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[Paleontology • 2016] Wahlisaurus massarae • A New Leptonectid Ichthyosaur...

Wahlisaurus massarae  Lomax. 2016DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2016.1183149 AbstractThousands of ichthyosaurs have been discovered from the rich Lower Jurassic deposits of the UK, with the majority collected...

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[Herpetology • 2016] A Unique Mating Strategy without Physical Contact During...

Breeding Behaviour in  Nyctibatrachus humayuniWillaert, Suyesh, Garg, Giri, Bee & Biju, 2016 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2117  AbstractAnurans show the highest diversity in reproductive modes of all...

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[Herpetology • 2016] Dolichophis mesopotamicus • A New Species of Genus...

Dolichophis mesopotamicus Afrasiab, Mohammad & Hussein, 2016innspub.net/JBES AbstractThe Whip snakes of the genus Dolechophis in Iraq are distributed in various habitats. Two species of jagularis...

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[Herpetology • 2016] How Embryos Escape from Danger: the Mechanism of Rapid,...

Red-eyed treefrog eggs Agalychnis callidryas hatching to escape from a cat-eyed snake Leptodeira septentrionalisphoto: Karen M. Warkentin NationalGeographic.com  DOI:...

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[Invertebrate • 2016] Seven New Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae:...

Figure 1. Localities for seven new Maratus species from the southern coast of Western Australia and South Australia.Maratus albus and M. lobatus are widely distributed. M. australis and M. vultus are...

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[Paleontology • 2013] Yulong mini • Chicken-sized Oviraptorid Dinosaurs from...

Yulong mini  Lü, Currie, Xu,Zhang, Pu & Jia, 2013DOI:10.1007/s00114-012-1007-0AbstractOviraptorids are a group of specialized non-avian theropod dinosaurs that were generally one to 8 m in body...

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[PaleoMammalogy • 2016] Aymaratherium jeani • A New Nothrotheriid Xenarthran...

Aymaratherium jeani  Pujos, De Iuliis, Quispe, Adnet, Flores, Billet, Fernandez-Monescillo, Marivaux, Münch, Prámparo & Antoine, 2016   DOI:  10.1111/zoj.12429 Tardigrade xenarthrans are today...

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[Botany • 2016] Impatiens glabrata • A New Species (Balsaminaceae) from...

Impatiens glabrata  DOI:  10.11646/phytotaxa.266.1.5 AbstractImpatiens glabrata, a new species, is described from Muthikulam forest of Palakkad district, Kerala, India. A description and observations...

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[Botany • 2016] Callerya chlorantha & C. tenasserimensis • Two New Species...

AbstractCallerya chlorantha and C. tenasserimensis, here illustrated and described as new to science, are found in dry deciduous or bamboo forest in Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi provinces in Thailand....

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[Paleontology • 2015] Tetrapodophis amplectus • A Four-legged Snake from the...

Snakes are a remarkably diverse and successful group today, but their evolutionary origins are obscure. The discovery of snakes with two legs has shed light on the transition from lizards to snakes,...

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[Paleontology • 2016] Aquatic Adaptations in the Four Limbs of the Snake-like...

Fig. 3. (A) Forelimbs and (B) Hindlimbs of Tetrapodophis; a terrestrial squamate (Varanus); a marine dolichosaur (Pontosaurus), a marine mosasauroid (Tylosaurus); and a marine rhynchocephalian...

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[Entomology • 2016] Murmurillana gen. nov. • Description of A New Genus and...

Murmurillana inaudibilis  Delorme, 2016DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.7AbstractThe new genus Murmurillana Delorme gen. nov., is described within the tribe Cicadettini Buckton, 1889, designating...

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[Crustacea • 2016] Macrobrachium spelaeus | กุ้งถ้ำพระวังแดง • A New Species...

Abstract A new species of stygobitic freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium spelaeus from Tham Phra Wang Daeng, Pitsanulok Province, in northern Thailand, is described and illustrated in detail. Morphological...

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[Mammalogy / Behaviour • 2016] Watering Holes: The Use of Arboreal Sources...

Fig. 2. The six species displaying arboreal drinking behaviours, described in this study.(A) Western hoolock gibbon Hoolock hoolock, (B) Northern pig-tailed macaque Macaca leonina, (C) Bonnet macaque...

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[Herpetology • 2016] Eutropis ashwamedhi • No Longer Supple? Molecular...

AbstractMorphometrics and phylogenetic analysis based on 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequences reveal that Riopa ashwamedhi Sharma, 1969 is placed incorrectly in the genus Riopa or Lygosoma,...

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[Ichthyology • 2016] Pseudojuloides labyrinthus • A New Labrid Fish...

Pseudojuloides labyrinthus Victor & Edward, 2016DOI:  10.5281/zenodo.55594 AbstractThe new labrid fish species, Pseudojuloides labyrinthus n. sp., is described from three specimens obtained via the...

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[Ichthyology • 2016] Protocheirodon gen. nov. • A New Genus of Characidae...

Protocheirodon pi  (Vari, 1978) DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20150154ABSTRACTProtocheirodon, a new genus of the Characidae, is proposed to include a species previously assigned to Leptagoniates . This action...

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[Botany • 2016] Epirixanthes confusa • A New Species of Epirixanthes...

Epirixanthes confusa Tsukaya, M. Suleiman & H. Okada  DOI:  10.11646/phytotaxa.266.2.9  AbstractThe mycoheterotrophic genus Epirixanthes Blume is a small genus of Polygalaceae. Here, we describe a...

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[Herpetology • 2016] Philautus nephophilus • A New Small Montane Species of...

Philautus nephophilus  Dehling, Matsui & Imbun, 2016Abstract Three populations of small montane bush frogs previously assigned to Philautus mjobergi were compared using morphological, bioacoustic,...

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[Paleontology • 2016] Pangupterus liui • A New Pterodactyloid Pterosaur from...

Pangupterus liuiLü, Liu, Pan & Shen, 2016  geojournals.cn AbstractPangupterus liui gen. et sp. nov. from the Jiufotang Formation of Sihedang, Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province is erected based on a...

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