Christine Kaiser

A small brown frog with a bumpy back sitting on a green leaf

Pristimantis lirellus (Dwyer, 1995)

Named
1995, as Eleutherodactylus lirellus
Where
Río Mayo drainage, San Martín, Perú
Notes
A small brown frog from the forested foothills of the Andes in northern Perú, now called Pristimantis lirellus. Its name means 'little plough ridge', after the narrow ridge along each side of its back.
Original descriptionThe story

Photo: University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pristimantis charlottevillensis

Pristimantis charlottevillensis (Kaiser, Dwyer, Feichtinger & Schmid, 1995)

Common name
Charlotteville robber frog
Named
1995, as Eleutherodactylus charlottevillensis
Where
Roxborough–Bloody Bay Road, Tobago, West Indies
Notes
A forest frog found only on Tobago, now called Pristimantis charlottevillensis. It is named after the village of Charlotteville, whose people have helped visiting herpetologists for decades.
The story

Photo: from Kaiser, Dwyer, Feichtinger & Schmid 1995, Herpetological Natural History

Stegonotus ayamaru

Stegonotus ayamaru Kaiser CM, O’Shea & Kaiser H, 2019

Common name
Ayamaru Groundsnake
Named
2019
Where
Bird’s Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia
Notes
A groundsnake from the Bird's Head Peninsula of West Papua, known from one specimen collected by missionaries in 1953.
Original descriptionThe story

Photo: from Kaiser et al. 2019, Zootaxa (holotype, RMNH.RENA 31199)

Stegonotus caligocephalus

Stegonotus caligocephalus Kaiser CM, Lapin, O’Shea & Kaiser H, 2020

Common name
Dark-headed Sabah Groundsnake
Named
2020
Where
Montane Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Notes
A dark-headed groundsnake of the cool mountain forests around Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Borneo.
Original descriptionThe story

Photo: Tom Charlton, from Kaiser et al. 2020, Zootaxa

Stegonotus nancuro

Stegonotus nancuro Kaiser H, Kaiser CM, Mecke & O’Shea, 2021

Common name
Timor Groundsnake
Named
2021
Where
Coastal forests of southern Timor-Leste
Notes
A brown groundsnake from the last lowland coastal forest of southern Timor-Leste, unusual for being active by day.
Original descriptionThe story

Photo: from Kaiser et al. 2021, Zootaxa