Stephen Spawls

Stephen Spawls (1953–), UK herpetologist.

• 7 Crostwick Lane, Spixworth, Norwich NR10 3PE, United Kingdom.

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• 15 taxon names authored by Stephen Spawls

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• Largen, M.J. & Spawls, S. 2006. Lizards of Ethiopia (Reptilia: Sauria): an annotated checklist, bibliography, gazetteer and identification. Tropical Zoology 19(1): 21–109. Reference page. 

• Largen, M.J. & Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669
• Kingdon, R. & Spawls, S. 2010. A new gregarious species of Trachylepis (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) from Lolui Island, Lake Victoria, Uganda, with a key to Ugandan Trachylepis. African Journal of Herpetology 59(2): 123–132. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2010.508220 Reference page. 

• Gower, D.J., Wade, E., Spawls, S., Böhme, W., Buechley, E.R., Sykes, D. & Colston, T.J. 2016. A new large species of Bitis Gray, 1842 (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia. Zootaxa 4093(1): 41–63. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.1.3 Reference page. 

• Malonza, P.K., Spawls, S., Finch, B. & Bauer, A.M. 2021. A new of species of the Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896 complex (Squamata: Agamidae) from northern Kenya. Zootaxa 4920(4): 543–553. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.4.5 Reference page. 

• Spawls, S., Mazuch, T. & Mohammad, A. 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Wildlife. 640 pp. ISBN 978-1472991447.

• Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A., Koch, C., Flecks, M., Campbell, P.D., Calvo, M., Spawls, S., Vidal, N. & Meiri, S. 2025. What is revealed from a widely distributed species in Africa and Southwest Asia? The case of the Telescopus dhara–obtusus species complex (Squamata: Colubridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205(3): zlaf117. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf117 Reference page.