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Taxa named by John Edward Gray

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Pristurus carteri
species of reptile
Pentaceraster cumingi
species of echinoderm
Ramphotyphlops cumingii
species of reptile
Echinocardium
Echinocardium is a genus of sea urchins of the family Loveniidae, known as heart urchins. The name is derived from the Greek ἐχῖνος (echinos, "hedgehog, urchin") and καρδία (kardia, "heart").
Ipsa childreni
species of small or medium-sized sea snail
Triphoridae
Triphoridae is a family of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the informal group Ptenoglossa, within the clade Hypsogastropoda. Almost all the species in this family are micromollusks and almost all are left-handed in shell-coiling.
Plakobranchidae
Plakobranchidae is a family of sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plakobranchoidea. They superficially resemble nudibranchs but they are sacoglossans, members of the clade Sacoglossa within the Opisthobranchia.
Penares
Penares is a widely distributed genus of demosponges, and was first described in 1867 by John Edward Gray.
Atagema
Atagema is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.
Dotidae
Dotidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the superfamily Dendronotoidea.
Common dwarf skink
species of reptile
Sphaerodactylus nigropunctatus
species of reptile
Euryalidae
Euryalidae is a family of echinoderms belonging to the order Euryalida.
Four-toed Earless Skink
species of reptile
Lined writhing skink
species of reptile
Chiroteuthidae
The Chiroteuthidae are a family of deep-sea squid, generally small to medium in size, rather soft and gelatinous, and slow moving. They are found in most temperate and tropical oceans, but are known primarily from the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Indo-Pacific. The family is represented by approximately 12 species and four subspecies in four genera, two of which are monotypic. They are sometimes known collectively as whip-lash squid, but this common name is also applied to the Mastigoteuthidae, which are sometimes treated as a subfamily (Mastigoteuthinae) of Chiroteuthidae.
Arvicolini
Arvicolini is a tribe of voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae.
Gonocephalus sophiae
species of reptile
Ocenebra
Ocenebra is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex and rock snails.
Eublepharis hardwickii
species of reptile
Furina ornata
species of reptile
Gonyosoma frenatum
species of reptile
Velutinidae
Velutinidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.
Eremiascincus richardsonii
species of reptile
Ophiosaurus gracilis
species of reptile
Cnemaspis kendallii
species of reptile
Oligosoma zelandicum
species of reptile
Ateuchosaurus chinensis
species of reptile
Caloramphus hayii
species of bird
Ornate crevice-dragon
species of reptile
Hydromyini
Hydromyini is a very large, diverse tribe of muroid rodents in the subfamily Murinae. They are the dominant native rodents in Australasia and one of only two native rodent groups there, the other being the R. fuscipes group of the genus Rattus in the tribe Rattini. They are also found in parts of Southeast Asia.
Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaenidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Gastrochaenida.
Lerista elegans
species of reptile
Noctilionoidea
Noctilionoidea is a superfamily of bats containing seven families: Thyropteridae, Furipteridae, Noctilionidae, Mormoopidae, Phyllostomidae, Myzopodidae, and Mystacinidae.
Riopa
Riopa is a genus of skinks. It is easy to tell the species apart from most other skinks by bright red coloring on their sides from which they get their name. They also have a bule that runs down the side of their tail.
Dasia grisea
species of reptile
Delma fraseri
species of reptile
Dosima fascicularis
species of crustacean
Barleeiidae
Barleeiidae (often also spelled Barleeidae) is a family of small sea snails, micromollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.
Acteocina
Acteocina is a genus of very small sea snails, bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Tornatinidae, the canoe bubbles or chalice bubble snails.
Scissurellidae
Scissurellidae, sometimes known by the common name little slit snails, are a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Farreidae
Farreidae is a family of glass sponges in the order Sceptrulophora.
Marbled toadlet
species of amphibian
Gonatodes ocellatus
species of reptile
Lerista gerrardii
species of reptile
Goggia lineata
species of reptile
Tonicia
Tonicia is a genus of chitons in the subfamily Toniciinae of the family Chitonidae.
Riama unicolor
species of reptile
Ceroplastes
Ceroplastes is a genus of wax scales in the family Coccidae. There are more than 130 described species in Ceroplastes.
Philinidae
Philinidae is a family of medium-sized sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are headshield slugs, in the order Cephalaspidea.
Eutropis trivittata
species of reptile
Panaspis africana
species of reptile
Barbados Leaf-toed Gecko
species of reptile
Sepiella
Sepiella is a genus of cuttlefish encompassing around seven species.
Luperosaurus cumingii
species of reptile
Cyclophoridae
Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Architaenioglossa belonging to the subclass Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Sphaerodactylus richardsonii
species of reptile
Indonesian false bloodsucker
species of reptile
Amphiboloidea
Amphiboloidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails.
Western limestone ctenotus
species of reptile