Taxacom: Just published: Bionomina 42

[Alain Dubois]

Dear Colleagues,



The following two issues of the journal *Bionomina* were recently published
by Magnolia Press:





*Bionomina*, Nr. *41*, 22 April 2025.



1?19. Alain Dubois. *Editorial.* *Bionomina, opinion papers and
nomenclatural Code-compliance.*



20?24. Wolfgang Denzer & Hinrich Kaiser.* Nomenclature protects stability
only when supported by good science: a response to Fr?tey?s (2024) list of
turtle genus-series nomina.*



25?52. L?szl? Krecs?k.* Review of the literature sources for the class
Amphibia in the early editions of Linnaeus?s Systema Naturae.*



53?59. Thierry Fr?tey.* Publication date of the first edition of Sonnini &
Latreille?s Histoire naturelle des Reptiles.*



60?61. Juli?n Clavijo-Bustos & Juan Sebasti?n D. C?ceres.* Addenda and
corrigenda to ?The correct reference, date and page for the species
described by Hope in ?On a new species of Dynastes and other Coleoptera?
(Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea)?.*





*Bionomina*, Nr. *42*, 23 June 2025.



1?9. Henrique C. Costa. *On the availability of five reptilian names.*



10?75. Alain Dubois & Thierry Fr?tey.* Problems with the nomenclatural
availability and promulgation date of zoological works, nomina and
nomenclatural acts published electronically online.*



76?86. A. Abinesh, R. S. Naveen, A. N. Srikanthan, S. Babu & S. R.
Ganesh.* Code-compliant
description of a recently identified distinct Dravidogecko species from
Coonoor, Western Ghats, India (Squamata, Gekkonidae).*





Note that the Editorial of *Bionomina* *41* invites interested taxonomists
to contribute to a free, uncensored debate on the concept of ?taxonomic
vandalism? and related concepts, and that the three papers of *Bionomina*
*42*, which deal with the problems raised by the electronic publication of
new nomina and nomenclatural acts, are of potential interest to all
zootaxonomists.



Best wishes,



Alain Dubois







PS. Apologies for cross-postings.
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Professeur retrait? Alain Dubois
Mus?um National d'Histoire Naturelle
Institut Syst?matique, Evolution, Biodiversit? (ISYEB) - UMR 7205
Reptiles & Amphibiens
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75005 Paris
France

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?La culture ce n?est pas avoir le cerveau farci de dates, de noms ou de
chiffres, c?est la qualit? du jugement, l?exigence logique, l?app?tit de la
preuve, la notion de la complexit? des choses et de l?arduit? des
probl?mes. C?est l?habitude du doute, le discernement dans la m?fiance, la
modestie d?opinion, la patience d?ignorer, la certitude qu?on n?a jamais
tout le vrai en partage; c?est avoir l?esprit ferme sans l?avoir rigide,
c?est ?tre arm? contre le flou et aussi contre la fausse pr?cision, c?est
refuser tous les fanatismes et jusqu?? ceux qui s?autorisent de la raison;
c?est suspecter les dogmatismes officiels mais sans profit pour les
charlatans, c?est r?v?rer le g?nie mais sans en faire une idole, c?est
toujours pr?f?rer ce qui est ? ce qu?on pr?f?rerait qui f?t.?
(Jean Rostand, Le droit d??tre naturaliste, 1963).
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Alain Dubois.* Jean** Rostand, un biologiste contre le nucl?aire.* Berg
international, 2012.
Alain Dubois & Annemarie Ohler. *Evolution, extinctions: le message des
grenouilles.* Le Pommier, 2010.
Alain Dubois, Annemarie Ohler & R. Alexander Pyron. *New concepts and
methods for phylogenetic taxonomy and nomenclature in zoology, exemplified
by a new ranked cladonomy of recent amphibians (Lissamphibia).* Megataxa,
Nr. 5, 2021.
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