Matthew L. Murdoch

Matthew L. Murdoch, U.S. herpetologist.

• Department of Biology La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California, 92515, United States.

• 32taxon names authored by Matthew Murdoch

2015

• Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L. Jr., Ngo, V.T. & Murdoch, M. 2015. The systematics and independent evolution of cave ecomorphology in distantly related clades of Bent-toed Geckos (Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) from the Mekong Delta and islands in the Gulf of Thailand. Zootaxa 3980(1): 103–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Jr., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Davis, H.R., Cobos, A.J. & Murdoch, M.L. 2016. A new species of karst forest Bent-toed Gecko (genus Cyrtodactylus Gray) not yet threatened by foreign cement companies and a summary of Peninsular Malaysia’s endemic karst forest herpetofauna and the need for its conservation. Zootaxa 4061(1): 1–17. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.1.1Reference page. 
• Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L. Jr, Aowphol, A., Cota, M., Murdoch, M.L., Aguilar, C. & Grismer, M.S. 2016. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and distribution of Bronchocela rayaensis (Squamata: Agamidae) on the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Zootaxa 4092(3): 414–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.3.6.Reference page. 
• Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L. Jr., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Grismer, M.S., Quah, E.S.H., Murdoch, M.L., Muin, M.A., Davis, H.R., Aguilar, C., Klabaca, R.L., Cobos, A.J., Aowphol, A. & Sites, J.W. Jr. 2016. Two new Bent-toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex from Peninsular Malaysia and multiple instances of convergent adaptation to limestone forest ecosystems. Zootaxa 4105(5): 401–429. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.5.1 Reference page. 
• Grismer, L.L., Quah, E.S.H., Wood, P.L. Jr, Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Muin, M.A., Davis, H.R., Murdoch, M., Grismer, J.L., Cota, M. & Cobos, A.J. 2016. Dragons in the mist: three new species of Pseudocalotes Fitzinger (Squamata: Agamidae) from the sky island archipelago of Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4136(3): 461–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.3. Reference page. 
• Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Aowphol, A., Cota, M., Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L. Aguilar, C. & Grismer, J.L. 2016. Out of Borneo, again and again: biogeography of the Stream Toad genus Ansonia Stoliczka (Anura: Bufonidae) and the discovery of the first limestone cave-dwelling species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2016. DOI: 10.1111/BIJ.12886Reference page. 

2017

• Quah, E.S.H., Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Thura, M.K., Zin, T., Kyaw, H., Lwin, N., Grismer, M.S. & Murdoch, M.L. 2017. A new species of Mud Snake (Serpentes, Homalopsidae, Gyiophis Murphy & Voris, 2014) from Myanmar with a first molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus. Zootaxa 4238(4): 571–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.4.5. Reference page. 
• Wood Jr., P.L., Grismer, L.L., Aowphol, A., Aguilar, C.A., Cota, M., Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L. & Sites Jr., J.W. 2017. Three new karst-dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata; Gekkoniade) from Peninsular Thailand and the phylogenetic placement of C. punctatonuchalis and C. vandeventeri. PeerJ 5: e2884. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2884 Reference page. 

2018

• Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Thura, M.K., Zin, T., Quah, E.S.H., Murdoch, M.L., Grismer, M.S., Lin, A., Kyaw, H. & Lwin, N. 2018. Twelve new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from isolated limestone habitats in eastcentral and southern Myanmar demonstrate high localized diversity and unprecedented microendemism. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(4): 862–959. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx057 Reference page. 
• Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Thura, M.K., Quah, E.S.H., Murdoch, M.L., Grismer, M.S., Herr, M.W., Lin, A. & Kyaw, H. 2018. Three more new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Salween Basin of eastern Myanmar underscore the urgent need for the conservation of karst habitats. Journal of Natural History 52(19–20): 1243–1294. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1449911 Reference page. 
• Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Thura, M.K., Quah, E.S.H., Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L., Espinoza, R.E. & Lin, A. 2018. A new Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Shan Hills and the biogeography of Bent-toed Geckos from eastern Myanmar. Zootaxa 4446(4): 477–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.4.4. Reference page. 
• Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Murdoch, M.L., Grismer, M.S., Herr, M.W., Espinoza, R.E., Brown, R.M. & Lin, A. 2018. A phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cyrtodactylus peguensis group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of two new species from Myanmar. PeerJ 6: e5575. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5575 Reference page. 
• Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Zug, G.R., Thura, M.K.,Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L., Quah, E.S.H. & Lin, A. 2018. Two more new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Shan Hills of eastern Myanmar (Burma). Zootaxa 4483(2): 295–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4483.2.4. Reference page. 
• Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Thura, M.K., Espinoza, R.E., Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L. & Lin, A. 2018. A new species of Crocodile Newt Tylototriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). Zootaxa 4500(4): 553–573. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.4.5 Reference page.