Annex VII -- EU Wildlife Trade Reference Guide

Standard references for nomenclature to be used pursuant to Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 to indicate scientific names of species in permits and certificates (as contained in Annex VIII Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 2023/966)¹

FAUNA

Order	Family	Taxon concerned	Taxonomic reference
MAMMALIA
		All MAMMALIA taxa — 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, and — with the exception of the taxa noted under the different Mammalia orders below	Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (ed.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition, Vol. 1-2, xxxv + 2142 pp. Baltimore (John Hopkins University Press).
ARTIODACTYLA	Bovidae	Ovis spp.	Valdez, R. & Weinberg, P.J. (2011). Species accounts 188-207 for Ovis spp., pp. 727-739 in Wilson, D.E., & Mittermeier, R.A. (eds.), Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol.2. Hoofed Mammals. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-77-4.
ARTIODACTYLA	Camelidae	Lama guanicoe	Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (1993): Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. xviii + 1207 pp., Washington (Smithsonian Institution Press).
CARNIVORA	Felidae	Felidae spp.,	Kitchener A. C., Breitenmoser-Würsten CH., Eizirik E., Gentry A., Werdelin L., Wilting A., Yamaguchi N., Abramov A. V., Christiansen P., Driscoll C., Duckworth J. W., Johnson W., Luo S.-J., Meijaard E., O’Donoghue P., Sanderson J., Seymour K., Bruford M., Groves C., Hoffmann M., Nowell K., Timmons Z. & Tobe S. (2017). A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11, 80 pp.
CARNIVORA	Mustelidae: Lutrinae	Aonyx cinereus	Larivière, S., & Jennings, A.P. 2009. Species account 37 for Asian Small-clawed Otter Aonyx cinereus, p. 647 in Wilson, D.E., & Mittermeier, R.A. (eds.), Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol.1. Carnivores. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-49-1.
CETACEA	Balaenopteridae	Balaenoptera omurai	Wada, S., Oishi, M. & Yamada, T. K. (2003). A newly discovered species of living baleen whales. – Nature, 426: 278-281.
	Delphinidae	Orcaella heinsohni	Beasly, I., Robertson, K. M. & Arnold, P. W. (2005). Description of a new dolphin, the Australian Snubfin Dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni sp. n. (Cetacea, Delphinidae). -- Marine Mammal Science, 21 (3): 365-400.
		Sotalia fluviatilis	Caballero, S., Trujillo, F., Vianna, J. A., Barrios-Garrido, H., Montiel, M. G., Beltrán-Pedreros, S., Marmontel, M., Santos, M. C., Rossi-Santos, M. R. & Baker, C. S. (2007). Taxonomic status of the genus Sotalia: species level ranking for "tucuxi" (Sotalia fluviatilis) and "costero" (Sotalia guianensis) dolphins. - Marine Mammal Science, 23: 358-386.
		Sotalia guianensis
		Sousa plumbea	Jefferson, T. A.& Rosenbaum, H. C. (2014). Taxonomic revision of the humpback dolphins (Sousa spp.), and description of a new species from Australia. Marine Mammal Science, 30 (4): 1494-1541.
		Sousa sahulensis
		Tursiops australis	Charlton-Robb, K., Gershwin, L.-A., Thompson, R., Austin, J., Owen, K. & McKechnie, S. (2011). A new dolphin species, the Burrunan Dolphin Tursiops australis sp. nov., endemic to southern Australian coastal waters. PLoS ONE, 6 (9): e24047.
	Iniidae	Inia araguaiaensis	Hrbek, T., da Silva, V. M. F., Dutra, N., Gravena, W., Martin, A. R. & Farias, I. P. (2014): A new species of river dolphin from Brazil or: How little do we know our biodiversity. PLoS ONE 83623: 1-12.
	Phocoenidae	Neophocaena asiaeorientalis	Jefferson, T. A. & Wang, J. Y. (2011). Revision of the taxonomy of finless porpoises (genus Neophocaena): The existence of two species. Journal of Marine Animals and their Ecology, 4 (1): 3-16.
	Physeteridae	Physeter macrocephalus	Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution - Society of Marine Mammalogy Special Publication Number 4, The Society for Marine Mammalogy, Lawrence, Kansas.
	Platanistidae	Platanista gangetica	Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution - Society of Marine Mammalogy Special Publication Number 4, The Society for Marine Mammalogy, Lawrence, Kansas.
	Ziphiidae	Mesoplodon hotaula	Dalebout, M. L., Scott Baker, C., Steel, D., Thompson, K., Robertson, K. M., Chivers, S. J., Perrin, W. F., Goonatilake, M., Anderson, C. R., Mead, J. G., Potter, C. W., Thompson, L., Jupiter, D. & Yamada, T. K. (2014). Resurrection of Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala 1963: A new species of beaked whale in the tropical Indo-Pacific. Marine Mammal Science, 30 (3): 1081-1108.
PRIMATES	Aotidae	Aotus jorgehernandezi	Defler, T. R. & Bueno, M. L. (2007). Aotus diversity and the species problem. – Primate Conservation, 22: 55-70.
	Aotidae	Aotus lemurinus (incl. A. hershkovitzi)	Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B., & Wilson, D.E. 2013. Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3. Primates. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
	Atelidae	Alouatta palliata (incl. A. coibensis)	Ruiz-García, M., Cerrón, Á., Sánchez-Castillo, S., Rueda-Zozaya, P., Pinedo-Castro, M., Gutierrez-Espeleta, G. & Shostell, J.M. (2017): Phylogeography of the Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata; Atelidae, Primates) across its geographical range by means of mitochondrial genetic analyses and new insights about the phylogeny of Alouatta. Folia Primatologica 88: 421-454
	Atelidae	Ateles geoffroyi	Rylands, A. B., Groves, C. P., Mittermeier, R. A., Cortes-Ortiz, L. & Hines, J. J. (2006). Taxonomy and distributions of Mesoamerican primates. In: A. Estrada, P. Garber, M. Pavelka and L. Luecke (eds), New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates: Distribution, Ecology, Behavior and Conservation, pp. 29–79. Springer, New York, USA.
	Cebidae	Callithrix manicorensis	Garbino, T. & Siniciato, G. (2014). The taxonomic status of Mico marcai (Alperin 1993) and Mico manicorensis (van Roosmalen et al. 2000) (Cebidae, Callitrichinae) from Southwestern Brazilian Amazonia. International Journal of Primatology, 35 (2): 529-546. (for Mico marcai lumped with Mico manicorensis treated as Callithrix manicorensis under CITES]
		Cebus flavius	Oliveira, M. M. de & Langguth, A. (2006). Rediscovery of Marcgrave’s Capuchin Monkey and designation of a neotype for Simia flava Schreber, 1774 (Primates, Cebidae). – Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, N.S., Zoologia, 523: 1-16.
		Mico rondoni	Ferrari, S. F., Sena, L., Schneider, M. P. C. & Júnior, J. S. S. (2010). Rondon’s Marmoset, Mico rondoni sp. n., from southwestern Brazilian Amazonia. International Journal of Primatology, 31: 693-714.
		Saguinus ursulus	Gregorin, R. & de Vivo, M. (2013). Revalidation of Saguinus ursula Hoffmannsegg (Primates: Cebidae: Callitrichinae). Zootaxa, 3721 (2): 172-182.
		Saimiri collinsi	Merces, M. P., Alfaro, J. W. L., Ferreira, W. A. S., Harada, M. L. & Júnior, J. S. S. (2015). Morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics reveal that the Amazon River separates two eastern squirrel monkey species: Saimiri sciureus and S. collinsi. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 82: 426-435.
	Cercopithecidae	Allochrocebus lhoesti	Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B., & Wilson, D.E. 2013. Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3. Primates. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
		Allochrocebus preussi
		Allochrocebus solatus
		Cercopithecus lomamiensis	Hart, J.A., Detwiler, K.M., Gilbert, C.C., Burrell, A.S., Fuller, J.L., Emetshu, M., Hart, T.B., Vosper, A., Sargis, E.J. & Tosi, A.J. (2012). Lesula: A new species of Cercopithecus monkey endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo and implications for conservation of Congo’s Central Basin. PLoS ONE, 7 (9): e44271.
		Macaca leucogenys	Li, C., Zhao, C., & Fan, P.F. (2015). White-cheeked macaque (Macaca leucogenys): A new macaque species from Modog, southeastern Tibet. American Journal of Primatology, 77:753-766.
		Macaca munzala	Sinha, A., Datta, A., Madhusudan, M. D. & Mishra, C. (2005). Macaca munzala: A new species from western Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. International Journal of Primatology, 26 (4): 977-989: doi:10.1007/s10764-005-5333-3.
		Piliocolobus bouvieri	Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B., & Wilson, D.E. 2013. Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3. Primates. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
		Piliocolobus epieni
		Piliocolobus temminckii
		Piliocolobus waldronae
		Rhinopithecus strykeri	Geismann, T., Lwin, N., Aung, S. S., Aung, T. N., Aung, Z. M., Hla, T. H., Grindley, M. & Momberg, F. (2011). A new species of snub-nosed monkey, genus Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards, 1872 (Primates, Colobinae), from Northern Kachin State, Northeastern Myanmar. – American Journal of Primatology, 73: 96-107.
		Rungwecebus kipunji	Davenport, T. R. B., Stanley, W. T., Sargis, E. J., de Luca, D. W., Mpunga, N. E., Machaga, S. J. & Olson, L. E. (2006). A new genus of African monkey, Rungwecebus: Morphology, ecology, and molecular phylogenetics. Science, 312: 1378-1381.
		Trachypithecus villosus	Brandon- Jones, D., Eudey, A. A., Geissmann, T., Groves, C. P., Melnick, D. J., Morales J. C., Shekelle, M. & Steward, C.-B. (2004). Asian primate classification. International Journal of Primatology, 25: 97-163.
