John Paul Richard Thomas (1938- ), called Richard Thomas, U.S. herpetologist.

Richard Thomas is professor of the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras (San Juan, Puerto Rico).

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 46 taxon names authored by Richard Thomas

plus:

• Bachia panoplia 1965
• Mitophis pyrites 1965
• Sphaerodactylus parthenopion 1965
• Typhlops syntherus 1965
• Amphisbaena xera 1966
• Eleutherodactylus coqui 1966
• Eleutherodactylus schwartzi 1966
• Sphaerodactylus elasmorhynchus 1966
• Typhlops monastus 1966
• Anolis rimarum and Schwartz 1967
• Celestus agasepsoides 1971
• Amerotyphlops tasymicris 1974
• Typhlops hectus 1974
• Eleutherodactylus probolaeus Schwartz and Thomas, 1987
• Sphaerodactylus semasiops 1975
• Sphaerodactylus cryphius and Schwartz, 1977
• Sphaerodactylus nycteropus and Schwartz, 1977
• Sphaerodactylus streptophorus and Schwartz, 1977
• Sibynomorphus oneilli Rossman and Thomas, 1979
• Bolitoglossa digitigrada Wake, Brame, and Thomas, 1982
• Sphaerodactylus omoglaux 1982
• Sphaerodactylus williamsi and Schwartz, 1983
• Mitophis asbolepis , McDiarmid, and Thompson, 1985
• Mitophis calypso , McDiarmid, and Thompson, 1985
• Mitophis leptipileptus , McDiarmid, and Thompson, 1985
• Eleutherodactylus amadeus Hedges, Thomas, and Franz, 1987
• Eleutherodactylus parapelates Hedges and Thomas, 1987
• Sphaerodactylus ladae and Hedges, 1988
• Sphaerodactylus perissodactylus and Hedges, 1988
• Anolis placidus Hedges and Thomas 1989
• Celestus macrotus and Hedges, 1989
• Typhlops schwartzi 1989
• Typhlops tetrathyreus 1989
• Typhlops titanops 1989
• Typhlops catapontus Hedges and Thomas, 1991
• Typhlops hypomethes Hedges and Thomas, 1991
• Eleutherodactylus caribe Hedges and Thomas, 1992
• Eleutherodactylus corona Hedges and Thomas, 1992
• Eleutherodactylus dolomedes Hedges and Thomas, 1992
• Eleutherodactylus guantanamera Hedges, Estrada, and Thomas, 1992
• Eleutherodactylus ionthus Hedges, Estrada, and Thomas, 1992
• Eleutherodactylus mariposa Hedges, Estrada, and Thomas, 1992
• Eleutherodactylus melacara Hedges, Estrada, and Thomas, 1992
• Sphaerodactylus cricoderus , Hedges, and Garrido, 1992
• Sphaerodactylus schwartzi , Hedges, and Garrido, 1992
• Sphaerodactylus plummeri and Hedges 1992
• Sphaerodactylus epiurus and Hedges 1993
• Amphisbaena carlgansi and Hedges, 1998
• Diploglossus garridoi and Hedges, 1998
• Sphaerodactylus pimienta , Hedges, and Garrido, 1998
• Sphaerodactylus schuberti and Hedges, 1998
• Sphaerodactylus ariasae Hedges and Thomas, 2001
• Amphisbaena cayemite and Hedges, 2006
• Amphisbaena leali and Hedges, 2006
• Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi Rios-Lopez and Thomas, 2007
• Typhlops agoralionis and Hedges, 2007
• Typhlops anchaurus and Hedges, 2007
• Typhlops anousius and Hedges, 2007
• Typhlops arator and Hedges, 2007
• Typhlops contorhinus and Hedges, 2007
• Typhlops eperopeus and Hedges, 2007
• Typhlops notorachius and Hedges, 2007
• Typhlops paradoxus and Hedges, 2007
• Typhlops perimychus and Hedges, 2007
• Typhlops proancylops and Hedges, 2007
• Typhlops satelles and Hedges, 2007
• Typhlops sylleptor and Hedges, 2007

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• Eleutherodactlus thomasi Schwartz, 1959
• Sphaerodactylus microlepis thomasi Schwartz, 1965
• Sturnira thomasi De la Torre and Schwartz, 1966
• Sphaerodactylus richardi Hedges and Garrido, 1993
• Amphelictogon thomasi Perez-Asso, 1996
• Calisto thomasi Johnson and Hedges, 1998

