Title:

Strict nomenclatural rules or subjective “best taxonomic practices”: is the Code a confusing factor?

Creator:

Hołyński, Roman B.

Publisher:

Uncensored Scientists Group ; Roman Hołyński

Place of publishing:

Milanówek

Date issued/created:

12 VIII 2020

Description:

64-66 p.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Freedom of scientific opinion ; Taxonomy ; Nomenclature

References:

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ANONYM (ICZN). 1991. Decision of the Commission. Three works by Richard W. Wells and C. Ross Wellington: proposed suppression for nomenclatural purposes. BZN 48, 4: 337-338
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DEMANGEL-MIRANDA D. 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fna. Nat. Ed.: 1-619
GARNETT S.T., L. CHRISTIDIS. 2017. Taxonomy anarchy hampers conservation. Nature 546, 7656: 25-27
HOŁYŃSKI R.B. 1994. Structure and function, or: what kind of nomenclatural regulations do we need? Crystal (Zool.) 2: 1-50
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HOŁYŃSKI R.B. 2017b. Searching for sense: varieties, “currently valid” classifications, “new” combinations &c. Procrustomachia 2, 4: 65-72
HOSER R.T. 2012. Some new small-eyed snakes from Australia and New Guinea (Serpentes: Elapidae). Australas. J. Herp. 13: 3–7.
KAISER H., B.I. CROTHER, C.M.R. KELLY, L. LUISELLI, M. O’SHEA, H. OTA, P. PASSOS, W.D. SCHLEIP, W. WÜSTER. 2013. Best practices: in the 21st century taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable only when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review. Herp. Rev. 44, 1: 8-23
KRELL F.-T. 2020. Comment (Case 3769) ‒ The journal “Procrustomachia” is available for nomenclatural purposes and should not be suppressed. Bull. Zool. Nom. 77: 89-91
MEASEY J. 2013. Taxonomic publishing, vandalism and best practice: African Journal of Herpetology makes changes that will safeguard authors. Afr. Herp. News 550: 57-69
STONE J. 1988. Comment on the proposed suppression for nomenclature of three works by R.W.Wells and C.R.Wellington. Bull.Zool.Nom. 45, 1: 53-54
TRONCOSO-PALACIOS J., M. RUIZ DE GAMBOA, R. LANGSTROTH, J.C. ORTIZ, A. LABRA. 2019. Without a body of evidence and peer-review, taxonmic changes in Liolaemidae and Tropiduridae (Squamata) must be rejected. ZooKeys 813: 39-54

Relation:

Procrustomachia

Volume:

5

Issue:

4

Start page:

61

End page:

66

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Resource Identifier:

ISSN 2543-7747

Language:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget.

Access:

Open