	Cheirogaleidae	Cheirogaleus andysabini	Lei, R., McLain, A.T., Frasier, C.L., Taylor, J.M., Bailey, C.A., Enberg, S.E., Ginter, A.L., Nash, S.D., Randriamampionona, R., Groves, C.P., Mittermeier, R.A., & Louis, Jr., E.E. (2015): A new species in the genus Cheirogaleus (Cheirogaleidae). Primate Conservation 29 (2): 1–12
		Cheirogaleus lavasoensis	Thiele, D., Razafimahatratra, E. & Hapke, A. (2013). Discrepant partitioning of genetic diversity in mouse lemurs and dwarf lemurs – biological reality or taxonomic bias? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 69: 593-609.
		Cheirogaleus chethi	Frasier, C.L., Lei, R., McLain, A.T., Taylor, J.M., Bailey, C.A., Ginter, A.L., Nash, S.D., Randriamampionona, R., Groves, C.P., Mittermeier, R.A. & Louis, Jr., E.E. (2016). A New Species ofDwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleidae: Cheirogaleus medius Group) from the Ankarana and Andrafiamena- Andavakoera Massifs, Madagascar. Primate Conservation (30): 59–72.
		Microcebus ganzhorni	Hotaling, S., Foley, M.E., Lawrence, N.M., Bocanegra, J., Blanco, M.B., Rasoloarison, R. Kappeler, P.M., Barrett, M.A., Yoder, A.D. & Weisrock, D.W. (2016). Species discovery and validation in a cryptic radiation of endangered primates: coalescent-based species delimitation in Madagascar's mouse lemurs". Molecular Ecology. 25 (9): 2029–2045. doi:10.1111/mec.13604
		Microcebus manitatra
		Microcebus gerpi	Radespiel, U., Ratsimbazafy, J. H., Rasoloharijaona, S., Raveloson, H., Andriaholinirina, N., Rakotondravony, R., Randrianarison, R. M. & Randrianambinina, B. (2012). First indications of a highland specialist among mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) and evidence for a new mouse lemur species from eastern Madagascar. Primates, 53: 157-170.
		Microcebus marohita	Rasoloarison, R. M., Weisrock, D. W., Yoder, A. D., Rakotondravony, D. & Kappeler, P. M. [2013]. Two new species of mouse lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Microcebus) from Eastern Madagascar. - International Journal of Primatology, 34: 455-469.
		Microcebus tanosi
	Galagidae	Paragalago cocos	Masters, J.C., Génin, F., Couette, S., Groves, C.P., Nash, S.D., Delpero, M. & Pozzi, L. (2017). A new genus for the eastern dwarf galagos (Primates: Galagidae). - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181 (1): 229–241. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw028
		Paragalago granti
		Paragalago orinus
		Paragalago rondoensis
		Paragalago zanzibaricus
		Galagoides kumbirensis	Svensson, M.S., Bersacola,, E., Mills, M.S.L., Munds, R.A., Nijman, V., Perkin, A., Masters, J.C., Couette, S., Nekaris, K.A. & Bearder, S.K. (2017): A giant among dwarfs: a new species of galago (Primates: S., Galagidae) from Angola. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 163 (1): 30-43. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23175
	Hominidae	Pongo tapanuliensis	Nater, A. Greminger, M.P., Nurcahyo, A., Nowak, M.G., De Manuel Montero, M., Desai, T., Groves, C.P., Pybus, M., Sonay, T.B., Roos, C., Lameira, A.R., Wich, S.A., Askew, J., Davila-Ross, M., Fredriksson, G.M., De Valles, G., Casals, F., Prado-Martinez, J., Goossens, B., Verschoor, E.J., Warren, K.S., Singleton, I., Marques, D.A., Pamungkas, J., Perwitasari-Farajallah, D., Rianti, P., Tuuga, A., Gut, I.G., Gut, M., Orozco-Ter Wengel, P., Van Schaik, C.P., Bertranpetit, J., Anisimova, M., Scally, A., Marques-Bonet, T., Meijaard, E & Krutzen, M. (2017): Morphometric, behavioural, and genomic evidence for a new orangutan species. Current Biology 27: DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.047
	Hylobatidae	Hylobates abbotti	Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B., & Wilson, D.E. 2013. Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3. Primates. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
		Hylobates funereus
		Nomascus annamensis	Van Ngoc Thinh, Mootnick, A. R., Vu Ngoc Thanh, Nadler, T. & Roos, C. (2010). A new species of crested gibbon from the central Annamite mountain range. Vietnamese Journal of Primatology, 4: 1-12.
	Indriidae	Propithecus candidus	Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B., & Wilson, D.E. 2013. Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3. Primates. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
	Indriidae	Propithecus coronatus
	Lemuriidae	Eulemur flavifrons	Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B., & Wilson, D.E. 2013. Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3. Primates. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
	Lorisidae	Nycticebus javanicus	Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B., & Wilson, D.E. 2013. Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3. Primates. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
	Lorisidae	Nycticebus kayan	Munds, R.A., Nekaris, K.A.I. & Ford, S.M. (2013). Taxonomy of the bornean slow loris, with new species Nycticebus kayan (Primates, Lorisidae). American Journal of Primatology, 75: 46-56.
	Pitheciidae	Cacajao melanocephalus	Ferrari, S. F., Guedes, P. G., Figueiredo-Ready, W. M. B. & Barnett, A. A. (2014). Reconsidering the taxonomy of the Black-faced Uacaris, Cacajao melanocephalus group (Mammalia: Pitheciidae), from the northern Amazon Basin. Zootaxa, 3866 (3): 353-370.
		Cacajao oukary
		Cheracebus spp.	Byrne, H, Rylands, A.B., Cameiro, J.C., Alfaro, J.W.L., Bertuol, F., Da Silva, M.N.F., Messias, M., Groves, C.P., Mittermeier, R.A., Farias, I., Hrbek, T., Schneider, H., Sampaio, I. & Boubli, J.P. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships of the New World titi monkeys (Callicebus): first appraisal of taxonomy based on molecular evidence. Frontiers in Zoology 13 (10): 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-016-0142-4
		Plecturocebus spp.
		Pithecia cazuzai	Marsh, L.K. (2014). A taxonomic revision of the saki monkeys, Pithecia Desmarest, 1804. Neotropical Primates, 21: 1-163.
		Pithecia chrysocephala
		Pithecia hirsuta
		Pithecia inusta
		Pithecia isabela
		Pithecia milleri
		Pithecia mittermeieri
		Pithecia napensis
		Pithecia pissinattii
		Pithecia rylandsi
		Pithecia vanzolinii
		Plecturocebus grovesi	Boubli, J.P., Byrne, H., Da Silva, M.N.F., Silva-Junior, J., Araujo, R.C., Bertuol, F., Goncalves, J., De Melo, F.R., Rylands, A.B., Mittermeier, R.A., Silva, F.E., Nash, S.D., Canale, G., Alencar, R De M., Rossi, R.V., Carneiro, J., Sampaio, I., Farias, I.P., Schneider, H & Hrbek, T. (2018). On a new species of titi monkey (Primates: Plecturocebus Byrne et al., 2016), from Alta Floresta, southern Amazon, Brazil. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 132: 117-137.
	Tarsiidae	Tarsius lariang	Merker, S. & Groves, C.P. (2006). Tarsius lariang: A new primate species from Western Central Sulawesi. International Journal of Primatology, 27 (2): 465-485.
		Tarsius spectrumgurskyae	Shekelle, M., Groves, C.P., Maryanto, I. & Mittermeier, R.A. (2017). Two new tarsier species (Tarsiidae, Primates) and the biogeography of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Primate Conservation 31: 61-70.
		Tarsius supriatnai
Tarsius tumpara		Shekelle, M., Groves, C., Merker, S. & Supriatna, J. (2010). Tarsius tumpara: A new tarsier species from Siau Island, North Sulawesi. Primate Conservation, 23: 55-64.
PROBOSCIDEA	Elephantidae	Loxodonta africana	Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (1993). Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. xviii + 1207 pp., Washington (Smithsonian Institution Press).
SCANDENTIA	Tupaiidae	Tupaia everetti	Roberts, T. E., Lanier, H. C., Sargis, E. J. & Olson, L. E. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of treeshrews (Mammalia: Scandentia) and the timescale of diversification in Southeast Asia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 60 (3): 358-372.
SCANDENTIA	Tupaiidae	Tupaia palawanensis	Sargis, E. J., Campbell, K. K. & Olson, L. E. ( 2014). Taxonomic boundaries and craniometric variation in the treeshrews (Scandentia, Tupaiidae) from the Palawan faunal region. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 21 (1): 111-123.
AVES
		Order- and family-level names for birds	Morony, J. J., Bock, W. J. & Farrand, J., Jr. (1975). Reference List of the Birds of the World. American Museum of Natural History. 207 pp.
		All bird species – with the exception of the taxa mentioned below	Dickinson, E.C. (ed.) (2003). The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Revised and enlarged 3rd Edition. 1039 pp. London (Christopher Helm). in combination with Dickinson, E.C. (2005). Corrigenda 4 (02.06.2005) to Howard & Moore Edition 3 (2003).
APODIFORMES	Trochilidae	Amazilia hoffmanni	Jiménez, R.A. & Ornelas, J.F. (2016). Historical and current introgression in a Mesoamerican hummingbird species complex: a biogeographic perspective. PeerJ. 2016; 4: e1556. doi:10.7717/peerj.1556.
		Amazilia saucerottei
		Anthracothorax nigricollis iridescens	Del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N.J. (2014). HBW and Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-94-1.
		Phaethornis longirostris
		Phaethornis mexicanus
		Selasphorus calliope
		Hylocharis leucotis	Dickinson, E.C. & Remsen, J.V. (eds.) (2013). The Howard & Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. 4th edition, Vol. 1: Non-Passerines. Aves Press, Eastbourne, UK. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0- 8.
		Hylocharis xantusii
		Campylopterus curvipennis
		Campylopterus excellens
		Phaeochroa cuvierii
		Chlorostilbon lucidus	Pacheco, J. F. & Whitney, B. M. (2006). Mandatory changes to the scientific names of three Neotropical birds Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 126: 242-244.
