Wednesday, December 27, 2023

[Paleontology • 2023] Unktaheela specta • A New Genus of small polycotylid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway, North America and A Clarification of the Genus Dolichorhynchops

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Unktaheela specta Clark, O’Keefe & Slack, 2023 DOI:  10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105812   twitter.com/ RobbieOClark Abstract Polycotylids are...

[Herpetology • 2023] Scutiger luozhaensis • A New Asian Lazy Toad of the Genus Scutiger Theobald, 1868 (Anura: Megophryidae) from southern Tibet, China

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Scutiger luozhaensis    Shi, Sui, Ma, Ji, Bu-Dian & Jiang,2023 Luozha Lazy Toad | 洛扎齿突蟾   ||  DOI:  10.3897/zookeys.1187.107958 Photogra...

[Ichthyology • 2023] Tomiyamichthys elliotensis • A New Species of Shrimpgoby (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia

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Tomiyamichthys elliotensis Allen, Erdmann & Dudgeon, 2023   oceansciencefoundation.org/josf40e.html A new species of gobiid fish, Tomiya...

[Botany • 2023] Agarista revolutissima (Ericaceae: Vaccinioideae) • A New Species endemic to the Chapada Diamantina, Brazil, segregated from A. revoluta by multiple evidence

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Agarista revolutissima  A.A.Samp. & R.P.Oliveira,   in  Sampaio, Romão, Dorea et Oliveira, 2023. DOI:  10.11646/phytotaxa.583.1.8 Abstr...

[Herpetology • 2023] Calotes wangi • Taxonomic Review of the Calotes versicolor Complex (Sauria: Agamidae) in China, with Description of A New Species and Subspecies

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A, C  中国树蜥   Calotes wangi   B, D  中国树蜥雷公马亚种   C. wangi   hainanensis  E, F habitats G oral cavity view. Huang, Li, Wang, Li, Hou & Cai,...

[Herpetology • 2023] Vietnamophryne aurantifusca • A New Species of Vietnamophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from Northeastern Vietnam

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Vietnamophryne aurantifusca Ninh, Le, Bui, H.Q. Nguyen, Orlov,  Moseyko, Le, S.N. Nguyen, Hoang, Ziegler & T.T. Nguyen, 2023     DOI:  1...

[Herpetology • 2023] Rhinella kuka • Misjudged for Long: A New toad of the Rhinella veraguensis species group (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Yungas Forests of Bolivia

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Rhinella kuka  Köhler, Vences, Padial, Plewnia & Lötters, 2023    www.salamandra-journal.com   Abstract We re-evaluate the taxonomic sta...

[Entomology • 2021] Resolving A Century-old Case of generic mistaken Identity: Polyphyly of Chitoniscus sensu lato resolved with the Description of the endemic New Caledonia Trolicaphyllium gen. nov. (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae)

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   Trolicaphyllium  gen. nov.  in Cumming, Le Tirant & Büscher, 2021.  DOI:  10.3897/zookeys.1055.66796 Abstract With every molecular r...

[Herpetology • 2023] Pristimantis similaris • A New Cryptic Species of Terrestrial Breeding frog of the Pristimantis danae Group (Anura: Strabomantidae) from montane forests in Ayacucho, Peru

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Pristimantis similaris   Herrera-Alva, Catenazzi & Aguilar-Puntriano, 2023  DOI:  10.3897/zookeys.1187.104536 Photos by V. Diaz-Vargas a...
Tuesday, December 26, 2023

[Botany • 2022] Globba pelecanthera & G. securifer (Zingiberaceae: Globbeae) • Phylogeny of Globba section Nudae and Taxonomic Revision of the new Globba subsection Pelecantherae

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Globba pelecanthera  Sangvir. & M.F.Newman,  in  Sangvirotjanapat, Fér, Denduangboripant et Newman, 2022.   DOI:  10.1007/s00606-021-01...

[Botany • 2023] Vaccinium usneoides (Ericaceae) • A New Species from Yunnan, China

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Vaccinium usneoides  Y.H.Tong, Y.J.Guo & Ting Zhang, in  Guo, Zhang, Ya, Zhang, Shen, Han, Ni, Su  et  Tong, 2023.  松萝越橘  ||   DOI:  10...

[Paleontology • 2023] Giant Baleen Whales emerged from A Cold southern Cradle

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Chaeomysticete mandible fragments NMV P218462 (Museums Victoria) from the Aquitanian–Burdigalian of South Australia. in Rule, Duncan, Marx,...