Fred Kraus, U.S. herpetologist and vertebrate zoologist.

• Bishop Museum Ph.D. in Biology, University of Michigan.

Authored taxa

• 33 taxon names authored by Fred Kraus (List may be incomplete)

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Kraus, F. 2012. A New Species of Nyctimystes (Anura: Hylidae) from Papua New Guinea. Herpetologica 68(4):541-550. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00012

• Kraus, F. 2012: Papuan frogs of the genus Cophixalus (Anura: Microhylidae): new synonyms, new species, and a dichotomous key. Zootaxa 3559: 1–36. Preview Reference page. 

• Kraus, F. 2012: Identity of Nyctimystes cheesmani (Anura: Hylidae), with description of two new related species. Zootaxa 3493: 1–26. Preview Reference page. 
• Kraus, F. 2011. At the lower size limit for tetrapods, two new species of the miniaturized frog genus Paedophryne (Anura, Microhylidae). Zookeys 154, 71–88. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.48.446
• Kraus, F. 2010. An unusual new species of Albericus (Anura: Microhylidae) from Mount Giluwe, Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 123: 1–7. DOI: 10.2988/09-21.1
• Kraus, F. 2010. New genus of diminutive microhylid frogs from Papua New Guinea. Zookeys 48: 39–59. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.48.446
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2009. New microhylid frogs from the Muller Range, Papua New Guinea. Zookeys 26: 53–76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.26.258
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2009. New species of frogs from Papua New Guinea. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 104: 1–36. PDF.
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2009. A remarkable ontogenetic change in color pattern in a new species of Oreophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea. Copeia 2009(4): 290–297.
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2009. New species of Cophixalus (Anura: Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 2128: 1–38. Abstract (PDF).
• Kraus, F. 2005. The genus Nactus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae): a phylogenetic analysis and description of two new species from the Papuan Region. Zootaxa 1061: 1–28.
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2005. New species of Albericus (Anura: Microhylidae) from eastern New Guinea. Copeia 2005: 312–319.
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2005. A colorful new species of Albericus (Anura: Microhylidae) from southeastern New Guinea. Pacific Science 59: 43–53.
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2004. New records of reptiles and amphibians from Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Herpetological Review 35: 413–418.
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2004. A new species of Tropidonophis (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Fergusson Island, Papua New Guinea. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 117: 303–310.
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2004. Notes on poorly known New Guinea frogs. I. Microhylids from the D’Entrecasteaux Islands. Herpetofauna 34: 26–39.
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2004. Two new treefrogs from Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 38: 197–207.
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2004. A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) from southeastern New Guinea. Herpetologica 60: 97–103.
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2003. A new species of Xenorhina (Anura: Microhylidae) from western New Guinea. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 116: 803–810.
• Allison, A. & Kraus, F. 2003. A new species of Austrochaperina (Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 37: 637–644.
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2003. A new species of Callulops (Anura: Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea. Pacific Science 57: 29–38.
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2002. A new species of Xenobatrachus (Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Papua New Guinea. Herpetologica 58: 56–66.
• Kraus, F. & Allison, A. 2001. A review of the endemic New Guinea microhylid frog genus Choerophryne. Herpetologica 57: 214–232.
• Allison, A. & Kraus, F. 2001. A new species of Platymantis (Anura: Ranidae) from the island of New Ireland. Copeia 2001: 194–202.

• Kraus, F. 2011. New frogs (Anura: Microhylidae) from the mountains of western Papua New Guinea. Records of the Australian Museum 63(1): 53–60. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.63.2011.1584 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Kraus, F. 2013. Three new species of Oreophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea. ZooKeys 333: 93–121. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.333.5795 Reference page. 

• Oliver, L.A., Prendini, E., Kraus, F. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2015. Systematics and biogeography of the Hylarana frog (Anura: Ranidae) radiation across tropical Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 90: 176–192. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.001 Reference page. 

• Kraus, F. 2016. Ten new species of Oreophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4195(1): 1–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4195.1.1 . Reference page. 

• Slapcinsky, J. & Kraus, F. 2016. Revision of Partulidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) of Palau, with description of a new genus for an unusual ground-dwelling species. ZooKeys 614: 27–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.614.8807 Reference page. 

• Kraus, F. 2017. New Species of Blindsnakes (Squamata: Gerrhopilidae) from the offshore islands of Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4299(1): 75–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.1.3 Reference page. 

• Kraus, F. 2017. Two New Species of Toxicocalamus (Squamata: Elapidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 51(4): 574–581. DOI: 10.1670/17-035 Reference page. 

• Weijola, V., Kraus, F., Vahtera, V., Lindqvist, C. & Donnellan, S.C. 2017. Reinstatement of Varanus douarrha Lesson, 1830 as a valid species with comments on the zoogeography of monitor lizards (Squamata:Varanidae) in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 64(6): 434-451. DOI: 10.1071/ZO16038 Reference page. 

Links

• Fred Kraus. 2010. Bishop Museum.
• Fred Kraus, Ph.D. Hawaii Biological Survey Staff. 2010. Bishop Museum.