Evan S.H. Quah

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Evan S.H. Quah, Malaysian herpetogist

School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Pulau Pinang, Penang, Malaysia.

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61taxon names authored by Evan S.H. Quah

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2012

Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr, P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Muin, M.A., Sumontha, M., Ahmad, N., Bauer, A.M., Wangkulangkul, S., Grismer, J.L. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2012. A phylogeny and taxonomy of the Thai-Malay Peninsula bent-toed geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae): combined morphological and molecular analyses with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa 3520: 1–55. Preview. Reference page.

2013

Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Muin, M.A., Quah, E.S.H., McGuire, J.A., Brown, R.M., Ngo, V.T. & Thai, P.H. 2013. Integrative taxonomy uncovers high levels of cryptic species diversity in Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and the description of a new species from Peninsular Malaysia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169(4): 849–880. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12064 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Muin, M.A., Quah, E.S.H. & Wood Jr, P.L. 2013a: Phylogenetic relationships and description of a new upland species of Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) of the C. sworderi complex from northeastern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3616(3): 239–252. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.2. Reference page.
Loredo, A.I., Wood, Jr., P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Greer, L.F., Ahmad, N. & Grismer, L.L. 2013. Cryptic speciation within Asthenodipsas vertebralis (Boulenger, 1900) (Squamata: Pareatidae), the description of a new species from Peninsular Malaysia, and the resurrection of A. tropidonotus (Lidth de Jude, 1923) from Sumatra: an integrative taxonomic analysis. Zootaxa 3664(4): 505–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3664.4.5 Reference page.

2014

Grismer, L.L., Belabut, D.M., Quah, E.S.H., Chan, K.O. & Wood Jr, P.L. 2014: A new species of karst forest-adapted Bent-toed Gecko (genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) belonging to the C. sworderi complex from a threatened karst forest in Perak, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3755(5): 434–446. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.5.3. Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr, P.L., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Quah, E.S.H., Muin, M.A., Mohamed, M., Chan, K.O., Sumarli, A.X., Loredo, A.I. & Heinz, H.M. 2014: The phylogenetic relationships of three new species of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from poorly explored regions in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3786(3): 359–381. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.6. Reference page.

2015

Grismer, L.L. & Quah, E.S.H. 2015. The Rediscovery of Sphenomorphus malayanus Doria, 1888 (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Titiwangsa Mountain Range of Peninsular Malaysia and its re-description as S. senja sp. nov. Zootaxa 3931(1): 63–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.1.4. Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr, P.L., Lee, C.H., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Ngadi, E. & Sites, J.W. 2015. An integrative taxonomic review of the agamid genus Bronchocela (Kuhl, 1820) from Peninsular Malaysia with descriptions of new montane and insular endemics. Zootaxa 3948(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.1.1. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L. Jr, Quah, E.S.H., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Ngadi, E. & Ahmad, N. 2015. A new insular species of Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis Boulenger) from Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3985(2): 203–218. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.2.2. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L. Jr, Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Quah, E.S.H., Muin, M.A., Onn, C.K., Sumarli, A.X. & Loredo, A.I. 2015. Repeated evolution of sympatric, palaeoendemic species in closely related, co-distributed lineages of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) across a sky-island archipelago in Peninsular Malaysia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174(4): 859–876. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12254 Reference page.

2016

Cobos, A.J., Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L. Jr., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar Mohd Sah, S. & Muin, M.A. 2016. Phylogenetic relationships of geckos of the Hemiphyllodactylus harterti group, a new species from Penang Island, Peninsular Malaysia, and a likely case of true cryptic speciation. Zootaxa 4107(3): 367–380. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.3.5. Reference page.
Davis, H.R., Grismer, L.L., Klabacka, R.L., Muin M.A., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Wood, P.L. Jr. & Sites, J.W. Jr 2016. The phylogenetic relationships of a new Stream Toad of the genus Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from a montane region in Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4103(2): 137–153. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.4. Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L. Jr., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Grismer, M.S., Quah, E.S.H., Murdoch, M.L., Muin, M.A., Davis, H.R., Aguilar, C., Klabaca, R.L., Cobos, A.J., Aowphol, A. & Sites, J.W. Jr. 2016. Two new Bent-toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex from Peninsular Malaysia and multiple instances of convergent adaptation to limestone forest ecosystems. Zootaxa 4105(5): 401–429. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.5.1 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Quah, E.S.H., Wood, P.L. Jr, Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Muin, M.A., Davis, H.R., Murdoch, M., Grismer, J.L., Cota, M. & Cobos, A.J. 2016. Dragons in the mist: three new species of Pseudocalotes Fitzinger (Squamata: Agamidae) from the sky island archipelago of Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4136(3): 461–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.3. Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L. Jr., Syafiq, M.F., Badli-Sham, B.H., Rizal, S.A., Ahmad, A.B. & Quah, E.S.H. 2016. On the taxonomy and phylogeny of the skinks Lipinia sekayuensis Grismer, Ismail, Awang, Rizal, & Ahmad and Lipinia surda Boulenger from Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4147(1): 59–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.1.3 Reference page.

