Frank Tillack

Frank Tillack, German herpetologist.

• Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany.

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• 17 taxon names authored by Frank Tillack

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• Tillack, F., Lorenz, M., Orlov, N.L., Helfenberger, N., Shah, K.B. & Eckert, W. 2003. Shah's Grubenotter Trimeresurus karanshahi Orlov & Helfenberger, 1997 - ein Juniorsynonym von Trimeresurus tibetanus Huang, 1982 (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), mit Angaben zur Verbreitung, Biologie und der Vorstellung neuer Farbvarianten aus Zentral-Nepal. Sauria 25(2): 3–15. PDF Reference page. 

• Gumprecht, A., Tillack, F., Orlov, N., Captain, A. & Ryabov, S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. Geitje Books: Berlin. 368 pp. ISBN 978-3937975009 Reference page. 
• Tillack, F., Ziegler, T. & Quyet, L.K. 2004. Eine neue Art der Gattung Boiga Fitzinger 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) aus dem zentralen Vietnam. Sauria 26(4): 3–12. PDF Reference page. 

• Kucharzewski, C. & Tillack, F. 2008. The identity of Cochliophagus isolepis Müller, 1924 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Salamandra 44(1): 43–49. PDF Reference page. 

• Schätti, B., Tillack, F. & Schulz, K.-D. 2010. History, status, and validity of the Racer Zamenis persicus Jan, 1863, and the scientific name of the Ratsnake Z. persicus (Werner, 1913) (Squamata, Colubridae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 86(2): 275–281. DOI: 10.1002/zoos.201000010 Reference page. 
• Tillack, F. & Günther, R. 2010. Revision of Oligodon species from Sumatra and adjacent islands, with comments on the taxonomic status of Oligodon subcarinatus (Günther, 1872) and Oligodon annulifer (Boulenger, 1893) (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 16(4): 265–294. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2009-16-4-265-294 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

• Schulz, K.-D., Böhme, W. & Tillack, F. 2011. Hemipenis Morphology of Coronella bella Stanley, 1917 with Comments on Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Issues of Ratsnakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Colubrinae: Elaphe Auct.). Russian Journal of Herpetology 18(4): 273–283. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2011-18-4-273–283 Reference page. 

• Mahlow, K., Tillack, F., Schmidtler, J.F. & Müller, J. 2013. An annotated checklist, description and key to the dwarf snakes of the genus Eirenis Jan, 1863 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae), with special emphasis on the dentition. Vertebrate Zoology 63(1): 41–85. DOI: 10.3897/vz.63.e31413 Reference page. 

• Gvoždík, V., Tillack, F., Menegon, M. & Loader, S.P. 2014. The status of Leptopelis barbouri Ahl, 1929 and eleven other nomina of the current tree-frog genus Leptopelis (Arthroleptidae) described from East Africa, with a redescription of Leptopelis grandiceps Ahl, 1929. Zootaxa 3793(1): 165–187. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.1.8 Reference page. 
• Schätti, B., Tillack, F. & Kucharzewski, C. 2014. Platyceps rhodorachis (Jan, 1863) – a study of the racer genus Platyceps Blyth, 1860 east of the Tigris (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Vertebrate Zoology 64(3): 297–405. DOI: 10.3897/vz.64.e31498 Reference page. 

• Hofmann, S., Tillack, F. & Miehe, G. 2015. Genetic differentiation among species of the genus Thermophis Malnate (Serpentes, Colubridae) and comments on T. shangrila. Zootaxa 4028(1): 102–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.1.4. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

• Gutsche, A., Tillack, F. & Mahlow, K. 2017. Rediscovery and description of the holotype of Oedipus paraensis Unterstein, 1930 (Amphibia, Plethodontidae), and invalidation of the neotype. Zootaxa 4282(2): 395–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.12. Reference page. 

• Giri, V.B., Deepak, V., Captain, A., Pawar, S. & Tillack, F. 2019. A New Species of Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from The Northern Western Ghats of India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 116: 1–11. DOI: 10.17087/jbnhs/2019/v116/144901 Reference page. 

• Deepak, V., Tillack, F., Kar, N.B., Sarkar, S. & Mohapatra, P.P. 2021. A new species of Sitana (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Deccan Peninsula Biogeographic Zone of India. Zootaxa 4948(2): 261–274. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4948.2.6 Reference page. 
• Deepak, V., Narayanan, S., Mohapatra, P.P., Dutta, S.K., Melvinselvan, G., Khan, A., Mahlow, K. & Tillack, F. 2021. Revealing two centuries of confusion: new insights on nomenclature and systematic position of the Argyrogena fasciolata (Shaw, 1802) (auctt.), with description of a new species from India (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 253–316. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e64345 Reference page. 

• Köhler, G., Charunrochana, P.T., Mogk, L., Than, N.L., Kurniawan, N., Kadafi, A.M., Das, A., Tillack, F. & O’Shea, M. 2023. A taxonomic revision of Boiga multomaculata (Boie, 1827) and B. ochracea (Theobald, 1868), with the description of a new subspecies (Squamata, Serpentes, Colubridae). Zootaxa 5270(2): 151–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.1 Reference page. 
• Narayanan, S., Das, S., Anvar, Y.M., Tillack, F., Mohapatra, P.P., Gower, D.J., Rajkumar, K.P. & Deepak, V. 2023. On the taxonomic validity of Boiga whitakeri Ganesh et al., 2021 with new insights on Boiga dightoni (Boulenger, 1894) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Vertebrate Zoology 73: 1–21. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e97002 Reference page. 

• Schätti, B., Tillack, F., Stutz, A. & Kucharzewski, C. 2024. Three New Cliff Racer Species from the Sultanate of Oman (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae) and Zoogeographic Traits of its Herpetofauna. Revue suisse de Zoologie 131(2): 451–486. DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0132 Reference page. 

• Bhattarai, S., Gautam, B., Neupane, B.P., Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Agarwal, I., Tillack, F., Olson, A.R., Hogan, F. & Wright, W. 2025. A review of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of Nepal with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 5594(3): 401–451. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.3.1 Reference page. 
• Balan, A., Das, A., Boruah, B., Tillack, F., Lalronunga, S. & Deepak, V. 2025. Description of two new species of Ptyctolaemus (Squamata: Agamidae) from northeast India. Vertebrate Zoology 75: 487–516. DOI: 10.3897/vz.75.e162650 Reference page.