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[Herpetology • 2014] Rana kauffeldi | Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog • Cryptic...
Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog | Rana kauffeldi Feinberg, Newman, Watkins-Colwell, Schlesinger, Zarate, Curry, Shaffer & Burger, 2014 AbstractWe describe a new cryptic species of leopard frog from the...
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[Herpetology • 2014] DNA Barcoding, Phylogeny and Systematics of...
ABSTRACT A systematic revision of the genus Hylarana in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot is presented. Species delineation in Hylarana is complicated due to a lack of distinct colour...
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[Herpetology • 2014] First Record of the Gekkonid Genus Cnemaspis Strauch,...
ABSTRACT We provide confirmed photographic evidence for the previously overlooked occurrence of the polyphyletic Asian gecko genus Cnemaspis from Gunung Mulu National Park, the world-renowned UNESCO...
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[Herpetology • 2014] Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis • Description of a New...
AbstractA new species of ground dwelling gecko, Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis sp. nov. is described from the hills of Kannur and Wayanad district of Kerala, India. This medium sized, robust Cnemaspis...
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[Herpetology • 2014] Rhacophorus bengkuluensis • Mitochondrial DNA reveals A...
Rhacophorus bengkuluensis Streicher, Hamidy, Harvey, Anders, Shaney, Kurniawan & Smith, 2014 | zootaxa.3878.4.2AbstractThe Indonesian island of Sumatra contains several endemic species of...
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[Herpetology • 2014] Sundaland Cnemaspis • Systematics and Natural History of...
AbstractA well-supported and well-resolved phylogeny based on a concatenated data set from one mitochondrial and two nuclear genes, six morphological characters, and nine color pattern characters for...
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[Ornithology • 2014] Bills as Daggers? A Test for Sexually Dimorphic Weapons...
Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris in flight, at Cope Wildlife, Guapiles, Costa Rica. Photo: Chris Jimenez | doi: 10.1093/beheco/aru182 | today.uconn.eduAbstractOne way in which secondary...
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[Herpetology • 2014] Insights from Ecological Niche Modeling on the Taxonomic...
Figure 2. (A) Species sample localities for the black-spotted tokay and the red-spotted tokay, respectively. Blue circles represent the black-spotted tokay, while pink triangles represent the...
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[Mammalogy • 2014] Phylogenetic Relationships in the Niviventer-Chiromyscus...
Thomas' Masked Tree Rat | Chiromyscus thomasiBalakirev, Abramov & Rozhnov, 2014AbstractBased on molecular data for mitochondrial (Cyt b, COI) and nuclear (IRBP, GHR) genes, and morphological...
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[Herpetology • 2014] The Breeding Behaviour, Advertisement Call and Tadpole...
FIGURE 1. (A) Adult male Limnonectesdabanus (AMS R 173212/UNS0288) and (B) adult female L. dabanus (AMS R 173213). (C) Same adult male, M, and female, F, in seep area beneath an overhanging boulder...
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[Herpetology • 2014] Paroedura hordiesi • A New Species of Nocturnal Gecko...
ABSTRACT Paroedura hordiesi sp. n. is described from Montagne des Français, a karstic limestone massif in the far north of Madagascar recently established as nature reserve. The new species has the...
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[Herpetology • 2003] Gongylosoma mukutense | Mukut Smooth Snake • A New...
Mukut Smooth Snake | Gongylosoma mukutense(Holotype - ZRC.2.5143).A new species of Gongylosoma is described from Pulau Tioman, a small island 38 km off the southeast coast of Pahang, West Malaysia, in...
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[Herpetology • 2014] The Phylogenetic Position and Taxonomic Status of the...
Royal Tree Snake – Gonyophis margaritatus (Peters, 1871)fieldherpforum.comAbstractMolecular phylogenies have provided strong evidence for clarifying the taxonomy of groups with ambiguous morphological...
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[Ornithology / Conservation • 2014] Gurney’s Pitta Pitta gurneyi in...
Fig. 1. Gurney’s Pitta Pitta gurneyi [นกแต้วแล้วท้องดำ] female (left) and male (right),photographed near Ban Bang Tieo, Khlong Thom District, Krabi (Photo by Kanit Khanikul).ABSTRACTThe Thai-Burmese...
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[Paleontology • 2014] Origin of the Unique Ventilatory Apparatus of Turtles
The turtle body plan differs markedly from that of other vertebrates and serves as a model system for studying structural and developmental evolution. Incorporation of the ribs into the turtle shell...
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[Paleontology • 2014] Garjainia madiba • A New Species of Garjainia Ochev,...
Life reconstruction of Garjainia madiba sp. nov. Total adult body length would have been approximately 2.5 metres, based on comparisons with G. prima.Reconstruction by Mark Witton || FIGURE 30 |...
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[Herpetology • 2014] Tylototriton shanorum • A New Species of Tylototriton...
Figure 3. Photograph of specimens of Tylototriton verrucosus verrucosus from Myanmar (A and B: dorsal and ventral views of CAS 230940 [male]; C: dorsal view of CAS 230933 [female]), dorsal view of male...
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[Herpetology • 2014] Herpetofaunal Community of A High Canopy Tank Bromeliad...
Fig. 2. (B) A community of Aechmea zebrina bromeliads at ~38 m (in situ).Fig. 3. A collection of anurans collected from Aechmea zebrina bromeliads. (A) Pristimantis aureolineatus hiding in leaf axil,...
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[Invertebrate • 2014] First Molecular Data and the Phylogenetic Position of...
Figure 1. Edentistoma octosulcatum and its habitat. A, Forcipular segment in ventral view; B, alluvial forest where specimen was collected in March 2013; C–D, specimen used for DNA sequencing. C,...
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[Ichthyology • 2014] Mugilogobius hitam • A New Species of Freshwater Goby...
Black Towuti Goby | Mugilogobius hitamLarson, Geiger, Hadiaty & Herder, 2014AbstractA new species of Mugilogobius is described from Lake Towuti, central Sulawesi, diagnosed by its possession of a...
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