Robert Ward Murphy

Robert Ward Murphy (1948–), Canadian herpetologist.

• Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s park, Toronto, M5S 2C6, Canada.
• State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China.

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• 53 taxon names authored by Robert Ward Murphy

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• 3 eponyms of Robert Ward Murphy

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• Fu, J.-Z., & Darevsky, I.S. 1997. Toward the phylogeny of Caucasian rock lizards: implications from mitochondrial DNA gene sequences (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 120(4): 463–477. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01283.x Reference page. 

• Che, J., Hu, J.-S., Zhou, W.-W., , Papenfuss, T.J., Chen, M.-Y., Rao, D.-Q., Li, P.-P. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2009. Phylogeny of the Asian spiny frog tribe Paini (Family Dicroglossidae) sensu Dubois. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50(1): 59–73. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.007 Reference page. 

• Liu, S.-Y., Sun, Z.-Y., Liu, Y., Wang, H., Guo, P. & 2012. A new vole from Xizang, China and the molecular phylogeny of the genus Neodon (Cricetidae: Arvicolinae). Zootaxa 3235(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3235.1.1 Reference page. 

• Chan, K.O., Blackburn, D.C., , Stuart, B.L., Emmett, D.A., Ho, C.T. & Brown, R.M. 2013. A New Species of Narrow-Mouthed Frog of the Genus Kaloula from Eastern Indochina. Herpetologica 69(3): 329–341. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00094 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, S.N., Le, T.N.T., Tran, T.A.D., Orlov, N.L., Lathrop, A., MacCulloch, R.D., Le, T.D.T., Jin, J.Q., Nguyen, L.T., Nguyen, T.T., Hoang, D.D., Che, J., & Zhang, Y.P. 2013. Phylogeny of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis species complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vietnam with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3737(4): 399–414. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.4 Reference page. 

• Bryson, R.W., Jr., Linkem, C.W., Dorcas, M.E., Lathrop, A., Jones, J.M., Alvarado-Díaz, J., Grünwald, C.I. & 2014. Multilocus species delimitation in the Crotalus triseriatus species group (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3826(3): 475–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.3.3 Reference page. 
• Yuan, Z.-Y., Zhao, H.-P., Jiang, K., Hou, M., He, L.-Z., & Che, J. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) with the description of a new species from Qixiling Nature Reserve, Jiangxi, southeastern China and a key to the species. Asian Herpetological Research 5(2): 67–79. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2014.00067 Reference page. 

• Edwards, T., Karl, A., Vaughn, M., Rosen, P., Torres, C.M. & 2016. The desert tortoise trichotomy: Mexico hosts a third, new sister-species of tortoise in the Gopherus morafkai–G. agassizii group. ZooKeys 562: 131–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.562.6124 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, V.D.H., Le, S.H. & 2016. A new species of kukri snake (Squamata: Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from Con Dao Islands, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4139(2): 261–273. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.9 Reference page. 
• Suwannapoom, C., Yuan, Z-Y., Chen, J-M., Hou, M., Zhao, H-P., Wang, L-J., Nguyen, T.S., Nguyen, T.Q., , Sullivan, J., Mcleod, D.S. & Che, J. 2016. Taxonomic revision of the Chinese Limnonectes (Anura, Dicroglossidae) with the description of a new species from China and Myanmar. Zootaxa 4093(2): 181–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.2.2 Reference page. 
• Suwannapoom, C., Yuan, Z-Y., Chen, J-M., Hou, M., Zhao, H-P., Wang, L-J., Nguyen, T.S., Nguyen, T.Q., , Sullivan, J., McLeod, D.S. & Che, J. 2016. Erratum: CHATMONGKON SUWANNAPOOM, ZHI-YONG YUAN, JIN-MIN CHEN, MIAN HOU, HAI-PENG ZHAO, LI-JUN WANG, TRUONG SON NGUYEN, TRUONG Q. NGUYEN, ROBERT W. MURPHY, JAQUELINE SULLIVAN, DAVID S. MCLEOD & JING CHE (2016) Taxonomic revision of the Chinese Limnonectes (Anura, Dicroglossidae) with the description of a new species from China and Myanmar. Zootaxa, 4093: 181–200. Zootaxa 4137(4): 599–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.13. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Suwannapoom, C., Yuan, Z.-Y., Poyarkov Jr., N.A., Yan, F., Kamtaeja, S., , Che, J. 2016. A new species of genus Fejervarya (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from northern Thailand. Zoological Research 37(6): 327-337. DOI: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2016.6.327 Reference page. 
• Wang, J., Lu, B., Zan, R., Chai, J., Ma, W., Jin, W., Duan, R., Luo, J., , Xiao, H. & Chen, Z. 2016. Phylogenetic Relationships of Five Asian Schilbid Genera Including Clupisoma (Siluriformes: Schilbeidae). PLoS ONE 11(1): e0145675. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145675 Reference page. 

