John W. Ferner, U.S. herpetologist.

• Department of Biology, Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, Kentucky, United States.

Taxon names authored

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• 8 taxon names authored by John W. Ferner

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Brown, R.M., Ferner, J.W. & Ruedas, L.A. 1995. A new species of lygosomine lizard (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae; Sphenomorphus) from Mt. Isarog, Luzon Island, Philippines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(1): 18–28. BHL Reference page. 
• Brown, R.M., Ferner, J.W. & Sison, R.V. 1995. Rediscovery and redescription of Sphenomorphus beyeri (Lacertilia; Scincidae) from the Zambales Mountains of Luzon, Philippines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(1): 6–17. BHL Reference page. 
• Ferner, J.W., Brown, R.M. & Greer, A.E. 1997. A new genus and species of moist closed canopy forest skinks from the Philippines. Journal of Herpetology 31(2): 187–192. DOI: 10.2307/1565386 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Brown, R.M., McGuire, J.A., Ferner, J.W. & Alcala, A.C. 1999. A New Species of Diminutive Scincid Lizard (Squamata: Lygosominae: Sphenomorphus) from Luzon Island, Republic of the Philippines. Copeia 1999(2): 362–370. DOI: 10.2307/1447481 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Brown, R.M., Leviton, A.E., Ferner, J.W. & Sison, R.V. 2001. A new snake of the genus Hologerrhum Günther (Reptilia; Squamata; Colubridae) from Panay Island, Philippines. Asiatic Herpetological Research 9: 9–22. BHL Reference page. 
• Brown, R.M., Linkem, C.W., Balete, D., Duya, M.V., Diesmos, A.C. & Ferner, J.W. 2010. Species boundaries in Philippine montane forest skinks (Genus Sphenomorphus): three new species from the mountains of Luzon and clarification of the status of the poorly known S. beyeri, S. knollmanae, and S. laterimaculatus. Scientific Papers of the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas 42: 1–27. handle. Reference page.