Commission Regulation (EU) No 791/2012Show full title

‘ANNEX VIII Standard references for nomenclature to be used pursuant to Article 5(4) to indicate scientific names of species in permits and certificates

FAUNA

(a) Mammalia

Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (ed.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition, Vol. 1-2, xxxv + 2142 pp. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. (for all mammals — with the exception of the recognition of the following names for wild forms of species (in preference to names for domestic forms): Bos gaurus, Bos mutus, Bubalus arnee, Equus africanus, Equus przewalskii, Ovis orientalis ophion and with the exception of the species mentioned below)

Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. xviii + 1207 pp., Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. (for Loxodonta africana and Ovis vignei)

Beasley, I., Robertson, K. M. & Arnold, P. W. (2005): Description of a new dolphin, the Australian Snubfin Dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni sp. n. (Cetacea, Delphinidae). – Marine Mammal Science, 21(3): 365-400. [for Orcaella heinsohni]

Caballero, S., Trujillo, F., Vianna, J. A., Barrios-Garrido, H., Montiel, M. G., Beltrán-Pedreros, S., Marmontel, M., Santos, M. C., Rossi-Santos, M. R., Santos, F. R. & Baker, C. S. (2007). Taxonomic status of the genus Sotalia: species level ranking for “tucuxi” (Sotalia fluviatilis) and “costero” (Sotalia guianensis) dolphins. Marine Mammal Science 23: 358-386 [for Sotalia fluviatilis and Sotalia guianensis]

Merker, S. & Groves, C. P. (2006): Tarsius lariang: A new primate species from Western Central Sulawesi. – International Journal of Primatology, 27(2): 465-485. [for Tarsius lariang]

Rice, D. W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution, Society of Marine Mammalogy Special Publication Number 4, The Society for Marine Mammalogy, Lawrence, Kansas [for Physeter macrocephalus and Platanista gangetica]

Wada, S., Oishi, M. & YAMADA, T. K. (2003): A newly discovered species of living baleen whales. – Nature, 426: 278-281. [for Balaenoptera omurai]

(b) Aves

Morony, J. J., Bock, W. J. and Farrand, J., Jr. 1975. A Reference List of the Birds of the World. American Museum of Natural History. (for order- and family-level names for birds)

Dickinson, E.C. (ed.) 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Revised and enlarged 3rd Edition. 1039 pp. Christopher Helm, London.

Dickinson, E.C. 2005. Corrigenda 4 (2.6.2005) to Howard & Moore Edition 3 (2003) http://www.naturalis.nl/sites/naturalis.en/contents/i000764/corrigenda%204_final.pdf (CITES website) (for all bird species — except for the taxa mentioned below)

Arndt, T. (2008): Anmerkungen zu einigen Pyrrhura-Formen mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Art und zweier neuer Unterarten. – Papageien, 8: 278-286. [for Pyrrhura parvifrons

Collar, N. J. 1997. Family Psittacidae (Parrots). in del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World. 4. Sandgrouse to Cuckoos: 280-477: Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (for Psittacus intermedia and Trichoglossus haematodus)

Collar, N. J. (2006): A partial revision of the Asian babblers (Timaliidae). – Forktail, 22: 85-112. [for Garrulax taewanus]

Cortés-Diago, A., Ortega, L. A., Mazariegos-Hurtado, L. & Weller, A.-A. (2007): A new species of Eriocnemis (Trochilidae) from southwest Colombia. – Ornitologia Neotropical, 18: 161-170. [for Eriocnemis isabellae]

Da Silva, J. M. C., Coelho, G. & Gonzaga, P. (2002): Discovered on the brink of extinction: A new species of pygmy owl (Strigidae: Glaucidium) from Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil. – Ararajuba, 10(2): 123-130. [for Glaucidium mooreorum]

Gaban-Lima, R., Raposo, M. A. & Hofling, E. (2002):Description of a new species of Pionopsitta (Aves: Psittacidae) endemic to Brazil. – Auk, 119: 815-819. [for Pionopsitta aurantiocephala]

Indrawan, M. & Somadikarta, S. (2004): A new hawk-owl from the Togian Islands, Gulf of Tomini, central Sulawesi, Indonesia. – Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 124: 160-171. [for Ninox burhani]

