Raymond Hoser
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Raymond Hoser (Born: 1962 U.K.) is an Australian herpetologist and author. He writes about reptiles, but has also written about official corruption in Australia. The corruption interest came up when he found apparent problems in the wildlife services in New South Wales. This was first covered in his book "Smuggled" where he alleges that officials were involved in the illegal wildlife trade. He later moved to Victoria and allegedly came across further corruption with Vicroads when working as a taxi driver. His experiences here were first covered in his book "The Hoser Files".
He runs the website Smuggled.com which is a mixture of information about reptiles and official corruption.
Hoser has also contributed to the taxonomy of Australian snakes, giving descriptions for new species and genera, and suggesting revisions to current arrangements. Some nominations have not been accepted, being regarded as redundant or invalid by workers in the field.[1] [2] [3]
Hoser's papers have been published in scientific journals in Australia and overseas. He is the author of the valid names and descriptions for Pseudechis pailsei and Acanthophis wellsi, snakes in the Elapidae family.[4][5]
Works
- Papers
- 1998. A new snake from Queensland, Australia (Serpentes: Elapidae). Monitor 10, 5–9.
- 2000. A new species of snake (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Irian Jaya. Litt. Serpentium 20, 178–186.
- 2002. An overview of the taipans, genus (Oxyuranus) (Serpentes: Elapidae), including the description of a new subspecies. Crocodilian - J. Vic. Assoc. Amat. Herpetol. 3, 43–50.
References
- ^ Wüster, W., B. Bush, J.S. Keogh, M. O'Shea & R. Shine (2001). "Taxonomic contributions in the "amateur" literature: comments on recent descriptions of new genera and species by Raymond Hoser" (PDF). Litteratura Serpentium 21: 67-79, 86-91.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Wüster, W.,. "Phylogeny and classification of Australo-Papuan black snakes and mulga snakes: comments on genus Pailsus Hoser, 1998".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Wüster, W., A.J. Dumbrell, C. Hay, C.E. Pook, D.J. Williams & B.G. Fry (2004). "Snakes across the Strait: Trans-Torresian phylogeographic relationships in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus and Pseudechis)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(1): 1-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Pseudechis pailsei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 1998.
- ^ "Acanthophis wellsi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 1998.
External links
- Smuggled.com - by Raymond Hoser.
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