scholarly journals A new record of Kerivoula hardwickii (Horsefield, 1824) (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) after 23 years from a lowland rainforests of Sri Lanka

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 12344-12349
Author(s):  
Dinesh Gabadage ◽  
Gayan Edirisinghe ◽  
Madhava Botejue ◽  
Kalika Perera ◽  
Thilina Surasinghe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
New Record ◽  
Distribution Range ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Northeastern Region ◽  
Lowland Rainforest ◽  
Central Highlands ◽  
True Distribution ◽  
Wet Zone

Distribution of Kerivoula hardwickii, Hardwicke's woolly bat, in Sri Lanka is restricted to the central highlands and to northeastern region of the country, and so far, only recorded from four distinct locations. In Sri Lanka, this species was last documented in the year 1994, and no subsequent surveys recorded this species in Sri Lanka, thus considered rare in Sri Lanka. In contrast, within its southern Asian biogeography, K. hardwickii is widely distributed, particularly in Southeastern Asia. In this study, a single male of K. hardwickii was observed in lowland rainforest ecoregion of Sri Lanka near Labugama-Kalatuwana Forest Reserve where the bat was roosting on a curled live banana frond. The bat was roosting 1.8 m above the ground. This was the first instance K. hardwickii was recorded in the lowland rainforests of Sri Lanka, which extends this species’ biogeography of Sri Lanka into the lowland wet zone. Thus, distribution range of K. hardwickii in Sri Lanka could be broader than historically documented. However, intensive surveys, particularly in lowland rainforest region, are required to validate the true distribution of this bat in Sri Lanka.

scholarly journals Range extension of Lyriothemis defonsekai van der Poorten, 2009 (Anisoptera: Libellulidae), an endemic odonate in Sri Lanka

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (13) ◽  
pp. 9589
Author(s):  
Amila P. Sumanapala ◽  
Nuwan C. Jayawardana
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Distribution Range ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Immature Male

Lyriothemis defonsekai van der Poorten, 2009 is a nationally Critically Endangered odonate species in Sri Lanka.  It is endemic to the country and was known only from the type locality, Kudawa, Sinharaja Forest Reserve and its vicinity thus it was considered to be a point endemic.  We report the first ever record of the species outside Sinharaja extending the known range of the species.  The present observations were recorded from Yagirala Forest Reserve where an immature male and one or two mature females of the species were observed.  We also discuss the observations on its habitat and distribution range.  

The Taxonomic Status and Distribution Range of Six Theloderma Species (Anura: Rhacophoridae) with a New Record in China

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hou Mian ◽  
Yu Guo-hua ◽  
Chen Hong-man ◽  
Liao Chang-le ◽  
Zhang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Distribution Range

Review of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka with the description of five new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1490 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J.MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE ◽  
D. A.I. MUNINDRADASA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Morphometric Analysis ◽  
Mountain Region ◽  
Geographical Isolation ◽  
Morphological Comparison ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Dry Zone ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Wet Zone

Five new species of geckos are described from Sri Lanka by morphological comparison and morphometric analysis leading to review the genus Cnemaspis in the country. The type series of these species were identified from following localities: C. alwisi and C. kumarasinghei from the intermediate zone, C. retigalensis from the dry zone, C. molligodai from the lowland wet zone and C. samanalensis from the mountain region of the wet zone in the country. The high degree of endemicity (90%) shown by Cnemaspis in Sri Lanka could be attributed to geographical isolation. In addition, the taxonomic issue of C. jerdonii scalpensis is discussed and the species C. scalpensis is errected.

New record of Hipposideros speoris (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Myanmar hidden in the National Zoological Collections of the Zoological Survey of India

Mammalia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-517
Author(s):  
Tauseef Hamid Dar ◽  
Manokaran Kamalakannan ◽  
Chinnadurai Venkatraman ◽  
Kailash Chandra
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
New Record ◽  
Zoological Survey ◽  
Museum Specimen ◽  
First Time

Abstract Hipposideros speoris is a small-sized leaf-nosed bat and was thought to be restricted to India and Sri Lanka. Based on a single museum specimen preserved in alcohol housed in the National Zoological Collections of the Zoological Survey of India, we report and confirm the presence of H. speoris for the first time in Pyay, Myanmar.

scholarly journals New record of Sturnira bakeri Velazco & Patterson, 2014 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from northwestern Peru

Check List ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Sánchez ◽  
Victor Pacheco
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
Sexual Size Dimorphism ◽  
Distribution Range ◽  
Size Dimorphism

Sturnira bakeri was recently described from southwestern Ecuador near the Peruvian border and was suggested to occur also in Peru. To confirm this hypothesis we present a morphological and morphometric revision of specimens of Sturnira collectedfrom northwestern Peru. As result, we report the presence of S. bakeri from Peru and extend its distribution range southwestward by at least 32.3 km from previous occurrences, and we suggest that S. luisi is apparently absent from Peru. We also found evidence of sexual size dimorphism in S. bakeri.

Five new taxa and a new record of Euastrum (Desmidiaceae) from the Chapada Diamantina region, Bahia State, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 372 (3) ◽  
pp. 193 ◽  
Author(s):  
FABIANA DE MATOS COSTA ◽  
GERALDO JOSÉ PEIXOTO RAMOS ◽  
IVANIA BATISTA OLIVEIRA ◽  
CARLOS EDUARDO DE MATTOS BICUDO ◽  
CARLOS WALLACE DO NASCIMENTO MOURA
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
New Record ◽  
Chapada Diamantina ◽  
Northeastern Region ◽  
Ecological Characteristics

We describe five new taxa of Euastrum (E. abruptum var. chapadae, E. fissum var. nordestinum, E. marimbusense, E. ornatiscrobiculatum and E. praemorsum var. foersteri), and report a new record for the Northeastern Region of Brazil (E. groenbladii) from periphyton samples collected in the Pantanal dos Marimbus in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil. Taxonomic notes and ecological characteristics of the taxa are provided.

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