Tuesday, June 23, 2015

[Ichthyology • 2012] Metzia bounthobi • A New Species of Metzia (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Northern Laos

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 Pa tep thob |  Metzia bounthobi Shibukawa, Phousavanh, Phongsa & Iwata, 2012 FIGURE 1.  Freshly collected specimen of Meztia bo...
Monday, June 22, 2015

[Crustacea • 2015] Uca (Xeruca), A New Subgenus for the Taiwanese Fiddler Crab Uca formosensis Rathbun, 1921 (Decapoda: Ocypodidae), based on morphological and molecular evidence

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FIGURE 3. Uca formosensis , ♂ from Haishangu, Hsinchu, Taiwan (NCHUZOOL 13673, CW 27.9 mm), A, dorsal view; B, frontal view showing t...
Friday, June 19, 2015

[Paleontology • 2015] The Phylogenetic Affinities of the Bizarre Late Cretaceous Romanian Theropod Balaur bondoc (Dinosauria, Maniraptora): Dromaeosaurid or Flightless Bird?

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Balaur bondoc  illustration: Emily Willoughby   via  theropoda.blogspot.com   DOI:  10.7717/PeerJ.1032 Abstract The exceptio...

[Entomology • 2015] Holocacista capensis • A New Leafminer on Grapevine and Rhoicissus (Vitaceae) in South Africa within an expanded Generic Concept of Holocacista (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae)

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Figures 1  Holocacista capensis : Male holotype, RMNH.INS.24622  Figures 76–80.  Holocacista capensis , life history. 76 Trunk of Vit...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

[Herpetology • 2015] Herpetofauna of Gunung Tebu • First Report on the Amphibians and Reptiles of A Remote Mountain, Gunung Tebu in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia

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A BSTRACT  This is the first herpetological survey and checklist of the Mount Tebu (Gunung Tebu) region including the upland ar...

[PaleoMammalogy • 2015] Mystacina miocenalis • Miocene Fossils Reveal Ancient Roots for New Zealand’s Endemic Mystacina (Chiroptera) and Its Rainforest Habitat

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[upper]  Lesser short-tailed Bat  Mystacina tuberculata foraging on South Island, New Zealand [lower right]  Greater short-tailed Ba...

[Paleontology • 2015] Wear Biomechanics in the Slicing Dentition of the Giant horned Dinosaur Triceratops

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Fig. 1   Triceratops  horridus skeleton and dentitions. (A) Triceratops skeleton. (B) Transverse view of a dentary (lower jaw) toot...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

[Herpetology • 2015] Eleutherodactylus ligiae & E. neiba • Two New Species of Frogs of the Genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from Hispaniola

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Fig . 1. Different species of frogs in the genus Eleutherodactylus from Hispaniola. Variation   Eleutherodactylus  ligiae sp. nov. : ...

[Herpetology • 2015] Eleutherodactylus beguei • Another New Cryptic Frog related to Eleutherodactylus varleyi Dunn (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae), from eastern Cuba

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Fig.1. three related species of Cuban frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus . A-B :  Eleutherodactylus  beguei sp. nov. ; ( A ) adult m...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

[Herpetology • 2014] Gehyra serraticauda • A New Gehyra (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from New Guinea with unique caudal scalation

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Gehyra serraticauda    Skipwith & Oliver , 2014 A BSTRACT  We describe a new species of gekkonid gecko in the genus Gehyra...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

[Mammalogy • 2015] White-beaked Dolphins Lagenorhynchus albirostris trapped in the Ice and eaten by Polar Bears Ursus maritimus

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A polar bear Ursus maritimus eats a white-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris  in the Raudfjorden fjord, on the northwestern coast...
Friday, June 12, 2015

[Herpetology • 2015] Cylindrophis jodiae & C. mirzae • Two New Species of the Genus Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Squamata: Cylindrophiidae) from Southeast Asia

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Fig. 8. Current distribution pattern of the genus Cylindrophis . Cylindrophis jodiae  &  C .  mirzae Amarasinghe, Campbell, Hal...