Paul Doughty

Paul Doughty, Australian herpetologist.

• Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, 49 Kew St, Welshpool, Western Australia, Australia.

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• 87 taxon names authored by Paul Doughty

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• Read, K., Keogh, J.S., Scott, I.A., Roberts, J.D. & Doughty, P. 2001. Molecular phylogeny of the Australian frog genera Crinia, Geocrinia, and allied taxa (Anura: Myobatrachidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21(2): 294–308. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.1014 Reference page. 

• Pepper, M., Doughty, P. & Keogh, J.S. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota; Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41(3): 539–555. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.028 Reference page. 

• Doughty, P. & Anstis, M. 2007. A new species of rock-dwelling hylid frog (Anura: Hylidae) from the eastern Kimberley region of western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(3): 241–257. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.23(3).2007.241-257 Reference page. 

• Doughty, P. & Edwards, D. 2008. A new species of Arenophryne (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the central coast of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24(2): 121–131. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(2).2008.121-131 ; BHL Reference page. 
• Doughty, P. & Hutchinson, M.N. 2008. A new species of Lucasium (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the southern deserts of Western Australia and South Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25(1): 95–106. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(1).2008.095-106 Reference page. 
• Doughty, P. & Roberts, J.D. 2008. A new species of Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia. Zootaxa 1939(1): 10–18. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1939.1.2 Reference page. 
• Doughty, P., Oliver, P.M. & Adams, M. 2008. Systematics of stone geckos in the genus Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from northwestern Australia, with a description of a new species from the Northwest Cape, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24(3): 247–265. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(3).2008.247-265 Reference page. 
• Melville, J., Shoo, L.P. & Doughty, P. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of the heath dragons (Rankinia adelaidensis and R. parviceps) from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot. Australian Journal of Zoology 56(3): 159–171. DOI: 10.1071/ZO07069 Reference page. 

• Doughty, P., Anstis, M. & Price, L.C. 2009. A new species of Crinia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the high rainfall zone of the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25(2): 127–144. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(2).2009.127-144 Reference page. 
• Hutchinson, M.N., Doughty, P. & Oliver, P.M. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the stone geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus) of southern Australia. Zootaxa 2167(1): 25–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2167.1.2 Reference page. 
• 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. 

• Anstis, M., Tyler, M.J., Roberts, J.D. , Price, L.C. & Doughty, P. 2010. A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) with a highly distinctive tadpole from the north-western Kimberley region of Western Australia. Zootaxa 2550(1): 39–57. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2550.1.3 ; ResearchGateReference page. 
• Doughty, P., Pepper, M. & Keogh, J.S. 2010. Morphological and molecular assessment of the Diplodactylus savagei species complex in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 2393(1): 33–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2393.1.3 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Adams, M. & Doughty, P. 2010. Molecular evidence for ten species and Oligo-Miocene vicariance within a nominal Australian gecko species (Crenadactylus ocellatus, Diplodactylidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 386. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-386 Reference page. 

• Catullo, R.A., Doughty, P., Roberts, J.D. & Keogh, J.S. 2011. Multi-locus phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Uperoleia toadlets (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the western arid zone of Australia, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 2902(1): 1–43. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2902.1.1 Reference page. 
• Doughty, P. 2011. An emerging frog diversity hotspot in the northwest Kimberley of Western Australia: another new frog species from the high rainfall zone. Records of the Western Australian Museum 26(2): 209–218. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(2).2011.209-216 Reference page. 
• Doughty, P. & Oliver, P.M. 2011. A new species of Underwoodisaurus (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Zootaxa 3010(1): 20–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3010.1.2 Reference page. 
• Doughty, P., Kealley, L. & Donnellan, S.C. 2011. Revision of the Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skinks (Egernia depressa species-group) from Western Australia, with descriptions of three new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 26(1): 115–137. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(2).2011.115-137 Reference page. 
• Pepper, M., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N. & Keogh, J.S. 2011. Ancient drainages divide cryptic species in Australia’s arid zone: Morphological and multi-gene evidence for four new species of Beaked Geckos (Rhynchoedura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(3): 810–822. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.012 Reference page. 

• Bauer, A.M. & Doughty,P. 2012. A new bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from the Kimberley region, Western Australia. Zootaxa 3187(1): 33–42. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3187.1.2 Reference page. 
• Doughty, P., Kealley, L. & Melville, J. 2012. Taxonomic assessment of Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) dragon lizards from the western arid zone of Australia. Zootaxa 3518(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3518.1.1 Reference page. 
• Doughty, P., Palmer, R., Sistrom, M.J., Bauer, A.M. & Donnellan, S.C. 2012. Two new species of Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) geckos from the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27(2): 117–134. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.27(2).2012.117-134 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Doughty, P. & Palmer, R. 2012. Hidden biodiversity in rare northern Australian vertebrates: the case of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus, Diplodactylidae) of the Kimberley. Wildlife Research 39(5): 429–435. DOI: 10.1071/WR12024 Reference page. 

