[Botany • 2014] Begonia wuzhishanensis • a new species (sect. Diploclinium,...
Begonia wuzhishanensisC.-I Peng, X.H. Jin & S.M. KuAbstractBackgroundHainan is the largest island of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot and has the best preserved and most extensive tropical...
View Article[Botany • 2014] Begonia intermedia • a new species of Begoniaceae from...
Begonia intermedia D.K. Tian & Y.H. YanAbstractBegonia intermediaD.K. Tian & Y.H. Yan, a new species in Begonia sect. Diploclinium (Wright) A. DC (Begoniaceae) from Hainan, China, is described...
View Article[Herpetology • 2014] Taxonomic Assessment of Alligator Snapping Turtles...
FIGURE 7. Variation of carapace morphology in western (A; UF 21746), central (B; UF 52676), and Suwannee (C; UF 57967) lineages of Macrochelys. Most of the gross variation in post-cranial morphology is...
View Article[Herpetology • 2014] Mating Systems, Reproductive Success, and Sexual...
Figure 1. Sexual behavior in Crotalus atrox. (a) Pair of C. atrox in coitus. Unknown male (left) with female CA-3, September 13, 2001. Photo: Roger Repp. doi:...
View Article[Entomology • 2014] Ampulex dementor • The Soul-Sucking Wasp by Popular...
FIG 1: Ampulex dementorn. sp., female, holotype, in oblique lateral view. Pin digitally removed from image. Photo: B. Schurian, MfN.AbstractTaxonomy, the science of describing and naming of the living...
View Article[Paleontology • 2014] Kryptodrakon progenitor • The Earliest Pterodactyloid...
Kryptodrakon progenitorAndres, Clark & Xu, 2014 Illustration: Emily M. Eng Highlights• We report the earliest and basalmost pterodactyloid pterosaur• The Pterodactyloidea originated in...
View Article[Ornithology • 2007] Rigidipenna • A new genus of frogmouth (Podargidae)...
Solomons Frogmouth Rigidipenna inexpectata photo: Markus Lagerqvist pbase.com/lagerqvist The frogmouth taxon occurring on the Solomon Islands has been known as Podargus ocellatus inexpectatus, a...
View Article[Paleontology • 2014] Banguela oberlii • An unusual edentulous pterosaur from...
Banguela oberliiNew edentulous dsungaripterid pterosaur from the Cretaceous of Brazil. Reconstruction by Sergey KrasovskiyAbstractNumerous taxa make up the Early Cretaceous fauna of Brazil, including...
View Article[Ichthyology • 2014] ปลาเลียหินแม่น้ำว้า | Garra waensis • a new cyprinid...
ปลาเลียหินแม่น้ำว้า Garra waensisLothongkham, Arbsuwan & Musikasinthorn 2014 AbstractA new cyprinid fish, Garra waensis, is described from the Wa River, a tributary of the Nan River of the Chao...
View Article[Mammalogy • 2014] Miniopterus maghrebensis | Maghrebian Bent-wing Bat • A...
Maghrebian Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus maghrebensis Puechmaille, Allegrini, Benda, Bilgin, Ibañez & Juste 2014AbstractWe used an integrative approach combining cranio-dental characters, mitochondrial...
View Article[Fungi • 2014] เห็ดเผาะสิรินธร | Astraeus sirindhorniae • A New...
Figure 1. Astraeus sirindhorniaefrom the field. (A) immature basidiomes with basal rhizomorphs (arrowhead), bar = 17 mm. (B) mature basidiome split to form a series of rays revealing an endoperidium...
View Article[Ornithology / Birding • 2010] Belum-Temengor Forest Complex, north...
. Plain-pouched Hornbills Aceros subruficolli Wrinkled Hornbill Aceros corrugatusBelum Temengor, peninsular MalaysiaThe Belum-Temengor Forest Complex (BTFC), situated in Perak state, north peninsular...
View Article[Ornithology • 2011] A Survey on Mass Movements of the Vulnerable...
.Plain-pouched Horbills Aceros subruficollis in a ‘V’ shape formation.ABSTRACT Annually, hundreds of Plain-pouched Hornbills, Aceros subruficollis, are seen in the Temengor Forest Reserve between the...
View Article[Paleontology • 2014] Zby atlanticus • a new turiasaurian sauropod...
Zby atlanticus Mateus, Mannion & Upchurch, 2014PaleoArt by EloyManzanero.deviantart.comABSTRACTHere we describe a new partial sauropod skeleton from the late Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of the...
View Article[Herpetology • 2014] DNA Barcoding reveals Unprecedented Diversity in Dancing...
AbstractIn this study, we investigate species level diversity in the monotypic frog family Micrixalidae, which is endemic to the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Attempting the first nearcomplete...
View Article[Herpetology • 2014] Calotes pethiyagodai • A New Species of the Genus...
Calotes pethiyagodai Amarasinghe, Karunarathna & Hallermann 2014 photo: V. Weeratunga | window2nature.wordpress.comCalotes pethiyagodaiAmarasinghe, Karunarathna & Hallermannin Amarasinghe,...
View Article[Herpetology • 2011] Polychrus jacquelinae • A New Bush Anole (Iguanidae,...
Polychrus jaqcuelinae sp. n. from La Libertad, Peru: male holotype CORBIDI 7725 with normal colouration A photograph by M. León, in stress colouration B photograph by M. León, subadult male C ZFMK...
View Article[Herpetology • 2014] Hyloscirtus condor • A New Species of Tree Frog of the...
Hyloscirtus condorzoologia.puce.edu.ec | FaunaWebEcuador AbstractEcuadorian frogs of genus Hyloscirtus comprises 16 described species, of which eleven belong to the H. larinopygion group. They are...
View Article[Cetology • 2005] Orcaella heinsohni | Australian Snubfin Dolphin •...
Orcaella heinsohni Beasley, Robertson & Arnold, 2005Australian Snubfin Dolphin AbstractComparisons of the Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaellabrevirostris, between Australian and Asian sites documented...
View Article[Mammalogy • 2014] Biogeography and Taxonomy of Extinct and Endangered Monk...
recently extinct Caribbean monk seal, now classified as Neomonachus tropicalisillustration: Peter SchoutenAbstractExtinctions and declines of large marine vertebrates have major ecological impacts and...
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