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

Sauria (Lizards): Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)

	Dendragama australis Southern Sumatran Tree Agama* 2017 Dendragama australis Harvey, Shaney, Sidik, Kurniawan & Smith
	Dendragama dioidema Northern Sumatran Tree Agama* 2017 Dendragama dioidema Harvey, Shaney, Sidik, Kurniawan & Smith
	Diploderma ngoclinense Vietnamese Mountain Agama* 2017 Japalura ngoclinensis Ananjeva, Orlov & Nguyen
	Diploderma slowinskii Nujiang Mountain Agama* 2017 Japalura slowinskii Rao, Vindum, Ma, Fu & Wilkinson
	Pseudocalotes baliomus Barisan Range Long-headed Agama* 2017 Pseudocalotes baliomus Harvey, Shaney, Hamidy, Kurniawan & Smith

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

Alopoglossus embera Chocó Shade Lizard* 2017 Alopoglossus embera Peloso & Hernández Morales

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

	Gerrhonotus lazcanoi Nuevo León Alligator Lizard* 2017 Gerrhonotus lazcanoi Banda-Leal, Nevárez-de los Reyes & Bryson
	Ophiodes enso Pelotas Glass Lizard* 2017 Ophiodes enso Entiauspe-Neto, Machado, Marques-Quintela, Regnet, Teixeira, Silveira & Loebmann

Sauria (Lizards): Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)

	Calumma gehringi Bealanana Chameleon* 2017 Calumma gehringi Prötzel, Vences, Scherz, Vieites & Glaw
	Kinyongia itombwensis Itombwe Plateau Dwarf Chameleon* 2017 Kinyongia itombwensis Hughes, Kusamba, Behangana & Greenbaum
	Kinyongia rugegensis Rugege Highlands Dwarf Chameleon* 2017 Kinyongia rugegensis Hughes, Kusamba, Behangana & Greenbaum
	Kinyongia tolleyae Kigezi Highlands Dwarf Chameleon* 2017 Kinyongia tolleyae Hughes, Kusamba, Behangana & Greenbaum

Sauria (Lizards): Dactyloidae (Anoles)

	Dactyloa hyacintogularis Ecuadorian Blue-throated Anole 2017 Anolis hyacintogularis Torres-Carvajal, Ayala-Varela, Lobos, Poe & Narváez
	Dactyloa kathydayae Las Cruces Giant Anole* 2017 Anolis kathydayae Poe & Ryan
	Dactyloa lososi Romerillos Alto Anole* 2017 Anolis lososi Torres-Carvajal, Ayala-Varela, Lobos, Poe & Narváez
	Dactyloa savagei Fortuna Pass Giant Anole* 2017 Anolis savagei Poe & Ryan
	Norops urraoi Urrao Anole 2017 Anolis urraoi Grisales-Martínez, Velasco, Bolívar, Williams & Daza

Sauria (Lizards): Dibamidae (Blind Skinks)

Dibamus floweri Pahang Blind Skink* 2017 Dibamus floweri Quah, Anuar, Grismer & Grassby-Lewis

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

Strophurus trux Brigalow Spiny-tailed Gecko* 2017 Strophurus trux Vanderduys

Sauria (Lizards): Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)

