[Crustacea • 2014] Description of Ghatiana, A New Genus of Freshwater Crab,...
Figure 8. Newly described crabs from their natural habitats. (A)Ghatiana aurantiaca sp. nov., from laterite rocks in Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary, Raigad district; (B) Ghatiana hyacintha sp. nov., from...
View Article[Botany • 2016] Impatiens guiqingensis • A New Species (Balsaminaceae) from...
Impatiens guiqingensisS. X. Yu DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.247.3.6 AbstractImpatiens guiqingensis S. X. Yu (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Gansu Province, China, is described and illustrated. The new...
View Article[Herpetology • 2016] Varanus semotus • A New Blue-tailed Monitor Lizard...
Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan & Lindqvist, 2016A an adult in its habitat at the outskirts of Nai (photos by VW), and C a juvenile (photo by Quetzal Dwyer). DOI:...
View Article[Paleontology • 2016] Fukuivenator paradoxus • A Bizarre Theropod from the...
Fukuivenator paradoxusAzuma, Xu, Shibata, Kawabe, Miyata & Imai, 2016Figure 1: Skeletal silhouette of FPDM-V8461 and the stratigraphic section of the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation in the...
View Article[Herpetology • 2016] Tropidurus sertanejo • A New Tropidurus (Tropiduridae)...
(A, B) Tropidurus sertanejoCarvalho, Sena, Peloso, Machado, Montesinos, Silva, Campbell & Rodrigues, 2016FIGURE 2. Syntopic species of Tropidurus found at the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio...
View Article[Herpetology • 2016] Tropidurus lagunablanca, T. tarara & T. teyumirim •...
Tropidurus lagunablanca, T. tarara & T. teyumirimCarvalho, 2016 FIGURE 3. Tropidurus lagunablanca, n. sp. B. Adult male (not collected). E. Female (AMNH-R 176293, paratype); G. Biological station...
View Article[Botany • 2016] Rafflesia consueloae • The Smallest among Giants; A New...
Rafflesia consueloae Galindon, Ong & Fernando DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.61.7295Figure 2. Colour illustration of Rafflesia consueloae Galindon, Ong & Fernando based on the holotype, Fernando...
View Article[Herpetology • 2016] Odorrana mutschmanni • A New Species of Odorrana...
Odorrana mutschmanni Pham, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2016AbstractA new species of Odorrana is described from the karst forests in northeastern Vietnam based on morphological differences and...
View Article[Entomology • 2016] Mayacephalus dickmanorum • Studies in Guatemalan...
Mayacephalus dickmanorumCadena-Castañeda, Monzón-Sierra & Cortés-Torres. 2016 zootaxa.4084.2.9AbstractMayacephalus dickmanorum n. gen. et n. sp., from eastern Guatemala is described in this...
View Article[Botany • 2015] Yunorchis pingbianensis • A New Myco-Heterotrophic Genus,...
Yunorchis pingbianensis Z. J. Liu, G. Q. Zhang et M. H. LiA. Flowering in nature habitat; B. Flowering plant; C. Inflorescence; D. Pedicel and ovary; E. Lip, bottom view; F. Flower, front view; G....
View Article[Crustacea • 2016] Five New Species of Freshwater Crabs of the Genera...
FIGURE 2. Live crabs of new species of Ghatiana and Gubernatoriana. A, Ghatiana atropurpurea n. sp. from Amboli; B, Ghatiana splendida n. sp. from Chaukul; C, Gubernatoriana alcocki n. sp. from...
View Article[Ornithology • 2014] Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis bakeri and...
Plate 2. Painting of Rufous-headed Parrotbill [นกปากนกแก้วหัวสีส้ม] Paradoxornis bakeriand Black-browed (Pale-billed) Parrotbill [นกปากนกแก้วคิ้วดำ] P. atrosuperciliarisbased on field notes made in Mae...
View Article[Ornithology • 2016] Integrative Taxonomy reveals Europe’s Rarest Songbird...
Figure 1. (a) adult male Fringilla teydea polatzeki, Gran Canaria (J. A. Luksenburg); (b) adult male F. teydea teydea, Tenerife (I. Merrill); sonagrams of (c) song of F. t. polatzeki (G. Sangster); (d)...
View Article[PaleoOrnithology • 2016] Dromornis murrayi • The Extinct Flightless...
ABSTRACTGiant flightless fowl (Aves, Dromornithidae) similar to the Northern Hemisphere gastornithids and weighing up to 350–650 kg evolved on Gondwana and existed in what is now Australia from the...
View Article[Ichthyology • 2016] Peckoltia wernekei • A New Species of Peckoltia...
Figure 5. Live photos of A Peckoltia lujani (uncataloged), photograph by N.K. Lujan, and B Peckoltia wernekeisp. n. AUM 39313 (was used as a live photo of P. vittata in Armbruster 2008). Photograph by...
View Article[Herpetology • 2016] Five New, Microendemic Asian Leaf-litter Frogs...
[Left] Pale Leaf-litter Frog Leptolalax pallidus, Spotted Leaf-litter Frog Leptolalax maculosus, and Ta Dung Leaf-litter Frog Leptolalax tadungensis. [Right] Brilliant Leaf-litter Frog Leptolalax...
View Article[Herpetology • 2012] Pachytriton xanthospilos • A New Species of Pachytriton...
Pachytriton xanthospilos Wu, Wang & Hanken, 2012 Abstract New species of amphibians are being reported at an astonishingly fast rate. These include some that have been known to the commercial pet...
View Article[Herpetology • 2016] Pachytriton wuguanfui • A New Species of the Genus...
Pachytriton wuguanfui Yuan, Zhang & Che. 2016 AbstractDespite recent descriptions of multiple new species of the genus Pachytriton (Salamandridae), species richness in this China-endemic newts...
View Article[Paleontology • 2016] A Large Abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from...
Large Moroccan abelisaurid [Abelisauridae indet. femur OLPH 025]Illustration: Davide BonadonnaDOI: 10.7717/peerj.1754 & theropoda.blogspot.comAbstractWe describe the partially preserved femur of...
View Article[Herpetology • 2016] Wallaceophis gujaratensis • A New Miocene-Divergent...
Wallaceophis gujaratenesis Mirza, Vyas, Patel, Maheta & Sanap, 2016DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148380 AbstractA distinctive early Miocene-divergent lineage of Old world racer snakes is described as...
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