Nicolas Vidal

Nicolas Vidal, French herpetologist.

• Département Systématique et Evolution, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 27 taxon names authored by Nicolas Vidal

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2001

• David, P., Vidal, N. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2001. A morphological study of Stejneger's pitviper Trimeresurus stejnegeri (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with the description of a new species from Thailand. Russian Journal of Herpetology 8(3): 205–222. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2001-8-3-205-222 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

2005

• Vidal, N. & Hedges, S.B. 2005. The phylogeny of squamate reptiles (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians) inferred from nine nuclear protein-coding genes. Comptes Rendus Biologies 328(10–11): 1000–1008. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2005.10.001 Reference page. 

2006

• David, P., Vogel, G., Vijayakumar, S.P. & Vidal, N. 2006. A revision of the Trimeresurus puniceus-complex (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 1293(1): 1–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1293.1.1 Reference page. 

2007

• Vidal, N., Delmas, A.-S., David, P., Cruaud, C., Couloux, A. & Hedges, S.B. 2007. The phylogeny and classification of caenophidian snakes inferred from seven nuclear protein-coding genes. Comptes Rendus Biologies 330(2): 182–187. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2006.10.001 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Vogel, G., David, P., Lutz, M., van Rooijen, J. & Vidal, N. 2007. Revision of the Tropidolaemus wagleri-complex (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae). I. Definition of included taxa and redescription of Tropidolaemus wagleri (Boie, 1827). Zootaxa 1644(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1644.1.1 Reference page. 

2008

• Vidal, N., Branch, W.R., Pauwels, O.S.G., Hedges, S.B., Broadley, D.G., Wink, M., Cruaud, C., Joger, U., Nagy, Z.T. 2008. Dissecting the major African snake radiation: a molecular phylogeny of the Lamprophiidae Fitzinger (Serpentes, Caenophidia). Zootaxa 1945(1): 51–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1945.1.3 Reference page. 
• Vidal, N., Azvolinsky, A., Cruaud, C. & Hedges, S.B. 2008. Origin of tropical American burrowing reptiles by transatlantic rafting. Biology Letters 4(1): 115–118. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0531 Reference page. 

2009

• Vidal, N. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. The molecular evolutionary tree of lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians. Comptes Rendus Biologies 332(2-3): 129–139. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2008.07.010 Reference page. 
• Hedges, S.B., Couloux, A. & Vidal, N. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of West Indian racer snakes of the tribe Alsophiini (Squamata, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae). Zootaxa 2067: 1–28. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2010

• Vidal, N., Marin, J., Morini, M., Donnellan, S., Branch, W.R., Thomas, R., Vences, M., Wynn, A., Cruadd, C. & Hedges, S.B. 2010. Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana. Biology Letters 6(4): 558–561. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0220 Reference page. 

2013

• Marin, J., Donellan, S.C., Hedges, S.B., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N., Cruaud, C. & Vidal, N. 2013. Tracing the history and biogeography of the Australian blindsnake radiation. Journal of Biogeography 40(5): 928–937. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12045 Reference page. 
• Marin, J., Donnellan, S.C., Hedges, S.B., Puillandre. N., Aplin, K.P., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N., Couloux, A., Vidal, N. 2013. Hidden species diversity of Australian burrowing snakes (Ramphotyphlops). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110(2): 427–441. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12132 Reference page. 

2014

• Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2015

• Teynié, A., David, P., Lottier, A., Le, M.D., Vidal, N. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2015. A new genus and species of xenodermatid snake (Squamata: Caenophidia: Xenodermatidae) from northern Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Zootaxa 3926(4): 523–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.4.4. Reference page. 

2016

• Hedges, S.B., Lorvelec, O., Barré, N., Berchel, J., Combot, M.D., Vidal, N. & Pavis, C. 2016. A new species of skink from the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuya). Caribbean Herpetology 53: 1–14. DOI: 10.31611/ch.53 Reference page. 
• Rezaie-Atagholipour, M., Ghezellou, P., Hesni, M.A., Dakhteh, S.M.H., Ahmadian, H. & Vidal, N. 2016. Sea snakes (Elapidae, Hydrophiinae) in their westernmost extent: an updated and illustrated checklist and key to the species in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. ZooKeys 622: 129-164. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.622.9939. Reference page. 

2017

• Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Donnellan, S.C., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2017. Worms in the sand: Systematic revision of the Australian blindsnake Anilios leptosoma (Robb, 1972) species complex (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from the Geraldton Sandplain, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4323(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.1.1 Reference page.