• Liu, S.-Y., Jin, W., Liu, Y., , Lu, B., Hao, H.-B., Liao, R., Sun, Z.-Y., Tang, M.-K., Chen, W.-C. & Fu, J.-R. 2017. Taxonomic position of Chinese voles of the tribe Arvicolini and the description of two new species from Xizang, China. Journal of Mammalogy 98(1): 166–182. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw170 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, V.D.H., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, N.T.T., Nguyen, L.T., Vo, B.D., Vindum, J.V., , Che, J. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2017. A new color pattern of the Bungarus candidus complex (Squamata: Elapidae) from Vietnam based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 4268(4): 563–572. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.4.7 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, L.T., Nguyen, V.D.H., Phan, H.T., Jiang, K. & 2017. A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Cu Lao Cham Islands, central Vietnam. Zootaxa 4286(3): 333–346. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.3.2 Reference page. 
• Sánchez-Pacheco, S.J., Nunes, P.M.S., Marques-Souza, A. Rodrigues, M.T. & 2017. Formal recognition of the species of Oreosaurus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. ZooKeys 691: 149–162. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.691.13595 Reference page. 
• Zhao, H-P., Yang, J-X., Wang, J-P., Li, P-P., , Che, J. & Yuan, Z-Y. 2017. A new species of the genus Rana from Henan, central China (Anura, Ranidae). ZooKeys 694: 95–108. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.694.12513 Reference page. 

• Nguyen, L.T., Poyarkov, N.A. Jr., Le, D.T., Vo, B.D., Phan, H.T., Duong, T.V., & Nguyen, S.N. 2018. A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Son Tra Peninsula, central Vietnam. Zootaxa 4388(1): 1–21. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.1.1 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, L.T., Nguyen, V.D.H., Orlov, N.L. & 2018. A new skink of the genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Hon Ba Nature Reserve, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4438(2): 313–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.2.6 Reference page. 
• Tang, M.K., Jin, W., Tang, Y., Yan, C.C., , Sun, Z.Y., Zhang, X.Y., Zeng, T., Liao, R., Hou, Q.F., Yue, B.S. & Liu, S.Y. 2018. Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Craseomys and three controversial species of Myodes and Alticola (Rodentia: Arvicolinae). Zootaxa 4429(1): 1–52. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.1.1 Reference page. 

• Kilunda, F.K., Conradie, W., Wasonga, D.V., Jin, J.Q., Peng, M.S., , Malonza, P.K. & Che, J. 2019. Revalidation and resurrection of Panaspis massaiensis (Angel, 1924) and the description of a new species of Panaspis Cope (Squamata: Scincidae) from south-eastern Kenya. Zootaxa 4706(2): 255–274. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.2.3 . Reference page. 
• Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, V.D.H., Nguyen, L.T. & 2019. A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4648(2): 273–286. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.2.4 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, L.T., Poyarkov, N.A., Jr., Nguyen, T.T., Nguyen, T.A., Tran, V.H., Gorin, V.A., & Nguyen, S.N. 2019. A new species of the genus Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Tay Nguyen Plateau, Central Vietnam. Zootaxa 4543(4): 549–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.4.4 Reference page. 
• Zaher, H., , Arredondo, J.C., Graboski, R., Machado-Filho, P.R., Mahlow, K., Montingelli, G.G., Quadros, A.B., Orlov, N.L., Wilkinson, M., Zhang, Y.-P. & Grazziotin, F.G. 2019. Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes). PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216148. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216148 Reference page. 

