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ANNEX VIII Standard references for nomenclature to be used pursuant to Article 5(4) to indicate scientific names of species in permits and certificates

(a) Mammalia

Wilson, D. E and Reeder, D. M. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. [for all mammals — with the exception of the recognition of the following names for wild forms of species (in preference to names for domestic forms): Bos gaurus, Bos mutus, Bubalus arnee, Equus africanus, Equus przewalskii, Ovis orientalis ophion]

Alperin, R. 1993. Callithrix argentata (Linnaeus, 1771): taxonomic observations and description of a new subspecies. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Serie Zoologia 9: 317-328. [for Callithrix marcai]

Dalebout, M. L., Mead, J. G., Baker, C. S., Baker, A. N. and van Helden, A. L. 2002. A new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon perrini sp. n. (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) discovered through phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Mammal Science 18: 577-608. [for Mesoplodon perrini]

Ferrari, S. F. and Lopes, M. A. 1992. A new species of marmoset, genus Callithrix Erxleben 1777 (Callitrichidae, Primates) from western Brazilian Amazonia. Goeldiana Zoologia 12: 1-13. [for Callithrix nigriceps]

Flannery, T. F. and Groves, C. P. 1998. A revision of the genus Zaglossus (Monotremata, Tachyglossidae), with description of new species and subspecies. Mammalia 62: 367-396. [for Zaglossus attenboroughi]

Groves, C. P. 2000. The genus Cheirogaleus: unrecognised biodiversity in dwarf lemurs. International Journal of Primatology 21: 943-962. [for Cheirogaleus minusculus & Cheirogaleus ravus]

van Helden, A. L., Baker, A. N., Dalebout, M. L., Reyes, J. C., van Waerebeek, K. and Baker, C. S. 2002. Resurrection of Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874), senior synonym of M. bahamondi Reyes, van Waerebeek, Cárdenas and Yáñez, 1995 (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Marine Mammal Science 18: 609-621. [for Mesoplodon traversii]

Honess, P. E. and Bearder, S. K. 1997. Descriptions of the dwarf galago species of Tanzania. African Primates 2: 75-79. [for Galagoides rondoensis & Galagoides udzungwensis]

Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon fieldguide to African mammals. London, Academic Press. [for Miopithecus ogouensis]

Kobayashi, S. and Langguth, A. 1999. A new species of titi monkey, Callicebus Thomas, from north-eastern Brazil (Primates, Cebidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 16: 531-551. [for Callicebus coimbrai]

Mittermeier, R. A., Schwarz, M. and Ayres, J. M. 1992. A new species of marmoset, genus Callithrix Erxleben, 1777 (Callitrichidae, Primates) from the Rio Maues Region, State of Amazonas, central Brazilian Amazonia. Goeldiana Zoologia 14: 1-17. [for Callithrix mauesi]

Rasoloarison, R. M., Goodman, S. M. and Ganzhorn, J. U. 2000. Taxonomic revision of mouse lemurs (Microcebus) in the western portions of Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology 21: 963-1019. [for Microcebus berthae, Microcebus sambiranensis & Microcebus tavaratra]

Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine Mammals of the World. Systematics and distribution. Special Publication Number 4: i-ix, 1-231. The Society for Marine Mammals. [for Balaenoptera]

Richards, G. C. and Hall, L. S. 2002. A new flying-fox of the genus Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Torres Strait, Australia. Australian Zoologist 32: 69-75. [for Pteropus banakrisi]

van Roosmalen, M. G. M., van Roosmalen, T., Mittermeier, R. A. and Rylands, A. B. 2000. Two new species of marmoset, genus Callithrix Erxleben, 1777 (Callitrichidae, Primates), from the Tapajós/Madeira interfluvium, south Central Amazonia, Brazil. Neotropical Primates 10 (Suppl.): 2-18. [for Callicebus bernhardi & Callicebus stephennashi]

van Roosmalen, M. G. M, van Roosmalen, T., Mittermeier, R. A. and da Fonseca, G. A. B. 1998. A new and distinctive species of marmoset (Callitrichidae, Primates) from the lower Rio Aripuana, State of Amazonas, central Brazilian Amazonia. Goeldiana Zoologia 22: 1-27. [for Callithrix humilis]

van Roosmalen, M. G. M., van Roosmalen, T., Mittermeier, R. A. and Rylands, A. B. 2000. Two new species of marmoset, genus Callithrix Erxleben, 1777 (Callitrichidae, Primates), from the Tapajós/Madeira interfluvium, south Central Amazonia, Brazil. Neotropical Primates 8: 2-18. [for Callithrix acariensis & Callithrix manicorensis]

