William Roy Branch, English-born South African herpetologist (London 12 May 1946 – Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province 14 October 2018)

DESCRIBED VALID TAXA

Genera

Family

Xenotyphlopidae 2010 with Vidal, Vences & Hedges

Reptilia

Afrogecko 1997 with Bauer & Good

Broadleysaurus 2013 with Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids & da Silva

Congolacerta 2001 with Greenbaum, Villanueva, Kusamba & Aristote

Cryptactites 1997 with Bauer & Good

Dixonius 1997 with Bauer & Good

Epacrophis 2009 with Hedges & Adalsteinsson

Goggia 1997 with Bauer & Good

Guinea 2009 with Hedges & Adalsteinsson

Haemodracon 1997 with Bauer & Good

Inyoka 2001 with Kelly

Karusasaurus 2011 with Stanley, Bauer, Jackman & Mouton

Kinyongia 2006 with Tilbury & Tolley

Mitophis 2009 with Hedges & Adalsteinsson

Myriopholis 2009 with Hedges & Adalsteinsson

Nadzikambia 2006 with Tilbury & Tolley

Namazonurus 2011 with Stanley, Bauer, Jackman & Mouton

Namibiana 2009 with Hedges & Adalsteinsson

Ninurta 2011 with Stanley, Bauer, Jackman & Mouton

Ouroborus 2011 with Stanley, Bauer, Jackman & Mouton

Smaug 2011 with Stanley, Bauer, Jackman & Mouton

Vhembelacerta 2013 with Edwards, Herrel, Vanhooydonck, Measey & Tolley

Species

Amphibia

Hyperolius chelasensis 2013 with Conradie, Measey & Tolley

Hyperolius raymondi 2013 with Conradie & Tolley

Vandijkophrynus robinsoni 1996 with Braack

Reptilia

Adolfus masavaensis 2014 with Wagner & Greenbaum

Adolfus mathewsensis 2018 with Greenbaum, Dowell-Beer, Hughes, Wagner, Anderson, Villanueva, Malonza, Kusamba & Aristote

Afroedura donveae 2021 with Schmitz, Lobón Rovira, Baptista, Antonio & Conradie

Afroedura gorongosa 2017 with Guyton, Schmitz, Barej, Naskrecki, Farooq, Verburgt & Rodel

Afroedura praedicta 2021 with Schmitz, Lobón Rovira, Baptista, Antonio & Conradie

Afroedura vazpintorum 2021 with Schmitz, Lobón Rovira, Baptista, Antonio & Conradie

Afroedura wulfhaackei 2021 with Schmitz, Lobón Rovira, Baptista, Antonio & Conradie

Atheris mabuensis 2009 with Bayliss

Bitis rubida 1997

Bradypodion atromontanum 2006 with Tolley & Tilbury

Chersobius solus 2007

Congolacerta asukului 2001 with Greenbaum, Villanueva, Kusamba & Aristote

Cordylus beraduccii 2002 with Broadley

Cordylus meculae 2005 with Rodel & Marais

Cordylus namakuiyus 2016 with Stanley, Ceriaco, Bandeira, Valerio & Bates

Dipsadoboa montisilva 2019 with Conradie & Tolley

Goggia braacki 1996 with Good & Bauer

Goggia gemmula 1996 with Good & Bauer

Goggia hewitti 1996 with Good & Bauer

Goggia hexapora 1996 with Good & Bauer

Lygodactylus regulus 2013 with Portik, Travers & Bauer

Nadzikambia baylissi 2010 with Tolley

Nucras broadleyi 2019 with Conradie, Vaz Pinto & Tolley

Pachydactylus carinatus 2006 with Bauer & Lamb

Pachydactylus etultra 2011 with Bauer, Jackman & Heinicke

Pachydactylus griffini 2006 with Bauer & Lamb

Pachydactylus haackei 1996 with Bauer & Good

Pachydactylus kladaroderma 1996 with Bauer & Good

Pachydactylus mclachlani 2006 with Bauer & Lamb

Pachydactylus monicae 2006 with Bauer & Lamb

Pachydactylus otaviensis 2006 with Bauer & Lamb

Pachydactylus parascutatus 2002 with Bauer & Lamb

Pachydactylus reconditus 2006 with Bauer & Lamb

Pachydactylus visseri 2006 with Bauer & Lamb

Panaspis namibiana 2018 with Ceriaco & Bauer

Pedioplanis haackei 2012 with Conradie, Measey & Tolley

Pedioplanis huntleyi 2012 with Conradie, Measey & Tolley

Pelomedusa barbata 2014 with Petzold, Vargas Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky & Fritz

Pelomedusa kobe 2014 with Petzold, Vargas Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky & Fritz

Pelomedusa neumanni 2014 with Petzold, Vargas Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky & Fritz

Pelomedusa schweinfurthi 2014 with Petzold, Vargas Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky & Fritz

Pelomedusa somalica 2014 with Petzold, Vargas Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky & Fritz

Pelomedusa variabilis 2014 with Petzold, Vargas Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky & Fritz

Platysaurus attenboroughi 2015 with Whiting, Pepper & Keogh

Platysaurus broadleyi 1997 with Whiting

Polemon ater 2019 with Portillo, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba. Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum

Rhampoleon bruessoworum 2014 with Bayliss & Tolley

Rhampoleon maspictus 2014 with Bayliss & Tolley

Rhampoleon nebulauctor 2014 with Bayliss & Tolley

Rhampoleon tilburyi 2014 with Bayliss & Tolley

Scolecopsis broadleyi 2018 with Verburgt & Verburgt

HONORS

Ramigekko Heinicke, Daza, Greenbaum, Jackman & Bauer 2014 (Reptilia)