	Afroedura gorongosa Gorongosa Flat Gecko 2017 Afroedura gorongosa Branch, Guyton, Schmitz, Barej, Naskrecki, Farooq, Verburgt & Rödel
	Cnemaspis aceh Aceh Forest Gecko* 2017 Cnemaspis aceh Iskandar, McGuire & Amarasinghe
	Cnemaspis andalas West Sumatran Forest Gecko* 2017 Cnemaspis andalas Iskandar, McGuire & Amarasinghe
	Cnemaspis kandambyi Knuckles Rock Gecko* 2017 Cnemaspis kandambyi Batuwita & Udugampala
	Cnemaspis leucura Padawan Rock Gecko* 2017 Cnemaspis leucura Kurita, Nishikawa, Matsui & Hikida
	Cnemaspis lineogularis Striped-throated Rock Gecko 2017 Cnemaspis lineogularis Wood, Grismer, Aowphol, Aguilar, Cota, Grismer, Murdoch & Sites
	Cnemaspis minang Minang Forest Gecko* 2017 Cnemaspis minang Iskandar, McGuire & Amarasinghe
	Cnemaspis pagai South Pagai Forest Gecko* 2017 Cnemaspis pagai Iskandar, McGuire & Amarasinghe
	Cnemaspis phangngaensis Phangnga Rock Gecko 2017 Cnemaspis phangngaensis Wood, Grismer, Aowphol, Aguilar, Cota, Grismer, Murdoch & Sites
	Cnemaspis purnamai Belitung Rock Gecko 2017 Cnemaspis purnamai Riyanto, Hamidy, Sidik & Gunalen
	Cnemaspis tapanuli Tapanuli Forest Gecko* 2017 Cnemaspis tapanuli Iskandar, McGuire & Amarasinghe
	Cnemaspis thachanaensis Tha Chana Rock Gecko 2017 Cnemaspis thachanaensis Wood, Grismer, Aowphol, Aguilar, Cota, Grismer, Murdoch & Sites
	Cyrtodactylus dammathetensis Dammathet Cave Bent-Toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus dammathetensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin
	Cyrtodactylus gialaiensis Gia Lai Bent-toed Gecko* 2017 Cyrtodactylus gialaiensis Luu, Dung, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler
	Cyrtodactylus lenya Lenya Banded Bent-toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus lenya Mulcahy, Thura & Zug in Connette, Oswald, Thura, Connette, Grindley, Songer, Zug & Mulcahy
	Cyrtodactylus linnoensis Linno Cave Bent-Toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus linnoensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin
	Cyrtodactylus linnwayensis Linn-Way Bent-Toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus linnwayensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin
	Cyrtodactylus payarhtanensis Tenasserim Bent-toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus payarhtanensis Mulcahy, Thura & Zug
	Cyrtodactylus pharbaungensis Pharbaung Cave Bent-Toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus pharbaungensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin
	Cyrtodactylus pyinyaungensis Pyinyaung Bent-Toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus pyinyaungensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin
	Cyrtodactylus sadanensis Sadan Cave Bent-Toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus sadanensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin
	Cyrtodactylus sadansinensis Sadan Sin Cave Bent-Toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus sadansinensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin
	Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis Sanpel Cave Bent-Toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin
	Cyrtodactylus shwetaungorum Shwetaung Bent-Toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus shwetaungorum Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin
	Cyrtodactylus sinyineensis Sin Yine Cave Bent-Toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus sinyineensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin
	Cyrtodactylus sonlaensis Son La Bent-toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus sonlaensis Nguyen, Pham, Ziegler, Ngo & Le
	Cyrtodactylus tambora Sumbawa Bent-toed Gecko* 2017 Cyrtodactylus tambora Riyanto, Mulyadi, McGuire, Kusrini, Febylasmia, Basyir & Kaiser
	Cyrtodactylus tanim Kaiangibib Bent-toed Gecko* 2017 Cyrtodactylus tanim Nielsen & Oliver
	Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis Wel Pyan Cave Bent-Toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin
	Cyrtodactylus yathepyanensis Yathe Pyan Cave Bent-Toed Gecko 2017 Cyrtodactylus yathepyanensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin
	Dixonius kaweesaki Sam Roi Yot Leaf-toed Gecko 2017 Dixonius kaweesaki Sumontha, Chomngam, Phanamphon, Pawangkhanant, Viriyapanon, Thanaprayotsak & Pauwels
	Geckolepis megalepis Ankarana Fish-scale Gecko* 2017 Geckolepis megalepis Scherz, Daza, Köhler, Vences & Glaw
	Gehyra einasleighensis Einasleigh Rock Dtella 2017 Gehyra einasleighensis Bourke, Pratt, Vanderduys & Moritz
	Gekko nadenensis Naden Karst Gecko* 2017 Gekko nadenensis Luu, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler
	Goggia incognita Jacobsbaai Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko* 2017 Goggia incognita Heinicke, Turk & Bauer
	Goggia matzikamaensis Matzikama Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko* 2017 Goggia matzikamaensis Heinicke, Turk & Bauer
	Hemidactylus chipkali Hoshangabad Half-toed Gecko* 2017 Hemidactylus chipkali Mirza & Raju
	Hemidactylus kangerensis Kanger Valley Half-toed Gecko* 2017 Hemidactylus kangerensis Mirza, Bhosale & Patil
	Hemidactylus kurdicus Kurdish Half-toed Gecko* 2017 Hemidactylus kurdicus Safaei-Mahroo, Ghaffari, Ghafoor & Amini
	Hemidactylus sushilduttai Mahendragiri Range Half-toed Gecko* 2017 Hemidactylus sushilduttai Giri, Bauer, Mohapatra, Srinivasulu & Agarwal
	Hemiphyllodactylus linnwayensis Linn-Way Slender Gecko 2017 Hemiphyllodactylus linnwayensis Lee, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Li, Kyaw & Lwin
	Hemiphyllodactylus montawaensis Montawa Slender Gecko 2017 Hemiphyllodactylus montawaensis Lee, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Li, Kyaw & Lwin
	Hemiphyllodactylus tonywhitteni Phapant Slender Gecko 2017 Hemiphyllodactylus tonywhitteni Lee, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Li, Kyaw & Lwin
	Lepidodactylus pantai Kei Islands Scaly-toed Gecko* 2017 Lepidodactylus pantai Stubbs, Karin, Arifin, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Bloch, Kusnadi & McGuire
	Pseudogekko sumiklab Bicol Smooth-scaled Gecko* 2017 Pseudogekko sumiklab Siler, Davis, Watters, Freitas, Griffith, Binaday, Lobos, Amarga & Brown
	Uroplatus fotsivava Analabe Leaf-tailed Gecko* 2017 Uroplatus fotsivava Ratsoavina, Gehring, Scherz, Vieites, Glaw & Vences
	Uroplatus kelirambo Tsaratanana Leaf-tailed Gecko* 2017 Uroplatus kelirambo Ratsoavina, Gehring, Scherz, Vieites, Glaw & Vences