Schwartz, J. H. 1996. Pseudopotto martini: a new genus and species of extant lorisiform primate. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 78: 1-14. [for Pseudopotto martini]

Silva Jr, J. and Noronha, M. 1996. Discovery of a new species of marmoset in the Brazilian Amazon. Neotropical Primates 4: 58-59. [for Callithrix saterei]

Thalmann, U. and Geissmann, T. 2000. Distributions and geographic variation in the western woolly lemur (Avahi occidentalis) with description of a new species (A. unicolor). International Journal of Primatology 21: 915-941. [for Avahi unicolor]

Wang, J. Y., Chou, L.-S. & White, B. N. 1999. Molecular Ecology 8: 1603-1612. [for Tursiops aduncus]

Zimmerman, E., Cepok, S., Rakotoarison, N., Zietemann, V. and Radespiel, U. 1998. Sympatric mouse lemurs in north west Madagascar: a new rufous mouse lemur species (Microcebus ravelobensis). Folia Primatologica 69: 106-114. [for Microcebus ravelobensis]

(b) Aves

Morony, J. J., Bock, W. J. and Farrand, J., Jr. 1975. A Reference List of the Birds of the World. American Museum of Natural History. [for order- and family-level names for birds]

Sibley, C. G. and Monroe, B. L., Jr. 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale University Press, New Haven. Sibley, C. G. and Monroe, B. L., Jr. 1993. Supplement to the Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale University Press, New Haven. [for bird species, except for Psittaciformes & Trochilidae]

Collar, N. J. 1997. Family Psittacidae (Parrots). Pp. 280-477 in del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. [for Psittacidae]

Gaban-Lima, R., Raposo, M. A. and Hofling, E. 2002. Description of a new species of Pionopsitta (Aves: Psittacidae) endemic to Brazil. Auk 119: 815-819. [for Pionopsitta aurantiocephala]

Howell, S. N. G. and Robbins, M. B. 1995. Species limits of the Least Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium minutissimum) complex. Wilson Bulletin 107: 7-25. [for Glaucidium parkeri]

Lafontaine, R. M. and Moulaert, N. 1998. A new species of scops owl (Otus: Aves): taxonomy and conservation status. Journal of African Zoology 112: 163-169. [for Otus moheliensis]

Lambert, F. R. and Rasmussen, P. C. 1998. A new scops owl from Sangihe Island, Indonesia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists ' Club 204-217. [for Otus collari]

Olsen, J., Wink, M., Sauer-Gürth, H. and Trost, S. 2002. A new Ninox owl from Sumba, Indonesia. Emu 102: 223-231. [for Ninoxsumbaensis]

Rasmussen, P. C. 1998. A new scops-owl from Great Nicobar Island. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists ' Club 118: 141-153. [for Otus alius]

Rasmussen, P. C. 1999. A new species of hawk-owl Ninox from North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Wilson Bulletin 111: 457-464. [for Ninox ios]

Robbins, M. B. and Stiles, F. G. 1999. A new species of pygmy-owl (Strigidae: Glaucidium) from the Pacific slope of the northern Andes. Auk 116: 305-315. [for Glaucidium nubicola]

Rowley, I. 1997. Family Cacatuidae (Cockatoos). Pp. 246-279 in del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. [for Cacatuidae=Psittacidae]

Schuchmann, K. L. 1999. Family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds). Pp. 468-680 in del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. [for Trochilidae]

da Silva, J. M. C., Coelho, G. and Gonzaga, P. 2002. Discovered on the brink of extinction: a new species of pygmy-owl (Strigidae: Glaucidium) from Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil. Ararajuba 10 (2): 123-130 [for Glaucidium mooreorum]

Whittaker, A. 2002. A new species of forest-falcon (Falconidae: Micrastur) from southeastern Amazonia and the Atlantic rainforests of Brazil. Wilson Bulletin 114 (4): 421-445. [for Micrastur mintoni]

