[Ichthyology • 2017] Neotrygon indica • A New Blue-spotted Maskray...
Neotrygon indica Pavan-Kumar, Kumar & Borsa, 2017DOI: 10.1101/179911 Abstract The blue-spotted maskray, previously N. kuhlii, consists of up to eleven lineages representing separate species. Nine...
View Article[Herpetology • 2017] Rediscovery of the Enigmatic Mountain Dragon, Japalura...
Japalura yulongensis Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.8 AbstractMountain Dragons of the genus Japalura Gray 1853 have gained increasing systematic attention recently...
View Article[Ichthyology • 2017] Laimosemion gili • A New Miniature Species...
Laimosemion gili Valdesalici & Nielsen, 2017AbstractLaimosemion gili is described from the Rio Preto drainage, Rio Negro basin, Amazonas state, Brazil. The new species was found in a small creek...
View Article[Herpetology • 2017] Pristimantis nimbus • A New Terrestrial Frog (Anura:...
Pristimantis nimbusUrgiles, Possee, Timbe, Astudillo & Sánchez-Nivicela, 2017DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.3.5AbstractWe describe a new species of Pristimantis from the Tinajillas-Rio Gualaceño...
View Article[PaleoEntomology • 2017] Linguamyrmex vladi • A New Genus of Hell Ants from...
Linguamyrmex vladi Barden& Grimaldi, 2017DOI: 10.1111/syen.12253 AbstractAn unusual Cretaceous trap jaw ant is described from Burmese amber dated to the Late Cretaceous. Linguamyrmex vladi...
View Article[Ichthyology • 2017] Vanmanenia orcicampus • A New Species of Loach...
Vanmanenia orcicampus Kottelat, 2017 Vanmanenia orcicampus, new species, is described from the Nam Ngum drainage on the Plain of Jars, central Laos. It is distinguished from its congeners by its...
View Article[Herpetology • 2017] Spinomantis beckei • A New Species of Smooth-skinned...
Spinomantis beckei Vences, Köhler& Glaw, 2017DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.2.12 AbstractWe present molecular evidence for the presence of two species morphologically similar to Spinomantis bertini...
View Article[Herpetology • 2017] Kalophrynus kiewi • A New Kalophrynus (Anura,...
Kalophrynus kiewiMatsui, Eto, Belabut& Nishikawa, 2017DOI: 10.5358/hsj.36.75AbstractWe report a new microhylid frog of the genus Kalophrynus from Peninsular Malaysia and describe it as a new...
View Article[Crustacea • 2017] Pachycheles tuerkayi • A New Species of Pachycheles...
Pachycheles tuerkayi Werding & Hiller, 2017 DOI: 10.1163/15685403-00003684 A new species of porcellanid crab from the southern Caribbean Sea is described. Pachycheles tuerkayi n. sp. has been...
View Article[Herpetology • 2017] Limnonectes kong • A New Wide-headed Fanged Frog of the...
Limnonectes kong Dehling & Dehling, 2017 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.2.6 AbstractWe re-examined the type series of Rana conspicillata Günther, 1872 from Matang in western Sarawak, Borneo and found...
View Article[Ichthyology • 2017] Revision of the Polytypic Electric fish Gymnotus carapo...
Gymnotus carapo australis, G. c. caatingaensis, G. c. carapo,G. c. madeirensis, G. c. occidentalis, G. c. orientalis & G. c. septentrionalis Craig, Crampton & Albert, 2017 DOI:...
View Article[Arachnida • 2017] Langelurillus lacteus & L. onyx • Two New Species of...
Langelurillus lacteus & L. onyx Sanap, Joglekar, Prajapati & Caleb, 2017 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.6AbstractTwo new species, Langelurillus lacteus sp. nov. and L. onyx sp. nov., are...
View Article[Botany • 2017] Eithea lagopaivae • A New Critically Endangered Species in...
Eithea lagopaivae Campos-Rocha & DutilhDOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.85.13369AbstractEithea lagopaivae Campos-Rocha & Dutilh, sp. nov. is described as the second species of the formerly monotypic...
View Article[Botany • 2017] Pteris latipinna • A New Species (Pteridaceae) from Taiwan,...
Pteris latipinna Y.S.Chao & W.L.ChiouDOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.85.14884 AbstractPteris fauriei is widely distributed in Eastern Asia and has high morphological variation. Some morphologically similar...
View Article[Paleontology • 2017] Soriatitan golmayensis • A New Brachiosauridae Sauropod...
Soriatitan golmayensisRoyo-Torres, Fuentes, Meijide, Meijide-Fuentes & Meijide-Fuentes, 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.08.012 AbstractA new dinosaur sauropod from the Golmayo Formation (upper...
View Article[Ichthyology • 2017] Diagnostic Description and Geographic Distribution of...
Fig.2 Holotypes of four new maskray species previously under Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller and Henle, 1841) a. Neotrygon bobwardi sp. nov., No. MZB-20843 from Meulaboh, Aceh; male, 40 cm DW (photograph by...
View Article[Herpetology • 2017] An Ontogenetically Stable Sexual Character in A Montane...
Figure 1. Dimorphic secondary sexual ornamentation in different size classes of Salea horsfieldii. Insets a, b, c and d are females of SVL 28.6 mm, 36.2 mm, 57.2 mm and 71.4 mm, respectively, and e, f,...
View Article[Ornithology • 2017] Tapping the Woodpecker Tree for Evolutionary Insight
Shakya, Fuchs, Pons & Sheldon, 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005Highlights• We compared DNA sequences of six loci from 203 of the 217 recognized species to construct a comprehensive tree of...
View Article[Botany • 2017] Begonia ufoides (sect. Coelocentrum, Begoniaceae) • A New...
Begonia ufoides C.-I Peng, Y.H. Qin & C.W. LinDOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.316.3.7 AbstractA peltate-leaved species of Begonia was recently collected from a limestone hill in central Guangxi, China....
View Article[Herpetology • 2017] Rhabdops aquaticus • A New Species of Rhabdops...
Rhabdops aquaticus Giri, Deepak, Captain & Gowerin Giri, Deepak, Captain, Das, Das, Rajkumar, Rathish & Gower, 2017 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.1.2AbstractBased on analyses of new DNA sequence...
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