[Taxacom] [iczn-list] Alleged New species of snake - junior synonym of species named 5 years ago - failure of alleged peer review

[Stephen Thorpe]

Note that publication dates can be falsified. However, I note that ION does have Hoser's name ( http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=4907976 ). It would however be better if there was an easy way to determine the date when ION added the name to their database (maybe they give sequential identifiers, so one could look to see what else is around 4907976).
 
 Stephen
 
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 On Thu, 30/11/17, Raymond Hoser - The
 Snakeman <viper007 at live.com.au>
 wrote:
 
  Subject: Re: [iczn-list] Alleged New
 species of snake - junior synonym of species named 5 years
 ago - failure of alleged peer review
  To: "Walter J. Bock" <wb4 at columbia.edu>,
 "TAXACOM" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>,
 "taxacom at nhm.ku.edu"
 <taxacom at nhm.ku.edu>
  Received: Thursday, 30 November, 2017,
 12:51 AM
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  Walter, 
  
  in the first instance I didn't include
 citations because
  a "Google" search of the relevant
 names brings up
  the source papers.
  
  However I have cited them in full
 below to make them easier
  for you to locate (again easiest via
 Google).
  
  Hope this makes it easier.
  
  All the best
  
  Raymond Hoser
  
  
  
  
  Sara Ruane, Stephen J. Richards, John
 D. McVay, Burhan
  Tjaturadi, Keliopas
  
  Krey & Christopher C. Austin 2017.
 Cryptic and
  non-cryptic diversity in New Guinea
  
  ground snakes of the genus Stegonotus
 Duméril,
  
  Bibron and Duméril, 1854: a
 description of four
  
  new species (Squamata: Colubridae).
  
  Journal of Natural History, Published
 online on 27 Nov
  2017
  and
  Hoser, R. T. 2012. Three new species
 of Stegonotus from
  New Guinea (Serpentes: Colubridae).
 Australasian Journal of
  Herpetology 12:18-22. Published 30
 April 2012.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  From: Walter J. Bock
  <wb4 at columbia.edu>
  
  Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2017 4:23
 AM
  
  To: Raymond Hoser - The Snakeman
  
  Subject: Re: [iczn-list] Alleged New
 species of snake
  - junior synonym of species named 5
 years ago - failure of
  alleged peer review
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Dear Mr Hoser:
  
  
  
  
  You would have strengthened your
 letter if you included the
  citations to your original paper and
 that of Ruane, 2017.
  
  
  
  
  Could you  provide these citations.
  
  
  
  
  Thank you,
  
  
  
  
  Walter Bock
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Dr. Walter J. Bock
  
  Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary
 Biology
  
  Department of Biological Sciences
  
  Columbia University
  
  New York, NY 10027, USA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  On Tue, Nov 28, 2017
  at 8:02 AM, Raymond Hoser - The
 Snakeman
  <viper007 at live.com.au>
  wrote:
  
  
  
  
  
  Dear
  all,
  
  A new species, Stegonotus
 melanolabiatus Ruane et al. 2017,
  was published this week.
  
  
  The authors and peer reviewers have
 obviously missed the
  fact that this is actually a synonym
 of the previously
  described Stegonotus adelynhoserae
 Hoser, 2012.
  
  The
  published diagnosis of Stegonotus
 melanolabiatus Ruane et
  al, 2017, is effectively the same as
 that of Hoser (2012).
  Compare the diagnoses in the papers of
 Hoser (2012) and
  Ruane et al. (2017) (e.g.
   subcaudals, apical pits,
 distribution, etc) to confirm that
  this new species is indeed a
 subsequent synonym. I should
  also note that Ruane et al. 2017 have
 not cited the work of
  Hoser, 2012 in their paper.
  
  
  The
  claim that peer review is essential
 for taxonomic validity
  is shown to be incorrect as in this
 case peer review still
  allowed the description of a new name
 in synonymy as well as
  well as not picking
   up on the obvious failure of the
 authors to investigate the
  relevant scientific literature
 adequately.
  
  
   Yours
  faithfully,
  
   Raymond Hoser
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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