(c) Reptilia

Andreone, F., Mattioli, F., Jesu, R. and Randrianirina, J. E. 2001. Two new chameleons of the genus Calumma from north-east Madagascar, with observations on hemipenial morphology in the Calumma furcifer group (Reptilia, Squamata, Chamaeleonidae). Herpetological Journal 11: 53-68. [for Calumma vatosoa & Calumma vencesi]

Avila Pires, T. C. S. 1995. Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia. Zool. Verh. 299: 706 pp. [for Tupinambis]

Böhme, W. 1997. Eine neue Chamäleon art aus der Calumma gastrotaenia — Verwandtschaft Ost-Madagaskars. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 19 (107): 5-10. [for Calumma glawi]

Böhme, W. 2003. Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (family Varanidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen. Leiden 341: 1-43. [for Varanidae]

Broadley, D. G. 2002. CITES Standard reference for the species of Cordylus (Cordylidae, Reptilia) prepared at the request of the CITES Nomenclature Committee. CoP12 Inf. 14. [for Cordylus]

Cei, J. M. 1993. Reptiles del noroeste, nordeste y este de la Argentina — herpetofauna de las selvas subtropicales, puna y pampa. Monografie XIV, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali. [for Tupinambis]

Colli, G. R., Péres, A. K. and da Cunha, H. J. 1998. A new species of Tupinambis (Squamata: Teiidae) from central Brazil, with an analysis of morphological and genetic variation in the genus. Herpetologica 54: 477-492. [for Tupinambis cerradensis]

Dirksen, L. 2002. Anakondas. NTV Wissenschaft. [for Eunectes beniensis]

Hallmann, G., Krüger, J. and Trautmann, G. 1997. Faszinierende Taggeckos — Die Gattung Phelsuma: 1-229 — Natur & Tier-Verlag. ISBN 3-931587-10-X. [for the genus Phelsuma]

Harvey, M. B., Barker, D. B., Ammerman, L. K. and Chippindale, P. T. 2000. Systematics of pythons of the Morelia amethistina complex (Serpentes: Boidae) with the description of three new species. Herpetological Monographs 14: 139-185. [for Morelia clastolepis, Morelia nauta & Morelia tracyae, and elevation to species level of Morelia kinghorni]

Hedges, B. S., Estrada, A. R. and Diaz, L. M. 1999. New snake (Tropidophis) from western Cuba. Copeia 1999(2): 376-381. [for Tropidophis celiae]

Hedges, B. S. and Garrido, O. 1999. A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from central Cuba. Journal of Herpetology 33: 436-441. [for Tropidophis spiritus]

Hedges, B. S., Garrido, O. and Diaz, L. M. 2001. A new banded snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from north-central Cuba. Journal of Herpetology 35: 615-617. [for Tropidophis morenoi]

Hedges, B. S. and Garrido, O. 2002. Journal of Herpetology 36: 157-161. [for Tropidophis hendersoni]

Jacobs, H. J. 2003. A further new emerald tree monitor lizard of the Varanus prasinus species group from Waigeo, West Irian (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). Salamandra 39(2): 65-74. [for Varanus boehmei]

Jesu, R., Mattioli, F. and Schimenti, G. 1999. On the discovery of a new large chameleon inhabiting the limestone outcrops of western Madagascar: Furcifer nicosiai sp. nov. (Reptilia, Chamaeleonidae). Doriana 7(311): 1-14. [for Furcifer nicosiai]

Karl, H.-V. and Tichy, G. 1999. Mauritiana 17: 277-284. [for turtles and tortoises]

Keogh, J. S., Barker, D. G. and Shine, R. 2001. Heavily exploited but poorly known: systematics and biogeography of commercially harvested pythons (Python curtus group) in Southeast Asia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 73: 113-129. [for Python breitensteini & Python brongersmai]

Klaver, C. J. J. and Böhme, W. 1997. Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich 112: 85 pp. [for Bradypodion, Brookesia, Calumma, Chamaeleo & Furcifer — except for the recognition of Calumma andringitaensis, C. guillaumeti, C. hilleniusi & C. marojezensis as valid species]

