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

Sauria (Lizards): Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)

	Agama lanzai Bari Agama* 2013 Agama lanzai Wagner, Leaché, Mazuch & Böhme
	Agama somalica Las Geel Agama* 2013 Agama somalica Wagner, Leaché, Mazuch & Böhme
	Calotes bachae Eastern Blue Crested Agama* 2013 Calotes bachae Hartmann, Geissler, Poyarkov, Ihlow, Galoyan, Rödder & Böhme
	Ctenophorus mirrityana Barrier Range Dragon 2013 Ctenophorus mirrityana McLean, Moussalli, Sass & Stuart-Fox
	Phrynocephalus ananjevae Zagros Toad-headed Agama* 2013 Phrynocephalus ananjevae Melnikov, Melnikova, Nazarov & Rajabizadeh
	Pseudotrapelus jensvindumi East Arabian Desert Agama* 2013 Pseudotrapelus jensvindumi Melnikov, Ananjeva & Papenfuss
	Xenagama wilmsi Jijiga Shield-tailed Agama* 2013 Xenagama wilmsi Wagner, Mazuch & Bauer

Sauria (Lizards): Anniellidae (North American Legless Lizards)

	Anniella alexanderae Temblor Range Legless Lizard 2013 Anniella alexanderae Papenfuss & Parham
	Anniella campi Southern Sierra Legless Lizard 2013 Anniella campi Papenfuss & Parham
	Anniella grinnelli Bakersfield Legless Lizard 2013 Anniella grinnelli Papenfuss & Parham
	Anniella stebbinsi Southern California Legless Lizard 2013 Anniella stebbinsi Papenfuss & Parham

Sauria (Lizards): Carphodactylidae (Southern Padless Geckos)

Saltuarius eximius Cape Melville Leaf-tailed Gecko 2013 Saltuarius eximius Hoskin & Couper

Sauria (Lizards): Dactyloidae (Anoles)

Dactyloa ginaelisae Kankintú Anole* 2013 Dactyloa ginaelisae Lotzkat, Hertz, Bienentreu & Köhler

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

	Diplodactylus lateroides Speckled Stone Gecko 2013 Diplodactylus lateroides Doughty & Oliver
	Diplodactylus nebulosus Cloudy Stone Gecko 2013 Diplodactylus nebulosus Doughty & Oliver

Sauria (Lizards): Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)

Goniurosaurus liboensis Libo Leopard Gecko 2013 Goniurosaurus liboensis Wang, Yang & Grismer

Sauria (Lizards): Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)