Nemesio, A. & Rasmussen, C. (2009): The rediscovery of Buffon's “Guarouba” or “Perriche jaune”: two senior synonyms of Aratinga pintoi SILVEIRA, LIMA & HÖFLING, 2005 (Aves: Psittaciformes). – Zootaxa, 2013: 1-16. [for Aratinga maculata]

Parry, S. J., Clark, W. S. & Prakash, V. (2002) On the taxonomic status of the Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastata. – Ibis, 144: 665-675. [for Aquila hastata]

Roselaar, C. S. & Michels, J. P. (2004): Nomenclatural chaos untangled, resulting in the naming of the formally undescribed Cacatua species from the Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae). – Zoologische Verhandelingen, 350: 183-196. [for Cacatua goffiniana]

Warakagoda, D. H. & Rasmussen, P. C. (2004): A new species of scops-owl from Sri Lanka. – Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 124(2): 85-105. [for Otus thilohoffmanni]

Whittaker, A. (2002): A new species of forest-falcon (Falconidae: Micrastur) from southeastern Amazonia and the Atlantic rainforests of Brazil. – Wilson Bulletin, 114: 421-445. [for Micrastur mintoni]

(c) Reptilia

Andreone, F., Mattioli, F., Jesu, R. and Randrianirina, J. E. 2001. Two new chameleons of the genus Calumma from north-east Madagascar, with observations on hemipenial morphology in the Calumma Furcifer group (Reptilia, Squamata, Chamaeleonidae). Herpetological Journal 11: 53-68. (for Calumma vatosoa & Calumma vencesi).

Aplin, K. P., Fitch, A. J. & King, D. J. (2006): A new species of Varanus Merrem (Squamata: Varanidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with observations on sexual dimorphism in closely related species. – Zootaxa, 1313: 1-38. [for Varanus bushi]

Avila Pires, T. C. S. 1995. Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia. Zool. Verh. 299: 706 pp. (for Tupinambis)

Böhme, W. 1997. Eine neue Chamäleon art aus der Calumma gastrotaenia — Verwandtschaft Ost-Madagaskars. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 19 (107): 5-10. (for Calumma glawi)

Böhme, W. 2003. Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (family Varanidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen. Leiden 341: 1-43. (for Varanidae)

Böhme, W. & Ziegler, T. (2005): A new monitor lizard from Halmahera, Moluccas, Indonesia (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae). – Salamandra, 41(1/2): 51-59. [for Varanus zugorum]

Branch, W. R. (2007): A new species of tortoise of the genus Homopus (Chelonia: Testudinidae) from southern Namibia. – African Journal of Herpetology, 56(1): 1-21. [for Homopus solus]

Branch, W. R., Tolley, K. A. & Tilbury, C. R. (2006): A new Dwarf Chameleon (Sauria: Bradypodion Fitzinger, 1843) from the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa. – African Journal Herpetology, 55(2): 123-141. [for Bradypodion atromontanum]

Broadley, D. G. (1999): The southern African python, Python natalensis A. Smith 1840, is a valid species. –African Herp News 29: 31-32. [for Python natalensis]

Broadley, D. G. 2006. CITES Standard reference for the species of Cordylus (Cordylidae, Reptilia) prepared at the request of the CITES Nomenclature Committee (CITES website Document NC2006 Doc. 8). (for Cordylus)

Burton, F.J. 2004. Revision to Species Cyclura nubila lewisi, the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana. Caribbean Journal of Science, 40(2): 198-203. (for Cyclura lewisi)

Cei, J. M. 1993. Reptiles del noroeste, nordeste y este de la Argentina — herpetofauna de las selvas subtropicales, puna y pampa. Monografie XIV, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali. (for Tupinambis)

Colli, G. R., Péres, A. K. and da Cunha, H. J. 1998. A new species of Tupinambis (Squamata: Teiidae) from central Brazil, with an analysis of morphological and genetic variation in the genus. Herpetologica 54: 477-492 (for Tupinambis cerradensis)

Dirksen, L. 2002. Anakondas. NTV Wissenschaft. (for Eunectes beniensis)

