Patrick David

Patrick David, French herpetologist.

• Département Systématique et Évolution, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

(List may be incomplete)

• 57 taxon names authored by Patrick David

(List may be incomplete)

• David, P. & Vogel, G. 1998. Redescription of Trimeresurus huttoni Smith, 1949 (Serpentes, Crotalinae), with a discussion of its relationships. Hamadryad 22(2): 73–87. Reference page. 

• Vogel, G. & David, P. 1999. A revision of the genus Macrocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new species and a key to the genus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 47(2): 309–332. PDF Reference page. 

• Ziegler, T., Herrmann, H.-W., David, P., Orlov, N.L. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2000. Triceratolepidophis sieversorum, a New Genus and Species of Pitviper (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 7(3): 199–214. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2000-7-3-199-214 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

• Pauwels, O.S.G., Wallach, V., David, P. & Chanhome, L. 2002. A New Species of Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Southern Peninsular Thailand. Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 2(2): 7–18. Reference page. 

• David, P. & Das, I. 2003. A new species of the snake genus Amphiesma (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from western Sumatra, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51(2): 413–419. PDF Reference page. 

• David, P. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2004. A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Macrocalamus lateralis Günther, 1864 (Serpentes, Colubridae), with the descriptions of two new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2): 635–645. PDF Reference page. 
• David, P., Teynié, A. & Ohler, A. 2004. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Laos. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2): 621–627. PDF Reference page. 
• Vogel, G., David, P. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2004. A review of morphological variation in Trimeresurus popeiorum (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 727(1): 1–63. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.727.1.1 Reference page. 

• David, P., Vogel, G., Vijayakumar, S.P. & Vidal, N. 2006. A revision of the Trimeresurus puniceus-complex (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 1293(1): 1–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1293.1.1 Reference page. 

• David, P., Bain, R.H., Nguyen, T.Q., Orlov, N.L., Vogel, G., Thanh, V.N. & Ziegler, T. 2007. A new species of the natricine snake genus Amphiesma from the Indochinese Region (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae). Zootaxa 1462: 41–60. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Vogel, G., David, P., Lutz, M., van Rooijen, J. & Vidal, N. 2007. Revision of the Tropidolaemus wagleri-complex (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae). I. Definition of included taxa and redescription of Tropidolaemus wagleri (Boie, 1827). Zootaxa 1644(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1644.1.1 Reference page. 

• David, P., Vogel, G. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2008. A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from southern Vietnam and Cambodia. Zootaxa 1939(1): 19–37. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1939.1.3 Reference page. 
• David, P., Vogel, G. & Van Rooijen, J. 2008. A revision of the Oligodon taeniatus (Günther, 1861) group (Squamata: Colubridae), with the description of three new species from the Indochinese Region. Zootaxa 1965(1): 1–49. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1965.1.1 Reference page. 

• David, P., Petri, M., Vogel, G. & Doria, G. 2009. A new species of pitviper of the genus Trimeresurus (Popeia) from northern Sumatra (Reptilia, Squamata, Viperidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria" 100: 323–346. Reference page. 

• David, P. & Vogel, G. 2010. A new species of Natricine snake genus Amphiesma from Borneo (Squamata: Natricidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 17(2): 121–127. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2010-17-2-121-127 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

• David, P., Vogel, G. & Dubois, A. 2011. On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae). Zootaxa 2992(1): 1–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2992.1.1 Reference page. 
• David, P., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.Q. & Ziegler, T. 2011. A new species of the genus Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 (Squamata: Natricidae) from the highlands of Kon Tum Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 2758(1): 43–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2758.1.3 Reference page. 
• David, P., Nguyen, T.Q., Schneider, N. & Ziegler, T. 2011. A new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 from central Laos (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2833(1): 29–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2833.1.3 Reference page. 