	Cnemaspis grismeri Southern Bintang Rock Gecko* 2013 Cnemaspis grismeri Wood, Quah, Anuar & Muin
	Cnemaspis selamatkanmerapoh Merapoh Rock Gecko* 2013 Cnemaspis selamatkanmerapoh Grismer, Wood, Mohamed, Chan, Heinz, Sumarli, Chan & Loredo
	Cyrtodactylus dati Bu Dop Bent-toed Gecko* 2013 Cyrtodactylus dati Ngo
	Cyrtodactylus kingsadai Dai Lanh Bent-toed Gecko* 2013 Cyrtodactylus kingsadai Ziegler, Phung, Le & Nguyen
	Cyrtodactylus phuocbinhensis Phuoc Binh Bent-toed Gecko* 2013 Cyrtodactylus phuocbinhensis Nguyen, Le, Tran, Orlov, Lathrop, Macculloch, Le, Jin, Nguyen, Nguyen, Hoang, Che, Murphy & Zhang
	Cyrtodactylus sanook Sanook Bent-toed Gecko 2013 Cyrtodactylus sanook Pauwels, Sumontha, Latinne & Grismer
	Cyrtodactylus taynguyenensis Central Highlands Bent-toed Gecko* 2013 Cyrtodactylus taynguyenensis Nguyen, Le, Tran, Orlov, Lathrop, Macculloch, Le, Jin, Nguyen, Nguyen, Hoang, Che, Murphy & Zhang
	Cyrtodactylus tebuensis Mount Tebu Bent-toed Gecko* 2013 Cyrtodactylus tebuensis Grismer, Anuar, Muin, Quah & Wood
	Gekko adleri Cao Bang Gecko* 2013 Gekko adleri Nguyen, Wang, Yang, Lehmann, Le, Ziegler & Bonkowski
	Hemidactylus ulii Al Hababi Half-toed Gecko* 2013 Hemidactylus ulii Smid, Moravec, Kratochvil, Gvozdik, Nasher, Busais, Wilms, Shobrak & Carranza
	Hemiphyllodactylus tehtarik Tebu Mountain Slender Gecko 2013 Hemiphyllodactylus tehtarik Grismer, Wood, Anuar, Muin, Quah, McGuire, Brown, Ngo & Pham
	Hemiphyllodactylus zugi Vietnamese Slender Gecko* 2013 Hemiphyllodactylus zugi Nguyen, Lehmann, Le, Duong, Bonkowski & Ziegler
	Heteronotia atra Black Pilbara Gecko 2013 Heteronotia atra Pepper, Doughty, Fujita, Moritz & Keogh
	Heteronotia fasciolata Pale-headed Gecko 2013 Heteronotia fasciolatus Pepper, Doughty, Fujita, Moritz & Keogh
	Lygodactylus regulus Prince Dwarf Gecko 2013 Lygodactylus regulus Portik, Travers, Bauer & Branch
	Tenuidactylus bogdanovi Tajik Thin-toed Gecko* 2013 Tenuidactylus bogdanovi Nazarov & Poyarkov
	Trigonodactylus sharqiyahensis Oman Triangle-scaled Gecko* 2013 Stenodactylus sharqiyahensis Metallinou & Carranza
	Tropiocolotes naybandensis Nayband Dwarf Gecko* 2013 Tropiocolotes naybandensis Krause, Ahmadzadeh, Moazeni, Wagner & Wilms

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

	Anadia antioquensis Antioquia Smooth-scaled Lizard* 2013 Anadia antioquensis Arredondo
	Bachia geralista Minas Gerais Earless Teju* 2013 Bachia geralista Teixeira, Recoder, Camacho, Sena, Navas & Rodrigues
	Bachia scaea Rondonian Earless Teju* 2013 Bachia scaea Teixeira, Vechio, Nunes, Neto, Lobo, Storti, Gaiga, Dias & Rodrigues
	Gelanesaurus flavogularis Yellow-throated Water Teju* 2013 Potamites flavogularis Altamirano-Bemavides, Zaher, Lobo, Grazziotin, Nunes & Rodrigues
	Leposoma sinepollex Thumb-less Root Lizard* 2013 Leposoma sinepollex Rodrigues, Teixeira, Recoder, Vechio, Damasceno & Pellegrino
	Proctoporus carabaya Carabaya Lightbulb Lizard* 2013 Proctoporus carabaya Goicoechea, Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher & Riva
	Proctoporus iridescens Iridescent Lightbulb Lizard* 2013 Proctoporus iridescens Goicoechea, Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher & Riva
	Proctoporus kiziriani Quispicanchi Lightbulb Lizard* 2013 Proctoporus kiziriani Goicoechea, Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher & Riva

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

	Enyalioides azulae Azul Mountains Wood Lizard* 2013 Enyalioides azulae Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran & Queiroz
	Enyalioides binzayedi Chambirillo Wood Lizard* 2013 Enyalioides binzayedi Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran & Queiroz

Sauria (Lizards): Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)

	Acanthodactylus khamirensis Khamir Fringe-toed Lizard 2013 Acanthodactylus khamirensis Heidari, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani & Rajabizadeh
	Darevskia caspica Caspian Green-bellied Rock Lizard* 2013 Darevskia caspica Ahmadzadeh, Flecks, Carretero, Mozaffari, Böhme, Harris, Freitas & Rödder
	Darevskia kamii Eastern Green-bellied Rock Lizard* 2013 Darevskia kamii Ahmadzadeh, Flecks, Carretero, Mozaffari, Böhme, Harris, Freitas & Rödder
	Darevskia kopetdaghica Kopet Dagh Rock Lizard* 2013 Darevskia kopetdaghica Ahmadzadeh, Flecks, Carretero, Mozaffari, Böhme, Harris, Freitas & Rödder
	Darevskia schaekeli Eastern Alborz Rock Lizard* 2013 Darevskia schaekeli Ahmadzadeh, Flecks, Carretero, Mozaffari, Böhme, Harris, Freitas & Rödder
	Takydromus madaensis Ma Da Grass Lizard 2013 Takydromus madaensis Bobrov

