Taxonomic revision of the Thylogale brunii complex (Macropodidae: Marsupialia) in Melanesia, with description of a new spcies.

1992 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
T.F. Flannery
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The West ◽  
Irian Jaya ◽  
Local Extinctions ◽  
Subalpine Grasslands ◽  
Disturbed Habitats ◽  
Central Cordillera ◽  
Forest Ecotone

Three species are recognised among material previously referred to as Thylogale brunii. Thylogale brunii as newly defined here is distributed at low elevations in sourhern New Guinea, and inhabits areas with a marked dry season and a savannah-forest ecotone. Thylogate browni includes two subspecies: T. b. lanatus from subalpine grasslands above 3000 m on the Huon Peninsula, and T. b. browni from the Bismarck Archipelago and central-eastern New Guinea, where it occurs from the Cyclops Mountains in the West to the Bulolo area in the east at altitudes up to 2000 m. lt prefers disturbed habitats. Thylogale calobyi n. sp. is restricted to subalpine grasslands along the Central Cordillera at above 3000 m in Papua New Guinea. All three species seem to be sensitive to hunting pressure, with local extinctions being recorded for T. brunii and T. browni in historic times, and a prehistoric extinction for a population of uncertain status from subalpine grasslands in Irian Jaya.

A taxonomic revision of Tylophora (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae) in Papuasia*

1994 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 485 ◽  
Author(s):  
PI Forster
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Irian Jaya ◽  
Research Institute

The genus Tylophora R.Br. is revised for Papuasia (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands). Seven species are recognised, T. bilobata sp. nov., T. brassii sp. nov., T. cissoides Blume, T. flexuosa R.Br., T. glabriflora (Warb.) K.Schum., T. hellwigii Warb. and T. minima sp. nov., with a key to distinguish them. A neotype is selected for T. glabriflora. T. kenejiana Schltr. is reduced to synonymy under T. cissoides. Asclepias tetrapetala Dennst., Asclepias tenuissima Roxb. ex Schult., T. tenuis Blume. T. cuspidata Zipp. ex Decne. and T. polyantha Volkens are reduced to synonymy under T. flexuosa.*Christensen Research Institute Contribution No. 116.

A taxonomic revision of Ichnocarpus (Apocynaceae) in Australia and Papuasia

1992 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 533 ◽  
Author(s):  
PI Forster
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Irian Jaya

Circumscription of the genus Ichnocarpus R. Br. is discussed and Micrechites Miq. and Lamechites Markgraf are placed in synonymy. Ichnocarpus R. Br. is revised for Australia and Papuasia (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands). Three species are recognised in this region, namely I. archboldianus comb. nov. (Micrechites archboldiana Merr. & Perr.), I. frutescens (L.) W. T. Aiton and I. serpyllifolius comb. nov. (Ficus serpyllifolia Blume). Lumechites schlechteri Markgraf, Micrechites rhombifolia Markgraf, M. rhombifolia var. lanceolata Markgraf and Ichnocarpus salornonensis C. T. White are newly placed in the synonymy of Ichnocarpus serpyllifolius. The new combination I. polyanthus (Micrechites polyantha Miq.) is made for a Malesian species west of Papuasia. The names Ichnocarpus leptodictyus F. Muell. and Micrechites rhombifolia Markgraf are lectotypified. Generic and specific descriptions, a species key, notes on variation, distribution, habitat and conservation status are provided.

scholarly journals Description of six new species of Xenorhina Peters, 1863 from southern Papua New Guinea (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-382
Author(s):  
Rainer Günther ◽  
Stephen Richards
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Tropical Rainforest ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Advertisement Calls ◽  
High Rainfall ◽  
Central Cordillera

We describe six new species of the microhylid frog genus Xenorhina from the southern slopes of Papua New Guinea’s central cordillera and adjacent lowlands, based on a combination of morphological (including osteology) and bioacoustic features. All of the new species are fossorial or terrestrial inhabitants of tropical rainforest habitats and belong to a group of Xenorhina having a single, enlarged odontoid spike on each vomeropalatine bone. Advertisement calls and habitat preferences are described for each species, one of which is amongst the smallest hitherto members of the genus. Description of these six species brings the total number of Xenorhina known to 40 and emphasises the importance of the high-rainfall belt that extends along the southern flanks of New Guinea’s central cordillera as a hotspot of Melanesian amphibian diversity.

scholarly journals 'Desecration' in a Place of Refuge

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Glazebrook
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Refugee Population ◽  
Irian Jaya ◽  
International Border ◽  
The Impact

In this paper I explore two related questions: how does a particular site come to be perceived as sacred, and what is the impact of the destruction of something sacred when it occurs in a place of ‘refuge’? This study is situated on the island of New Guinea, in the experiences of West Papuan people from the Indonesian Province of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), living as refugees across the international border in Papua New Guinea. The inquiry is grounded in two instances involving a refugee population in a place of refuge. The first instance involves the burning of a church built by a refugee congregation, and the second involves the large-scale occupation by a refugee population of another people’s land. A doubling effect is intended here. Forced migration can simultaneously render refugees vulnerable to the violence of others, and in the process of resettlement, refugees may have no real choice but to engage in actions that violate the land of others.

Mycosphaerella palmicola associated with leaf spots of Cocos nucifera in Australia, Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea

1995 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 704-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.D. Hyde ◽  
J. Fröhlich
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Cocos Nucifera ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Irian Jaya ◽  
Leaf Spots

A new arboreal Lepidodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu: from egg to holotype

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1918 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
IVAN INEICH
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
Adult Size ◽  
The West ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
Group Ii

Lepidodactylus buleli is a new gecko from Espiritu Santo Island, central Vanuatu, Melanesia. This species most closely resembles L. pulcher from Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea) by its elevated number of midbody scale rows, and belongs to Brown and Parker’s (1977) Group II based on having an entire terminal scansor on all digits followed by two or three divided or deeply notched subterminal scansors on digits II–V. It differs from other Group II species in having the following combination of character states: a high number of scales around midbody, relatively weak dilation of digits, slight webbing of toes III and IV, cloacal spurs, and an original coloration. This species lives in myrmecophilous plants hanging high on trees in the deep primary forest on the west dry coast of Espiritu Santo Island. It also is the first lizard known from a holotype collected as an egg in the field, hatched in captivity, and grown until reaching adult size, allowing its description.

The Papua New Guinea ‐Irian Jaya border problem

1977 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter‐Hastings
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Irian Jaya
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