A new species of night-lizard of the genus Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from the Cuicatlan Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1750 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ ◽  
GUADALUPE GUTIÉRREZ-MAYEN ◽  
ANDRÉS ALBERTO MENDOZA-HERNÁNDEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Tropical Deciduous Forest ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Coffee Plantations ◽  
Poorly Differentiated ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Lepidophyma from the Biosphere Reserve area of Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico, is described. This new species, Lepidophyma cuicateca sp. nov., is known from two areas in the Cuicatlan Valley. Lepidophyma cuicateca sp. nov. is a member of the Lepidophyma gaigeae species Group and is characterized by its small body size, small size of tubercular body scales, poorly differentiated caudal whorls and interwhorls, and relatively large dorsal, ventral and gular scales. It lives in shady places, below rocks along the Apoala River, and is commonly found in plantain, sapodilla, cherimoya, mango and coffee plantations, as well as tropical deciduous forest. The description of L. cuicateca sp. nov. increases the number of species in the L. gaigeae Group to five.

A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Iguanidae) from San Guillermo National Park, western Argentina

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1361 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIO C. MONGUILLOT ◽  
MARIO R. CABRERA ◽  
JUAN C. ACOSTA ◽  
JOSE VILLAVICENCIO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Posterior Surface ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Long Tail ◽  
Sparse Vegetation ◽  
Dorsal Pattern ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Iguanidae Liolaemini lizard from the San Guillermo National Park in western Argentina, is described. The new species is a member of the Liolaemus darwinii complex within the monophyletic boulengeri species group. It is distinguished by its small body size, relatively long tail, low number of scales around midbody, dorsal scales moderately keeled, precloacal pores only in male, bulged patch of enlarged scales on the proximal posterior surface of the thigh in both sexes, dorsal pattern lacking of light vertebral or dorsolateral stripes, antehumeral fold without black pigment in female but greyish in male, a prescapular dark dot dorsal to antehumeral fold in both sexes, and postscapular spot absent. The new species is terrestrial, living in habitats with gravel and sandy soil in an Andean Monte landscape with sparse vegetation, above 2270 meters of altitude.

Phoradendron longicaule (Viscaceae): a new species from Michoacán, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 275 (2) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
JOB KUIJT ◽  
VICTOR W. STEINMANN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Tropical Deciduous Forest ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Short Internodes ◽  
A New Species

Phoradendron longicaule (Viscaceae), a new, nearly leafless species of mistletoe from the Infiernillo-Zicuirán Biosphere Reserve of southern Michoacán, Mexico, is described and illustrated.  It occurs in a tropical deciduous forest at elevations of 400 to 500 m, and all known hosts belong to Fabaceae. The long, straight, pendulous stems and elongated vegetative internodes are distinctive features. It is most similar to P. nudum but differs by having 3 or 4 pistillate flowers per fertile bract, expanded albeit highly reduced leaves, and longer vegetative internodes. It is also similar to P. teretifolium from which it differs by having a pendulous habit, longer vegetative internodes, 3 or 4 pistillate flowers per fertile bract, and fruits on short internodes.

scholarly journals Oecanthus mhatreae sp. nov. (Gryllidae: Oecanthinae): A new species of tree cricket from Mexico, with an irregular song pattern and unique chirp-like trill configuration

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-143
Author(s):  
Nancy Collins ◽  
Isabel Margarita Coronado González ◽  
Bruno Victor Alfons Govaerts
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Tropical Deciduous Forest ◽  
Mexican State ◽  
Tree Cricket ◽  
The Common ◽  
Pale Green ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Oecanthus is described from Mexico. Oecanthus mhatreaesp. nov. occurs in central Mexico in the understory of tropical deciduous forest. Oecanthus mhatreaesp. nov. is currently known only from the Corregidora area of the Mexican state of Querétaro. The widened tegmina and chirp-like brief trills song are consistent with some members of the rileyi species group; however, this new species of tree cricket is different in several aspects. The chirp-like brief trills are generally irregularly spaced, it does not have the expected grouping of the chirp pulses, and the colors of buff, light olive green, or light brown are vastly different than the four known pale green species in the rileyi species group of the Western Hemisphere. Morphology, habitat, and song details of this new species, with the common name of Otomi tree cricket, are provided in this paper. Video can be viewed at www.oecanthinae.com.