		Eriocnemis isabellae	Cortés-Diago, A., Ortega, L. A., Mazariegos-Hurtado, L. & Weller, A.-A. (2007) A new species of Eriocnemis (Trochilidae) from southwest Colombia. Ornitologia Neotropical, 18:161-170.
		Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus	Sornoza-Molina, F., Freile, J.F., Nilsson, J., Krabbe, N. & Bonaccorso, E. (2018). A striking, critically endangered, new species of hillstar (Trochilidae: Oreotrochilus) from the southwestern Andes of Ecuador. The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 135(4), 1146-1171. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-18-58.1
		Phaethornis aethopyga	Piacentini, V. Q., Aleixo, A. & Silveira, L. F. (2009). Hybrid, subspecies or species? The validity and taxonomic status of Phaethornis longuemareus aethopyga Zimmer, 1950 (Trochilidae). Auk,126: 604-612.
CICONIIFORMES	Phoenicopteridae	Phoenicopterus roseus	Del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N.J. (2014). HBW and Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-94-1.
CICONIIFORMES	Phoenicopteridae	Phoenicopterus ruber
FALCONIFORMES	Accipitridae	Accipiter hiogaster	Del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N.J. (2014). HBW and Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-94-1.
		Accipiter novaehollandiae
		Buteo nitidus
		Buteo plagiatus
		Buteogallus anthracinus
		Buteogallus gundlachii
		Buteogallus solitarius
		Chondrohierax uncinatus
		Chondrohierax wilsonii
		Circus cyaneus
		Circus hudsonius
		Leptodon cayanensis
		Leptodon forbesi
		Pseudastur albicollis
		Rupornis magnirostris
		Spizaetus melanoleucus
		Aquila hastata	Parry, S. J., Clark, W. S. & Prakash, V. (2002). On the taxonomic status of the Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastata. Ibis, 144: 665-675.
		Buteo socotraensis	Porter, R. F. & Kirwan, G. M. (2010). Studies of Socotran birds VI. The taxonomic status of the Socotra Buzzard. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists‘ Club, 130 (2): 116–131.
		Geranoaetus albicaudatus	Dickinson, E.C. & Remsen, J.V. (eds.) (2013). The Howard & Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. 4th edition, Vol. 1: Non-Passerines. Aves Press, Eastbourne, UK. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0- 8.
	Falconidae	Falco peregrinus (incl. Falco pelegrinoides)	Del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N.J. (2014). HBW and Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-94-1.
	Falconidae	Micrastur mintoni	Whittaker, A. (2002). A new species of forest-falcon (Falconidae: Micrastur) from southeastern Amazonia and the Atlantic rainforests of Brazil. Wilson Bulletin, 114: 421-445.
GRUIFORMES	Gruidae	Antigone antigone	Del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N.J. (2014). HBW and Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-94-1.
		Antigone canadensis
		Antigone rubicunda
		Antigone vipio
		Leucogeranus leucogeranus
	Rallidae	Hypotaenidia sylvestris	Del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N.J. (2014). HBW and Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-94-1.
PASSERIFORMES	Muscicapidae	Garrulax taewanus	Collar, N. J. (2006). A partial revision of the Asian babblers (Timaliidae). Forktail, 22: 85-112.
	Paradisaeidae	Lophorina niedda	Scholes, E. & Laman, T.G. (2018). Distinctive courtship phenotype of the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise Lophorina niedda Mayr, 1930 confirms new species status. PeerJ 6:e4621 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4621.
		Lophorina minor
		Lophorina superba
PSITTACIFORMES	Cacatuidae	Cacatua goffiniana	Roselaar, C. S. & Michels, J. P. (2004). Nomenclatural chaos untangled, resulting in the naming of the formally undescribed Cacatua species from the Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 350: 183-196.
		Zanda baudinii	Del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N.J. (2014). HBW and Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-94-1.
		Zanda latirostris
	Loriidae	Trichoglossus haematodus	Collar, N. J. (1997). Family Psittacidae (Parrots). In del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World, 4 (Sandgrouse to Cuckoos): 280-477. Barcelona (Lynx Edicions).
	Psittacidae	Aratinga maculata	Nemesio, A. & Rasmussen, C. (2009). The rediscovery of Buffon’s ‘Guarouba’ or ‘Perriche jaune’: two senior synonyms of Aratinga pintoi Silveira, Lima & Höfling, 2005 (Aves: Psittaciformes). Zootaxa, 2013: 1-16.
		Eupsittula canicularis	Del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N.J. (2014). HBW and Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-94-1.
		Eupsittula nana
		Myiopsitta luchsi
		Myiopsitta monachus
		Psephotellus chrysopterygius
		Psephotellus dissimilis
		Psephotellus pulcherrimus
		Psephotellus varius
		Psittacara holochlorus
		Pyrilia haematotis
		Forpus modestus	Pacheco, J. F. & Whitney, B. M. (2006). Mandatory changes to the scientific names of three Neotropical birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 126: 242-244.
		Pionopsitta aurantiocephala	Gaban-Lima, R., Raposo, M. A. & Hofling, E. (2002). Description of a new species of Pionopsitta (Aves: Psittacidae) endemic to Brazil. Auk, 119: 815-819.
		Poicephalus robustus	Coetzer, W.G., Downs, C.T., Perrin, M.R. & Willows-Munro, S. (2015). Molecular Systematics of the Cape Parrot (Poicephalus robustus). Implications for Taxonomy and Conservation. PLoS ONE, 10(8): e0133376. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133376.
		Poicephalus fuscicollis
		Psittacara strenuus	Dickinson, E.C. & Remsen, J.V. (eds.) (2013). The Howard & Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. 4th edition, Vol. 1: Non-Passerines. Aves Press, Eastbourne, UK. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0- 8.
		Pezoporus flaviventris
		Pezoporus wallicus
		Psittacula intermedia	Collar, N. J. (1997) Family Psittacidae (Parrots). In del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World, 4 (Sandgrouse to Cuckoos): 280-477. Barcelona (Lynx Edicions).
		Pyrrhura griseipectus	Olmos, F., Silva, W. A. G. & Albano, C. (2005). Grey-breasted Conure Pyrrhura griseipectus, an overlooked endangered species. Cotinga, 24: 77-83.
		Pyrrhura parvifrons	Arndt, T. (2008). Anmerkungen zu einigen Pyrrhura-Formen mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Art und zweier neuer Unterarten. Papageien, 8: 278-286.
STRIGIFORMES	Strigidae	Ciccaba virgata	Del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N.J. (2014). HBW and Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-94-1.
		Megascops asio
		Megascops barbarus
		Megascops guatemalae
		Megascops kennicottii
		Megascops seductus
		Megascops trichopsis
		Psiloscops flammeolus
		Glaucidium mooreorum	da Silva, J. M. C., Coelho, G. & 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.
		Megascops gilesi	Krabbe, N.K. (2017). A new species of Megascops (Strigidae) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, with notes on voices of New World screech-owls. Ornitología Colombiana 16: 1–27.
		Ninox burhani	Indrawan, M. & Somadikarta, S. (2004). A new hawk-owl from the Togian Islands, Gulf of Tomini, central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 124: 160-171.
		Otus thilohoffmanni	Warakagoda, D. H. & Rasmussen, P. C. (2004). A new species of scops-owl from Sri Lanka. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 124 (2): 85-105.
		Strix butleri	Kirwan, G.M., Schweizer, M. & Copete, J.L. (2015). Multiple lines of evidence confirm that Hume's Owl Strix butleri (A. O. Hume, 1878) is two species, with description of an unnamed species (Aves: Non- Passeriformes: Strigidae). Zootaxa. *3904* (1): 28–50.
		Strix hadorami
REPTILIA
CROCODYLIA & RHYNCHOCEPHALIA		Crocodylia & Rhynchocephalia except for the taxa listed below	Wermuth, H. & Mertens, R. (1996) (reprint). Schildkröte, Krokodile, Brückenechsen. xvii + 506 pp. Jena (Gustav Fischer Verlag).
	Crocodylidae	Crocodylus johnstoni	Tucker, A. D. (2010). The correct name to be applied to the Australian freshwater crocodile, Crocodylus johnstoni [Krefft, 1873]. Australian Zoologist, 35 (2): 432-434.
	Sphenodontidae	Sphenodon spp.	Hay, J. M., Sarre, S. D., Lambert, D. M., Allendorf, F. W. & Daugherty, C. H. (2010). Genetic diversity and taxonomy: a reassessment of species designation in tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia). Conservation Genetics, 11 (93): 1063-1081.
SAURIA		For delimitation of families within the Sauria	Pough, F. H., Andrews, R. M., Cadle, J. E., Crump, M. L., Savitzky, A. H. & Wells, K. D. (1998). Herpetology. Upper Saddle River/New Jersey (Prentice Hall).
	Agamidae	Ceratophora spp.	Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (eds.) (2022). Taxonomic Checklist of Reptile taxa included in the Appendices at the 18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Geneva, August 2019). Species information extracted from The Reptile Database: an online Reference, version of 2 May 2020, accessed 5 May 2020 for species in the Families Agamidae, Gekkonidae and Viperidae https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/resources/checklists/Checklist_Reptiles_Added_CoP18lr_CITES.pdf
		Cophotis spp.
		Lyriocephalus spp.
		Saara spp.	Wilms, T. M., Böhme, W., Wagner, P., Lutzmann, N. & Schmitz, A. (2009). On the phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Uromastyx Merrem, 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Uromastycinae) – resurrection of the genus Saara Gray, 1845. Bonner zool. Beiträge, 56 (1-2): 55-99.
		Uromastyx spp.
