Beat Schätti

Beat Schätti (1953– ), Swiss herpetologist.

Research assistant then curator of the Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology at Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland. (1988–1994)

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Beerli, P., Billing, H. & Schätti, B. 1986. Taxonomischer Status von Vipera latasti monticola Saint Girons 1953 (Serpentes, Viperidae). Salamandra 22: 101–104.
Schätti, B. & Vanni, S. 1986. Intraspecific Variation in Coluber viridiflavus Lacépède, 1789, and validity of its subspecies (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 93(1): 219–232. BHL Reference page.

Böhme, W., Joger, U. & Schätti, B. 1989. A New Monitor Lizard (Reptilia: Varanidae) from Yemen, with Notes on Ecology, Phylogeny and Zoogeography. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 10: 433–448. Reference page.

Broadley, D.G. & Schätti, B. [1997] 2000. A new species of Coluber from northern Namibia (Reptilia: Serpentes). Madoqua 19(2): 171–174. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Schätti, B. & Günther, R. 2001. Type localities of amphibian and reptile species collected by Hemprich and Ehrenberg in southwestern Arabia and Eritrea. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Zoologische Reihe 77(1): 153–156. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.20010770120 Reference page.
Schätti, B. & Utiger, U. 2001. Hemerophis, a new genus for Zamenis socotrae Günther, and a contribution to the phylogeny of Old World racers, whip snakes, and related genera (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue suisse de zoologie 108(4): 919–948. BHL Reference page.

Utiger, U., Helfenberger, N., Schätti, B., Schmidt, C., Ruf, M. & Ziswiler, V. 2002. Molecular Systematics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and Related Genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 105–124. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2002-9-2-105-124 [nonfunctional] Reference page.

Schätti, B. & Ineich, I. 2004. A new racer of the genus Platyceps Blyth from Djibouti. Revue suisse de zoologie 111(4): 685–690. BHL Reference page.
Schätti, B. & McCarthy, C. 2004. Saharo-Arabian racers of the Platyceps rhodorhachis complex - description of a new species (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 111(4): 691–705. BHL Reference page.
Schätti, B. & Monsch, P. 2004. Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of Whip snakes (Hierophis Fitzinger) and Zamenis andreana Werner, 1917 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue suisse de zoologie 111(2): 239–256. BHL Reference page.
Utiger, U. & Schätti, B. 2004. Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the Cyprus racer, Hierophis cypriensis, and the systematic status of Coluber gemonensis gyarosensis Mertens (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 111(1): 225–238. BHL Reference page.

Utiger, U., Schätti, B. & Helfenberger, N. 2005. The Oriental colubrine genus Coelognathus Fitzinger, 1843 and classification of Old and New World racers and ratsnakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae, Colubrinae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 12(1): 39–60. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2005-12-1-39-60 [nonfunctional] 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.

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.