scholarly journals Oecanthus mhatreae sp. nov. (Gryllidae: Oecanthinae): A new species of tree cricket from Mexico, with an irregular song pattern and unique chirp-like trill configuration

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-143
Author(s):  
Nancy Collins ◽  
Isabel Margarita Coronado González ◽  
Bruno Victor Alfons Govaerts
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Tropical Deciduous Forest ◽  
Mexican State ◽  
Tree Cricket ◽  
The Common ◽  
Pale Green ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Oecanthus is described from Mexico. Oecanthus mhatreaesp. nov. occurs in central Mexico in the understory of tropical deciduous forest. Oecanthus mhatreaesp. nov. is currently known only from the Corregidora area of the Mexican state of Querétaro. The widened tegmina and chirp-like brief trills song are consistent with some members of the rileyi species group; however, this new species of tree cricket is different in several aspects. The chirp-like brief trills are generally irregularly spaced, it does not have the expected grouping of the chirp pulses, and the colors of buff, light olive green, or light brown are vastly different than the four known pale green species in the rileyi species group of the Western Hemisphere. Morphology, habitat, and song details of this new species, with the common name of Otomi tree cricket, are provided in this paper. Video can be viewed at www.oecanthinae.com.

scholarly journals Oecanthus rohiniae sp. nov. (Gryllidae: Oecanthinae): A new chirping tree cricket of the rileyi species group from Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Nancy Collins ◽  
Isabel Margarita Coronado-González ◽  
Aurora Y. Rocha-Sánchez ◽  
Bruno Govaerts ◽  
Wilbur Hershberger
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Tropical Deciduous Forest ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
Chirp Rate ◽  
Tree Cricket ◽  
The Common ◽  
Response To Temperature ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Oecanthus is described from Mexico. Oecanthus rohiniaesp. nov. occurs in central Mexico in the understory of tropical deciduous forest and is currently known only from Mexico. This new species has the coloring, antennal markings, slightly widened tegmina, and calling song that are found in the rileyi species group. Although morphologically very similar to Oecanthus fultoni, the shapes of the distal hooks on the male copulatory blades differ between the two species. There are also differences in the song pulse patterns and chirp rate response to temperature. This new species has been given the common name Cri-Cri tree cricket. Video and song recordings are available online.

The Leptobrachium (Anura: Megophryidae) of the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2804 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRYAN L. STUART ◽  
JODI J. L. ROWLEY ◽  
DAO THI ANH TRAN ◽  
DUONG THI THUY LE ◽  
HUY DUC HOANG
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New Species ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Original Description ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Upper Lip ◽  
Southern Vietnam ◽  
A New Species

We sampled two forms of Leptobrachium in syntopy at the type locality of L. pullum at upper elevations on the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam. The two forms differed in morphology (primarily in coloration), mitochondrial DNA, and male advertisement calls. One form closely agrees with the type series of L. pullum (but not to its original description due to error), and the other is described as new. Leptobrachium leucops sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by having small body size (males with SVL 38.8–45.2), the upper one-third to one-half of iris white, a blue scleral arc, a dark venter, and sexually active males without spines on the upper lip. Leptobrachium pullum and L. mouhoti, a recently described species from low-elevation slopes of the Langbian Plateau in eastern Cambodia, are morphologically divergent but genetically similar, warranting further investigation into geographic variation in the red-eyed Leptobrachium of southern Indochina.

