	Achalinus zugorum Ha Giang Odd-Scaled Snake 2020 Achalinus zugorum Miller, Davis, Luong, Do, Pham, Ziegler, Lee, Queiroz, Reynolds & Nguyen

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

Chelus orinocensis Orinoco Matamata 2020 Chelus orinocensis Vargas-Ramírez, Caballero, Morales-Betancourt, Lasso, Amaya, Martínez, Silva Viana, Vogt, Pires Farias, Hrbek, Campbell & Fritz

Testudines (Turtles): Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

Kinosternon cora Cora Mud Turtle 2020 Kinosternon cora Loc-Barragán, Reyes-Velasco, Woolrich-Piña, Grünwald, Venegas de Anaya, Rangel-Mendoza & López-Luna