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

	Liolaemus acostai La Laja Smooth-throated Lizard* 2013 Liolaemus acostai Abdala & Juárez-Heredia
	Liolaemus carlosgarini Maule Lagoon Smooth-throated Lizard* 2013 Liolaemus carlosgarini Esquerré, Núñez & Scolaro
	Liolaemus chavin Recuay Smooth-throated Lizard* 2013 Liolaemus chavin Aguilar, Wood, Cusi, Guzmán, Huari, Lundberg, Mortensen, Ramírez, Robles, Suárez, Ticona, Vargas, Venegas & Sites
	Liolaemus millcayac Rosario Smooth-throated Lizard* 2013 Liolaemus millcayac Abdala & Juárez-Heredia
	Liolaemus pacha Pacha Smooth-throated Lizard* 2013 Liolaemus pacha Heredia, Robles & Halloy
	Liolaemus pachacutec Paucartambo Smooth-throated Lizard* 2013 Liolaemus pachacutec Aguilar, Wood, Cusi, Guzmán, Huari, Lundberg, Mortensen, Ramírez, Robles, Suárez, Ticona, Vargas, Venegas & Sites
	Liolaemus pipanaco Pipanaco Smooth-throated Lizard* 2013 Liolaemus pipanaco Abdala & Juárez-Heredia
	Liolaemus porosus Highland Desert Smooth-throated Lizard* 2013 Liolaemus porosus Abdala, Paz & Semhan
	Liolaemus riodamas Las Damas River Smooth-throated Lizard* 2013 Liolaemus riodamas Esquerré, Núñez & Scolaro
	Liolaemus sitesi Auca Mahuida Volcano Smooth-throated Lizard* 2013 Liolaemus sitesi Avila, Olave, Perez, Perez & Morando
	Liolaemus wari Huamanga Smooth-throated Lizard* 2013 Liolaemus wari Aguilar, Wood, Cusi, Guzmán, Huari, Lundberg, Mortensen, Ramírez, Robles, Suárez, Ticona, Vargas, Venegas & Sites
	Phymaturus aguanegra Agua Negra Chuckwalla* 2013 Phymaturus aguanegra Lobo, Laspiur & Acosta
	Phymaturus camilae Sacanana River Chuckwalla* 2013 Phymaturus camilae Scolaro, Jara & Pincheira-Donoso
	Phymaturus williamsi Calingasta Chuckwalla* 2013 Phymaturus williamsi Lobo, Laspiur & Acosta

Sauria (Lizards): Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)

	Homonota taragui Corrientes Broad-headed Gecko* 2013 Homonota taragui Cajade, Etchepare, Falcione, Barasso & Alvarez
	Phyllodactylus leoni León River Leaf-toed Gecko* 2013 Phyllodactylus leoni Torres-Carvajal, Carvajal-Campos, Barnes, Nicholls & Pozo-Andrade
	Phyllodactylus paralepis Guanaja Leaf-toed Gecko* 2013 Phyllodactylus paralepis McCranie & Hedges
	Ptyodactylus ananjevae Southern Jordan Fan-toed Gecko* 2013 Ptyodactylus ananjevae Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova
	Ptyodactylus dhofarensis Dhofar Fan-toed Gecko* 2013 Ptyodactylus dhofarensis Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova
	Ptyodactylus orlovi Eastern Arabian Fan-toed Gecko* 2013 Ptyodactylus orlovi Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova

