Stephen Charles Donnellan

Stephen Charles Donnellan (1954–), Australian herpetologist.

• South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia.
• School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 37 taxon names authored by Stephen Charles Donnellan

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1990

• Hutchinson, M.N., Donnellan, S.C., Baverstock, P.R., Krieg, M., Simms, S. & Burgin, S. 1990. Immunological relationships and generic revision of the Australian lizards assigned to the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Australian Journal of Zoology 38(5): 535–554. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9900535 Reference page. 

1992

• Hutchinson, M.N. & Donnellan, S.C. 1992. Taxonomy and genetic variation in the Australian lizards of the genus Pseudemoia (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Journal of Natural History 26(1): 215–264. DOI: 10.1080/00222939200770091 Reference page. 

2006

• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page. 

2008

• Gardner, M.G., Hugall, A.F., Donnellan, S.C., Hutchinson, M.N. & Foster, R. 2008. Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154(4): 781–794. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00422.x . Reference page. 

2009

• Mecke, S., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2009. A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus. Zootaxa 2246(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2246.1.1 Reference page. 
• Donnellan, S.C., Couper, P.J., Saint, K.M. & Wheaton, L. 2009. Systematics of the Carlia ‘fusca’ complex (Reptilia: Scincidae) from northern Australia. Zootaxa 2227(1): 1–31. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2227.1.1 Reference page. 
• Helgen, K.M., Armstrong, K.N., Guzinski, J., How, R.A. & Donnellan, S.C. 2009. Taxonomic status of the Christmas Island Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus murrayi Andrews, 1900, as assessed by morphometric and molecular phylogenetic investigations of Indo-Australian Pipistrellus. Report to the Commonwealth Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 26 pp. Reference page. 

2010

• Vidal, N., Marin, J., Morini, M., Donnellan, S., Branch, W.R., Thomas, R., Vences, M., Wynn, A., Cruadd, C. & Hedges, S.B. 2010. Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana. Biology Letters 6(4): 558–561. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0220 Reference page. 

2012

• Donnellan, S., Anstis, M., Price, L. & Wheaton, L. 2012. A new species of Crinia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Zootaxa 3499: 1–26. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Marin, J., Donnellan, S.C., Hedges, S.B., Puillandre. N., Aplin, K.P., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N., Couloux, A., Vidal, N. 2013. Hidden species diversity of Australian burrowing snakes (Ramphotyphlops). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110(2): 427–441. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12132 Reference page. 
• Mecke, S., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2013. Redescription of Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with clarification of its synonyms and the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3701(5): 473–517. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.5.1 Reference page. 
• Sparks, K.S., Andersen, A.N., Donnellan, S.C., Austin, A.D. 2013 (Online) 2014 (Print). Navigating the mtDNA road map out of the morphological maze: interpreting morphological variation in the diverse Monomorium rothsteini (Forel) complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 39(2): 264–278. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12051 Reference page. 

2014

• Rabosky, D.L., Hutchinson, M.N., Donnellan, S.C., Talaba, A.L. & Lovette, I.J. 2014. Phylogenetic disassembly of species boundaries in a widespread group of Australian skinks (Scincidae: Ctenotus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77: 71–82. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.026 Reference page. 

2015

• Donnellan, S.C., Foster, R., Junge, C., Huveneers, C., Rogers, P., Kilian, A. & Bertozzi, T. 2015. Fiddling with the proof: the Magpie Fiddler Ray is a colour pattern variant of the common Southern Fiddler Ray (Rhinobatidae: Trygonorrhina). Zootaxa 3981(3): 367–384. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.3.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Anstis, M., Price, L., Roberts, J.D., Catalano, S.R., Hines, H.B., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2016. Revision of the water-holding frogs, Cyclorana platycephala (Anura: Hylidae), from arid Australia, including a description of a new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 451–479. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.1. Reference page. 
• Timm, R.M., Weijola, V., Aplin, K.P., Donnellan, S.C., Flannery, T.F., Thomson, V. & Pine, R.H. 2016. A new species of Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae) from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Mammalogy 97(3): 861–878. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw034 Reference page. 
• Weijola, V., Donnellan, S.C. & Lindqvist, C. 2016. A new blue-tailed Monitor lizard (Reptilia, Squamata, Varanus) of the Varanus indicus group from Mussau Island, Papua New Guinea. ZooKeys 568: 129–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.568.6872 Reference page. 