Manzani, P. R. and Abe, A. S. 1997. A new species of Tupinambis Daudin, 1802 (Squamata, Teiidae) from central Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional Nov. Ser. Zool. 382: 1-10. [for Tupinambis quadrilineatus]

Manzani, P. R. and Abe, A. S. 2002. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 60(4): 295-302. [for Tupinambis palustris]

Massary, J.-C. de and Hoogmoed, M. 2001. The valid name for Crocodilurus lacertinus auctorum (nec Daudin, 1802) (Squamata: Teiidae). Journal of Herpetology 35: 353-357. [for Crocodilurus amazonicus]

McCord, W. P., Iverson, J. B., Spinks, P. Q. and Shaffer, H. B. 2000. A new genus of Geoemydid turtle from Asia. Hamadryad 25: 86-90. [for Leucocephalon]

McCord, W. P. and Pritchard, P. C. H. 2002. A review of the softshell turtles of the genus Chitra, with the description of new taxa from Myanmar and Indonesia (Java). Hamadryad 27 (1): 11-56. [for Chitra vandijki]

McDiarmid, R. W., Campbell, J. A. and Touré, T. A. 1999. Snake Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Volume 1. The Herpetologists’ League, Washington, DC. [for Loxocemidae, Pythonidae, Boidae, Bolyeriidae, Tropidophiidae & Viperidae — except for the retention of the genera Acrantophis, Sanzinia, Calabaria & Lichanura and the recognition of Epicrates maurus as a valid species]

Nussbaum, R. A., Raxworthy, C. J., Raselimanana, A. P. and Ramanamanjato, J. B. 2000. New species of day gecko, Phelsuma Gray (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), from the Reserve Naturelle Integrale d'Andohahela, south Madagascar. Copeia 2000: 763-770. [for Phelsuma malamakibo]

Perälä, J. 2001. A new species of Testudo (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Middle East, with implications for conservation. Journal of Herpetology 35: 567-582. [for Testudo werneri]

Pough, F. H., Andrews, R. M., Cadle, J. E., Crump, M. L., Savitzky, A. H. and Wells, K. D. 1998. Herpetology. [for delimitation of families within the Sauria]

Rösler, H., Obst, F. J. and Seipp, R. 2001. Eine neue Taggecko-Art von Westmadagaskar: Phelsuma hielscheri sp. n. (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Zool. Abhandl. Staatl. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 51: 51-60. [for Phelsuma hielscheri]

Slowinski, J. B. and Wüster, W. 2000. A new cobra (Elapidae: Naja) from Myanmar (Burma). Herpetologica 56: 257-270. [for Naja mandalayensis]

Tilbury, C. 1998. Two new chameleons (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae) from isolated Afromontane forests in Sudan and Ethiopia. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 47: 293-299. [for Chamaeleo balebicornutus & Chamaeleo conirostratus]

Webb, R. G. 2002. Observations on the Giant Softshell Turtle, Pelochelys cantorii, with description of a new species. Hamadryad 27 (1): 99-107. [for Pelochelys signifera]

Wermuth, H. and Mertens, R. 1996 (reprint). Schildkröte, Krokodile, Brückenechsen. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena. [for Crocodylia, Testudinata & Rhynchocephalia]

Wilms, T. 2001. Dornschwanzagamen: Lebensweise, Pflege, Zucht: 1-142 — Herpeton Verlag, ISBN 3-9806214-7-2. [for the genus Uromastyx]

Wüster, W. 1996. Taxonomic change and toxinology: systematic revisions of the Asiatic cobras Naja naja species complex. Toxicon 34: 339-406. [for Naja atra, Naja kaouthia, Naja oxiana, Naja philippinensis, Naja sagittifera, Naja samarensis, Naja siamensis, Naja sputatrix & Naja sumatrana]

(d) Amphibia

Frost, D. R., ed. 2002. Amphibian Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html as of 23 August 2002.