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

	Euspondylus excelsum Canopy Sun Teju* 2017 Euspondylus excelsum Chávez, Catenazzi & Venegas
	Gymnophthalmus marconaterai Apure Snake-eyed Teju 2017 Gymnophthalmus marconaterai García-Pérez & Schargel
	Oreosaurus serranus Sierra Nevada Highland Lizard* 2017 Oreosaurus serranus Sánchez-Pacheco, Sales-Nunes, Marques-Souza, Rodrigues & Murphy
	Psilops mucugensis Mucugê Sand Slider* 2017 Psilops mucugensis Rodrigues, Recoder, Teixeira, Roscito, Guerrero, Nunes, Freitas, Fernandes, Bocchiglieri, Vechio, Leite, Nogueira, Damasceno, Pellegrino, Argôlo & Amaro
	Psilops seductus Jaborandi Sand Slider* 2017 Psilops seductus Rodrigues, Recoder, Teixeira, Roscito, Guerrero, Nunes, Freitas, Fernandes, Bocchiglieri, Vechio, Leite, Nogueira, Damasceno, Pellegrino, Argôlo & Amaro

Sauria (Lizards): Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)

Brachylophus gau Gau Iguana 2017 Brachylophus gau Fisher, Niukula, Watling & Harlow

Sauria (Lizards): Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)

	Acanthodactylus margaritae North Moroccan Fringe-toed Lizard* 2017 Acanthodactylus margaritae Tamar, Geniez, Brito & Crochet
	Eremias dzungarica Dzungarian Desert Runner* 2017 Eremias dzungarica Orlova, Polyarkov, Chirikova, Nazarov, Munkhbaatar, Munkhbayar & Terbish
	Mesalina saudiarabica West Arabian Desert Lizard* 2017 Mesalina saudiarabica Moravec, Smíd, Schmitz, Shobrak & Wilms in Smíd, Moravec, Gvozdík, Stundl, Frynta, Lymberakis, Kapli, Wilms, Schmitz, Shobrak, Yousefkhani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Castilla, Els & Mayer
	Takydromus albomaculosus White-spotted Grass Lizard 2017 Takydromus albomaculosus Wang, Gong, Liu & Wang

