[Herpetology • 2014] Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Biogeography of a circum-Indian...
Figs 1–6. Circum-Indian Ocean leaf-toed geckos, depicting variation in external form. (1) Afrogecko porphyreus, (2) Christinus marmoratus, (3) Cryptactites peringueyi, (4) Matoatoa brevipes, (5)...
View Article[Paleontology • 2014] Aplestosuchus sordidus • An Additional Baurusuchid from...
Aplestosuchus sordidus preying on a sphagesaurid. Illustration: Rodolfo Nogueira. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097138AbstractA new Baurusuchidae (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia), Aplestosuchus...
View Article[Botany • 2013] Coespeletia palustris • A New Species of Coespeletia...
AbstractA new species of Coespeletia from the páramos of Mérida (Venezuela) is described here. This species, named Coespeletia palustris, is found in a few marshy areas of the páramo. It is closely...
View Article[Paleontology • 2014] Anthracosuchus balrogus • A New Blunt-snouted...
Titanoboa cerrejonensis and Anthracosuchus balrogus AbstractA new exceptionally brevirostrine dyrosaurid is described from the middle Palaeocene (58–60 million years ago) Cerrejón Formation,...
View Article[Paleontology • 2014] Hamipterus tianshanensis • Sexually Dimorphic...
Highlights• A population of a new pterosaur was discovered with 40 male and female individuals• Sexually dimorphic morphologies differ in crest size, shape, and robustness• Pliable eggs have a thin...
View Article[Herpetology • 2010] Nadzikambia baylissi • A New Species of Chameleon...
Nadzikambia baylissi Branch & Tolley 2010ABSTRACT Nadzikambia is a monotypic genus described to accommodate the Mulanje chameleon, N. mlanjensis. During herpetological surveys of isolated mountains...
View Article[Herpetology • 2014] Pygmy Chameleons of the Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum)...
AbstractThe taxonomic status of recently discovered populations of pygmy chameleons (Rhampholeon) from the northern Mozambique montane isolates of Mt. Chiperone, Mt. Mabu, Mt. Inago and Mt. Namuli are...
View Article[Herpetology • 2014] ตุ๊กกายสามร้อยยอด | Cyrtodactylus samroiyot | Sam Roi...
ตุ๊กกายสามร้อยยอด | Sam Roi Yot Bent-toed Geckofemale Cyrtodactylus samroiyot Pauwels & Sumontha, 2014photo: M. Sumontha | siamensis.orgAbstractWe describe Cyrtodactylus samroiyot sp. nov. from a...
View Article[Herpetology • 2014] ตุ๊กกายถ้ำลำปาง | Cyrtodactylus khelangensis | Lampang...
ตุ๊กกายถ้ำลำปาง | Lampang Cave-dwelling Bent-toed GeckoCyrtodactylus khelangensis Pauwels, Sumontha, Panitvong & Varaguttanonda, 2014photo: M. Sumontha: siamensis.orgAbstractWe describe...
View Article[Herpetology • 2014] ตุ๊กกายดอยสุเทพ | Cyrtodactylus doisuthep | Doi Suthep...
ตุ๊กกายดอยสุเทพ | Doi Suthep Bent-toed GeckoCyrtodactylus doisuthepKunya, Panmongkol, Pauwels, Sumontha, Meewasana, Bunkhwamdi & Dangsri. 2014photo: M. Sumontha siamensis.org | DOI:...
View Article[Herpetology • 2014] Lycodon zoosvictoriae • A New Species of Wolf Snake...
Lycodon zoosvictoriae Thy, Hartmann, Hun, Souter, Furey 2014 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.1.3ABSTRACT A new species of the genus Lycodon Fitzinger, 1826 is described from the Cardamom Mountains of...
View Article[Paleontology • 2014] Zhanghenglong yangchengensis • A New Basal hadrosauroid...
Zhanghenglong yangchengensisXing, Wang, Han, Sullivan, Ma, He, Hone, Yan, Du & Xu. 2014doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098821ABSTRACT BackgroundSouthwestern Henan Province in central China contains many...
View Article[PaleoEcology / Paleontology • 2014] Integrating Palaeoecology and Morphology...
Highlights• Theropod diversity in the mid-Cretaceous of northern Africa is discussed.• Detailed morphological, phylogenetic, and stratigraphic data are combined.• Saharan theropod include...
View Article[PaleoMammalogy • 2014] Vulpes qiuzhudingi • From ‘Third Pole’ to North Pole:...
the Zanda fauna from the Pliocene about 5-2.5 million years ago, with Vulpes quizhudingi (foreground)reconstruction: Artist Julie Selan; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County AbstractThe ‘third...
View Article[Ornithology • 2014] Molecular and Phenotypic Data Support the Recognition of...
male Wakatobi Flowerpecker Dicaeum kuehni Hartert, 1903from the Wakatobi archipelago, the Sulawesi region of IndonesiaAbstractAccurate estimates of species richness are essential to macroecological and...
View Article[Paleontology | Ichnotaxa • 2014] Dikoposichnus luopingensis • Nothosaur...
ABSTRACT The seas of the Mesozoic (266–66 Myr ago) were remarkable for predatory marine reptiles, but their modes of locomotion have been debated. One problem has been the absence of tracks, although...
View Article[Mammalogy • 2014] Rediscovery of the New Guinea Big-eared Bat Pharotis...
New Guinea Big-eared Bat Pharotis imogene from near Oio Village, live animal showing erect ears (scale, ear length from base of tragus = 24.0 mm).photo Catherine Hughes | DOI:...
View Article[Mammalogy • 2012] Paucidentomys vermidax • Evolutionary Novelty in A Rat...
AbstractRodents are important ecological components of virtually every terrestrial ecosystem. Their success is a result of their gnawing incisors, battery of grinding molars and diastema that spatially...
View Article[Mammalogy • 2014] Waiomys mamasae | Sulawesi Water Rat • Convergent...
FIGURE 4. Type specimen of Waiomys mamasae (NMV C37027/MZB 37000) in the field prior to preparation showing (a) specimen in live pose, (b) distal third of tail, (c) right plantar surface. Photographs...
View Article[Herpetology • 2014] Cnemaspis girii • A New Species of Gecko of the Genus...
Cnemaspis girii Mirza, Pal, Bhosale, Sanap, 2014 [Fig]AbstractA new species of the gekkonid genus Cnemaspis is described from the lateritic plateau of the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, western...
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