• Doughty, P. & Oliver, P.M. 2013. Systematics of Diplodactylus (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot: redefinition of D. polyophthalmus and the description of two new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28(1): 44–65. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.28(1).2013.044-065 Reference page. 
• Marin, J., Donellan, S.C., Hedges, S.B., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N., Cruaud, C. & Vidal, N. 2013. Tracing the history and biogeography of the Australian blindsnake radiation. Journal of Biogeography 40(5): 928–937. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12045 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Pepper, M., Doughty, P., Fujita, M.K., Moritz, C. & Keogh, J.S. 2013. Speciation on the Rocks: Integrated Systematics of the Heteronotia spelea Species Complex (Gekkota; Reptilia) from Western and Central Australia. PLoS One 8(11): e78110. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078110 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. 

• Catullo, R.A., Doughty, P. & Keogh, J.S. 2014. A new frog species (Myobatrachidae: Uperoleia) from the Northern Deserts region of Australia, with a redescription of U. trachyderma. Zootaxa 3753(3): 251–262. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.3.4 Reference page. 
• Catullo, R.A., Lanfear, R., Doughty, P. & Keogh, J.S. 2014. The biogeographical boundaries of northern Australia: evidence from ecological niche models and a multi-locus phylogeny of Uperoleia toadlets (Anura: Myobatrachidae). Journal of Biogeography 41(4): 659–672. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12230 Reference page. 
• Doughty, P., Kealley, L., Fitch, A. & Donnellan, S.C. 2014. A new diminutive species of Varanus from the Dampier Peninsula, western Kimberley region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 29: 128–140. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.29(2).2014.128-140 ; BHL Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Laver, R.J., Melville, J. & Doughty, P. 2014. A new species of velvet gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from the limestone ranges of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia. Zootaxa 3873(1): 49–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.1.4 Reference page. 

• Doughty, P., Kealley, L., Shoo, L. & Melville, J. 2015. Revision of the Western Australian pebble-mimic dragon species-group (Tympanocryptis cephalus: Reptilia: Agamidae). Zootaxa 4039(1): 58–117. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.1.3. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Maddock, S.T., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Smith, L.A. & Wüster, W. 2015. A new species of death adder (Acanthophis: Serpentes: Elapidae) from north-western Australia. Zootaxa 4007(3): 301–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.3.1. Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• 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. 
• Doughty, P., Ellis, R.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2016. Many things come in small packages: Revision of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus: Diplodactylidae) of Australia. Zootaxa 4168(2): 239–278. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.2 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Bourke, G., Pratt, R.C., Doughty, P. & Moritz, C. 2016. Systematics of small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia: redescription of G. kimberleyi Börner & Schüttler, 1983 and description of a new restricted range species. Zootaxa 4107(1): 49–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.1.2. Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M. & Doughty, P. 2016. Systematic revision of the marbled velvet geckos (Oedura marmorata species complex, Diplodactylidae) from the Australian arid and semi-arid zones. Zootaxa 4088(2): 151–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.1 Reference page. 

• Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P. & Roberts, J.D. 2017. An annotated type catalogue of the frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Limnodynastidae, Myobatrachidae, Pelodryadidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 32(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.32(1).2017.001-028 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Rabosky, D.L., Doughty, P. & Huang, H-T. 2017. Lizards in pinstripes: morphological and genomic evidence for two new species of scincid lizards within Ctenotus piankai Storr and C. duricola Storr (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Australian arid zone. Zootaxa 4303(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.1. Reference page. 