Domínguez, M., Moreno, L. V. & Hedges, S. B. (2006): A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from the Guanahacabibes Peninsula of Western Cuba. – Amphibia-Reptilia, 27 (3): 427-432. [for Tropidophis xanthogaster]

Eidenmüller, B. & Wicker, R. (2004): Eine weitere neue Waranart aus dem Varanus prasinus-Komplex von der Insel Misol, Indonesien. – Sauria, 27(1): 3-8. [for Varanus reisingeri]

Fitzgerald, L. A., Cook, J. A. & Luz Aquino, A. (1999): Molecular Phylogenetics and Conservation of Tupinambis (Sauria: Teiidae). – Copeia, 4: 894-905. [for Tupinambis duseni]

Fritz, U. & Havaš, P. (2007): Checklist of Chelonians of the World. – Vertebrate Zoology, 57(2): 149-368. Dresden. ISSN 1864-5755 [without its appendix; for Testudines – with the exception of the retention of the following names Mauremys iversoni, Mauremys pritchardi, Ocadia glyphistoma, Ocadia philippeni, Sacalia pseudocellata]

Glaw, F., Kosuch, J., Henkel, W. F., Sound, P. and Böhme, W. (2006): Genetic and morphological variation of the leaf-tailed gecko Uroplatus fimbriatus from Madagascar, with description of a new giant species. – Salamandra, 42: 129-144. [for Uroplatus giganteus]

Glaw, F. & M. Vences (2007): A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Madagascar, third edition. Vences & Glaw Verlag, 496 pp. [for Calumma ambreense]

Hallmann, G., Krüger, J. & Trautmann, G. (2008). Faszinierende Taggeckos. Die Gattung Phelsuma. 2. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, 253 pp., Münster (Natur und Tier – Verlag). ISBN 978-3-86659-059-5. [for Phelsuma spp., however, with the retention of Phelsuma ocellata]

Harvey, M. B., Barker, D. B., Ammerman, L. K. and Chippindale, P. T. 2000. Systematics of pythons of the Morelia amethistina complex (Serpentes: Boidae) with the description of three new species. Herpetological Monographs 14: 139-185. (for Morelia clastolepis, Morelia nauta & Morelia tracyae, and elevation to species level of Morelia kinghorni)

Hedges, B. S., Estrada, A. R. and Diaz, L. M. 1999. New snake (Tropidophis) from western Cuba. Copeia 1999(2): 376- 381. (for Tropidophis celiae)

Hedges, B. S. and Garrido, O. 1999. A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from central Cuba. Journal of Herpetology 33: 436-441. (for Tropidophis spiritus)

Hedges, B. S., Garrido, O. and Diaz, L. M. 2001. A new banded snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from north-central Cuba. Journal of Herpetology 35: 615-617. (for Tropidophis morenoi)

Hedges, B. S. and Garrido, O. 2002. Journal of Herpetology 36: 157-161. (for Tropidophis hendersoni)

Hollingsworth, B.D. 2004. The Evolution of Iguanas: An Overview of Relationships and a Checklist of Species. pp. 19-44. In: Alberts, A.C, Carter, R.L., Hayes, W.K. & Martins, E.P. (Eds), Iguanas: Biology and Conservation. Berkeley (University of California Press). (for Iguanidae except for the recognition of Brachylophus bulabula, Phrynosoma blainvillii, P. cerroense and P. wigginsi as valid species]

Jacobs, H. J. 2003. A further new emerald tree monitor lizard of the Varanus prasinus species group from Waigeo, West Irian (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). Salamandra 39(2): 65-74. (for Varanus boehmei)

Jesu, R., Mattioli, F. and Schimenti, G. 1999. On the discovery of a new large chameleon inhabiting the limestone outcrops of western Madagascar: Furcifer nicosiai sp. nov. (Reptilia, Chamaeleonidae). Doriana 7(311): 1-14. (for Furcifer nicosiai)

Keogh, J.S., Barker, D.G. & Shine, R. 2001. Heavily exploited but poorly known: systematics and biogeography of commercially harvested pythons (Python curtus group) in Southeast Asia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 73: 113-129. (for Python breitensteini & Python brongersmai)

