Robert Wayne Van Devender
Appalachian State University
5 Papers
26 Citations
Robert Wayne Van Devender is an academic researcher from Appalachian State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Subcaudal scales & Calamaria. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications.
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A new species of reed snake, Calamaria Boie, 1827 from the Central Highlands of Vietnam (Squamata: Colubridae)
Thomas Ziegler,Vu A. Tran,Randall D. Babb,Thomas R. Jones,Paul E. Moler,Robert Wayne Van Devender,Truong Q. Nguyen +6 more
TL;DR: A new species of Calamaria Boie, 1827 is described based on a single specimen collected in evergreen forest at 1240 m elevation of Ta Dung Nature Reserve in Dak Nong Province, Central Vietnam.
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A review of Indochinese skinks of the genus Lygosoma Hardwicke & Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Scincidae), with natural history notes and an identification key
Peter Geissler,Truong Quang Nguyen,Trung My Phung,Robert Wayne Van Devender,Timo Hartmann,Balázs Farkas,Thomas Ziegler,Wolfgang Böhme +7 more
TL;DR: Although L. bowringii is expected to turn out as a complex of cryptic species when molecular methods are applied to a broad sampling, Indochinese representatives form a homogenous group based on morphology.
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Report on the Terrestrial Mollusks of the Sierra de la Madera (Oposura), Sonora, Mexico — The Caracoleros
Amy S. Van Devender,Robert Wayne Van Devender,Arzu Rivera-García,Rosa E. Jimenez-Maldonado,Martha N. Van Devender +4 more
TL;DR: The Madrean Archipelago Biological Assessment (MABA) bi-blitz was conducted by as mentioned in this paper, where five people searched for both macro-and micro-snails in five sites in foothills thornscrub, oak woodland, and pine-oak forest (1225-2080 m elevation).
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A new species of Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from Vietnam .
TL;DR: A new forest skink species of the genus Sphenomorphus is described from Kon Tum Plateau, southern Central Vietnam and is differentiated from aforementioned species and other members of Sphenomorphicus from China and mainland Southeast Asia by a unique suite of morphological characters.