Kenneth Peter Aplin

Kenneth Peter "Ken" Aplin (1958–2019), Australian mammalogist and herpetologist. Research Associate, Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, Western Australia, Australia.

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• 21 taxon names authored by Kenneth Peter Aplin

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• 3 eponyms of Kenneth Peter Aplin

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• Aplin, K.P., Pasveer, J.M. & Boles, W.E. 1999. Late Quaternary vertebrates from the Bird's Head Peninsula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, including descriptions of two previously unknown marsupial species. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 57: 351–387. Online Reference page. 

• Aplin, K.P., Fitch, A.J. & King, D.J. 2006. A new species of Varanus Merrem (Squamata: Varanidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with observations on sexual dimorphism in closely related species. Zootaxa 1313: 1–38. Abstract & Except. Reference page. 

• Helgen, K.M., Leary, T. & Aplin, K.P. 2010. A review of Microhydromys (Rodentia: Murinae), with description of a new species from Southern New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 3676: 1–22. DOI: 10.1206/632.1 handle. Reference page. 

• Marin, J., Donnellan, S.C., Hedges, S.B., Puillandre. N., Aplin, K.P., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N., Couloux, A., Vidal, N. 2013. Hidden species diversity of Australian burrowing snakes (Ramphotyphlops). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110(2): 427–441. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12132 Reference page. 

• Maryan, B., Adams, M. & Aplin, K.P. 2015. Taxonomic resolution of the Aprasia repens species-group (Squamata: Pygopodidae) from the Geraldton Sandplains: a description of a new species and additional mainland records of A. clairae. Records of the Western Australian Museum 30(1): 12–32. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.30(1).2015.012-032 Reference page. 
• Aplin, K.P., Rhind, S.G., Have, J. & Chesser, R.T. 2015. Taxonomic revision of Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793) (Dasyuridae; Marsupialia), including descriptions of two new subspecies and confirmation of P. pirata Thomas, 1904 as a ‘Top End’ endemic. Zootaxa 4055(1): 1–73. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4055.1.1 Reference page. 
• Maryan, B., Brennan, I.G., Adams, M. & Aplin, K.P. 2015. Molecular and morphological assessment of Delma australis Kluge (Squamata: Pygopodidae), with a description of a new species from the biodiversity ‘hotspot’ of southwestern Western Australia. Zootaxa 3946(3): 301–330. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.3.1 Reference page. 

• Timm, R.M., Weijola, V., Aplin, K.P., Donnellan, S.C., Flannery, T.F., Thomson, V. & Pine, R.H. 2016. A new species of Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae) from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Mammalogy 97(3): 861–878. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw034 Reference page. 

• Jackson, S.M., Groves, C.P., Fleming, P.J.S., Aplin, K.P., Eldridge, M.D.B., Gonzalez, A. & Helgen, K.M. 2017. The Wayward Dog: Is the Australian native dog or Dingo a distinct species? Zootaxa 4317(2): 201–224. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.2.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Fabre, P.-H., Reeve, A.H., Fitriana, Y.S., Aplin, K.P. & Helgen, K.M. 2018. A new species of Halmaheramys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Bisa and Obi Islands (North Maluku Province, Indonesia). Journal of Mammalogy 99(1): 187–208. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx160 Reference page. 
• Thomson, V., Wiewel, A., Chinen, A., Maryanto, I., Sinaga, M.H., How, R., Aplin, K.P. & Suzuki, H. 2018. A perspective for resolving the systematics of Rattus, the vertebrates with the most influence on human welfare. Zootaxa 4459(3): 431–452. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.3.2 Reference page. 

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