William Roy Branch (1946–2018), South African herpetologist.
- Herpetology Department, Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), P.O. Box 13147, Humewood, Port Elizabeth, 6013, South Africa.
- Research Associate, Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Taxon names authored
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- 37 taxon names authored by William Roy Branch
Publications
(List may be incomplete)
2009
- Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1–50. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
2011
- Kelly, C.M.R., Branch, W.R., Broadley, D.G., Barker, N.P. & Villet, M.H. 2011. Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis Fitzinger 1843 and Mehelya Csiki 1903. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(3): 415–426. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.010 Reference page.
- Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Branch, W.R. & Mouton, P. Le F.N. 2011. Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(1): 53–70. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.024
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2012
- Conradie, W., Measey, G.J., Branch, W.R. & Tolley, K.A. 2012. Revised phylogeny of African sand lizards (Pedioplanis), with the description of two new species from south-western Angola. African Journal of Herpetology 61(2): 91–112. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2012.676079 Reference page.
2013
- Bates, M.F., Tolley, K.A., Edwards, S., Davids, Z., Silva, J.M. & Branch, W.R. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of the African plated lizards, genus Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae), with the description of two new genera. Zootaxa 3750(5): 465–493. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.3 Reference page.
- Edwards, S., Branch, W.R., Vanhooydonck, B., Herrel, A., Measey, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. 2013. Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae). Zootaxa 3669(2): 101–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.1
Reference page. - Portik, D.M., Travers, S.L., Bauer, A.M. & Branch, W.R. 2013. A new species of Lygodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) endemic to Mount Namuli, an isolated ‘sky island’ of northern Mozambique. Zootaxa 3710(5): 415–435. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.5.2 Reference page.
2015
- Conradie, W., Branch, W.R. & Watson, G. 2015: Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians. Zootaxa 3936(1): 42–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.2. Reference page.
- Whiting, M.J., Branch, W.R., Pepper, M. & Keogh, J.S. 2015. A new species of spectacularly coloured flat lizard Platysaurus (Squamata: Cordylidae: Platysaurinae) from southern Africa. Zootaxa 3986(2): 173–192. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.2.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
2016
- Medina, M.F., Bauer, A.M., Branch, W.R., Schmitz, A., Conradie, W., Nagy, Z.T., Hibbitts, T.J., Ernst, R., Portik, D.M., Nielsen, S.V., Colston, T.J., Kusamba, C., Behangana, M., Rödel, M.-O. & Greenbaum, E. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 409–423. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.026 Reference page.
- Stanley, E.L., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bandeira, S., Valerio, H., Bates, M.F. & Branch, W.R. 2016. A review of Cordylus machadoi (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southwestern Angola, with the description of a new species from the Pro-Namib desert. Zootaxa 4061(3): 201–226. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.3.1. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
2017
- Branch, W.R., Guyton, J.A., Schmitz, A., Barej, M.F., Naskrecki, P., Farooq, H., Verburgt, L. & Rödel, M.-O. 2017. Description of A New Flat Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique. Zootaxa 4324(1): 142–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.8. Reference page.
- Branch, W.R., Haacke, W., Pinto, P.V., Conradie, W., Baptista, N., Verburgt, L. & Verisimmo, L. 2017. Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(1): 157–166. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.10915 Reference page.
2018
- Ceríaco, L.M.P., Branch, W.R. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. A new species of African snake-eyed skink (Scincidae: Panaspis) from central and northern Namibia. Zootaxa 4527(1): 140–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.1.12 Reference page.
2019
- Branch, W.R., Bayliss, B.L., Bittencourt-Silva, G.B., Conradie, W., Engelbrecht, H.M., Loader, S.P., Menegon, M., Nanvonamuquitxo, C. & Tolley, K.A. 2019. A new species of tree snake (Dipsadoboa, Serpentes: Colubridae) from ‘sky island’ forests in northern Mozambique, with notes on other members of the Dipsadoboa werneri group. Zootaxa 4646(3): 541–563. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.3.6. Reference page.
- Portillo, F., Branch, W.R., Tilbury, C.R., Nagy, Z.T., Hughes, D.F., Kusamba, C., Muninga, W.M., Aristote, M.M., Behangana, M. & Greenbaum, E. 2019. A Cryptic New Species of Polemon (Squamata: Lamprophiidae, Aparallactinae) from the Miombo Woodlands of Central and East Africa. Copeia 107(1): 22–36. DOI: 10.1643/CH-18-098 Reference page.
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