A new peculiar frog species of the genus Pristimantis from Yanachaga-Chemillen National Park, Peru

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1674 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIOVANNI BOANO ◽  
STEFANO MAZZOTTI ◽  
ROBERTO SINDACO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Frog Species ◽  
Characteristic Colour ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of frog, Pristimantis leucorrhinus sp. nov., from the Cordillera Yanachaga, YanachagaChemillén National Park, on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Central Peru. The new species belongs to the P. unistrigatus group and is characterized by the absence of a tympanum, the presence of horn-like tubercles on upper eyelids and a characteristic colour pattern.

Description of a new species of Andaeschna (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from the Western Colombian Andes

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4615 (3) ◽  
pp. 594-600
Author(s):  
CORNELIO ANDRÉS BOTA-SIERRA ◽  
JULIANA SANDOVAL-H ◽  
FREDY PALACINO-RODRÍGUEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Distal Segment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Northwestern Argentina ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Unique Shape ◽  
A New Species

Andaeschna is a small and poorly known genus of dragonflies that inhabits the Andes, from Venezuela to northwestern Argentina. Here we describe Andaeschna occidentalis sp. nov., first species of the genus recorded in the Western Andes, specifically from the Tatamá National Park in Colombia. Males of this species can be differentiated from the other four species in the genus by the unique shape of the distal segment of the vesica spermalis. Likewise, females can be distinguished by their smaller and broader cerci (slightly shorter than S9) and its subquadrate point. The discovery of this beautiful species expands the range of the genus, previously known only in the Eastern Andes. 

scholarly journals A new species of Pristimantis (Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae) from the foothills of the Andes in Manu National Park, southeastern Peru

ZooKeys ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 594 ◽  
pp. 143-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Catenazzi ◽  
Alexander Shepack ◽  
Rudolf von May ◽  
Alex Ttito
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Manu National Park ◽  
A New Species

A distinctive new species of wood lizard (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from the Yanachaga Chemillen National Park in central Peru

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3109 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
PABLO J. VENEGAS ◽  
VILMA DURAN ◽  
CAROLL Z. LANDAURO ◽  
LESLY LUJAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
National Park ◽  
The Other ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Transverse Line ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Enyalioides from a mid-elevation premontane forest in central Peru. This represents the seventh species of Enyalioides known to occur east of the Andes in South America; the other six species are E. cofanorum, E. laticeps, E. microlepis, E. palpebralis, E. praestabilis, and E. rubrigularis. Among other characters, the new species is distinguished from other Enyalioides by the combination of an orange blotch on the antehumeral region (in adult males), 30 or fewer longitudinal rows of dorsals in a transverse line between dorsolateral crests at midbody, ventral scales strongly keeled, and caudal scales heterogeneous in size on each autotomic segment. The new species is most similar morphologically to E. cofanorum and E. microlepis.

scholarly journals A new species and a new record of the Southeast Asian millipede genus Antheromorpha Jeekel, 1968 (Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) from Vietnam

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 832 ◽  
pp. 77-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natdanai Likhitrakarn ◽  
Sergei I. Golovatch ◽  
Irina Semenyuk ◽  
Somsak Panha
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
National Park ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Southern Vietnam ◽  
Brown Body ◽  
A New Species

Antheromorphanguyenisp. n. is described and illustrated from Kon Ka Kinh National Park, southern Vietnam. The new species is distinguished by a peculiar colour pattern showing a uniformly black-brown body contrasting with yellow-brown paraterga and epiproct, as well as in the pointed gonopodal process being unusually short, only approximately half as long as the solenophore. In addition, an identification key to all 13 presently known species, all mapped, is given. A new record of A.festiva is provided from southern Vietnam.

scholarly journals Herpetofauna of Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 15587-15611
Author(s):  
Yam Bahadur Rawat ◽  
Santosh Bhattarai ◽  
Laxman Prasad Poudyal ◽  
Naresh Subedi
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
New Records ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Road Mortality ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Frog Species ◽  
Ophiophagus Hannah ◽  
A New Species

We present 71 herpetofauna species in Shuklaphanta National Park (ShNP) and its buffer zone based on field surveys, rescue records, photo, and literature records.  The list comprises 15 currently known species of amphibians and 56 species of reptiles.  We recorded Laudanka Vine Snake Ahaetulla laudankia  as a new species record for Nepal.  Likewise, four frog species, namely, Uperodon globulossus, Polypedates taeniatus, Hoplobatrachus crassus, and Minervarya peirrei; and one skink, Sphaenomorphus maculatus; one agamid, Laudakia tuberculata; one turtle, Pangshura tentoria circumdata; and 10 snakes, Eryx conicus, E. johnii, Coelognathus helena, C. radiatus, Chrysopelea ornata, Dendrelaphis tristis, Lycodon striatus, Oligodon arnensis, Psammophis cf condanarus, and Ophiophagus hannah are new records for ShNP.  Unregulated and illegal collection, road mortality, intentional killing are the observed threats to the herpetofauna.  Our aim of this study is to compile species richness and advocate for more rigorous inventories in future providing updated information of herpetofauna of ShNP.   