2017

• Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Donnellan, S.C., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2017. Worms in the sand: Systematic revision of the Australian blindsnake Anilios leptosoma (Robb, 1972) species complex (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from the Geraldton Sandplain, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4323(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.1.1 Reference page. 
• Weijola, V., Kraus, F., Vahtera, V., Lindqvist, C. & Donnellan, S.C. 2017. Reinstatement of Varanus douarrha Lesson, 1830 as a valid species with comments on the zoogeography of monitor lizards (Squamata:Varanidae) in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 64(6): 434-451. DOI: 10.1071/ZO16038 Reference page. 

2019

• Oliver, P.M., Richards, S.J. & Donnellan, S.C. 2019. Two new species of treefrog (Pelodrydidae: Litoria) from southern New Guinea elucidated by DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 4609(3): 469–484. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.4 Reference page. 

2020

• Esquerré, D., Donnellan, S.C., Brennan, I.G., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Zaher, H., Grazziotin, F.G. & Keogh, J.S., 2020. Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Morphometrics Reveal Rapid Phenotypic Evolution in Pythons After Crossing Wallace’s Line. Systematic Biology. 69 (6): 1039-1051 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syaa024 Reference page. 
• Tallowin, O.J.S., Meiri, S., Donnellan, S.C., Richards, S.J., Austin, C.C. & Oliver, P.M. 2020. The other side of the Sahulian coin: biogeography and evolution of Melanesian forest dragons (Agamidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129(1): 99–113. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz125 Reference page. 

2021

• Esquerré, D., Donnellan, S.C., Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., Fenker, J. & Keogh, J.S. 2021. Phylogeography, historical demography and systematics of the world's smallest pythons (Pythonidae, Antaresia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 161: 107181. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107181 Reference page. 
• Richards, S.J., Tjaturadi, B., Krey, K. & Donnellan, S.C. 2021. A new stream-dwelling frog of the genus Litoria Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Pelodryadidae) from Salawati Island, Indonesia. Pp. 419–426, pl. 83. In: Telnov, D., Barclay, M.V.L. & Pauwels, O.S.G. (eds.) Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Volume IV. The Entomological Society of Latvia, Riga. 448 pp. 19–33 pls. ISBN 978-9984-9768-9-1. . Reference page. 

2022

• Oliver, P.M., Donnellan, S.C. & Gunn, B.F. 2022. Plio–Pleistocene vicariance across arid Australia in the ‘Spiny Knob-tailed Geckos’ (Nephrurus asper group), with the description of a new species from western Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 69(6): 216–228. DOI: 10.1071/ZO22008 Reference page. 
• Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., Esquerré, D., Fitch, A.J., Maryan, B., Doughty, P., Donnellan, S.C. & Keogh, J.S. 2022. Between a rock and a dry place: phylogenomics, biogeography, and systematics of ridge-tailed monitors (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus acanthurus complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 173: 107516. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107516 Reference page. 

2023

• Parkin, T., Donnellan, S.C., Parkin, B., Shea, G.M. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2023. Phylogeography, hybrid zones and contemporary species boundaries in the south-eastern Australian smooth frogs (Anura: Myobatrachidae: Geocrinia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 189: 107934. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107934 Reference page. 

2024

• Slavenko, A., Richards, S.J., Donnellan, S.C., Allison, A. & Oliver, P.M. 2024. Gold in the mountains: Striking new species of Papuascincus (Sphenomorphini: Scincidae) from New Guinea. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 133–149. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e112782 Reference page. 

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