• David, P. & Vogel, G. 2012. On the status of Trimeresurus monticola meridionalis Bourret, 1935 (Squamata: Viperidae). Zootaxa 3304(1): 43–53. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3304.1.3 Reference page. 
• David, P. & Vogel, G. 2012. A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Pulau Nias, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3201(1): 58–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3201.1.4 Reference page. 
• Vogel, G. & David, P. 2012. A revision of the species group of Xenochrophis piscator (Schneider, 1799) (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 3473(1): 1–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3473.1.1 Reference page. 

• David, P., Vogel, G. & van Rooijen, J. 2013. On some taxonomically confused species of the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 related to Amphiesma khasiense (Boulenger, 1890) (Squamata, Natricidae). Zootaxa 3694(4): 301–335. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.4.1 Reference page. 

• Vogel, G., David, P. & Chandramouli, S.R. 2014. On the systematics of Trimeresurus labialis Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867, a pitviper from the Nicobar Islands (India), with revalidation of Trimeresurus mutabilis Stoliczka, 1870 (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae). Zootaxa 3786(5): 557–573. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.5.4 Reference page. 
• Vogel, G., David, P. & Sidik, I. 2014. On Trimeresurus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822), with the designation of a neotype and the description of a new species of pitviper from Sumatra (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8(2) [General Issue]: 1–29. BHL Reference page. 

• David, P., Agarwal, I., Athreya, R., Mathew, R., Vogel, G. & Mistry, V.K. 2015: Revalidation of Natrix clerki Wall, 1925, an overlooked species in the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 3919(2): 375–395. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3919.2.9. Reference page. 
• David, P., Pauwels, O.S.G., Nguyen, T.Q. & Vogel, G. 2015. On the taxonomic status of the Thai endemic freshwater snake Parahelicops boonsongi, with the erection of a new genus (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 3948(2): 203–217. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.2.3. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ngo, V.T., Thai, P.H., Phimvohan, A., David, P. & Teynié, A. 2015. Gekko aaronbaueri, a new gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos. Zootaxa 3914(2): 144–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.2.4 Reference page. 
• Teynié, A., David, P., Lottier, A., Le, M.D., Vidal, N. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2015. A new genus and species of xenodermatid snake (Squamata: Caenophidia: Xenodermatidae) from northern Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Zootaxa 3926(4): 523–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.4.4. Reference page. 

• Pauwels, O.S.G., Larsen, H., Suthanthangjai, W., David, P. & Sumontha, M. 2017. A new kukri snake (Colubridae: Oligodon) from Hua Hin District, and the first record of O. deuvei from Thailand. Zootaxa 4291(3): 531–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.6 Reference page. 

• Ziegler, T., David, P., Ziegler, T.N., Pham, T.C., Nguyen, T.Q. & Le, M.D. 2018. Morphological and molecular review of Jacob’s Mountain Stream Keelback Opisthotropis jacobi Angel & Bourret, 1933 (Squamata: Natricidae) with description of a sibling species from northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4374(4): 476–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.2 Reference page. 

• Vogel, G. & David, P. 2019. A new species of the Lycodon fasciatus complex from the Khorat Plateau, eastern Thailand (Reptiles, Squamata, Colubridae). Zootaxa 4577(3): 515–528. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.3.6 Reference page. 
• Purkayastha, J. & David, P. 2019. A new species of the snake genus Hebius Thompson from Northeast India (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 4555(1): 79–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.1.6 Reference page. 

• David, P., Vogel, G., Nguyen, T.Q., Orlov, N.L., Pauwels, O.S.G., Teynié, A. & Ziegler, T. 2021. A revision of the dark-bellied, stream-dwelling snakes of the genus Hebius (Reptilia: Squamata: Natricidae) with the description of a new species from China, Vietnam and Thailand. Zootaxa 4911(1): 1–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4911.1.1 Reference page. 
• Deepak, V., Passos, P., Nagy, Z.T., Zaher, H., Šmíd, J., Nguyen, T.Q., Carranza, S., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., David, P., Tamar, K. & Gower, D.J. 2021. Contributions to ophiology in Zootaxa 2001–2020: patterns and trends. Pp 17–22 In Zhang, Z-Q., ed. Advancing global taxonomy: the first twenty years of Zootaxa. Zootaxa 4979(1): 1–239. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.1 Reference page.  Zootaxa 4979(1): 17–22. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.4 full article pdf Reference page. 