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Thomas, R. 1965: A new gecko from the Virgin Islands. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences, 28: 117–122.
• Thomas, R 1965: A new species of Bachia (Sauria: Teiidae) from Brasil. Herpetologica, 21: 18–22
• Thomas, R. 1965: A new species of Typhlops from the Barahona peninsula of Hispaniola. Copeia, 1965: 436–439.
• Thomas, R. 1965: The genus Leptotyphlops in the West Indies with description of a new species from Hispaniola (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae). Breviora, 222: 1–12.
• Thomas, R. 1965: Two new species of Amphisbaena (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia) from the Barahona Peninsula of Hispaniola. Breviora, 215: 1–14.
• Williams, E.E., J.A. Rivero, and R. Thomas 1965: A new anole (Sauria, Iguanidae) from Puerto Rico. Breviora, 231: 1–18.
• Thomas, R. 1966: A new Hispaniolan gecko. Breviora, 253: 1–5.
• Thomas, R. 1966: Additional notes on the amphisbaenids of Greater Puerto Rico. Breviora, 249: 1–23.
• Thomas, R. 1966: Leeward islands Typhlops (Reptilia, Serpentes). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 79: 255–265.
• Thomas, R. 1966: New species of Antillean Eleutherodactylus. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences, 28: 375–391.
• Thomas, R. and A. Schwartz 1967: The monticola group of the lizard genus Anolis in Hispaniola. Breviora, 261:1-27.
• Gorman, G.C., R. Thomas, and L. Atkins 1968: Intra- and interspecific chromosome variation in the lizard Anolis cristatellus and its closests relatives. Breviora, 293: 1–13.
• Thomas, R. 1968: The Typhlops biminiensis group of Antillean blind snakes. Copeia, 1968: 713–722.
• Thomas, R 1971: A new species of Diploglossus (Sauria: Anguidae) from Hispaniola. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University, 40: 1–9.
• Thomas, R. 1974: A new species of Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Hispaniola. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 87: 11–18.
• Thomas, R. 1975: The argus group of West Indian Sphaerodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Herpetologica, 31: 177–195.
• Schwartz, A. and R. Thomas 1975: A check-list of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Special Publication of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1: 1–216.
• Thomas, R. and A. Schwartz 1977: Three new species of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Hispaniola. Annals of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 46: 33–43.
• Thomas, K.R. and R. Thomas 1978: Locomotor activity responses to photoperiod in four West Indian fossorial squamates of the genera Amphisbaena and Typhlops (Reptilia, Lacertilia). Journal of Herpetology, 12: 35–41.
• Rossman, D.A. and R. Thomas 1979: A new dipsadine snake of the genus Sibynomorphus from Peru, Ocassional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University, 54: 1–6.
• Thomas, R. 1982: A new dwarf Sphaerodactylus from Haiti (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 95: 81–88.
• Wake, D.B., A.H. Brame Jr., and R. Thomas 1982: A remarkable new species of salamander allied to Bolitoglossa altamazonica (Plethodontidae) from southern Peru. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University, 58: 1–21.
• Thomas, R. and A. Schwartz 1983: Variation in Hispaniolan Sphaerodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae). In A.G.J Rhodin and K. Miyata (eds.), Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology, p. 86-98. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
• Thomas, R., R.W. McDiarmid, and F.G. Thompson 1985: Three new species of thread snakes (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Hispaniola. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98: 204–220.
• Hedges, S.B. and R. Thomas 1987: A new burrowing frog from Hispaniola with comments on the inoptatus group of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Herpetologica, 43: 269–279.
• Hedges, S.B., R. Thomas, and R. Franz 1987: A new species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti. Copeia, 1987: 943–949.
• Thomas R. and S.B. Hedges 1988: Two new geckos (Sphaerodactylus) from the Sierra Martin Garcia of Hispaniola. Herpetologica, 44: 96–104.
• Hedges, S.B. and R. Thomas 1989: A new species of Anolis (Sauria: Iguanidae) from the Sierra de Neiba, Hispaniola. Herpetologica, 45: 330–336.
• Thomas, R. 1989: The relationships of Antillean Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) and the description of three new Hispaniolan species. In C.A. Woods (ed.), Biogeography of the West indies: past, present, and future, p. 409-432. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
• {aut|Thomas, R. and S.B. Hedges}| 1989: A new Celestus (Sauria: Anguidae) from the Chaine de la Selle of Haiti. Copeia, 1989: 886–891.
• Hedges S.B. and R. Thomas 1991: Cryptic species of snakes (Typhlopidae: Typhlops) from the Puerto Rico Bank detected by protein electrophoresis. Herpetologica, 47: 448–459.
• Hedges, S.B., A.R. Estrada, and R. Thomas 1992: Three new species of Eleutherodactylus from Eastern Cuba, with notes on vocalizations of other species (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Herpetological Monographs, 6: 68–83.
• Hedges, S.B. and R. Thomas 1992: A new marsh-dwelling species of Eleutherodactylus from Haiti (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Journal of Herpetology, 26: 191–195.
• Hedges, S.B. and R. Thomas 1992: Two new species of Eleutherodactylus from remnant cloud forest in Haiti (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Herpetologica, 48: 351–358.
• Thomas, R. and S.B. Hedges 1992: An unusual new Sphaerodactylus from Hispaniola (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Journal of Herpetology, 26: 289–292.
• Thomas, R., S.B. Hedges, and O.H. Garrido 1992: Two new species of Sphaerodactylus from Eastern Cuba (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Herpetologica, 48: 358–367.
• Thomas, R. and S.B. Hedges 1993: A new banded Sphaerodactylus from Eastern Hispaniola (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Herpetologica, 49: 350–354.
• Thomas, R. and S.B. Hedges 1998: A new amphisbaenian from Cuba. Journal of herpetology, 32: 92–96.
• Thomas, R. and S.B. Hedges 1998: A new anguid lizard (Diploglossus) from Cuba. Copeia, 1998: 97–103.
• Thomas, R. and S.B. Hedges 1998: A new gecko from the Sierra de Neiba of Hispaniola (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Sphaerodactylus). Herpetologica, 54: 333–336.
• Thomas, R., S.B. Hedges, and O.H. Garrido 1998: A new gecko (Sphaerodactylus) from the Sierra Maestra of Cuba. Journal of Herpetology, 32: 66–69.
• Hedges S.B. and R. Thomas 2001: At the lower size limit in amniote vertebrates: A new diminutive lizard from the West Indies. Caribbean Journal of Sciences, 37: 168–173.
• Thomas, R. and S.B. Hedges 2006: Two new species of Amphisbaena (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti. Caribbean Journal of Sciences, 42: 208–219.
• Thomas, R. and R. Joglar 2006: The herpetology of Puerto Rico. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 776: 181–196.
• Rios-Lopez, N. and R. Thomas 2007: A new species of palustrine Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico. Zootaxa, 1512: 51–64.
• Thomas, R. and S.B. Hedges 2007: Eleven new species of snakes of the genus Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Hispaniola and Cuba. Zootaxa, 1400: 1–126.