1992

• Couper, P.J. & Ingram, G.J. 1992. A new species of skink of Lerista from Queensland and a re-appraisal of L. allanae (Longman). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 32(1): 55–59. BHL Reference page. 

2006

• Couper, P.J., Covacevich, J.A., Amey, A.P. & Baker, A.M. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. pp. 367–383 in Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds). Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Auscipub Pty Ltd.: Sydney. 942 pp. ISBN 0975779001 Reference page. 

2009

• Amey, A.P. & Couper, P.J. 2009. A new limb-reduced skink (Scincidae: Lerista) from the dry rainforest of north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 2173: 19–30. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

• Couper, P.J. & Amey, A.P. 2009. Lerista karlschmidti (Marx and Hosmer, 1959) (Sauria: Scincidae): re-examination of the type series, reassignment of a paratype and distribution notes. Zootaxa 2312: 39–48. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2015

• Hoskin, C.J. & Couper, P.J. 2015. A new skink (Scincidae: Liburnascincus) from rocky habitat on Cape York, northeast Australia. Zootaxa 3944(2): 222–234. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3944.2.3 . Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

2016

• Couper, P.J., Amey, A.P. & Wilmer, J.W. 2016. Cryptic diversity within the narrowly endemic Lerista wilkinsi group of north Queensland — two new species (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 4162(1): 61–91. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.3 . Reference page. 

• Couper, P.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2016. A new species of gecko from arid inland regions of eastern Australia (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). Zootaxa 4093(4): 525–538. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.4 .Reference page. 

• Couper, P.J., Peck, S.R., Emery, J-P. & Keogh, S. 2016. Two snakes from eastern Australia (Serpentes: Elapidae); a revised concept of Antaioserpens warro (De Vis) and a redescription of A. albiceps (Boulenger). Zootaxa 4097(3): 396–408. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.3.7 .Reference page. 

2018

• Singhal, S., Hoskin, C.J., Couper, P., Potter, S. & Moritz, C. 2018. A framework for resolving cryptic species: a case study from the lizards of the Australian Wet Tropics. Systematic Biology 67(6): 1061–1075. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syy026 Reference page.