Description of a new species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Nilgala Savannah forest, Uva Province of Sri Lanka

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4545 (3) ◽  
pp. 389 ◽  
Author(s):  
SURANJAN KARUNARATHNA ◽  
AARON M. BAUER ◽  
ANSLEM DE SILVA ◽  
THILINA SURASINGHE ◽  
LANKANI SOMARATNA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Rock Outcrops ◽  
Bioclimatic Zone ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Nd2 Gene

A new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 is described from Nilgala Savannah Forest in Sri Lanka. The new species is diagnosed from all other congeners by the following suite of characters: small body size (SVL< 33 mm), dorsal scales on trunk homogeneous, one pair of post mentals separated by a single small chin scale, ventral scales on trunk smooth, subimbricate, 17–19 scales across the belly. Subdigitals scansors smooth, entire, unnotched; lamellae under digit IV of pes 17 –18. Males with femoral pores on each thigh but lacking precloacal pores. Median row of subcaudals smooth, subimbricate, enlarged and in an irregular series of subhexagonal scales. This new species had been previously confused with Cnemaspis alwisi Wickramasinghe & Munidradasa, 2007. The new species differs from Cnemaspis alwisi by having 122–129 ventral scales (versus 146–152), 7–8 supralabials (versus 8–10), and relatively shorter SVL ranging between 31.5–32.9 mm (versus 37.8–39.9 mm). Further, the new species is genetically divergent from Cnemaspis alwisi, the species that it closely resembles by 13.5% and 7.8% from its sister species in the ND2 gene. The present discovery highlights the need for dedicated herpetofaunal explorations in Sri Lanka, especially the intermediate bioclimatic zone and associated cave systems and rock outcrops. 

A new species of the Pristimantis orestes group (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the high Andes of Ecuador, Reserva Mazar

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3616 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN ◽  
ALEJANDRO F. ARTEAGA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new Pristimantis from La Libertad and Rumiloma, Reserva Mazar, Andes of Southeastern Ecuador, at elevations between 2895–3415 m. This species is assigned to the P. orestes group, from whose members it differs by its small body size (adult males ≤ 18.1 mm; adult females ≤ 23.7 mm), usually reticulated ventral pattern, and visible tympanum. The vocalization of the new species consists of a series of calls; each call is composed by a pulsed, non-modulated note in frequency, and with a dominant frequency of 3122–3171 Hz. A molecular phylogeny based on a fragment of the mitochondrial gene 12S shows that the new species is sister to Pristimantis simonbolivari.

A new species of Folsomia (Collembola: Isotomidae) from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1527 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
MING JI ◽  
YUFENG DING ◽  
JIAN-XIU CHEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Folsomia wanxianensis, from China (Chongqing) was described in the present paper. The new species shares some characters with F. albens Kaprus’ & Potapov 1999, such as the absence of ommatidia, sensillar formulae and small body size. However, it could be easily distinguished from F. albens by the number of laterodistal setae on the ventral tube and the number of setae on furca. It is also easily distinguished from all known species in the genus by the combination of the following characters: 4+4 laterodistal setae on the ventral tube, 10+10 dorsal setae on manubrium, 10–11 ventral and four dorsal setae on dens, and other features.

Two new species and a new record of Metacirolana Kussakin, 1979 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from Indonesia

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4370 (5) ◽  
pp. 519 ◽  
Author(s):  
CONNI M. SIDABALOK ◽  
NIEL L. BRUCE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
New Record ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Smooth Body ◽  
First Time

Two new species of Metacirolana from coral reefs in Indonesia are described and Metacirolana spinosa (Bruce, 1980) is recorded for the first time in Indonesia. Metacirolana lombok sp. nov. and Metacirolana mioskon sp. nov. show similarities with several other species of Metacirolana forming a species group within the genus, characterized by small body size (2.0–3.5 mm), smooth body surfaces, weakly produced rostrum, lack of dorsal carinae and abundant chromatophores. 

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