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[Paleontology • 2015] Aegirocassis benmoulae • Anomalocaridid Trunk Limb...

Reconstruction of the giant filter-feeding anomalocaridid Aegirocassis benmoulae from the Early Ordovician (ca 480 million years old) of Morocco feeding on a plankton cloud. Aegirocassis reached a...

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[Herpetology • 2015] Leptolalax pyrrhops • A New Species of Leptolalax...

Leptolalax pyrrhops Poyarkov, Rowley, Gogoleva, Vassilieva, Galoyan & Orlov, 2015Orange-eyed Litter Frog • Cóc Mày Mắt Cam || DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.2.3AbstractWe describe a new species of...

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[Ichthyology • 2015] Phyllopteryx dewysea • A Spectacular New Species of...

AbstractThe exploration of Earth's biodiversity is an exciting and ongoing endeavour. Here, we report a new species of seadragon from Western Australia with substantial morphological and genetic...

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[Ichthyology • 2015] Ghatsa spp. • On the Paraphyly of Homaloptera...

AbstractHomalopteravan Hasselt 1823 as treated historically exhibits substantial morphological diversity and is paraphyletic based on both morphological and molecular data. The morphological diversity...

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[Ornithology • 2015] Scytalopus perijanus • A New Species of Tapaculo...

Female (left) and male (right) Perijá Tapaculo Scytalopus perijanus sp. nov. attending a nestling (center). Note the more rufous nuchal patch in the female. Watercolor by Jon Fjeldså. | DOI:...

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[Herpetology • 2011] Review of the Genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843...

Sphenomorphus tonkinensis    Nguyen, Schmitz, Nguyen, Orlov, Böhme & Ziegler. 2011DOI: 10.1670/09-068.1ABSTRACT We describe a new forest skink species of the genus Sphenomorphus based on specimens...

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[Ichthyology • 2015] Coreoleuciscus aeruginos • A New Species (Cypriniformes:...

AbstractCoreoleuciscus splendidus was first reported as a monotypic species. Recent morphological and genetic studies have revealed that the species is represented by two disjunct and distinct...

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[Herpetology • 2015] Sphenomorphus senja • The Rediscovery of Sphenomorphus...

Titiwangsa Forest Skink  | Sphenomorphus senja  Grismer & Quah, 2015 photo: Evan S. H. Quah | DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.1.4AbstractThe discovery of an additional specimen of Sphenomorphus...

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[Herpetology • 2015] Boaedon radfordi • A Phylogeny of Central African...

Radford's House Snake Boaedon radfordi Greenbaum, Portillo, Jackson & Kusamba, 2015DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2014.996189 AbstractThe Central African house snake Boaedon olivaceus has a large...

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[Herpetology • 2015] Multilocus Phylogeny and A New Classification for...

Figure 2. Molecular phylogenetic estimate of major ceratobatrachid relationships based on maximum likelihood analysis of two mitochondrial gene partitions (12S–16S) and three nuclear genes...

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[Mammalogy • 2015] Eudiscoderma thongareeae | ค้างคาวแวมไพร์แปลงทองอารีย์ |...

Eudiscoderma thongareeae Soisook, Prajakjitr, Karapan, Francis & Bates, 2015ค้างคาวแวมไพร์แปลงทองอารีย์ | Thongaree’s Disc-nosed BatDOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.4.4AbstractA new genus and associated...

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[Herpetology • 2015] Rhacophorus malkmusi • A New Species of Rhacophorus...

Figure 7. Photographs of live specimens of Rhacophorus malkmusi and morphologically similar Bornean Rhacophorus species. A) Rhacophorus belalongensis, adult female (holotype) from Kuala Belalong Field...

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[Ichthyology • 2014] DNA Barcoding reveals Novel Insights into Pterygophagy...

AbstractDNA barcoding was used to investigate dietary habits and prey selection in members of the African-endemic family Distichodontidae noteworthy for displaying highly specialized ectoparasitic...

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[PaleoMammalogy • 2015] Ancient Proteins resolve the Evolutionary History of...

The South American native ungulate Macrauchenia patachonica may have had a mobile proboscis, as pictured here. Illustration: Peter SchoutenNo large group of recently extinct placental mammals remains...

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[Paleontology • 2015] Carnufex carolinensis • Early Crocodylomorph increases...

Carnufex carolinensis  Zanno, Drymala, Nesbitt & Schneider, 2015doi: 10.1038/srep09276Triassic predatory guild evolution reflects a period of ecological flux spurred by the catastrophic end-Permian...

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[Herpetology • 2015] Pareas atayal • Diversity of the Snail-eating Snakes...

Pareas from Taiwan, the Ryukyus and adjacent regions: Pareas atayal sp. nov., P. komaii, P. formosensis and P. iwasakii. Figure 4. A comparison of body coloration, iris coloration and scales...

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[Herpetology • 2015] Revision and Phylogeny of Narrow-mouthed Treefrogs...

Cophyla puellarum, C. noromalalae et C. maharipeo   Rakotoarison, Crottini, Müller, Rödel, Glaw & Vences. 2015MarkScherz.tumblr.comAbstractWe provide a revision of microhylid treefrogs of the genus...

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[Mammalogy • 2014] Taxonomic Notes and Distribution Extension of Durga Das’s...

Durga Das’s leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros durgadasi, male (NHM.OU.CHI. K10.2014) from Hanumanhalli, Kolar district, Karnataka, India[upper left] Skull and mandible: c. maxilla lateral view; e. mandible...

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[Herpetology • 2015] Pristimantis mutabilis • Phenotypic Plasticity raises...

Figure 2. Skin texture variation in one individual frog (Pristimantis mutabilis) from Reserva Las Gralarias (Pichincha, Ecuador). Note that skin texture shifts from highly tubercular to almost smooth;...

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[Mollusca • 2015] Illustrated Type Catalogue of Amphidromus Albers, 1850 in...

Shells and live snails characteristics.  A Living snail of Amphidromus (Syndromus) globonevilli Sutcharit and Panha, sp. n. from the type locality with a shell height of approximately 20 mmB Living...

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