	Anguidae	Abronia spp.	UETZ, P., FREED, P. & HŎSEK, J. (eds.) (2016). Taxonomic checklist of the species of the genus Abronia. Species information extracted from ‘The Reptile Database’, version of 15 August 2016, accessed 11 May 2017. See Annex 2 of AC29 Doc.35. at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A2.pdf
	Anguidae	Abronia morenica	Clause, A.G., Luna-Reyes, R. & Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. (2020): A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from a Protected Area in Chiapas, Mexico. Herpetologica 76(3): 330-343. https://doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-19-00047
	Chamaeleonidae	Chamaleonidae spp. except the taxa mentioned below	Glaw, F. (2015). Taxonomic checklist of chamaeleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 65 (2): 167-246. (https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.65.e31518)
		Brookesia antakarana (incl. B. ambreensis)	SCHERZ, M. D., GLAW, F., RAKOTOARISON, A., WAGLER, M. & VENCES, M. (2018): Polymorphism and synonymy of Brookesia antakarana and B. ambreensis, leaf chameleons from Montagne d’Ambre in north Madagascar. Salamandra 54 (4): 259-268
		Calumma gehringi	PRÖTZEL, D., VENCES, M., SCHERZ, M. D., VIEITES, D. R. & GLAW, F. (2017): Splitting and lumping: An integrative taxonomic assessment of Malagasy chameleons in the Calumma guibei complex results in the new species C. gehringi sp. nov. - Vertebrate Zoology 67 (2): 231–249.
		Calumma juliae	PRÖTZEL, D., HAWLITSCHEK, O., SCHERZ, M. D., RATSOAVINA. F. M. & GLAW, F. (2018): Endangered beauties: micro-CT cranial osteology, molecular genetics and external morphology reveal three new species of chameleons in the Calumma boettgeri complex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlx112, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx112
		Calumma lefona
		Calumma uetzi
		Calumma roaloko	PRÖTZEL, D., LAMBERT, S. M., ANDRIANOSOLO, G. T., HUTTER, C. R., COBB, K. A., SCHERZ, M. D. & GLAW, F. (2018): The smallest ‘true chameleon’ from Madagascar: a new, distinctly colored species of the Calumma boettgeri complex (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae). - Zoosystematics and Evolution 94 (2): 409-423
		Kinyongia itombwensis	HUGHES, D. F., KUSAMBA, C., BEHANGANA, M. & GREENBAUM, E. (2017): Integrative taxonomy of the Central African forest chameleon, Kinyongia adolfifriderici (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), reveals underestimated species diversity in the Albertine Rift. - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181 (2): 400–438.
		Kinyongia rugegensis
		Kinyongia tolleyae
		Kinyongia msuyae	MENEGON, M., LOADER, S. P., DAVENPORT, T. R. B., HOWELL, K. M, TILBURY, C. R., MACHAGA, S. & TOLLEY, K.A. (2015): A new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) highlights the biological affinities between the Southern Highlands and Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. - Acta Herpetologica 10 (2): 111-120.
	Cordylidae	Cordylidae spp. except the taxa mentioned below	Stanley, E. L., Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R., Branch, W. R. & P. le F. N. (2011). Between a rock and a hard polytomy: rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 58 (1): 53-70.
		Cordylus marunguensis	Greenbaum, E., Stanley, E. L., Kusamba, C., Moninga, W. M., Goldberg, S. R. & Cha (2012). A new species of Cordylus (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Marungu Plateau of south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. African Journal of Herpetology, 61 (1): 14-39.
		Cordylus namakuiyus	STANLEY, E. L., CERÍACO, L. M. P., BANDEIRA, S., VALERIO, H., BATES, M. F. & BRANCH, W. R. (2016): A review of Cordylus machadoi (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southwestern Angola, with the description of a new species from the Pro-Namib desert. - Zootaxa 4061 (3): 201–226.
	Eublepharidae	Goniurosaurus spp.	UETZ, P., FREED, P., AGUILAR, R., & HÖSEK, J. (eds.) (2022): Taxonomic Checklist of Reptile taxa included in the Appendices at the 18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Geneva, August 2019). Species information extracted from The Reptile Database: an online Reference, version of 20 March 2022, accessed 5 May 2022 for species in the Family Eublepharidae. https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/resources/checklists/Checklist_Reptiles_Added_CoP18lr_CITES.pdf
	Gekkonidae	Cnemaspis psychedelica	Grismer, L. L., Ngo, V. T. & Grismer, J. L. (2010). A colorful new species of insular rock gecko (Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa, 58: 46–58.
		Dactylonemis spp.	Nielsen, S. V., Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R., Hitchmough, R. A. & Daugherty, C. H. (2011). New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59 (1): 1-22.
		Hoplodactylus spp.
		Mokopirirakau spp.
		Gekko gecko (incl. Gekko reevesii)	UETZ, P., FREED, P., AGUILAR, R., & HÖSEK, J. (eds.) (2022): Taxonomic Checklist of Reptile taxa included in the Appendices at the 18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Geneva, August 2019). Species information extracted from The Reptile Database: an online Reference, version of 2 May 2020 accessed 5 May 2020 for species in the Families Agamidae, Gekkonidae and Viperidae. https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/resources/checklists/Checklist_Reptiles_Added_CoP18lr_CITES.pdf
		Gonatodes daudini	POWELL, R., & R.W. HENDERSON. 2005. A new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the West Indies. Carib. J. Sci. 41 (4): 709-715
		Lygodactylus williamsi	Species information extracted from UETZ, P., FREED, P. & HŎSEK, J. (eds.) (2016). The Reptile Database, version of 15 August 2016, accessed 11 May 2017. See Annex 2 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A2.pdf
		Nactus serpensinsula	Kluge, A.G. (1983). Cladistic relationships among gekkonid lizards. Copeia, 2: 465-475.
		Naultinus spp.	Nielsen, S. V., Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R., Hitchmough, R. A. & Daugherty, C. H. (2011). New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59 (1): 1-22.
		Paroedura androyensis	UETZ, P., FREED, P., AGUILAR, R., & HÖSEK, J. (eds.) (2022): Taxonomic Checklist of Reptile taxa included in the Appendices at the 18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Geneva, August 2019). Species information extracted from The Reptile Database: an online Reference, version of 2 May 2020 accessed 5 May 2020 for species in the Families Agamidae, Gekkonidae and Viperidae. https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/resources/checklists/Checklist_Reptiles_Added_CoP18lr_CITES.pdf
		Paroedura masobe	Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. (1994). A new rainforest gecko of the genus Paroedura Günther from Madagascar. Herpetological Natural History, 2 (1): 43-49.
		Phelsuma spp.	Glaw, F. & Rösler, H. (2015). Taxonomic checklist of the day geckos of the genera Phelsuma Gray, 1825 and Rhoptropella Hewitt, 1937 (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 65 (2): 167-246.
		Rhoptropella spp.
		Toropuku spp.	Nielsen, S. V., Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R., Hitchmough, R. A. & Daugherty, C. H. (2011). New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59 (1): 1-22.
		Tukutuku spp.
		Woodworthia spp.
		Uroplatus spp. except for the taxa mentioned below	Raxworthy, C.J. (2003). Introduction to the reptiles. In: Goodman, S.M. & Bernstead, J.P. (eds.), The natural history of Madagascar: 934-949. Chicago.
		Uroplatus fiera	RATSOAVINA, F. M., RANJANAHARISOA, F. A., GLAW, F., RASELIMANANA, A. P., MIRALLES, A. & VENCES, M. (2015): A new leaf-tailed gecko of the Uroplatus ebenaui group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar's central eastern rainforests. – Zootaxa 4006 (1): 143-160.
		Uroplatus fotsivava	RATSOAVINA, F. M., GEHRING, P.-S., SCHERZ, M. D., VIEITES, D. R., GLAW, F. & VENCES, M. (2017): Two new species of leaf-tailed geckos (Uroplatus) from the Tsaratanana mountain massif in northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 4347 (3): 446-464.
		Uroplatus kelirambo
		Uroplatus finiavana	Ratsoavina, F. M., Louis jr., E. E., Crottini, A., Randrianiaina, R. -D., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. (2011). A new leaf tailed gecko species from northern Madagascar with a preliminary assessment of molecular and morphological variability in the Uroplatus ebenaui group. Zootaxa, 3022: 39-57.
		Uroplatus giganteus	Glaw, F., Kosuch, J., Henkel, W. F., Sound, P. & Böhme, W. (2006). Genetic and morphological variation of the leaf-tailed gecko Uroplatus fimbriatus from Madagascar, with description of a new giant species. Salamandra, 42: 129-144.
		Uroplatus pietschmanni	Böhle, A. & Schönecker, P. (2003). Eine neue Art der Gattung Uroplatus Duméril, 1805 aus Ost-Madagaskar (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae). Salamandra, 39 (3/4): 129-138.
		Uroplatus sameiti	Raxworthy, C. J., Pearson, R. G., Zimkus, B. M., Reddy, S., Deo, A. J., Nussbaum, R. A. & Ingram, C. M. (2008). Continental speciation in the tropics: contrasting biogeographic patterns of divergence in the Uroplatus leaf-tailed gecko radiation of Madagascar. Journal of Zoology, 275: 423–440.
	Iguanidae	Iguanidae spp. except for the taxa mentioned below	Hollingsworth, B. D. (2004). The Evolution of Iguanas: An Overview of Relationships and a Checklist of Species. In: Iguanas: Biology and Conservation (Alberts, A. C., Carter, R. L., Hayes, W. K. & Martins, E. P., Eds): 19-44.. Berkeley (University of California Press).
		Brachylophus bulabula	Keogh, J. S., Edwards, D. L., Fisher, R. N. & Harlow, P. S. (2008). Molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered Fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 363 (1508): 3413-3426.
		Brachylophus gau	FISHER, R. N., NIUKULA, J., WATLING, D. & HARLOW, P. S. (2017): A new species of iguana Brachylophus Cuvier 1829 (Sauria: Iguania: Iguanidae) from Gau Island, Fiji Islands. Zootaxa 4273(3): 407–422.
		Conolophus marthae	Gentile, G. & Snell, H. (2009). Conolophus marthae sp. nov. (Squamata, Iguanidae), a new species of land iguana from the Galápagos archipelago. Zootaxa, 2201: 1-10.
