ABSTRACT William Roy Branch (1946–2018) was the most prolific Africa-based herpetologist of his era. His 659 herpetological contributions, spanning 47 years, include field and photographic guides, taxonomic revisions, phylogenies, ecological studies, annotated checklists, conservation assessments, type catalogues, notes on natural history, geographical distribution and snakebite, book reviews, editorials, obituaries, tributes and prefaces. Bill authored eight book titles, including his monumental Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa (1988, revised in 1998), The Dangerous Snakes of Africa with Steve Spawls (1995, revised in 2020) and Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles of Africa (2008). He edited the Red Data Book – Reptiles and Amphibians (1988) and was a co-editor of its successor, the Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland (2014). In addition to a corpus of faunal and systematic works, the topics of his publications also include reptile husbandry, karyology, snake hemipenes, snake venom, reptile diets and reproduction. Appendices presented here include a detailed bibliography of his herpetological publications; a chronological list of all the reptile and amphibian taxa he described; and details of patronyms named in his honour. Bill described 68 new taxa comprising 51 species (37 lizards [18 geckos], 7 chelonians, 4 snakes, 3 frogs), 15 genera (14 lizards, 1 snake), one subfamily (Platysaurinae) and one family (Xenodactylidae). Additional species bearing his name are expected to be published within the next few years. He was the most productive South Africa-based author of reptile names (65) in the modern era. As of 2020, he had been honoured by seven patronyms (one lizard, three snakes and one frog species, and a lizard and snake genus).

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William Roy Branch：参考书目、分类学发现和父系

摘要 William Roy Branch (1946–2018) 是他那个时代最多产的非洲爬虫学家。他跨越 47 年的 659 项爬虫学贡献，包括实地和摄影指南、分类学修订、系统发育、生态研究、带注释的清单、保护评估、类型目录、自然历史笔记、地理分布和蛇咬伤、书评、社论、讣告、贡品和序言。比尔撰写了八本书，包括他的《南部非洲蛇和其他爬行动物野外指南》（1988 年，1998 年修订）、《非洲的危险蛇与史蒂夫·斯帕尔斯》（1995 年，2020 年修订）和非洲陆龟、水龟和海龟(2008)。他编辑了红皮书——爬行动物和两栖动物（1988），并且是其继任者的共同编辑，南非、莱索托和斯威士兰爬行动物地图集和红色名录（2014 年）。除了动物群和系统著作的语料库外，他的出版物的主题还包括爬行动物饲养、核学、蛇半阴茎、蛇毒、爬行动物饮食和繁殖。此处提供的附录包括他的爬虫学出版物的详细参考书目；他描述的所有爬行动物和两栖动物分类群的时间顺序列表；以及以他的名字命名的父名的详细信息。Bill 描述了 68 个新分类群，包括 51 个物种（37 种蜥蜴 [18 壁虎]、7 种龟类、4 种蛇、3 种青蛙）、15 属（14 种蜥蜴、1 种蛇）、1 个亚科（Platysaurinae）和一个科（Xenodactylidae）。以他的名字命名的其他物种预计将在未来几年内出版。他是现代最富有成效的南非爬行动物名称作者 (65)。到 2020 年为止，他已经获得了七个父名（一个蜥蜴、三个蛇和一个青蛙物种，以及一个蜥蜴和蛇属）。