A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) similar to C. ceramensis de Rooij, 1913, from the Banggai Islands, east of Sulawesi, Indonesia

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2196 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ KOCH ◽  
EVY ARIDA ◽  
JIMMY A. MCGUIRE ◽  
DJOKO T. ISKANDAR ◽  
WOLFGANG BÖHME
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Coast ◽  
The Body ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Zigzag Pattern ◽  
First Time ◽  
Central Sulawesi ◽  
Characteristic Colour ◽  
A New Species

A new species of reed snake, genus Calamaria, is described from the Banggai Islands off the east coast of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The new species, which is phenotypically similar to C. ceramensis from the central Moluccas, is characterised by the absence of preocular scales, five supralabials (third and fourth entering orbit), five infralabials (the first meet behind the mental), mental scale separated from the anterior chin shields, five scales surrounding the paraparietal, (most probably) seven modified maxillary teeth, a high number of ventral scales, a short, thick tail which is slightly tapering to a point, a single anal plate, as well as by a characteristic colour pattern of a pale brown dorsum dotted with darker spots, a pale collar behind the head, and a pale and dark lateral zigzag pattern along the body. Calamaria banggaiensis sp. nov. represents the fifty-eighth known species of Calamaria and the twelfth species of this genus recorded from the Sulawesi region. The new taxon is the only species of reed snake recorded from the Banggai Islands. It is known only from two adult specimens, a male and a female. For phenotypic comparison with the new species, both syntypes of C. ceramensis de Rooij, 1913, are depicted herein for the first time. An updated key to the Calamaria species of Sulawesi and its satellite islands is presented.

scholarly journals A new species of terrestrial planarian (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola) from South Brazil

2001 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. CARBAYO ◽  
A. M. LEAL-ZANCHET
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Seminal Vesicle ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Characteristic Colour ◽  
A New Species ◽  
South Brazil

Geoplana josefi sp. nov. of South Brazil is described herein. The species shows etary polymorphism. Neither youngs nor adults show the characteristic colour pattern of the mature worms. The species has a multilayered lining in the female atrium. The allopatric G. trigueira, which does not have such a lining, is similar externally and internally with adults of G. josefi, its seminal vesicle, however, being unpaired.

A bizarre new species of Lynchius (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Andes of Ecuador and first report of Lynchius parkeri in Ecuador

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4567 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUAN C. SÁNCHEZ-NIVICELA ◽  
VERONICA L. URGILES ◽  
MARÍA JOSÉ NAVARRETE ◽  
MARIO H. YÁNEZ-MUÑOZ ◽  
SANTIAGO RON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
National Park ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Dorsal Region ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Southern Ecuador ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Lynchius from the eastern montane forest of southern Ecuador. We also report the occurrence of L. parkeri in Ecuador, on paramos of Yacuri National Park, near the border with Peru. We used morphological and genetic evidence for the description of the new species and the new report of L. parkeri. Phylogenetic analyses were carried out using both maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference on DNA sequences for mitochondrial and nuclear genes. The phylogeny shows that L. simmonsi is sister to a clade composed of the remaining species of Lynchius and that the new species is sister to L. flavomaculatus. The new species has a prominent and heavily ossified head with noticeably spiculate cranial exostosis that easily distinguishes it from all its congeners. The dorsal region and limbs present several reduced subconical and rounded tubercles and pronounced dermal ridges on the dorsum. We also describe the osteology of the new species based on x-rays of the holotype. Only six species of Lynchius, two known to occur in Ecuador (L. flavomaculatus and L. simmonsi). The description of L. megacephalus sp. n. and new record of L. parkeri double the number of known Lynchius in Ecuador and suggest that the diversity of Ecuadorian and Peruvian Lynchius is still underestimated.

A New Species of Vietnamophryne with an Extended Description of Vietnamophryne orlovi

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 355-368
Author(s):  
Thanh Vinh Nguyen ◽  
Chung Van Hoang ◽  
Jiang Jianping ◽  
Nikolai L. Orlov ◽  
Hoa Thi Ninh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Ecological Specialization ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Northern Vietnam ◽  
A New Species

We describe Vietnamophryne cuongi sp. nov., a new species of microhylid frog from northern Vietnam, based on morphological and molecular differences. Although superficially similar to remaining Vietnamophryne members, the new species differs by a number of diagnostic morphological characters, such as body size, habitus, head dimensions, finger and toe morphology, skin texture, as well as colour pattern. Phylogenetic analyses based on a fragment of the mitochondrial 16S gene place the new species to be sister to V. orlovi, from which it differed by 2.4% genetic divergence. We also describe the first female known of V. orlovi, collected in the forest of Phia Oac-Phia Den National Park, Cao Bang Province. The latter species, for which we provide an extended description herein, was recently described based on the single male type specimen only from the same site in northern Vietnam. Vietnamophryne cuongi sp. nov. is only known from three specimens, two adult females and a juvenile, from the evergreen tropical forest of Ba Vi National Park, Hanoi. As such, it is likely to be at high risk of habitat loss. Considering its high ecological specialization and the small known distribution range of the new species, we propose Endangered as IUCN Red List status.

Description of a new species of Athanas Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) from Madagascar and Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2680 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTHUR ANKER ◽  
TOMOYUKI KOMAI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Ryukyu Archipelago ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Additional Specimen ◽  
Characteristic Colour ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Alpheid Shrimp

A new species of alpheid shrimp, Athanas ahyongi sp. nov., is described based on two type specimens from Nosy-Bé, Madagascar, and one additional specimen from Okinawa, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. The new species differs from all other species of Athanas by a unique combination of morphological features, mostly on the frontal region and chelipeds, and has a very characteristic colour pattern. The specimens from Nosy-Bé were collected from burrows of unknown hosts, suggesting a commensal life style.

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