Keogh, J. S., Edwards, D. L., Fisher, R. N. & Harlow, P. S. (2008): Molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered Fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history. – Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 363(1508): 3413-3426. [for Brachylophus bulabula]

Klaver, C. J. J. and Böhme, W. 1997. Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich 112: 85 pp. (for Bradypodion, Brookesia, Calumma, Chamaeleo & Furcifer — except for the recognition of Calumma andringitaensis, C. guillaumeti, C. hilleniusi & C. marojezensis as valid species)

Koch, A., Auliya, M., Schmitz, A., Kuch, U. & Böhme, W. (2007): Morphological Studies on the Systematics of South East Asian Water Monitors (Varanus salvator Complex): Nominotypic Populations and Taxonomic Overview. – Mertensiella, 16: 109. [for Varanus cumingi, Varanus marmoratus, Varanus nuchalis, Varanus togianus]

Lutzmann, N. & Lutzmann, H. (2004): Das grammatikalische Geschlecht der Gattung Calumma (Chamaeleonidae) und die nötigen Anpassungen einiger Art- und Unterartbezeichnungen. – Reptilia (Münster) 9(4): 4-5 (Addendum in issue 5: 13). [for Calumma cucullatum, Calumma nasutum]

Manzani, P. R. and Abe, A. S. 1997. A new species of Tupinambis Daudin, 1802 (Squamata, Teiidae) from central Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional Nov. Ser. Zool. 382: 1-10. (for Tupinambis quadrilineatus)

Manzani, P. R. and Abe, A. S. 2002. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 60(4): 295-302. (for Tupinambis palustris)

Mariaux, J., Lutzmann, N. & Stipala, J. (2008): The two-horned chamaeleons of East Africa. – Zoological Journal Linnean Society, 152: 367-391. [for Kinyongia vosseleri, Kinyongia boehmei]

Massary, J.-C. de & Hoogmoed, M. (2001): The valid name for Crocodilurus lacertinus auctorum (nec Daudin, 1802) (Squamata: Teiidae) – Journal of Herpetology, 35: 353-357. [for Crocodilurus amazonicus]

McDiarmid, R. W., Campbell, J. A. and Touré, T. A. 1999. Snake Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Volume 1. The Herpetologists' League, Washington, DC. (for Loxocemidae, Pythonidae, Boidae, Bolyeriidae, Tropidophiidae & Viperidae — except for the retention of the genera Acrantophis, Sanzinia, Calabaria & Lichanura and the recognition of Epicrates maurus as a valid species)

Montanucci, R.R. (2004): Geographic variation in Phrynosoma coronatum (Lacertilia, Phrynosomatidae): further evidence for a peninsular archipelago. – Herpetologica, 60: 117. [for Phrynosoma blainvillii, Phrynosoma cerroense, Phrynosoma wigginsi]

Necas, P., Modry, D. & Slapeta, J. R. (2003): Chamaeleo (Triceros) narraioca n. sp. (Reptilia Chamaeleonidae), a new chamaeleon species from a relict montane forest of Mount Kulal, northern Kenya. – Tropical Zool., 16:1-12. [for Chamaeleo narraioca]

Necas, P., Modry, D. & Slapeta, J. R. (2005): Chamaeleo (Triceros) ntunte n. sp. a new chamaeleon species from Mt. Nyiru, northern Kenya (Squamata: Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). – Herpetozoa, 18/3/4): 125-132. [for Chamaeleo ntunte]

Pough, F. H., Andrews, R. M., Cadle, J. E., Crump, M. L., Savitzky, A. H. and Wells, K. D. 1998. Herpetology. (for delimitation of families within the Sauria)

Praschag, P., Hundsdörfer, A. K. & Fritz, U. (2007): Phylogeny and taxonomy of endangered South and South-east Asian freshwater turtles elucidated by mtDNA sequence variation (Testudines: Geoemydidae: Batagur, Callagur, Hardella, Kachuga, Pangshura). – Zoologica Scripta, 36: 429-442. [for Batagur borneoensis, Batagur dhongoka, Batagur kachuga, Batagur trivittata]