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

	Liolaemus calliston Blue-speckled Smooth-throated Lizard* 2017 Liolaemus calliston Avila, Perez, Minoli, Medina, Sites & Morando
	Liolaemus gardeli Tacuarembó Smooth-throated Lizard* 2017 Liolaemus gardeli Verrastro, Maneyro, Silva & Farias
	Liolaemus tirantiorum Cerro Bandera Smooth-throated Lizard* 2017 Liolaemus tirantii Avila, Perez, Minoli, Medina, Sites & Morando (currently Liolaemus tirantiorum)

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

Sceloporus gadsdeni Western Blue-spotted Spiny Lizard* 2017 Sceloporus gadsdeni Castañeda-Gaytán & Díaz-Cárdenas in Díaz-Cárdenas, Ruiz-Sanchez, Castro-Felix, Castañeda-Gaytán, Ruiz-Santana & Gadsden

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

	Asaccus arnoldi Hajar Mountains Leaf-toed Gecko* 2017 Asaccus arnoldi Simó-Riudalbas, Tarroso, Papenfuss, Al-Sariri & Carranza
	Homonota septentrionalis Northern Broad-headed Gecko* 2017 Homonota septentrionalis Cacciali, Morando, Medina, Köhler, Motte & Avila
	Ptyodactylus rivapadialorum Mauritanian Fan-toed Gecko* 2017 Ptyodactylus rivapadiali Trape (currently Ptyodactylus rivapadialorum)
	Ptyodactylus ruusaljibalicus Ruus al Jibal Fan-toed Gecko 2017 Ptyodactylus ruusaljibalicus Simó-Riudalbas, Metallinou, Pous, Els, Jayasinghe, Péntek-Zakar, Wilms, Al-Saadi & Carranza

Sauria (Lizards): Scincidae (Skinks)

	Carlia insularis Kimberley Islands Rainbow Skink 2017 Carlia insularis Afonso Silva, Santos, Ogilvie & Moritz
	Carlia isostriacantha Monsoonal Three-keeled Rainbow Skink 2017 Carlia isostriacantha Afonso Silva, Santos, Ogilvie & Moritz
	Ctenotus pallasotus Western Pilbara Lined Comb-eared Skink 2017 Ctenotus pallasotus Rabosky & Doughty in Rabosky, Doughty & Huang
	Ctenotus rhabdotus Kimberley Lined Comb-eared Skink 2017 Ctenotus rhabdotus Rabosky & Doughty in Rabosky, Doughty & Huang
	Eumeces persicus Persian Long-legged Skink* 2017 Eumeces persicus Faizi, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nazarov, Heidari, Zangi, Orlova & Poyarkov
	Nessia gansi Mount Rumaswala Snake Skink 2017 Nessia gansi Batuwita & Edirisinghe
	Oligosoma awakopaka Awakopaka Skink 2017 Oligosoma awakopaka Jewell
	Oligosoma elium Marlborough Spotted Skink 2017 Oligosoma elium Melzer, Bell & Patterson
	Oligosoma kokowai Northern Spotted Skink 2017 Oligosoma kokowai Melzer, Bell & Patterson
	Oligosoma prasinum Mackenzie Skink 2017 Oligosoma prasinum Melzer, Bell & Patterson
	Plestiodon lotus Balsas Blue-tailed Skink* 2017 Plestiodon lotus Pavón-Vázquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Mendoza-Hernández, Centenero-Alcalá, Santa Cruz-Padilla & Jiménez-Arcos
	Plestiodon takarai Senkaku Skink* 2017 Plestiodon takarai Kurita, Ota & Hikida
	Sphenomorphus dekkerae Doberai Forest Skink* 2017 Sphenomorphus dekkerae Shea
	Trachylepis gonwouoi Turquoise-bellied Skink* 2017 Trachylepis gonwouoi Allen, Tapondjou, Welton & Bauer
	Tribolonotus choiseulensis Choiseul Casque-headed Skink* 2017 Tribolonotus choiseulensis Rittmeyer & Austin
	Tribolonotus parkeri Buka Casque-headed Skink* 2017 Tribolonotus parkeri Rittmeyer & Austin
	Tropidophorus sebi Baleh Stream Skink* 2017 Tropidophorus sebi Pui, Karin, Bauer & Das
	Tytthoscincus jaripendek Short-toed Leaf-litter Skink* 2017 Tytthoscincus jaripendek Grismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi, Mohd-Izam & Ahmad
	Tytthoscincus kakikecil Short-legged Leaf-litter Skink* 2017 Tytthoscincus kakikecil Grismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi, Mohd-Izam & Ahmad
	Tytthoscincus martae Hindu Temple Leaf-litter Skink* 2017 Tytthoscincus martae Grismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi, Mohd-Izam & Ahmad
	Tytthoscincus temasekensis Singapore Leaf-litter Skink* 2017 Tytthoscincus temasekensis Grismer, Wood, Lim & Liang