		Ctenosaura spp.	Iguana Taxonomy Working Group (2016). A checklist of the iguanas of the world (Iguanidae; Iguaninae). In: Iguanas: Biology, Systematics, and Conservation (J. B. Iverson, T.D. Grant, C .R. Knapp, and S. A. Pasachnik, Eds.): 4–46. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 11(Monograph 6).
		Cyclura lewisi	Burton, F. J. (2004). Revision to Species Cyclura nubila lewisi, the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana. Caribbean Journal of Science, 40 (2): 198-203.
		Phrynosoma blainvillii	Montanucci, R.R. (2004). Geographic variation in Phrynosoma coronatum (Lacertilia, Phrynosomatidae): further evidence for a peninsular archipelago. Herpetologica, 60: 117.
		Phrynosoma cerroense
		Phrynosoma wigginsi
	Lanthanotidae	Lanthanotidae spp.	UETZ, P., FREED, P. & HŎSEK, J. (eds.) (2016). Family, genus and species information extracted from the Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS), an online reference; and species information extracted from The Reptile Database, version of 15 August 2016, accessed 11 May 2017. See Annex 2 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A2.pdf
	Teiidae	Teiidae spp. except for the taxa mentioned below	Harvey, M. B., Ugueto, G. N. & Gutberlet, R. L. Jr. (2012). Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa, 3459: 1–156.
		Tupinambis cryptus	MURPHY, J.C., JOWERS, M.J., LEHTINEN, R.M., CHARLES, S.P., COLLI, G.R., PERES, A.K. JR, HENDRY, C.R. & PYRON, R.A. (2016): Cryptic, sympatric diversity in tegu lizards of the Tupinambis teguixin group (Squamata, Sauria, Teiidae) and the description of three new species. - PLoS ONE 11(8): e0158542.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158542.
		Tupinambis cuzcoensis
		Tupinambis zuliensis
	Varanidae	Varanidae spp. except for the taxa mentioned below	Böhme, W. (2003). Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (family Varanidae) Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 341: 1-43. in combination with Koch, A., Auliya, M. & Ziegler, T. (2010.: Updated Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (Squamata: Varanidae). - Bonn zoological Bulletin, 57 (2): 127-136.
		Varanus bangonorum	Welton, L. J., Travers, S. L., Siler, C. D. & Brown, R. M. (2014). Integrative taxonomy and phylogeny-based species delimitation of Philippine water monitor lizards (Varanus salvator complex) with descriptions of two new cryptic species. Zootaxa, 3881 (3): 201–227.
		Varanus dalubhasa
Varanus samarensis
Varanus douarrha		WEIJOLA, V., KRAUS, F., VAHTERA, V., LINDQVIST, C. & DONNELLAN, S.C. (2017): Reinstatement of Varanus douarrha Lesson, 1830 as a valid species with comments on the zoogeography of monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae) in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. - Australian Journal of Zoology, doi: 10.1071/ZO16038.
Varanus indicus
Varanus semotus		WEIJOLA, V., DONNELLAN, S.C. & LINDQVIST, C. (2016): A new blue-tailed monitor lizard (Reptilia, Squamata, Varanus) of the Varanus indicus group from Mussau Island, Papua New Guinea. - ZooKeys 568: 129- 154, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.568.6872.
Varanus hamersleyensis		Maryan, B., Oliver, P. M., Fitch, A. J. & O’Connell, M. (2014). Molecular and morphological assessment of Varanus pilbarensis (Squamata: Varanidae), with a description of a new species from the southern Pilbara, Western Australia. Zootaxa, 3768 (2): 139–158.
Varanus nesterovi		Böhme, W., Ehrlich, K., Milto, K. D., Orlov, N. & Scholz, S. (2015). A new species of desert monitor lizard (Varanidae: Varanus: Psammosaurus) from the western Zagros region (Iraq, Iran). Russian Journal of Herpetology, 22 (1): 41-52.
Varanus sparnus		Doughty, P., Kealley, L., Fitch, A. & Donnellan, S. C. (2014). A new diminutive species of Varanus from the Dampier Peninsula, western Kimberley region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 29: 128–140.
SERPENTES		Loxocemidae spp. Pythonidae spp. Boidae spp. Bolyeriidae spp. Tropidophiidae spp. Viperidae spp. except for the retention of the genera Acrantophis, Sanzinia, Calabaria, Lichanura, and except for the species mentioned below	McDiarmid, R. W., Campbell, J. A. & Touré, T. A. (1999). Snake Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Volume 1, Washington, D.C. (The Herpetologists’ League).
	Boidae	Candoia paulsoni	Smith, H. M., Chiszar, D., Tepedelen, K. & van Breukelen, F. (2001). A revision of the bevelnosed boas (Candoia carinata complex) (Reptilia: Serpentes). Hamadryad, 26 (2): 283-315.
		Candoia superciliosa
		Corallus batesii	Henderson, R. W., Passos, P. & Feitosa, D. (2009). Geographic variation in the Emerald Treeboa, Corallus caninus (Squamata: Boidae). Copeia, 2009 (3): 572-582.
		Epicrates crassus	Passos, P. & Fernandes, R. (2008). Revision of the Epicrates cenchria complex (Serpentes: Boidae). Herpetological Monographs, 22: 1-30.
		Epicrates assisi
		Epicrates alvarezi
		Epicrates cenchria	REYNOLDS, R.G., NIEMILLER, M.L., HEDGES, S.B., DORNBURG, A., PUENTE-ROLÓN, A.R., & REVELL, L.J. (2013): Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of West Indian boid snakes (Chilabothrus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(3):461-470. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.02
		Epicrates maurus
		Chilabothrus spp.
		Eryx borrii	Lanza, B. & Nistri, A. (2005). Somali Boidae (genus Eryx Daudin 1803) and Pythonidae (genus Python Daudin 1803) (Reptilia Serpentes). Tropical Zoology, 18 (1): 67-136.
		Eunectes beniensis	Dirksen, L. (2002). Anakondas. NTV Wissenschaft.
	Colubridae	Xenochrophis piscator	Vogel, G. & David, P. (2012). A revision of the species group of Xenochrophis piscator (Schneider, 1799) (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa, 3473: 1-60.
		Xenochrophis schnurrenbergeri
		Xenochrophis tytleri
	Elapidae	Micrurus ruatanus	McCranie, J. R. (2015). A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa, 3931 (3): 352–386.
		Naja atra	Wüster, W. (1996). Taxonomic change and toxinology: systematic revisions of the Asiatic cobras (Naja naja species complex). Toxicon, 34: 339-406.
		Naja kaouthia
		Naja mandalayensis	Slowinski, J. B. & Wüster, W. (2000). A new cobra (Elapidae: Naja) from Myanmar (Burma). Herpetologica, 56: 257-270.
		Naja oxiana	Wüster, W. (1996). Taxonomic change and toxinology: systematic revisions of the Asiatic cobras (Naja naja species complex). Toxicon, 34: 339-406.
		Naja philippinensis
		Naja sagittifera
		Naja samarensis
		Naja siamensis
		Naja sputatrix
		Naja sumatrana
	Pythonidae	Leiopython bennettorum	Schleip, W. D. (2008). Revision of the genus Leiopython Hubrecht 1879 (Serpentes: Pythonidae) with the redescription of taxa recently described by Hoser (2000) and the description of new species. Journal of Herpetology, 42 (4): 645–667.
		Leiopython biakensis
		Leiopython fredparkeri
		Leiopython huonensis
		Leiopython hoserae
		Malayopython reticulatus	REYNOLDS, R.G., NIEMILLER, M.L, AND REVELL, L.J. (2014): Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 201–213.
		Malayopython timoriensis
		Morelia clastolepis	Harvey, M. B., Barker, D. B., Ammerman, L. K. & 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.
		Morelia kinghorni
		Morelia nauta
		Morelia tracyae
		Python bivittatus	Jacobs, H. J., Auliya, M. & Böhme, W. (2009). Zur Taxonomie des Dunklen Tigerpythons, Python molurus bivittatus KUHL, 1820, speziell der Population von Sulawesi. Sauria, 31: 5-16.
		Python molurus
		Python breitensteini	Keogh, J. S., Barker, D. G. & 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.
		Python brongersmai
		Python kyaiktiyo	Zug, G.R., Grotte, S. W. & Jacobs, J. F. (2011). Pythons in Burma: Short-tailed python (Reptilia: Squamata). Proceedings of the biological Society of Washington, 124 (2): 112-136.
		Python natalensis	Broadley, D. G. (1999). The southern African python, Python natalensis A. Smith 1840, is a valid species. African Herp News, 29: 31-32.
	Tropidophiidae	Tropidophis spp. except for the taxa mentioned below	Hedges, S.B. (2002). Morphological variation and the definition of species in the snake genus Tropidophis (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Zoology), 68 (2): 83-90.
		Tropidophis celiae	Hedges, B. S., Estrada, A. R. & Diaz, L. M. (1999): New snake (Tropidophis) from western Cuba. Copeia, 1999 (2): 376-381.
		Tropidophis grapiuna	Curcio, F. F., Sales Nunes, P. M., Suzart Argolo, A. J., Skuk, G. & Rodrigues, M. T. (2012). Taxonomy of the South American dwarf boas of the genus Tropidophis Bibron, 1840, with the description of two new species from the Atlantic forest (Serpentes: Tropidophiidae). Herpetological Monographs, 26 (1): 80-121.
		Tropidophis hendersoni	Hedges, B. S. & Garrido, O. (2002). A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from Eastern Cuba Journal of Herpetology, 36:157-161.
		Tropidophis morenoi	Hedges, B. S., Garrido, O. & Diaz, L. M. (2001). A new banded snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from north-central Cuba. Journal of Herpetology, 35: 615-617.