Praschag, P., Sommer, R. S., McCarthy, C., Gemel, R. & Fritz, U. (2008): Naming one of the world's rarest chelonians, the southern Batagur. – Zootaxa, 1758: 61-68. [for Batagur affinis]

Raw, L. & Brothers, D. J. (2008): Redescription of the South African dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion nemorale Raw 1978 (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), and description of two new species. – ZooNova 1 (1): 1-7. [for Bradypodion caeruleogula, Bradypodion nkandlae]

Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. (2006): Six new species of Occipital-Lobed Calumma Chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) from Montane Regions of Madagascar, with a New Description and Revision of Calumma brevicorne. – Copeia, 4: 711-734. [for Calumma amber, Calumma brevicorne, Calumma crypticum, Calumma hafahafa, Calumma jejy, Calumma peltierorum, Calumma tsycorne]

Slowinski, J. B. and Wüster, W. 2000. A new cobra (Elapidae: Naja) from Myanmar (Burma). Herpetologica 56: 257-270. (for Naja mandalayensis)

Tilbury, C. 1998. Two new chameleons (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae) from isolated Afromontane forests in Sudan and Ethiopia. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 47: 293-299. (for Chamaeleo balebicornutus & Chamaeleo conirostratus)

Tilbury, C. R., Tolley, K. A. & Branch, W. R. (2006): A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera. – Zootaxa, 1363: 23-38. [for Kinyongia adolfifriderici, Kinyongia carpenteri, Kinyongia excubitor, Kinyongia fischeri, Kinyongia matschiei, Kinyongia multituberculata, Kinyongia oxyrhina, Kinyongia tavetana, Kinyongia tenuis, Kinyongia ulugurensis, Kinyongia uthmoelleri, Kinyongia xenorhina, Nadzikambia mlanjense]

Tolley, K. A., Tilbury, C. R., Branch, W. R. & Mathee, C. A. (2004): Phylogenetics of the southern African dwarf chameleons, Bradypodion (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). – Molecular Phylogen. Evol., 30: 354-365. [for Bradypodion caffrum, Bradypodion damaranum, Bradypodion gutturale, Bradypodion transvaalense, Bradypodion ventrale]

Ullenbruch, K., Krause, P. & Böhme, W. (2007): A new species of the Chamaeleo dilepis group (Sauria Chamaeleonidae) from West Africa. – Tropical Zool., 20: 1-17. [for Chamaeleo necasi]

Walbröl, U. & Walbröl, H. D. (2004): Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur der Gattung Calumma (Gray, 1865) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). – Sauria, 26 (3): 41-44. [for Calumma andringitraense, Calumma marojezense, Calumma tsaratanaense]

Wermuth, H. and Mertens, R. 1996 (reprint). Schildkröten, Krokodile, Brückenechsen. xvii + 506 pp. Jena (Gustav Fischer Verlag). (for Crocodylia & Rhynchocephalia)

Wilms, T. 2001. Dornschwanzagamen: Lebensweise, Pflege, Zucht: 1-142 — Herpeton Verlag, ISBN 3-9806214-7-2. (for the genus Uromastyx)

Wüster, W. 1996. Taxonomic change and toxinology: systematic revisions of the Asiatic cobras Naja naja species complex. Toxicon 34: 339-406. (for Naja atra, Naja kaouthia, Naja oxiana, Naja philippinensis, Naja sagittifera, Naja samarensis, Naja siamensis, Naja sputatrix & Naja sumatrana)

Ziegler, T., Böhme, W. & Schmitz, A. (2007): A new species of the Varanus indicus group (Squamata, Varanidae) from Halmahera Island, Moluccas: morphological and molecular evidence. – Mitteilungen Museum Naturkunde Berlin, Zoologische Reihe, 83 (supplement): 109-119. [for Varanus rainerguentheri]

Ziegler, T., Schmitz, A., Koch, A. & Böhme, W. (2007): A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups. – Zootaxa, 1472: 1-28. [for Varanus beccarii]

(d) Amphibia

Brown, J.L., Schulte, R. & Summers, K. 2006. A new species of Dendrobates (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from the Amazonian lowlands of Peru. Zootaxa, 1152: 45-58. (for Dendrobates uakarii)

