scholarly journals Sexual maturation in free-ranging Chilabothrus angulifer (Serpentes: Boidae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera ◽  
Javier Torres López ◽  
Ruben Marrero ◽  
Ernesto Morell Savall ◽  
Ana Sanz Ochotorena
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Reproductive Biology ◽  
Sexual Maturation ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Sexual Maturity ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
The West ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
Free Ranging

The Cuban Boa (C. angulifer) is the only boid snake in Cuba. It is the largest member of the genus, as well as the largest snake in the West Indies (> 400 cm in snout-vent length); as such, it is an iconic species of the Cuban herpetofauna. Although the snake’s natural history is poorly known, several studies describe aspects of its reproductive biology in captivity. Herein we document the sizes and ages at which both sexes reach sexual maturity in nature, and show that the Cuban Boa reaches adulthood at a much smaller size than previously reported for captive snakes. Based on the limited information on the growth rate of C. angulifer in nature, males must reach breeding size after 3 years and females after 5 years

scholarly journals A review of the Neotropical genus Alloscolytroproctus Hustache, 1929 (Coleoptera; Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1816 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT S. ANDERSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Type Species ◽  
The West ◽  
Two New Species

The genus Alloscolytroproctus Hustache is reviewed. It includes the type species, A. peruanus Hustache, and two new species, A. dominicae Anderson, sp. n, from the West Indies (Dominica) and A. ashei Anderson, sp. n., from Venezuela. All species are likely associated with palms. A key to the three species is provided, along with illustrations of the species and summaries of their natural history and distribution.

scholarly journals Natural History of the West Indies

1960 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-307
Author(s):  
Benjamin Keen
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
West Indies ◽  
The West ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals The genus Sicoderus Vanin 1986 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Erodiscini) in the West Indies

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4497 (3) ◽  
pp. 301 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT S. ANDERSON
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
The West ◽  
History Information

The genus Sicoderus Vanin is revised for the West Indies. A total of 32 species are known with 18 new species described herein as follows: Sicoderus aeneus (Haiti), S. alternatus (Dominican Republic), S. bautistai (Dominican Republic, Haiti), S. beatyi (Cuba), S. bipunctiventris (Cuba), S. caladeler (Cuba), S. detonnancouri (Dominican Republic), S. franzi (Puerto Rico), S. guanyangi (Dominican Republic), S. humeralis (Dominican Republic), S. lucidus (Dominica), S. medranae (Dominican Republic, Haiti), S. perezi (Dominican Republic), S. pseudostriatolateralis (Dominican Republic, Haiti), S. striatolateralis (Dominican Republic), S. thomasi (Haiti), S. turnbowi (Dominican Republic), and S. woodruffi (Grenada). All species are described or redescribed, natural history information is summarized and a listing of locality data from all specimens examined is included. A key is provided to all West Indian species of the genus. All species distributions are mapped and all (excepting S. propinquus Vanin) are represented by habitus images and images of male genitalia. 

scholarly journals NEW RECORDS FOR PORCELLANID CRABS (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: ANOMURA: PORCELLANIDAE) IN THE WEST INDIAN ISLANDS, WITH DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS AND ECOLOGICAL NOTES

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
Luciane Augusto de Azevedo Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
West Indies ◽  
New Records ◽  
West Indian ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
American Museum ◽  
The West ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Caribbean Islands ◽  
Porcelain Crabs

New records and extensions of the distribution range of seven species of porcellanid crabs, representing four genera, are reported in the West Indian Islands: Megalobrachium mortenseni, M. poeyi, M. roseum, Pachycheles ackleianus, P. riisei, Petrolisthes rosariensis and Porcellana sayana. The analyzed species are deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and the American Museum of Natural History. It is provided new records from Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and The Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. Diagnostic characters and ecological notes are given for each species.Keywords: Biodiversity, Caribbean islands, range extension, porcelain crabs, west Indies.

Miller's Gardeners dictionary and its abridgement

1974 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM T. STEARN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Central America ◽  
West Indies ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Fourth Edition ◽  
The West ◽  
Generic Concept ◽  
Vegetative Characters ◽  
8Th Edition

SYNOPSIS Philip Miller's Gardeners dictionary abridged, fourth edition (published 28 January 1754) remains nomenclaturally important for its valid publication of numerous pre-Linnaean generic names suppressed by Linnaeus in 1753 but now accepted. Miller's generic concept was derived from Tournefort, who, as he explained in 1700, recognized genera of first rank based on floral and fruiting characters and genera of second rank based on vegetative characters, whereas Linnaeus recognized only first rank genera and hence had a much broader generic concept than Tournefort and Miller, who was much more conservative in outlook. At the age of 77 Miller at last adopted consistent Linnaean binomial nomenclature for species. In his Gardeners dictionary, 8th edition (published 16 April 1768), the first edition with binomial nomenclature, he named many species from Europe, South Africa, Central America, and the West Indies unknown to Linnaeus or not distinguished by him. The following paper deals with the history and purpose of Miller's works and lists many names to be attributed to him. Herbarium material from plants grown in the Chelsea Physic Garden in Miller's time and typifying some of these names is preserved in the British Museum (Natural History), London. From Miller's Dictionary there arose in direct succession a series of encyclopaedic horticultural works culminating in the Royal Horticultural Society's Dictionary of gardening (1951), of which the history is here summarised.

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