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

	Aprasia clairae Batavia Coast Worm Lizard 2013 Aprasia clairae Maryan, How & Adams
	Aprasia litorea Gnaraloo Worm Lizard 2013 Aprasia litorea Maryan, Bush & Adams

Sauria (Lizards): Scincidae (Skinks)

	Caledoniscincus notialis Southern Leaf-litter Skink* 2013 Caledoniscincus notialis Sadlier, Bauer, Wood, Smith & Jackman
	Eremiascincus phantasmus Ghost Skink 2013 Eremiascincus phantasmus Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan
	Oligosoma roimata Aorangi Skink 2013 Oligosoma roimata Patterson, Hitchmough & Chapple
	Parvoscincus abstrusus Mount Makiling Dwarf Forest Skink* 2013 Parvoscincus abstrusus Linkem & Brown
	Parvoscincus agtorum Agta Dwarf Forest Skink* 2013 Parvoscincus agtorum Linkem & Brown
	Parvoscincus arvindiesmosi Southern Luzon Dwarf Forest Skink* 2013 Parvoscincus arvindiesmosi Linkem & Brown
	Parvoscincus aurorus Aurora Dwarf Forest Skink* 2013 Parvoscincus aurorus Linkem & Brown
	Parvoscincus banahaoensis Mount Banahao Dwarf Forest Skink* 2013 Parvoscincus banahaoensis Linkem & Brown
	Parvoscincus jimmymcguirei Mount Cagua Dwarf Forest Skink* 2013 Parvoscincus jimmymcguirei Linkem & Brown
	Parvoscincus palaliensis Mount Palali Dwarf Forest Skink* 2013 Parvoscincus palaliensis Linkem & Brown
	Saproscincus saltus Cape Melville Shade Skink 2013 Saproscincus saltus Hoskin
	Sphenomorphus apalpebratus Meghalaya Forest Skink* 2013 Sphenomorphus apalpebratus Datta-Roy, Das, Bauer, Tron & Karanth
	Sphenomorphus sheai Kon Tum Forest Skink* 2013 Sphenomorphus sheai Nguyen, Nguyen, Devender, Bonkowski & Ziegler

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

	Gonatodes naufragus Blanquilla Padless Gecko* 2013 Gonatodes naufragus Rivas, Ugueto, Schargel, Barros, Velozo & Sánchez
	Sphaerodactylus alphus Guanaja Odd-scaled Least Gecko* 2013 Sphaerodactylus alphus McCranie & Hedges
	Sphaerodactylus poindexteri Utila Least Gecko* 2013 Sphaerodactylus poindexteri McCranie & Hedges

Sauria (Lizards): Teiidae (Greater Tejus)

	Ameiva aggerecusans Chachapoyas Ameiva* 2013 Ameiva aggerecusans Koch, Venegas, Rödder, Flecks & Böhme
	Ameiva jacuba Jacuba River Ameiva* 2013 Ameiva jacuba Giugliano, Nogueira, Valdujo, Collevatti & Colli
	Ameiva nodam Jaén Ameiva* 2013 Ameiva nodam Koch, Venegas, Rödder, Flecks & Böhme
	Ameivula pyrrhogularis Flame-throated Whiptail* 2013 Cnemidophorus pyrrhogularis Silva & Ávila-Pires
	Cnemidophorus duellmani Panamanian Rainbow Whiptail* 2013 Cnemidophorus duellmani McCranie & Hedges

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

	Plica caribeana Caribbean Tree Runner* 2013 Plica caribeana Murphy & Jowers
	Plica kathleenae Acarai Mountains Tree Runner* 2013 Plica kathleenae Murphy & Jowers
	Plica medemi Colombian Tree Runner* 2013 Plica medemi Murphy & Jowers
	Plica rayi Orinoco Tree Runner* 2013 Plica rayi Murphy & Jowers
	Stenocercus cadlei Mocha Whorl-tailed Iguana* 2013 Stenocercus cadlei Torres-Carvajal & Mafla-Endara
	Stenocercus chinchaoensis Rio Huallaga Whorl-tailed Iguana* 2013 Stenocercus chinchaoensis Venegas, Duran & Garcia-Burneo
	Tropidurus imbituba Imbituba Keel-tailed Iguana* 2013 Tropidurus imbituba Kunz & Borges-Martins