		Tropidophis preciosus	Curcio, F. F., Sales Nunes, P. M., Suzart Argolo, A. J., Skuk, G. & Rodrigues, M. T. (2012). Taxonomy of the South American dwarf boas of the genus Tropidophis Bibron, 1840, with the description of two new species from the Atlantic forest (Serpentes: Tropidophiidae). Herpetological Monographs, 26 (1): 80-121.
		Tropidophis spiritus	Hedges, B. S. & Garrido, O. (1999). A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from central Cuba. Journal of Herpetology, 33: 436-441.
		Tropidophis xanthogaster	Domínguez, M., Moreno, L. V. & Hedges, S. B. (2006). A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from the Guanahacabibes Peninsula of Western Cuba. Amphibia-Reptilia, 27 (3): 427-432.
	Viperidae	Atheris desaixi	UETZ, P., FREED, P. & HŎSEK, J. (eds.) (2016). Species information extracted from The Reptile Database, version of 15 August 2016, accessed 11 May 2017. See Annex 2 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A2.pdf
		Bitis worthingtoni
		Montivipera wagneri	GARRIGUES, T., DAUGA, C., FERQUEL, E., VALÉRIE CHOUMET, V., & FAILLOUX, A-B. (2005): Molecular phylogeny of Vipera Laurenti, 1768 and the related genera Macrovipera (Reuss, 1927) and Daboia (Gray, 1842), with comments about neurotoxic Vipera aspis aspis populations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35(1): 35-47.
		Protobothrops mangshanensis	SNETKOV, P.B. & ORLOV, N.L. (2017) Phylogenetic Analysis of Old World Viperid Snakes (Serpentes, Viperidae) Based on Skeletal Morphology. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 24(1):22-34.
		Pseudocerastes urarachnoides	UETZ, P., FREED, P., AGUILAR, R., & HÖSEK, J. (eds.) (2022): Taxonomic Checklist of Reptile taxa included in the Appendices at the 18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Geneva, August 2019). Species information extracted from The Reptile Database. https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/resources/checklists/Checklist_Reptiles_Added_CoP18lr_CITES.pdf
TESTUDINES		Testudines order names	Wermuth, H. & Mertens, R. (1996) (reprint). Schildkröte, Krokodile, Brückenechsen. xvii + 506 pp. Jena (Gustav Fischer Verlag).
		Species and family names – with the exception of the retention of the following names Mauremys iversoni, Mauremys pritchardi, Ocadia glyphistoma, Ocadia philippeni, Sacalia pseudocellata, and except for the taxa mentioned below	Fritz, U. & Havaš, P. (2007): Checklist of Chelonians of the World. Vertebrate Zoology, 57 (2): 149-368. Dresden. ISSN 1864-5755 [without its appendix]
	Emydidae	Graptemys pearlensis	Ennen, J. R., Lovich, J. E., Kreiser, B. R., Selman, W. & Qualls, C. P. (2010). Genetic and morphological variation between populations of the Pascagoula Map Turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) in the Pearl and Pascagoula Rivers with description of a new species. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 9 (1): 98-113.
	Geoemydidae	Batagur affinis	Praschag, P., Sommer, R. S., Mccarthy, C., Gemel, R. & Fritz, U. (2008). Naming one of the world's rarest chelonians, the southern Batagur. Zootaxa, 1758: 61-68.
		Batagur borneoensis	Praschag, P., Hundsdörfer, A. K. & Fritz, U. (2007). Phylogeny and taxonomy of endangered South and South-east Asian freshwater turtles elucidated by mtDNA sequence variation (Testudines: Geoemydidae: Batagur, Callagur, Hardella, Kachuga, Pangshura). Zoologica Scripta, 36: 429-442.
		Batagur dhongoka
		Batagur kachuga
		Batagur trivittata
		Cuora bourreti	Spinks, P. Q., Thomson, R. C., Zhang, Y.P., Che, J., Wu, Y. & Shaffer, H. B. (2012). Species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in the critically endangered Asian box turtle genus Cuora. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63: 656–667. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.014.
		Cuora picturata
		Cyclemys enigmatica	Fritz, U., Guicking, D., Auer, M., Sommer, R. S., Wink, M. & Hundsdörfer, A. K. (2008). Diversity of the Southeast Asian leaf turtle genus Cyclemys: how many leaves on its tree of life? Zoologica Scripta, 37: 367-390.
		Cyclemys fusca
		Cyclemys gemeli
		Cyclemys oldhamii
		Malayemys khoratensis	IHLOW, F., VAMBERGER, M., FLECKS, M., HARTMANN, T., COTA, M., MAKCHAI, S., MEEWATTANA, P., DAWSON, J.E., KHENG, L., RÖDDER, D., & FRITZ, U. (2016). Integrative taxonomy of Southeast Asian snail-eating turtles (Geoemydidae: Malayemys) reveals a new species and mitochondrial introgression. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0153108:1-26.
		Mauremys reevesii	Barth, D., Bernhard, D., Fritzsch, G. & U. Fritz (2004). The freshwater turtle genus Mauremys (Testudines, Geoemydidae) – a textbook example of an east-west disjunction or a taxonomic misconcept? Zoologica Scripta, 33: 213-221.
	Testudinidae	Centrochelys sulcata	Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., Iverson, J. B., Rhodin, A. G. J., Shaffer, H. B. & Bour, R. ]. (2014): Turtles of the world, 7^TH edition: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. 000.v7. Chelonian Research Monographs, 5 doi: 10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014.
		Chelonoidis carbonarius	Olson, S .L. & David, N. (2014). The gender of the tortoise genus Chelonoidis Fitzinger, 1835 (Testudines: Testudinidae). - Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 126(4): 393-394.
		Chelonoidis denticulatus
		Chelonoidis niger
		Chersobius spp.	HOFMEYR, M.D., & BRANCH, W.R. (2018). The padloper’s tortuous path (Chelonia: Testudinidae): Two genera, not one. African Journal of Herpetology, 2018:1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2017.1398187
		Gopherus evgoodei	Murphy, R. W., Berry, K. H., Edwards, T., Leviton, A. E., Lathrop, A. & Riedle, J. D. (2011). The dazed and confused identity of Agassiz’s land tortoise, Gopherus agassizii (Testudines, Testudinidae) with the description of a new species, and its consequences for conservation. Zookeys, 113: 39-71.
		Gopherus morafkai
		Kinixys nogueyi	Kindler, C., Branch, W. R., Hofmeyr, M. D., Maran, J., Široký, P., Vences, M., Harvey, J., Hauswaldt, J. S., Schleicher, A., Stuckas, H. & Fritz, U. (2012). Molecular phylogeny of African hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys): implications for phylogeography and taxonomy (Testudines: Testudinidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 50: 192–201.
		Kinixys zombensis
	Trionychidae	Lissemys ceylonensis	Praschag, P., Stuckas, H., Päckert, M., Maran, J. & Fritz, U. (2011). Mitochondrial DNA sequences suggest a revised taxonomy of Asian flapshell turtles (Lissemys Smith, 1931) and the validity of previously unrecognized taxa (Testudines: Trionychidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 61 (1): 147-160.
		Nilssonia gangeticus	Praschag, P., Hundsdörfer, A.K., Reza, A.H.M.A. & Fritz, U. (2007). Genetic evidence for wild-living Aspideretes nigricans and a molecular phylogeny of South Asian softshell turtles (Reptilia: Trionychidae: Aspideretes, Nilssonia). Zoologica Scripta, 36:301-310.
		Nilssonia hurum
		Nilssonia leithii
		Nilssonia nigricans
AMPHIBIA
		Amphibia spp. except for the taxa listed below	Frost, D. R. (ed.) (2015). Taxonomic Checklist of Amphibian Species listed in the CITES Appendices and the Annexes of EC Regulation 338/97. Species information extracted from Amphibian Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference, an online reference, version 6.0 as of May2015 with additional comments by the Nomenclature Specialist of the CITES Animals Committee. See Annex 5 of CoP17 Doc. 81.1 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/cop/17/WorkingDocs/E-CoP17-81-01-A5.pdf
		Anura: Microhylidae: Dyscophus spp. and Scaphiophryne spp.; Telmatobiidae: Telmatobius culeus	FROST, D. R. (ed.) (2017). Species information extracted from Amphibian Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference, an online reference, version 6.0, accessed 12 May 2017. See Annex 3 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A3.pdf
	Bufonidae	Sclerophrys channingi	OHLER, A., & DUBOIS, A. (2016): The identity of the South African toad Sclerophrys capensis Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia, Anura). PeerJ 4(e1553): 1–13.
	Bufonidae	Sclerophrys superciliaris
	Dendrobatidae	Ameerega munduruku	NEVES, M.DE O., DA SILVA, L.A., AKIEDA, P.S., CABRERA, R., KOROIVA, R., & SANTANA, D.J. (2017): A new species of poison frog, genus Ameerega (Anura: Dendrobatidae), from the southern Amazonian rain forest. Salamandra 53(4): 485–493.
		Ameerega shihuemoy	Serrano-Rojas, S.J., Whitworth, A., Villacampa-Ortega, J., von May, R., Gutiérrez, R.C., Padial, J.M., & CHAPARRO, J.C. (2017): A new species of poison-dart frog (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Manu province, Amazon region of southeastern Peru, with notes on its natural history, bioacoustics, phylogenetics, and recommended conservation status. Zootaxa 4221(1): 71–94.
		Andinobates victimatus	Márquez, R., Mejía-Vargas, D., Palacios-Rodríguez, P., Ramírez-Castañeda, V., & Amézquita, A. (2017): A new species of Andinobates (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from the Urabá region of Colombia. Zootaxa 4290(3): 531–546.
		Epipedobates maculatus	GRANT, T., RADA, M., ANGANOY-CRIOLLO, M. A., BATISTA, A., DOS S. DIAS, P.H., JECKEL, A.M., MACHADO, D.J., & RUEDA-ALMONACID, J.V. (2017): Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives revisited (Anura: Dendrobatoidea). South American Journal of Herpetology 12 (Special Issue): 1–90
		Paruwrobates andinus
		Paruwrobates erythromos
		Oophaga anchicayensis	POSSO-TERRANOVA, A. & ANDRÉS, J. (2018): Multivariate species boundaries and conservation of harlequin poison frogs. Molecular Ecology 27: 3432–3451. DOI: 10.1111/mec.14803.
