André Koch

André Koch, German herpetologist.

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Co-Chair IUCN SSC Monitor Lizard Specialist Group
Scientific Advisory Board of Reptile Database (http://www.reptile-database.org/)
Scientific Advisor, Monitor Lizards Working Group of the German Society for Herpetology and Herpetoculture (DGHT)

Taxon names authored

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12 taxon names authored by André Koch

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2007

Koch A, Auliya M, Schmitz A, Kuch U, Böhme W. 2007. Morphological Studies on the Systematics of South East Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator Complex): Nominotypic Populations and Taxonomic Overview. In: Horn H-G, Böhme W and Krebs U, eds. Advances in Monitor Research III. Mertensiella. 109-180.
Ziegler T, Schmitz A, Koch A, Böhme W. 2007. A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups. Zootaxa 1472: 1–28.
Koch A, Acciaioli G. 2007. The Monitor Twins: A Bugis and Makassarese Tradition from SW Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biawak 1: 77–82.

2008

Koch A. 2008. Discovery of new specimens of Sarasin’s Keelback, Amphiesma sarasinorum (Boulenger, 1896), endemic to SW Sulawesi, Indonesia. Herpetozoa 20: 178–182.
Koch A. 2008. On the type specimens of the recently described Sulawesi pitviper Tropidolaemus laticinctus Kuch, Gumprecht & Melaun 2007 (Squamata: Viperidae). Zootaxa 1721: 65–68.
Koch A, Ives I, Arida E, Iskandar DT. 2008. On the occurrence of the Asiatic softshell turtle, Amyda cartilaginea (Boddaert, 1770), on Sulawesi, Indonsia. Hamadryad 33: 121–127.

2009

Koch, A., Arida, E., McGuire, J.A., Iskandar, D.T. & Böhme, W. 2009. A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) similar to C. ceramensis de Rooij, 1913, from the Banggai Islands, east of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2196: 19–30. Abstract & excerpt PDF ResearchGate Reference page.
Koch, A., Arida, E., Schmitz, A., Böhme, W., Ziegler, T., 2009. Refining the polytypic species concept of mangrove monitors (Squamata: Varanus indicus group): a new cryptic species from the Talaud Islands, Indonesia, reveals the underestimated diversity of Indo-Australian monitor lizards. Australian Journal of Zoology 57: 29—40. Reference page.
Nguyen, T.Q., Koch, A. & Ziegler, T. 2009. A new species of reed snake, Calamaria Boie, 1827 (Squamata: Colubridae), from central Vietnam. Hamadryad 34(1): 1–8. Reference page.
Koch A, Arida E, Riyanto A, Böhme W. 2009. Islands between the realms: a revised checklist of the herpetofauna of the Talaud Archipelago, Indonesia, with a discussion about its biogeographic affinities. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56: 107–129.
Koch A, McGuire J, Arida E, Riyanto A, Hamidy A. 2009. First record of Gekko smithii Gray, 1842 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Salamandra 45: 172–176.

2010

Böhme, W. & Koch, A. 2010. On the type selection and re-typification of two monitor lizard taxa (Squamata: Varanidae): Monitor bivittatus celebensis Schlegel, 1844 and Monitor kordensis Meyer, 1874; with some comments and corrections on other name-bearing type specimens. Zootaxa 2440(1): 60–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2440.1.5 Reference page.
Koch, A. & Böhme, W., 2010. Heading east: a new subspecies of Varanus salvator from Obi Island, Maluku Province, Indonesia, with a discussion about the easternmost natural occurrence of Southeast Asian water monitor lizards. Russian Journal of Herpetology 17: 299-309. Reference page.
Koch, A., Gaulke, M. & Böhme, W. 2010. Unravelling the underestimated diversity of Philippine water monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanus salvator complex), with the description of two new species and a new subspecies. Zootaxa 2446: 1–54. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Koch A, Auliya M, Ziegler T. 2010. Updated checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (Squamata: Varanidae). Bonn zoological Bulletin 57: 127–136.

2011

Wägele H, Klussmann-Kolb A, Kuhlmann M, Haszprunar G, Lindberg D, Koch A, Wägele JW. 2011. The taxonomist - an endangered race. A practical proposal for its survival. Frontiers in Zoology 8: 25.