2017

Quah, E.S.H., Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Thura, M.K., Zin, T., Kyaw, H., Lwin, N., Grismer, M.S. & Murdoch, M.L. 2017. A new species of Mud Snake (Serpentes, Homalopsidae, Gyiophis Murphy & Voris, 2014) from Myanmar with a first molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus. Zootaxa 4238(4): 571–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.4.5. Reference page.
Quah, E.S.H., Anuar Mohd Sah, M.S., Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Azizah, M.N.S. & Muin, M.A. 2017. A new species of frog of the genus Abavorana Oliver, Prendini, Kraus & Raxworthy 2015 (Anura: Ranidae) from Gunung Jerai, Kedah, northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4320(2): 272–288. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.2.4. Reference page.
Quah, E.S.H., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Grismer, L.L. & Grassby-Lewis, R. 2017. A New Species of Dibamus Duméril & Bibron 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from A Hill Station in Peninsular Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65: 681–690. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

2018

Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Thura, M.K., Zin, T., Quah, E.S.H., Murdoch, M.L., Grismer, M.S., Lin, A., Kyaw, H. & Lwin, N. 2018. Twelve new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from isolated limestone habitats in eastcentral and southern Myanmar demonstrate high localized diversity and unprecedented microendemism. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(4): 862–959. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx057 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Thura, M.K., Quah, E.S.H., Murdoch, M.L., Grismer, M.S., Herr, M.W., Lin, A. & Kyaw, H. 2018. Three more new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Salween Basin of eastern Myanmar underscore the urgent need for the conservation of karst habitats. Journal of Natural History 52(19–20): 1243–1294. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1449911 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Ahmad, A.B., Baizul-Hafsyam, B.S., Afiq-Suhaimi, M., Rizal, S.A. & Quah, E.S.H. 2018. Two new Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos, & Brown (Squamata; Scincidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and another case of microsyntopy between ecologically specialized, unrelated, leaf-litter species. Zootaxa 4425(1): 87–107. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.1.5 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Quah, E.S.H., Duzulkafly, Z. & Yambun, P. 2018. On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438(3): 528–550. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6. Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Ngadi, E.B., Izam, N.A.M. & Ahmad, N. 2018. Systematics, ecomorphology, cryptic speciation and biogeography of the lizard genus Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos & Brown (Squamata: Scincidae) from the sky-island archipelago of Peninsular Malaysia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183(3): 635–671. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx067 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Thura, M.K., Quah, E.S.H., Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L., Espinoza, R.E. & Lin, A. 2018. A new Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Shan Hills and the biogeography of Bent-toed Geckos from eastern Myanmar. Zootaxa 4446(4): 477–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.4.4. Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Murdoch, M.L., Grismer, M.S., Herr, M.W., Espinoza, R.E., Brown, R.M. & Lin, A. 2018. A phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cyrtodactylus peguensis group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of two new species from Myanmar. PeerJ 6: e5575. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5575 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Zug, G.R., Thura, M.K.,Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L., Quah, E.S.H. & Lin, A. 2018. Two more new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Shan Hills of eastern Myanmar (Burma). Zootaxa 4483(2): 295–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4483.2.4. Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Thura, M.K., Espinoza, R.E., Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L. & Lin, A. 2018. A new species of Crocodile Newt Tylototriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). Zootaxa 4500(4): 553–573. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.4.5 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Thura, M.K., Win, N.M., Grismer, M.S., Trueblood, L.A. & Quah, E.S.H. 2018. A re-description of Cyrtodactylus chrysopylos Bauer (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with comments on the adaptive significance of orange coloration in hatchlings and descriptions of two new species from eastern Myanmar (Burma). Zootaxa 4527(2): 151–185. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.2.1. Reference page.

2019

Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Thura, M.K. , Herr, M.W. & Lin, A.K. 2019. A new species of forest-dwelling Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Indawgyi Wildlife Sanctuary, Kachin State, Myanmar. Zootaxa 4623(1): 001–025. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.1.1. Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Thura, M.K. , Oaks, J.R. & Lin, A. 2019a. A new species of Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cyrtodactylus) from the Shan Plateau in eastern Myanmar (Burma). Zootaxa 4624(3): 301–321. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.3.1. Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood. Jr., P.L., Grismer, J.L., Quah, E.S.H., Thy, N., Phimmachak, S., Sivongxay, N., Seateun, S., Stuart, B.L., Siler, C.D., Mulcahy, D.G., Anamza, T. & Brown, R.M. 2019. Geographic structure of genetic variation in the Parachute Gecko Ptychozoon lionotum Annandale, 1905 across Indochina and Sundaland with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 4638(2): 151–198. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.2.1. Reference page.
Quah, E.S.H., Grismer, L.L., Lim, K.K.P., Anuar Mohd Sah, S. & Imbun, P.Y. 2019. A taxonomic reappraisal of the Smooth Slug Snake Asthenodipsas laevis (Boie, 1827) (Squamata: Pareidae) in Borneo with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4646(3): 501–526. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.3.4. Reference page.

2020

Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Grismer, M.S., Thura, M.K., Oaks, J.R. & Lin, A. 2020. Two new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a karstic archipelago in the Salween Basin of southern Myanmar (Burma). Zootaxa 4718(2): 151–183. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4718.2.1 Reference page.
Quah, E.S.H., Grismer, L.L., Lim, K.K.P., Anuar, M.S.S. & Chan, K.O. 2020. A taxonomic revision of Asthenodipsas malaccana Peters, 1864 (Squamata: Pareidae) with a description of a new species from Borneo. Zootaxa 4729(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.1.1 Reference page.
Som, H.E., Grismer, L.L., Grismer, J.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C., Weinell, J.L. & Stuart, B.L. 2020. A new Liopeltis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4766(3): 472–484. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.3.6 Reference page.