Sauria (Lizards): Xenosauridae (Knob-scaled Lizards)

Xenosaurus mendozai Queretaro Knob-scaled Lizard* 2013 Xenosaurus mendozai Nieto-Montes de Oca, García-Vázquez, Zúñiga-Vega & Schmidt-Ballardo

Serpentes (Snakes): Colubridae (Typical Snakes)

	Atractus spinalis Cipó Mountains Spindle Snake* 2013 Atractus spinalis Passos, Junior, Recoder, Sena, Vechio, Pinto, Mendonca, Cassimiro & Rodrigues
	Atractus touzeti Guacamayos Spindle Snake* 2013 Atractus touzeti Schargel, Lamar, Passos, Valencia, Cisneros-Heredia & Campbell
	Boiga flaviviridis Yellow-Green Cat Snake* 2013 Boiga flaviviridis Vogel & Ganesh
	Geophis turbidus Cuetzalan Earth Snake* 2013 Geophis turbidus Pavón-Vázquez, Canseco-Márquez & Nieto-Montes de Oca
	Helicops apiaka Apiaká Keelback* 2013 Helicops apiaka Kawashita-Ribeiro, Ávila & Morais
	Leptophis haileyi Tobago Parrot Snake* 2013 Leptophis haileyi Murphy, Charles, Lehtinen & Koeller
	Oligodon cattienensis Cat Tien Kukri Snake 2013 Oligodon cattienensis Vassilieva, Geissler, Galoyan, Poyarkov, Devender & Böhme
	Opisthotropis laui Gudou Mountain Stream Keelback* 2013 Opisthotropis laui Yang, Sung & Chan
	Rhabdophis akraios Mount Singalang Keelback 2013 Rhabdophis akraios Doria, Petri, Bellati, Tiso & Pistarino
	Tantilla olympia Texíguat Centipede Snake* 2013 Tantilla olympia Townsend, Wilson, Medina-Flores & Herrera-B.
	Telescopus finkeldeyi Damara Cat Snake 2013 Telescopus finkeldeyi Haacke

Serpentes (Snakes): Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes)

Karnsophis siantaris Sumatra Short-tailed Snake* 2013 Karnsophis siantaris Murphy & Voris

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

	Liopholidophis baderi Andasibe Smooth Snake* 2013 Liopholidophis baderi Glaw, Kucharzewski, Nagy & Vences
	Liopholidophis oligolepis Marojejy Smooth Snake* 2013 Liopholidophis oligolepis Glaw, Kucharzewski, Nagy & Vences
	Madagascarophis fuchsi Antsiranana Cat Snake* 2013 Madagascarophis fuchsi Glaw, Kucharzewski, Köhler, Vences & Nagy

Serpentes (Snakes): Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters)

Asthenodipsas lasgalenensis Mirkwood Forest Slug Eater 2013 Asthenodipsas lasgalenensis Loredo, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Greer, Ahmad & Grismer

Serpentes (Snakes): Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)

Typhlops leptolepis Holguín Blind Snake* 2013 Typhlops leptolepis Domínguez, Fong-G. & Iturriaga

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

Rhinophis goweri Bodamalai Shieldtail* 2013 Rhinophis goweri Aengals & Ganesh

Serpentes (Snakes): Viperidae (Vipers)

	Azemiops kharini White-headed Mole Viper 2013 Azemiops kharini Orlov, Ryabov & Nguyen
	Bothriechis guifarroi Texícuat Palm Pitviper* 2013 Bothriechis guifarroi Townsend, Medina-Flores, Wilson, Jadin & Austin
	Protobothrops himalayanus Himalayan Habu* 2013 Protobothrops himalayanus Pan, Chettri, Yang, Jiang, Wang, Zhang & Vogel
	Vipera shemakhensis Shemakhan Steppe Viper* 2013 Pelias shemakhensis Tuniyev, Orlov, Tuniyev & Kidov