• Hauser, S., Smits, T. & David, P. 2022. On the distribution of the species of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Squamata: Natricidae) in northern Thailand, including the description of a new species and a discussion on snake diversity of this region. Zootaxa 5116(1): 1–39. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5116.1.1 Reference page. 
• David, P., Nadolski, B., Ganesh, S.R., Adhikari, O.D. & Srikanthan, A.N. 2022. A Nomenclatural Review of Ahaetulla nasuta (Lacépède, 1789): resurrection of Ahaetulla fusca (Duméril, Bibron et Duméril, 1854) for the populations of the Indochinese Region (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 29(1): 19–34. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2022-29-1-19-34 Reference page. 
• Ren, J.-L., Jiang, K., Huang, J.-J., David, P. & Li, J.-T. 2022. Taxonomic Review of the Genus Herpetoreas (Serpentes: Natricidae), with the Description of a New Species from Tibet, China. Diversity 14(2): 79. DOI: 10.3390/d14020079 Reference page. 

• Vogel, G., Nguyen, T.V. & David, P. 2023. A new green pitviper of the Trimeresurus albolabris complex (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) from central and southern Myanmar. Zootaxa 5357(4): 515–554. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.4.3 Reference page. 

• David, P. & Vogel, G. 2024. On the status of Helicops wettsteini Amaral, 1929, a senior synonym of Hypsiscopus murphyi (SERPENTES: Homalopsidae). Zootaxa 5415(2): 300–308. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5415.2.4 Reference page. 
• David, P., Frétey, T. & Vogel, G. 2024. The status of the nomen "Ovophis malhotrae" (Squamata, Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae). Bionomina 38(1): 55–61. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.38.1.5 Reference page. 
• Idiiatullina, S.S., Pawangkhanant, P., Suwannapoom, C., Tawan, T., Chanhome, L., Nguyen, T.V., David, P., Vogel, G. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2024. Another new species of karst-associated pitviper (Serpentes, Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from the Isthmus of Kra, Peninsular Thailand. European Journal of Taxonomy 930(1): 20–52. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.930.2489 Reference page. 

• Liu, S., Wang, J.-S., Hou, M., Zhang, L., Wang, Q.-Y., Zong, C.-M., Zhou, J., Rao, D.-Q., David, P. & Vogel, G. 2025. A new species of the genus Hebius (Squamata, Natricidae), previously confused with H. boulengeri (Gressitt, 1937). ZooKeys 1254: 263–282. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1254.161130 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.V., Li, M.-L., Huang, J.-J., Han, B.-Y., Nguyen, D.T., Poyarkov, N.A., David, P. & Ren, J.-L. 2025. Taxonomic Reassessment of Hebius optatus (Hu & Zhao, 1966) (Squamata: Natricidae), with the Description of a New Species from Vietnam and China. Asian Herpetological Research 16(4): 377–391. DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2025.0026 Reference page. 
• Pawangkhanant, P., Idiiatullina, S.S., Nguyen, T.V., Ruangsuwan, T., Matsukoji, T., David, P., Suwannapoom, C. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2025. A snake can change its finery: a new cryptic species of the Trimeresurus kanburiensis complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) from central Thailand with an unusual ontogenetic color change. Zootaxa 5621(5): 514–546. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.5.2 Reference page. 
• Poyarkov, N.A., Bragin, A.M., Idiiatullina, S.S., Tran, T.A., Le, D.X., David, P. & Nguyen, T.V. 2025. A new species of the Gonyosoma prasinum species complex (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae) from Indochina. Zootaxa 5673(3): 355–384. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.3.2 Reference page.