2012

Koch A. 2012. Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira. 374 pp. ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4.
Koch A, Huelsken T, Hoffmann J. 2012. The Young Systematists special issue—promoting the scientific work of early career scientists in taxonomy and systematics. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 12: 333–334.
Somma M, Koch A. 2012. New morphological and distributional data of Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz, 2007 (Squamata: Varanidae), an endemic and little-known monitor lizard species of the Moluccas, Indonesia. Salamandra 48: 207–212.
Bucklitsch Y, Geissler P, Hartmann T, Doria G, Koch A. 2012. Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Lygosoma vittigerum (= Lipinia vittigera) Boulenger, 1894. Acta Herpetologica 7: 325–329.

2013

Koch A, Ziegler T, Böhme W, Arida E, Auliya M. 2013. Pressing Problems: Distribution, Threats, and Conservation Status of the Monitor Lizards (Varanidae: Varanus spp.) of Southeast Asia and the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 8: 1–62.

2014

Auliya, M., Koch, A. & Bennett, D. 2014. IUCN Monitor Lizard Specialist Group established. Biawak – Journal for Varanid Biology and Husbandry 8(2): 59. Reference page.
Grabbe, J., Koch, A. (2014): First and Repeated Cases of Parthenogenesis in the Varanid Subgenus Euprepiosaurus (Varanus indicus Species Group) and the First Successful Breeding of V. rainerguentheri in Captivity. Biawak - Journal for Varanid Biology and Husbandry 8(2): 79—87.Reference page.
Koch A, Ernst N, Eidenmüller B, Kraus F. 2014. New data on the rare Varanus bogerti Mertens, 1950 and V. telenesetes Sprackland, 1991 (Squamata: Varanidae), two endemic monitor lizard taxa from island groups off southeastern New Guinea. The Herpetological Journal 24: 111–122.

2015

Paknia, O., Rajaei, H., Koch, A. 2015. Lack of well-maintained natural history collections and taxonomists in megadiverse developing countries hampers global biodiversity Exploration. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 15(3): 619–629. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-015-0202-1 Reference page.
Patschke, M., Böhme, W. & Koch, A. 2015. Integrative Taxonomic Revision of the Varanus timorensis (Gray, 1831) Group (Squamata: Varanidae). Biawak 9(1): 15. Reference page.

2016

Böhme, W., Koch, A., Ziegler, T. (2016): Comment on the proposed conservation of Tupinambus [sic!] indicus Daudin, 1832 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata) by replacement of the neotype (Case 3676; see BZN 72: 134–140). – Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 73(1): 55-58. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v73i1.a12 Reference page.
Bucklitsch, Y., Böhme, W. & Koch, A. 2016. Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation. Zootaxa 4153(1): 1–192. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4153.1.1. Reference page.
Koch, A., (2016): Der Blaue Baumwaran (Varanus macraei) von Batanta: wunderschön und stark bedroht. - Reptilia 21 (6/122): 38-41. Reference page.

2018

Koch, A. 2018. Discovery of a rare hybrid specimen known as Maria’s bird of paradise at the Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum in Braunschweig. Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(2): 315–324. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.25139. Reference page.
Riyanto, A., Arida, E. & Koch, A. 2018. Cyrtodactylus tahuna sp. nov., a new bent-toed gecko (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Sangihe Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4399(2): 220–232. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.2.6 Reference page.

2019

Koppetsch, T., Böhme, W. & Koch, A. 2019. A new species of Dibamus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Pulau Manado Tua, Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4555(3): 331–345. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.3.3 Reference page.

2020

Denzer, W., Campbell, P.D., Manthey, U., Glässer-Trobisch, A. & Koch, A. 2020. Dragons in neglect: Taxonomic revision of the Sulawesi sailfin lizards of the genus Hydrosaurus Kaup, 1828 (Squamata, Agamidae). Zootaxa 4747(2): 275–301. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.2.3 Reference page.
Samarasinghe, D.J.S., Koch, A., Harikrishnan, S., Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Chandi, M. 2020. On the taxonomy and distribution of Varanus salvator andamanensis Deraniyagala, 1944 (Reptilia: Varanidae), including a redescription of the type specimens and a discussion about its allopatric co-occurrence with V. s. macromaculatus on the Nicobar Islands. Zootaxa 4743(1): 61–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4743.1.5 Reference page.
Weijola, V., Vahtera, V., Koch, A., Schmitz, A. & Kraus, F. 2020. Taxonomy of Micronesian monitors (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanus): endemic status of new species argues for caution in pursuing eradication plans. Royal Society Open Science 7: 200092. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200092 Reference page.