Werner Mayer

Werner Mayer (1943–2015), Austrian herpetologist.

• Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, Austria.

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• 4 taxon names authored by Werner Mayer

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• Mayer, W. & Berger-Dell’Mour, H.A.E. 1987. The Pedioplanis undata complex (Sauria, Lacertidae) in Namibia. A system of parapatric species and subspecies. Proc. 4th Ord. Meet. S. E. H., Nijmegen; pp. 275-278. Reference page. 

• Berger-Dell’Mour, H.A.E. & Mayer, W. 1989. On the parapatric existence of two species of the Pedioplanis undata group (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae) in the central Namib Desert (Southwest Africa) with description of the new species Pedioplanis husabensis. Herpetozoa 1(3–4): 83–95. (PDF) Reference page. 

• Mayer, W. & Benyr, G. 1994. Albumin-Evolution und Phylogenese in der Familie Lacertidae (Reptilia: Sauria). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B für Botanik und Zoologie 96(Bd.): 621–648. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Mayer, W. 1998. Das Geschlecht der Gattung Podarcis: Eine Entgegnung. Die Eidechse 8(3): 99–100. Reference page. 

• Mayer, W. & Böhme, W. 2000. Case 3085. Lacerta undata A. Smith, 1838 (currently Pedioplanis undata; Reptilia, Sauria): proposed conservation of specific name by the designation of a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57(2): 100–102. BHL Reference page. 

• Rykena, S., Nettmann, H.K. & Mayer, W. 2001. Lacerta viridis guentherpetersi ssp. nov. eine neue Unterart der Smaragdeidechse aus Griechenland. Mertensiella 13: 89–97. Reference page. 

• Joger, U. & Mayer, W. 2002. A new species of Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from Abd al-Kuri, Socotra Archipelago, Yemen, and a preliminary molecular phylogeny for the genus Mesalina. Fauna of Arabia 19: 497–505. Reference page. 

• Mayer, W. & Pavličev, M. 2007. The phylogeny of the family Lacertidae (Reptilia) based on nuclear DNA sequences: convergent adaptations to arid habitats within the subfamily Eremiainae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(3): 115–1163. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.015 Reference page. 
• Makokha, J.S., Bauer, A.M., Mayer, W. & Matthee, C.A. 2007. Nuclear and mtDNA-based phylogeny of southern African sand lizards, Pedioplanis (Sauria: Lacertidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(2): 622–633. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.021 Reference page. 

• Pavličev, M. & Mayer, W. 2009. Fast radiation of the subfamily Lacertinae (Reptilia: Lacertidae): history or methodical artefact?. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52(3): 727–734. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.020 Reference page. 

• Engleder, A., Haring, E., Kirchhof, S. & Mayer, W. 2013. Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences provide new insights into the phylogeny of South African lacertids (Lacertidae, Eremiadinae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 51(2): 132–143. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12012 Reference page. 

• Šmíd, J., Moravec, J., Gvoždík, V., Štundl, J., Frynta, D., Lymberakis P., Kapli, P., Wilms, T., Schmitz, A., Shobrak, M., Yousefkhani, S.H., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Castilla, A.M., Els, J. & Mayer, W. 2017. Cutting the Gordian Knot: Phylogenetic and ecological diversification of the Mesalina brevirostris species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae). Zoologica Scripta 46(6): 649–664. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12254 Reference page.