		Oophaga andresi
		Oophaga solanensis
	Hylidae	Agalychnis lemur	FROST, D.R. (2021): Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. doi.org/10.5531/db.vz.0001
	Hylidae	Agalychnis terranova	RIVERA-CORREA, M., DUARTE-CUBIDES, F., RUEDA-ALMONACID, J.V., & DAZA-R., J.M. (2013): A new red-eyed treefrog of Agalychnis (Anura: Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae) from middle Magdalena River valley of Colombia with comments on its phylogenetic position. Zootaxa 3636 (1): 85–100.
CAUDATA	Salamandridae	Echinotriton spp.	FROST, D. R. (ed.) (2022). Taxonomic Checklist of Amphibian taxa included in the Appendices at the 18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Geneva, August 2019). Species information extracted from Amphibian Species of the World: an online Reference, Version 6.1, accessed 5 May 2020 for species of the genera Echinotriton and 5 May 2022 for species of the genus Tylototriton. https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/resources/checklists/Checklist_Amphibian_Added_CoP18_CITES.pdf
		Paramesotriton spp.
		Tylototriton spp.
ELASMOBRANCHII, ACTINOPTERI, COELACANTHI, and DIPNEUSTI
		All fish species, except the taxa listed below	Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. (eds.) (2015). Taxonomic Checklist of Fish species listed in the CITES Appendices and the Annexes of EC Regulation 338/97 (Elasmobranchii, Actinopteri, Coelacanthi, and Dipneusti, except the genus Hippocampus). Information extracted from Catalog of Fishes, an online reference, version update from 3 February 2015. See Annex 6 of CoP17 Doc. 81.1 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/cop/17/WorkingDocs/E-CoP17-81-01-A6.pdf
		Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae: Carcharhinus falciformis; Lamniformes: Alopiidae: Alopias spp.; Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae: Mobula spp. except the taxa mentioned below; Potamotrygonidae: Potamotrygon spp.; Actinopteri: Perciformes: Pomacanthidae: Holacanthus clarionensis	ESCHMEYER, W. N., FRICKE, R., & VAN DER LAAN, R. (eds.) (2017). Information extracted from Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References, an online reference, version of 28 April 2017, accessed 12 May 2017. See Annex 4 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A4.pdf
		Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Lamnidae: Isurus spp.; Rhinopristiformes: Glaucostegidae: Glaucostegus spp.; Rhinidae spp.	ESCHMEYER, W.N., R. FRICKE, & R. VAN DER LAAN (eds.) (2019) Taxonomic Checklist of Fish taxa included in the Appendices at the 18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Species information extracted from Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References, an online reference, version of 4 May 2020, accessed 5 May 2020. See Annex 3 of AC31 Doc. 37 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/31/Docs/E-AC31-37-A3.pdf
	Mobulidae	Mobula alfredi	WHITE, W. T. & P. R. LAST. (2016). DEVILRAYS, FAMILY MOBULIDAE. PP. 741-749 IN LAST, P. R., W. T. WHITE, M. R. DE CARVALHO, B. SÉRET, M. F. W. STEHMANN & G. J. P. NAYLOR (EDS.). Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing, Comstock Publishing Associates. i-ix + 1-790
		Mobula birostris
		Mobula hypostoma (incl. M. rochebrunei)
	Rhinobatidae	Rhinobatidae spp.	LAST, P. R., SERET, B., & NAYLOR, G. J. (2016a): A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Zootaxa, 4117(4), 451-475. DOI 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1
		Acroteriobatus andysabini	WEIGMANN, S., EBERT, D. A., & SÉRET, B. (2021): Resolution of the Acroteriobatus leucospilus species complex, with a redescription of A. leucospilus (Norman, 1926) and descriptions of two new western Indian Ocean species of Acroteriobatus (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinobatidae). Mar. Biodivers., 51(4), 1-30.
		Acroteropbatus stehmanni
		Acroteriobatus omanensis	LAST, P. R., HENDERSON, A. C., & NAYLOR, G. J. (2016b): Acroteriobatus omanensis (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae), a new guitarfish from the Gulf of Oman. Zootaxa, 4144(2): 276-286.
		Pseudobatos buthi	RUTLEDGE, K. M. (2019): A new guitarfish of the genus Pseudobatos (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) with key to the guitarfishes of the Gulf of California. Copeia, 107(3): 451-463.
		Rhinobatos austini	EBERT, D. A., & GON, O. (2017): Rhinobatos austini n. sp., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the southwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 4276(2), 204-214.
		Rhinobatos manai	WHITE, W. T., LAST, P. R., & NAYLOR, G. J. (2016): Rhinobatos manai sp. nov., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa, 4175(6), 588-600.
		Rhinobatos ranongensis	LAST, P.R., SERET, B., & NAYLOR, G.J. (2019): Description of Rhinobatos ranongensis sp. nov. (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal with a review of its northern Indian Ocean congeners. Zootaxa, 4576(2), 257–287.
SYNGNATHIFORMES	Syngnathidae	Hippocampus spp. except the taxa listed below	Lourie, S. A., Pollom, R. A. and Foster, S. J. (2016). A global revision of the Seahorses Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Sygnathiformes): Taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa, 4146 (1): 1-066.
		Hippocampus casscsio	ZHANG, Y-H., QIN, G., WANG, X., & LIN, Q. (2016): A new species of seahorse (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) from the South China Sea. Zootaxa 4170 (2): 384–392. http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4170.2.11
		Hippocampus haema	HAN, S-Y., KIM, J-K., KAI, Y., & SENOU, H. (2017): Seahorses of the Hippocampus coronatus complex: taxonomic revision, and description of Hippocampus haema, a new species from Korea and Japan (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys 712: 113–139. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.712.14955
		Hippocampus japapigu	SHORT, G., SMITH, R., MOTOMURA, H., HARASTI, D., & HAMILTON, H. (2018): Hippocampus japapigu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from Japan, with a redescription of H. pontohi (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys 779: 27–49. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.779.24799
ARACHNIDA
ARANEAE	Theraphosidae	Aphonopelma pallidum	Platnick, N. (2006). Taxonomic Checklist of CITES listed Spider Species. Information extracted from The World Spider Catalog, an online reference, Version 6.5 as of 7 April 2006. [available at https://web.archive.org/web/20111030160234/http://www.cites.org/common/docs/Res/12_11/spider_checklist.pdf]
		Brachypelma spp. except for the taxa mentioned below
		Brachypelma albiceps	MENDOZA, J. & FRANCKE, O. (2019): Systematic revision of Mexican threatened tarantulas Brachypelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), with a description of a new genus, and implications on the conservation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2019, XX; 1–66. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz046
		Brachypelma smithi
		Tliltocatl albopilosum
		Tliltocatl epicureanum
		Tliltocatl kahlenbergi
		Tliltocatl sabulosum
		Tliltocatl schroederi
		Tliltocatl vagans
		Tliltocatl verdezi
		Poecilotheria spp., except the taxa mentioned below	WORLD SPIDER CATALOG. (2020). Taxonomic Checklist of Spider taxa included in the Appendices at the 18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Species information extracted from the World Spider Catalog (2020). Version 21.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, accessed on 5 May 2020. doi: 10.24436/2. See Annex 4 of AC31 Doc. 37 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/31/Docs/E-AC31-37-A4.pdf
		Poecilotheria srilankensis	NANAYAKKARA, R. P., GANEHIARACHI, G. A. S. M., KUSUMINDA, T., VISHVANATH, N., KARUNARATNE, M. K. & KIRK, P. (2019): A new species of tiger spider in the genus Poecilotheria Pocock, 1899 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Belihuloya, Sri Lanka. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 34(3): 3-17
		Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli	SHERWOOD, D. (2019): Revised taxonomical placement of Poecilotheria chaojii Mirza, Sanap & Bhosale, 2014 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(1): 19-21. doi:10.13156/arac.2018.18.1.19
		Sericopelma angustum	GABRIEL, R., & LONGHORN, S.J. 2015. Revised generic placement of Brachypelma embrithes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) and Brachypelma angustum Valerio, 1980, with definition of the taxonomic features for identification of female Sericopelma Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). ZooKeys 526: 75–104.
		Sericopelma embrithes
SCORPIONES	Scorpionidae	Pandinus spp. except for the taxa mentioned below	Lourenço, W. R. & 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.
		Pandinus camerounensis	Lourenço, W. R. (2014). Further considerations on the identity and distribution of Pandinus imperator (C. L. Koch, 1841) and description of a new species from Cameroon (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg, 17 (192): 139-151.
		Pandinus roeseli
INSECTA
COLEOPTERA	Lucanidae	Colophon spp. except the taxa mentioned below	Bartolozzi, L. (2005). Description of two new stag beetle species from South Africa (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). African Entomology, 13 (2): 347-352.
		Colophon deschodti	JACOBS, C.T., SCHOLTZ, C.H., & STRÜMPHER, W.P. 2015. Taxonomy of Colophon Gray (Coleoptera: Lucanidae): new species and a status change. Zootaxa 4057(1): 135–142. Doi 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.1.9
		Colophon eastmani
		Colophon nagaii
		Colophon switalae
		Colophon struempheri
LEPIDOPTERA	Papilionidae	Achillides spp. [only the species of the Philippines]	Page, M. G. P. & Treadaway, C. G. (2004). Papilionidae of the Philippine Island. In: E. Bauer, and T. Frankenbach, Eds.). Butterflies of the world, Supplement 8. Goecke & Evers, Keltern. 58 pp.
		Ornithoptera spp.	Matsuka, H. (2001). Natural History of Birdwing Butterflies. 367 pp. Tokyo (Matsuka Shuppan).(ISBN 4-9900697-0-6).
		Trogonoptera spp.
		Troides spp.
