Shai Meiri

Shai Meiri, Israeli zoologist.

• The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
• Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 20 taxon names authored by Shai Meiri

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2009

• Thomas, G.H., Meiri, S. & Phillimore, A.B. 2009. Body Size Diversification in Anolis: Novel Environment and Island Effects. Evolution 63(8):2017–2030. Reference page. 

2016

• Tamar, K., Šmíd, J., Göçmen, B., Meiri, S. & Carranza, S. 2016. An integrative systematic revision and biogeography of Rhynchocalamus snakes (Reptilia, Colubridae) with a description of a new species from Israel. PeerJ 4: e2769. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2769 Reference page. 
• Tamar, K., Carranza, S., Sindaco, R., Moravec, J., Trape, J.-F. & Meiri, S. 2016. Out of Africa: Phylogeny and biogeography of the widespread genus Acanthodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 6–18. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.003 Reference page. 

2018

• Sinaiko, G., Magory-Cohen, T., Meiri, S. & Dor, R. 2018. Taxonomic revision of Israeli snakes belonging to the Platyceps rhodorachis species complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 4379(3): 301–346. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.3.1 Reference page. 

2019

• Uetz, P., Cherikh, S., Shea, G., Ineich, I., Campbell, P.D., Doronin, I.V., Rosado, J., Wynn, A.H., Tighe, K.A., McDiarmid, R.W., Lee, J.L., Köhler, G., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Raxworthy, C.J., Scheinberg, L.A., Resetar, A., Sabaj Pérez, M.A., Schneider, G., Franzen, M., Glaw, F., Böhme, W., Schweiger, S., Gemel, R., Couper, P., Amey, A.P., Dondorp, E., Ofer, G., Meiri, S. & Wallach, V. 2019. A global catalog of primary reptile type specimens. Zootaxa 4695(5): 438–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.5.2 Reference page. 

2020

• Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A., Meiri, S. & Fouquet, A. 2020. A New Species of Alopoglossus Boulenger (1885) (Squamata, Alopoglossidae) from the Lowlands of the Eastern Guiana Shield, with Assessment of the Taxonomic Status of A. copii surinamensis. Journal of Herpetology 54(4): 427–445. DOI: 10.1670/20-032 Reference page. 
• Tallowin, O.J.S., Meiri, S., Donnellan, S.C., Richards, S.J., Austin, C.C. & Oliver, P.M. 2020. The other side of the Sahulian coin: biogeography and evolution of Melanesian forest dragons (Agamidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129(1): 99–113. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz125 Reference page. 

2021

• Jablonski, D., Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A., Meiri, S., Maza, E., Kukushkin, O.V., Chirikova, M., Pirosová, A., Jelić, D., Mikulíček, P. & Jandzík, D. 2021. Morphological and genetic differentiation in the anguid lizard Pseudopus apodus supports the existence of an endemic subspecies in the Levant. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 175–200. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e60800 Reference page. 
• Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A., Sánchez‐Martínez, P.M., Moraes, L.J.C.L., Oliveira, U.S.C., Carvalho, V.T., Pavan, D., Choueri, E.H.L., Werneck, F.P. & Meiri, S. 2021. Uncovering hidden species diversity of alopoglossid lizards in Amazonia, with the description of three new species of Alopoglossus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(6): 1322–1356. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12481 Reference page. 

2023

• Jablonski, D., Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A., Simonov, E., Šoltys, K. & Meiri, S. 2023. A new, rare, small-ranged, and endangered mountain snake of the genus Elaphe from the Southern Levant. Sciencific Reports 13: 4839. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-30878-4 Reference page.