Glaw, F. & Vences, M. (2006): Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura). – Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 6: 236-253. [for Mantella ebenaui]

Jungfer, K.-H. & Böhme, W. (2004) A new poison-dart frog (Dendrobates) from northern central Guyana (Amphibia: Anura: Dendrobatidae). – Salamandra, 40(2): 99-104. [for Dendrobates nubeculosus]

Lötters, S., Schmitz, A. & Reichle, S. (2006) A new cryptic species of poison frog from the Bolivian Yungas. – Herpetozoa, 18: 115-124. [for Epipedobates yungicola]

Mueses-Cisneros, J. J., Cepeda-Quilindo, B. & Moreno-Quintero, V. (2008): Una nueva especies de Epipedobates (Anura: Dendrobatidae) del suroccidente de Colombia. – Pap. Avulsos Zool. Mus. Zool. San Paulo, 48:1-10. [for Epipedobates narinensis]

Rueda-Almonacid, J. V., Rada, M., Sánchez-Pacheco, S. J., Velásquez-Álvarez, A. A. & Quevedo, A. (2006) Two new and exceptional poison dart frogs of the genus Dendrobates (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from the northeastern flank of the cordillera Central of Colombia. – Zootaxa, 1259: 39-54. [for Dendrobates daleswansoni, Dendrobates dorisswansonae]

Taxonomic Checklist of CITES listed Amphibians, information extracted from Frost, D.R. (ed.) 2004. Amphibian Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference, an online reference (http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html) Version 3.0 as of 7 April 2006 (CITES website) (for Amphibia)

(e) Elasmobranchii, Actinopterygii & Sarcopterygii

Eschmeier, W. N. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. 3 vols. California Academy of Sciences. (for all fishes)

Gomon, M. F. & Kuiter, R. H. (2009): Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific. – Aqua, Int. J. of Ichthyology, 15(1): 37-44. [for Hippocampus debelius, Hippocampus waleanus]

Horne, M. L., 2001. A new seahorse species (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Great Barrier Reef — Records of the Australian Museum 53: 243-246. (for Hippocampus)

Kuiter, R. H., 2001. Revision of the Australian seahorses of the genus Hippocampus (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with a description of nine new species — Records of the Australian Museum 53: 293-340. (for Hippocampus)

Kuiter, R. H., 2003. A new pygmy seahorse (Pisces: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from Lord Howe Island — Records of he Australian Museum 55: 113-116. (for Hippocampus)

Lourie, S. A., and J. E. Randall, 2003. A new pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus denise (Teleostei: Syngnathidae), from the Indo-Pacific — Zoological Studies 42: 284-291. (for Hippocampus)

Lourie, S. A., A. C. J. Vincent and H. J. Hall, 1999. Seahorses. An identification guide to the world's species and their conservation. Project Seahorse, ISBN 0 9534693 0 1 (Second edition available on CD-ROM). (for Hippocampus)

Piacentino, G. L. M. and Luzzatto, D. C. (2004): Hippocampus patagonicus sp. nov., new seahorse from Argentina (Pisces, Syngnathiformes). – Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, 6(2): 339-349. [for Hippocampus patagonicus]

(f) Arachnida

Lourenço, W. R. and Cloudsley-Thompson, J. C. 1996. Recognition and distribution of the scorpions of the genus Pandinus Thorell, 1876 accorded protection by the Washington Convention. Biogeographica 72(3): 133-143. (for scorpions of the genus Pandinus)

Rudloff, J.-P. (2008): Eine neue Brachypelma-Art aus Mexiko (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). – Arthropoda, 16(2): 26-30. [for Brachypelma kahlenbergi]

Taxonomic Checklist of CITES listed Spider Species, information extracted from Platnick, N. (2006), The World Spider Catalog, an online reference (http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/Theraphosidae.html), Version 6.5 as of April 7 2006 (CITES website) (for Theraphosidae)

(g) Insecta

Bartolozzi, L. (2005): Description of two new stag beetle species from South Africa (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). – African Entomology, 13(2): 347-352. [for Colophon endroedyi]