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

	Gonatodes rayito Mérida Padless Gecko* 2017 Gonatodes rayito Schargel, Rivas, García-Pérez, Rivero-Blanco, Chippindale & Fujita
	Teratoscincus mesriensis Isfahan Plate-tailed Gecko* 2017 Teratoscincus mesriensis Nazarov, Radjabizadeh, Poyarkov, Ananjeva, Melnikov & Rastegar-Pouyani
	Teratoscincus sistanensis Sistan Plate-tailed Gecko* 2017 Teratoscincus sistanense Akbarpour, Shafiei, Sehhatisabet & Damadi

Sauria (Lizards): Teiidae (Greater Tejus)

Aspidoscelis priscillae (laboratory-bred species) Priscilla's Whiptail* 2017 Aspidoscelis priscillae Cole, Taylor, Neaves, Baumann, Newton, Schnittker & Baumann

Serpentes (Snakes): Colubridae (Typical Snakes)

	Apostolepis underwoodi Santa Cruz Blackhead* 2017 Apostolepis underwoodi Lema & Campbell
	Aspidura ravanai Sri Pada Roughside* 2017 Aspidura ravanai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Kandambi, Pyron & Wickramasinghe
	Atractus cerberus Pacoche Spindle Snake* 2017 Atractus cerberus Arteaga, Mebert, Valencia, Cisneros-Heredia, Peñafiel, Reyes-Puig, Vieira-Fernandes & Guayasamin
	Atractus esepe Caimito Spindle Snake* 2017 Atractus esepe Arteaga, Mebert, Valencia, Cisneros-Heredia, Peñafiel, Reyes-Puig, Vieira-Fernandes & Guayasamin
	Atractus pyroni Bolívar Spindle Snake* 2017 Atractus pyroni Arteaga, Mebert, Valencia, Cisneros-Heredia, Peñafiel, Reyes-Puig, Vieira-Fernandes & Guayasamin
	Blythia hmuifang Mizoram Iridescent Snake 2017 Blythia hmuifang Vogel, Lalremsanga & Vanlalhrima
	Lycodon sidiki Aceh Wolf Snake 2017 Lycodon sidiki Wostl, Hamidy, Kurniawan & Smith
	Lytorhynchus levitoni Iranian Awl-headed Snake* 2017 Lytorhynchus levitoni Torki
	Ninia teresitae Tumaco Coffee Snake* 2017 Ninia teresitae Angarita-Sierra & Lynch
	Oligodon culaochamensis Cu Lao Cham Kukri Snake* 2017 Oligodon culaochamensis Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Phan, Jiang & Murphy
	Oligodon huahin Hua Hin Kukri Snake* 2017 Oligodon huahin Pauwels, Larsen, Suthanthangjai, David & Sumontha
	Oligodon saiyok Sai Yok Kukri Snake* 2017 Oligodon saiyok Sumontha, Kunya, Dangsri & Pauwels
	Opisthotropis shenzhenensis Shenzhen Mountain Stream Keelback* 2017 Opisthotropis shenzhenensis Wang, Guo, Liu, Lyu, Wang, Luo, Sun & Zhang
	Opisthotropis zhaoermii Hunan Mountain Stream Keelback* 2017 Opisthotropis zhaoermii Ren, Wang, Jiang, Guo & Li
	Rhabdops aquaticus Northern Olive Forest Snake 2017 Rhabdops aquaticus Giri, Deepak, Captain, Das, Das, Rajkumar, Rathish & Gower
	Rhadinella lisyae Sierra de Agalta Dwarf Brown Snake* 2017 Rhadinella lisyae McCranie
	Rhynchocalamus ilamensis Ilam Black-headed Snake* 2017 Rhynchocalamus ilamensis Fathinia, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani & Darvishnia
	Stegonotus admiraltiensis Admiralty Islands Ground Snake* 2017 Stegonotus admiraltiensis Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin
	Stegonotus derooijae Salawati Ground Snake* 2017 Stegonotus derooijae Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin
	Stegonotus iridis Rainbow Ground Snake* 2017 Stegonotus iridis Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin
	Stegonotus melanolabiatus Black-lipped Ground Snake* 2017 Stegonotus melanolabiatus Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin
	Tantilla excelsa Lancetilla Centipede Snake 2017 Tantilla excelsa McCranie & Smith
	Tantilla gottei Rio Choluteca Centipede Snake 2017 Tantilla gottei McCranie & Smith
	Tantilla stenigrammi Cuaca Centipede Snake 2017 Tantilla stenigrammi McCranie & Smith
	Thamnodynastes phoenix Petrolina Mock Viper* 2017 Thamnodynastes phoenix Franco, Trevine, Montingelli & Zaher