• Ananjeva, N.B., Ermakov, O.A., Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, T.T., , Lukonina, S.A. & Orlov, N.L. 2020. A New Species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Highlands, Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 27(4): 217–230. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2020-27-4-217-230 . Reference page. 
• Liu, Q., Yan, J.-W., Hou, S.-B., Wang, P., Nguyen, S.N., , Che, J. & Guo, P. 2020. A new species of the genus Sinomicrurus (Serpentes: Elapidae) from China and Vietnam. Zoological Research 41(2): 194–198. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.023 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, V.D.H., Nguyen, L.T. & 2020. A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4868(3): 423–434. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.3.6 Reference page. 
• Rahman, MD.M., Chen, J-M., Wu, Y-H., Chen, H-M., Lwin, Y.H., Murphy, R.W., Li, G-G. & Che, J.. 2020. New country records for three species of frog from Myanmar including two genera (Nasutixalus and Oreolalax). Zootaxa 4742(3): 531–542. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4742.3.7 Reference page. 

• Le, M.V., Nguyen, V.D.H., Phan, H.T., Rujirawan, A., Aowphol, A., Vo, T.D.H., & Nguyen, S.N. 2021. A new skink of the genus Subdoluseps Freitas, Datta-Roy, Karanth, Grismer & Siler, 2019 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4952(2): 257–274. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.2.3 Reference page. 
• Smart, U., Ingrasci, M.J., Sarker, G.C., Lalremsanga, H., , Ota, H., Tu, M.C., Shouche, Y., Orlov, N.L. & Smith, E.N. 2021. A comprehensive appraisal of evolutionary diversity in venomous Asian coralsnakes of the genus Sinomicrurus (Serpentes: Elapidae) using Bayesian coalescent inference and supervised machine learning. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(8): 2212–2277. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12547 Reference page. 
• Yan, F., Nneji, L.M., Jin, J.-Q., Yuan, Z.-Y., Chen, J.-M., Mi, X., Chen, H.-M., & Che, J. 2021. Multi-locus genetic analyses of Quasipaa from throughout its distribution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 163: 107218. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107218 Reference page. 

• Liu, S.-Y., Zhou, C.-G., Meng, G.-L., Wan, T., Tang, M.-K., Yang, C.-T., , Fan, Z.-X., Liu, Y., Zeng, T., Zhao, Y. & Liu, S.-L. 2022. Evolution and diversification of Mountain voles (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Communications Biology 5(1): 1417. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-04371-z Reference page. 
• Liu, S.-Y., Tang, M.-K., , Liu, Y.-X., Wang, X.-M., Wan, T., Liao, R., Tang, K.-Y., Qing, J., Chen, S.-D. & Li, S. 2022. A new species of Tamiops (Rodentia, Sciuridae) from Sichuan, China. Zootaxa 5116(3): 301–333. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5116.3.1 Reference page. 

• Bernstein, J.M., , Lathrop, A., Nguyen, S.N., Orlov, N.L. & Stuart, B.L. 2024. Incorporating New Datatypes to Enhance Species Delimitation: A Case Study in Rice Paddy Snakes (Homalopsidae: Hypsiscopus). Zootaxa 5501(1): 39–55. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5501.1.2 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, S.N., Le, M.V., Lathrop, A., Vo, T.-D.-H., & Che, J. 2024. A new species of mud snake (Squamata: Homalopsidae: Myrrophis) from southern Vietnam. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 221–233. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e116992 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, S.N., Vo, B.D., Orlov, N.L., Phan, K.D., Le, M.V., Nguyen, L.T., Tran, A.T., & Che, J. 2024. A new species of green rat snake (Squamata: Colubridae: Ptyas) from Vietnam. Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation 1(3): 180–190. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2097-3772.2024.013 Reference page. 

• Le, M.V., Nguyen, L.T., , Tran, T.-D.T., Nguyen, S.N. & Che, J. 2025. A new fanged frog of the genus Limnonectes Fitzinger, 1843 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 5570(1): 57–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5570.1.2 Reference page. 
• Wang, X.-M., Pan, X., Liu, Y.-X., , Peng, B.-Q., Duan, C., Liao, R., Wang, X. & Liu, S.-Y. 2025. Three new species of Neodon (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Sichuan and Xizang, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(3): 999–1012. DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.140898 Reference page. 
• Wu, Y.-H., Yu, Z.-B., Yang, S.-P., Duan, Z.-P., Zuo, A.-R., Zhang, D.-C., Kilunda, F.K., & Che, J. 2025. Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) from Gaoligong Mountain Range, Yunnan, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(2): 449–463. DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.135560 Reference page.