Matsuka, H. 2001. Natural History of Birdwing Butterflies: 1-367. Matsuka Shuppan, Tokyo. ISBN 4-9900697-0-6. (for birdwing butterflies of the genera Ornithoptera, Trogonoptera and Troides)

(h) Hirudinoidea

Nesemann, H. & Neubert, E. (1999): Annelida: Clitellata: Branchiobdellida, Acanthobdellea, Hirudinea. – Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, vol. 6/2, 178 pp., Berlin (Spektrum Akad. Verlag). ISBN 3-8274-0927-6. [for Hirudo medicinalis and Hirudo verbana]

FLORA

The Plant-Book, second edition, (D. J. Mabberley, 1997, Cambridge University Press (reprinted with corrections 1998) (for the generic names of all plants listed in the Annexes of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, unless they are superseded by standard checklists adopted by the Conference of the Parties).

A Dictionary of Flowering Plants and Ferns, 8th edition, (J. C. Willis, revised by H. K. Airy Shaw, 1973, Cambridge University Press) (for generic synonyms not mentioned in The Plant-Book, unless they are superseded by standard checklists adopted by the Conference of the Parties as referenced in the remaining paragraphs below).

A World List of Cycads (D. W. Stevenson, R. Osborne and K. D. Hill, 1995; In: P. Vorster (Ed.), Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Cycad Biology, pp. 55-64, Cycad Society of South Africa, Stellenbosch) and its updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae & Zamiaceae.

CITES Bulb Checklist (A. P. Davis et al., 1999, compiled by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Cyclamen (Primulaceae) & Galanthus & Sternbergia (Liliaceae).

CITES Cactaceae Checklist, second edition, (1999, compiled by D. Hunt, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Cactaceae.

CITES Carnivorous Plant Checklist, second edition, (B. von Arx et al., 2001, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Dionaea, Nepenthes & Sarracenia.

CITES Aloe and Pachypodium Checklist (U. Eggli et al., 2001, compiled by Städtische Sukkulenten-Sammlung, Zurich, Switzerland, in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its update Lüthy, J.M. 2007. An update and Supplement to the CITES Aloe & Pachypodium Checklist. CITES Management Authority of Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland. (CITES website), accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Aloe & Pachypodium.

World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers (A. Farjon, 2001) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Taxus.

CITES Orchid Checklist, (compiled by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Cattleya, Cypripedium, Laelia, Paphiopedilum, Phalaenopsis, Phragmipedium, Pleione and Sophronitis (Volume 1, 1995); Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Disa, Dracula & Encyclia (Volume 2, 1997); & Aerangis, Angraecum, Ascocentrum, Bletilla, Brassavola, Calanthe, Catasetum, Miltonia, Miltonioides & Miltoniopsis, Renanthera, Renantherella, Rhynchostylis, Rossioglossum, Vanda & Vandopsis (Volume 3, 2001); & Aerides, Coelogyne, Comparettia & Masdevallia (Volume 4, 2006).

The CITES Checklist of Succulent Euphorbia Taxa (Euphorbiaceae), Second edition (S. Carter and U. Eggli, 2003, published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of succulent euphorbias.

Dicksonia species of the Americas (2003, compiled by Bonn Botanic Garden and the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Dicksonia.

Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer N.L. (eds.) (2003). Strelitzia 14: 561. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Hoodia.

Lista de especies, nomenclatura y distribución en el genero Guaiacum. Davila Aranda & Schippmann, U. (2006): - Medicinal Plant Conservation 12: #-#.′ (CITES Website) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Guaiacum.

CITES checklist for Bulbophyllum and allied taxa (Orchidaceae). Sieder, A., Rainer, H., Kiehn, M. (2007): Address of the authors: Department of Biogeography and Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna; Rennweg 14, A-1030 Vienna (Austria). (CITES Website) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Bulbophyllum.

The Checklist of CITES species (2005, 2007 and its updates) published by UNEP — WCMC may be used as an informal overview of the scientific names that were adopted by the Conference of the Parties for the animal species that are listed in the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 338/97, and as an informal summary of information contained in the standard references that were adopted for CITES nomenclature.’