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

	Naja peroescobari São Tomé Cobra* 2017 Naja peroescobari Ceríaco, Marques, Schmitz & Bauer
	Toxicocalamus cratermontanus Crater Mountain Worm-eating Snake* 2017 Toxicocalamus cratermontanus Kraus
	Toxicocalamus nigrescens Blackish Worm-eating Snake* 2017 Toxicocalamus nigrescens Kraus

Serpentes (Snakes): Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)

	Gerrhopilus addisoni Panaeati Blind Snake* 2017 Gerrhopilus addisoni Kraus
	Gerrhopilus eurydice Trobriand Islands Blind Snake* 2017 Gerrhopilus eurydice Kraus
	Gerrhopilus lestes New Ireland Blind Snake* 2017 Gerrhopilus lestes Kraus
	Gerrhopilus persephone Normanby Blind Snake* 2017 Gerrhopilus persephone Kraus

Serpentes (Snakes): Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes)

Gyiophis salweenensis Salween Mud Snake* 2017 Gyiophis salweenensis Quah, Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Kyaw, Lwin, Grismer & Murdoch

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

Mimophis occultus Northern Madagascar Sand Snake* 2017 Mimophis occultus Ruane, Myers, Lo, Yuen, Welt, Juman, Futterman, Nussbaum, Schneider, Burbrink & Raxworthy

Serpentes (Snakes): Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)

	Anilios obtusifrons Kalbarri Blind Snake* 2017 Anilios obtusifrons Ellis, Doughty, Donnellan, Marin & Vidal
	Anilios systenos Geraldton Blind Snake* 2017 Anilios systenos Ellis, Doughty, Donnellan, Marin & Vidal

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

Rhinophis roshanpererai Badulla Shieldtail* 2017 Rhinophis roshanpererai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Rajeev & Gower

Serpentes (Snakes): Viperidae (Vipers)

Gloydius rubromaculatus Red-spotted Mamushi* 2017 Gloydius rubromaculatus Shi, Wang, Chen, Fang, Ding, Huang, Hou, Liu & Li

Testudines (Turtles): Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)

Trachemys medemi Atrato Slider 2017 Trachemys medemi Vargas-Ramírez, Valle, Ceballos & Fritz