(e) Elasmobranchii, Actinopterygii & Sarcopterygii

Eschmeier, W. N. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. 3 vols. California Academy of Sciences. [for all fishes]

Horne, M. L., 2001. A new seahorse species (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Great Barrier Reef — Records of the Australian Museum 53: 243-246. [for Hippocampus]

Kuiter, R. H., 2001. Revision of the Australian seahorses of the genus Hippocampus (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with a description of nine new species — Records of the Australian Museum 53: 293-340. [for Hippocampus]

Kuiter, R. H., 2003. A new pygmy seahorse (Pisces: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from Lord Howe Island — Records of the Australian Museum 55: 113-116. [for Hippocampus]

Lourie, S. A., and J. E. Randall, 2003. A new pygmy seahorse, Hippocampusdenise (Teleostei: Syngnathidae), from the Indo-Pacific — Zoological Studies 42: 284-291. [for Hippocampus]

Lourie, S. A., A. C. J. Vincent and H. J. Hall, 1999. Seahorses. An identification guide to the world ’ s species and their conservation. Project Seahorse, ISBN 0 9534693 0 1 (Second edition available on CD-ROM). [for Hippocampus]

(f) Arachnida

Lourenço, W. R. and Cloudsley-Thompson, J. C. 1996. Recognition and distribution of the scorpions of the genus Pandinus Thorell, 1876 accorded protection by the Washington Convention. Biogeographica 72(3): 133-143. [for scorpions of the genus Pandinus]

Platnick, N. I. 2004 and updates. The World Spider Catalog. Online edition at the following URL: http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THERAPHOSIDAE.html. [for spiders of the genus Brachypelma]

(g) Insecta

Matsuka, H. 2001. Natural History of Birdwing Butterflies: 1-367. Matsuka Shuppan, Tokyo. ISBN 4-9900697-0-6. [for birdwing butterflies of the genera Ornithoptera, Trogonoptera and Troides]

FLORA

The Plant-Book, second edition, [D. J. Mabberley, 1997, Cambridge University Press (reprinted with corrections 1998) [for the generic names of all plants included in the Appendices to the Convention, unless they are superseded by standard checklists adopted by the Conference of the Parties].

A Dictionary of Flowering Plants and Ferns, 8th edition, (J. C. Willis, revised by H. K. Airy Shaw, 1973, Cambridge University Press) [for generic synonyms not mentioned in The Plant-Book, unless they are superseded by standard checklists adopted by the Conference of the Parties as referenced in the remaining paragraphs below].

A World List of Cycads (D. W. Stevenson, R. Osborne and K. D. Hill, 1995; In: P. Vorster (Ed.), Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Cycad Biology, pp. 55-64, Cycad Society of South Africa, Stellenbosch) and its updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae & Zamiaceae.

CITES Bulb Checklist (A. P. Davis et al., 1999, compiled by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Cyclamen (Primulaceae) & Galanthus & Sternbergia (Liliaceae).

CITES Cactaceae Checklist, second edition, (1999, compiled by D. Hunt, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Cactaceae.

CITES Carnivorous Plant Checklist, second edition, (B. von Arx et al., 2001, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Dionaea, Nepenthes & Sarracenia.

CITES Aloe and Pachypodium Checklist (U. Eggli et al., 2001, compiled by Städtische Sukkulenten-Sammlung, Zurich, Switzerland, in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Aloe & Pachypodium.

World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers (A. Farjon, 2001) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Taxus.

CITES Orchid Checklist, (compiled by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Cattleya, Cypripedium, Laelia, Paphiopedilum, Phalaenopsis, Phragmipedium, Pleione and Sophronitis (Volume 1, 1995); Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Disa, Dracula & Encyclia (Volume 2, 1997); & Aerangis, Angraecum, Ascocentrum, Bletilla, Brassavola, Calanthe, Catasetum, Miltonia, Miltonioides & Miltoniopsis, Renanthera, Renantherella, Rhynchostylis, Rossioglossum, Vanda & Vandopsis (Volume 3, 2001).

The CITES Checklist of Succulent Euphorbia Taxa (Euphorbiaceae), Second edition (S. Carter and U. Eggli, 2003, published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany) following notification of its publication and comments from the Parties, and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of succulent euphorbias.

Dicksonia species of the Americas (2003, compiled by Bonn Botanic Garden and the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany) following notification of its publication and comments from the Parties and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Dicksonia.

The Checklist of CITES species (2005 and its updates) published by UNEP -WCMC may be used as an informal overview of the scientific names that were adopted by the Conference of the Parties for the animal species that are listed in the Appendices to the Convention, and as an informal summary of information contained in the standard references that were adopted for CITES nomenclature.