• Doughty, P., Bourke, G., Tedeschi, L.G., Pratt, R.C., Oliver, P.M., Palmer, R.A. & Moritz, C. 2018. Species delimitation in the Gehyra nana (Squamata: Gekkonidae) complex: cryptic and divergent morphological evolution in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics, with the description of four new species. Zootaxa 4403(2): 201–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.2.1 Reference page. 
• Doughty, P., Bauer, A.M., Pepper, M. & Keogh, J.S. 2018. Spots before the eyes: revision of the saxicoline geckos of the Gehyra punctata (Squamata: Gekkonidae) species complex in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33(1): 1–50. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.33(1).2018.001-050 Reference page. 
• Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33(1): 51–94. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.33(1).2018.051-094 Reference page. 
• Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Bauer, A.M., Pepper, M. & Keogh, J.S. 2018. A replacement name for Gehyra punctulata Doughty, Bauer, Pepper & Keogh, 2018 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) and the nomenclatural status of Phyria punctulata Gray, 1842. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33(1): 133–134. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.33(1).2018.133-134 Reference page. 
• Kealley, L., Doughty, P., Pepper, M., Keogh, J.S., Hillyer, M. & Huey, J. 2018. Conspicuously concealed: revision of the arid clade of the Gehyra variegata (Gekkonidae) group in Western Australia using an integrative molecular and morphological approach, with the description of five cryptic species. PeerJ 6: e5334. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5334 Reference page. 
• Mecke, S. & Doughty, P. 2018. A new species of Eremiascincus (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Vertebrate Zoology 68(1): 27–37. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Melville, J., Date, K.S., Horner, P. & Doughty, P. 2019. Taxonomic revision of dragon lizards in the genus Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Australian monsoonal tropics. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 23–55. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2019.77.01 Reference page. 
• Uetz, P., Cherikh, S., Shea, G., Ineich, I., Campbell, P.D., Doronin, I.V., Rosado, J., Wynn, A.H., Tighe, K.A., McDiarmid, R.W., Lee, J.L., Köhler, G., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Raxworthy, C.J., Scheinberg, L.A., Resetar, A., Sabaj Pérez, M.A., Schneider, G., Franzen, M., Glaw, F., Böhme, W., Schweiger, S., Gemel, R., Couper, P., Amey, A.P., Dondorp, E., Ofer, G., Meiri, S. & Wallach, V. 2019. A global catalog of primary reptile type specimens. Zootaxa 4695(5): 438–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.5.2 Reference page. 

• Eastwood, J.A., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N. & Pepper, M. 2020. Revision of Lucasium stenodactylus (Boulenger, 1896; Squamata: Diplodactylidae), with the resurrection of L. woodwardi (Fry, 1914) and the description of a new species from south-central Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 35: 63–86. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.35.2020.063-086 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Prasetya, A.M., Tedeschi, L.G., Fenker, J., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P. & Moritz, C. 2020. Crypsis and convergence: integrative taxonomic revision of the Gehyra australis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia. PeerJ 8: e7971. DOI: 10.7717/PEERJ.7971 Reference page. 

• Donnellan, S.C., Catalano, S.R., Pederson, S., Mitchell, K.J., Suhendran, A., Price, L.C., Doughty, P. & Richards, S.J. 2021. Revision of the Litoria watjulumensis (Anura: Pelodryadidae) group from the Australian monsoonal tropics, including the resurrection of L. spaldingi. Zootaxa 4933(2): 211–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.2.3 Reference page. 
• Ellis, R.J., Kaiser, H., Maddock, S.T., Doughty, P. & Wüster, W. 2021. An evaluation of the nomina for death adders (Acanthophis Daudin, 1803) proposed by Wells & Wellington (1985), and confirmation of A. cryptamydros Maddock et al., 2015 as the valid name for the Kimberley death adder. Zootaxa 4995(1): 161–172. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.1.9 Reference page. 

• Aplin, K.P., Cowan, M.A. & Doughty, P. 2022. Synonymy of two west coast Lerista (Reptilia: Scincidae) species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 37: 22–35. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.37.2022.022-025 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. 

• Donnellan, S.C., Catullo, R.A., Rowley, J.J.L., Doughty, P., Price, L.C., Hines, H.B. & Richards, S.J. 2023. Revision of Litoria rothii (Anura: Pelodryadidae) from northern Australia. Zootaxa 5352(1): 73–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.1.3 Reference page. 

• Farquhar, J.E., Prates, I., Doughty, P., Rabosky, D.L. & Chapple, D.G. 2024. Morphological and genetic data challenge species and subspecies in the Lerista microtis group (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa 5437(3): 336–362. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.2 Reference page. 

• Pepper, M., Doughty, P., Fletcher, J. & Keogh, J.S. 2025. Molecular and morphological assessment of the widely distributed legless gecko Delma tincta Kluge (Squamata: Pygopodidae), including a taxonomic revision. Records of the Western Australian Museum 40: 1–46. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.40.2025.001-046 Reference page. 
• Purser, W.A., Doughty, P., Rowley, J.J.L. Böhme, W., Donnellan, S.C., Anstis, M., Mitchell, N., Shea, G.M., Amey, A., Mitchell, B.A. & Catullo, R.A. 2025. Systematics of the Little Red Tree Frog, Litoria rubella (Anura: Pelodryadidae), with the description of two new species from eastern Australia and arid Western Australia. Zootaxa 5594(2): 269–315. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.3 Reference page.