HIRUDINOIDEA
ARHYNCHOBDELLIDA	Hirudinidae	Hirudo medicinalis	Nesemann, H. & Neubert, E. (1999). Annelida: Clitellata: Branchiobdellida, Acanthobdellea, Hirudine.. Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, 6 (2), 178 pp., Berlin (Spektrum Akad. Verlag). ISBN 3-8274-0927-6.
ARHYNCHOBDELLIDA	Hirudinidae	Hirudo verbana
BIVALVIA
VENEROIDA	Tridacnidae	Tridacna lorenzi	WoRMS Editorial Board. 2018. Genus Tridacna.
		Tridacna mbalavuana (incl. T. tevoroa)
		Tridacna noae (incl. T. ningaloo)
		Tridacna squamosina
CEPHALOPODA
	Nautilidae	Nautilidae spp.	Family, genus and species information extracted from the Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS), an online reference. See Annex 5 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A5.pdf
ANTHOZOA & HYDROZOA
		All CITES listed species	Taxonomic Checklist of all CITES listed Coral Species, based on information compiled by UNEP-WCMC 2012.

FLORA

Family	Taxon concerned	Taxonomic reference
AMARYLLIDACEAE, PRIMULACEAE	Cyclamen, Galanthus and Sternbergia	Davis, A.P. et al. (1999). CITES Bulb Checklist, compiled by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Cyclamen and Galanthus and Sternbergia
APOCYNACEAE	Pachypodium spp.	CITES Aloe and Pachypodium Checklist (U. Eggli et al., 2001, compiled by Städtische Sukkulenten-Sammlung, Zurich, Switzerland, in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its update: An Update and Supplement to the CITES Aloe & Pachypodium Checklist [J. M. Lüthy (2007), CITES Management Authority of Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland] as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Aloe and Pachypodium.
APOCYNACEAE	Hoodia spp.	Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer N. L. (eds.) (2003). Strelitzia 14: 150-151. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Hoodia.
CACTACEAE	All Cactaceae, except Aztekium valdezii	CITES Cactaceae Checklist third edition (2016, compiled by D. Hunt) as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Cactaceae, and the amendments and updates outlined in A Supplement to the CITES Cactaceae Checklist Third Edition 2016 (Hunt, D. 2018). The checklist and its supplement can be found on the website of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK at ‘goo.gl/M26yL8’.
CACTACEAE	Aztekium valdezii	Marcía, C.G.V., Vázquez, M.A.A. & Montes, S.A. (2013). A new species of Aztekium (Cactaceae) from Nuevo León, Mexico. Xerophilia, Special Issue 2: 3–25. Accessible at: https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/nc/flora/Aztekium-valdezii_Xerophilia-Special-Issue-No.-2-2013.pdf
CYCADACEAE, STANGERIACEAE and ZAMIACEAE	All Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae.	The World List of Cycads: CITES and Cycads: Checklist 2013 (Roy Osborne, Michael A. Calonje, Ken D. Hill, Leonie Stanberg and Dennis Wm. Stevenson) in CITES and Cycads a user’s guide (Rutherford, C. et al., Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. UK 2013), as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae.
DICKSONIACEAE	Dicksonia species of the Americas.	Dicksonia species of the Americas (2003, compiled by Bonn Botanic Garden and the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany) as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Dicksonia.
DROSERACEAE, NEPENTHACEAE, SARRACENIACEAE	Dionaea, Nepenthes and Sarracenia.	CITES Carnivorous Plant Checklist (B. von Arx et al., 2001, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK) as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Dionaea, Nepenthes and Sarracenia.
EBENACEAE	Diospyros spp. – populations of Madagascar. (large tree species)	Lowry et al. 2022. Large tree species of Diospyros from Madagascar. Catalogue of Plants of Madagascar. http://legacy.tropicos.org/ProjectWebPortal.aspx?pagename=Diospyros_LT&projectid=17. Accessible at: https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/prog/timber/Ebenaceae_Diospyros_spp_populations_of_Madagascar_052022.pdf
EUPHORBIACEAE	Succulent species of Euphorbia.	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) as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of succulent euphorbias.
LEGUMINOSAE	Dalbergia spp.	Cowell C., Williams E., Bullough L.-A., Grey J., Klitgaard B., Govaerts R., Andriambololonera S., Cervantes A., Crameri S., Lima, H.C., Lachenaud O., Li S.-J., Linares J.L., Phillipson P., Rakotonirina N., Wilding N., van der Burgt X., Vatanparast M., Barker A., Barstow M., Beentje H., and Plummer J. 2022. CITES Dalbergia Checklist. Commissioned by the CITES Secretariat. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey. Accessible in English, French and Spanish at: https://www.kew.org/science/our-science/science-services/UK-CITES/cites-resources
	Dipteryx spp.	Carvalho, C.S., de Fraga, N.C., Cardoso, D.B.O.S. and Lima, H.C. 2020. Tonka, baru and cumaru: Nomenclatural overview, typification and updated checklist of Dipteryx (Leguminosae). Taxon. 69(3), pp.582-592
	Guibourtia pellegriniana	Leonard, J. (1949). Notulae Systematicae IV (Caesalpiniaceae-Amherstieae africanae americanaeque). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 19(4): 383–408. [Guibourtia pellegriniana treated on p. 405]. https://doi.org/10.2307/3666831
	Paubrasilia echinata	Gagnon, E., Bruneau, A., Hughes, C.E., de Queiroz, L. P. & Lewis, G.P. (2016). A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) as a guideline making reference to the name of this taxon. This reference can be found on ‘https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=9203’, with free access, and additional information on the taxon can be found at ‘http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil’
	Platymiscium pleiostachyum	Bente B. Klitgraard (2005). Platymiscium (Leguminosae: Dalbergieae); biogeography, systematics, morphology, taxonomy and uses. Kew Bulletin. Vol. 60, No. 3 (2005), pp. 321 – 400 be used as a guideline when making reference to the name of this taxon. This reference is available online at “https://www.jstor.org/stable/4111062?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents“. Free access is possible to this reference.
	Pterocarpus spp.	Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, Plants of the World Online, (POWO, 2022) Accessible at: https://cites.org/sites/default/files/common/docs/Res/12_11/Pterocarpus_POWO_19-1-2023.pdf
LILIACEAE	Aloe spp.	CITES Aloe and Pachypodium Checklist (U. Eggli et al., 2001, compiled by Städtische Sukkulenten-Sammlung, Zurich, Switzerland, in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its update: An Update and Supplement to the CITES Aloe & Pachypodium Checklist [J. M. Lüthy (2007), CITES Management Authority of Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland] as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Aloe and Pachypodium.
LILIACEAE	Aloe spp. — supplement to existing standard reference	Klopper, R.R. 2021. Supplement of aloe spp. names and synonyms. Compiled by Dr. Ronell R Klopper, with input from the PC25 Nomenclature Working Group, 10 June 2021. PC25 Com. 5, Annex. Accessible at: https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/pc/25/com/E-PC25-Com-005.pdf
MELIACEAE	Khaya spp.	Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, Plants of the World Online, (POWO, 2022) Accessible at: https://cites.org/sites/default/files/common/docs/Res/12_11/Khaya_POWO_19-1-2023.pdf
ORCHIDACEAE	Orchidaceae - Appendix I listed orchids: Paphiopedilum spp., Phragmipedium spp., Aerangis ellisii, Cattleya jongheana, Cattleya lobata, Dendrobium cruentum, Mexipedium xerophyticum, Peristeria elata and Renanthera imschootiana	Govaerts, R., Caromel, A., Dhanda, S., Davis, F., Pavitt, A., Sinovas, P., & Vaglica, V. (2019). CITES Appendix I Orchid Checklist. Second Version, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge. This reference should be used as a guideline when making reference to the names of Paphiopedilum spp., Phragmipedium spp., Aerangis ellisii, Cattleya jongheana, Cattleya lobata, Dendrobium cruentum, Mexipedium xerophyticum, Peristeria elata and Renanthera imschootiana. This reference can be found on the website of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK at ‘goo.gl/M26yL8’.
ORCHIDACEAE	Orchidaceae — Appendix II listed orchids: genera Aerangis (not A. ellisii), Aerides, Angraecum, Bletilla, Brassavola, Bulbophyllum, Calanthe, Catasetum, Cattleya (not C. jongheana or C. lobata), Coelogyne, Comparettia, Cymbidium, Cypripedium, Dendrobium (not D. cruentum), Disa, Dracula, Encyclia, Laelia, Masdevallia, Miltonia, Miltoniopsis, Phalaenopsis, Pleione, Renanthera, Rhynchostylis, Rossioglossum, Vanda, and Vandopsis	Dhanda, S., Caromel A., Govaerts R., Pavitt A., Bullough, L.-A. & Hartley, H. 2022. CITES Appendix II Orchid Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge. Accessible at: https://www.kew.org/science/our-science/science-services/UK-CITES/cites-resources
PALMAE	Dypsis decipiens and Dypsis decaryi.	Proposed Standard Reference for two CITES-listed palms endemic to Madagascar (CVPM 2016) based on the Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar can be found as a pdf on the US Fish & Wildlife Service website. This is to be used as a guideline when making reference to Dypsis decipiens and Dypsis decaryi. See: http://www.fws.gov/international/
TAXACEAE	Taxus spp.	World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers (A. Farjon, 2001) as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Taxus.
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE	Guaiacum spp.	Lista de especies, nomenclatura y distribución en el genero Guaiacum. Davila Aranda. P. & Schippmann, U. (2006): Medicinal Plant Conservation 12:50 as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Guaiacum.

This corresponds to Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, the latest version of which should be checked for any recent amendments. ↩

Annex VII

Standard references for nomenclature to be used pursuant to Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 to indicate scientific names of species in permits and certificates (as contained in Annex VIII Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 2023/966)1

Standard references for nomenclature to be used pursuant to Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 to indicate scientific names of species in permits and certificates (as contained in Annex VIII Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 2023/966)¹