scholarly journals A new species of Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from north-western Guinea, West Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1815 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNIKA HILLERS ◽  
BREDA ZIMKUS ◽  
MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Minimum Distance ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
West African ◽  
African Species ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Oval Body

A new small Phrynobatrachus species from a gallery forest in north-western Guinea is described. Phrynobatrachus pintoi sp. nov. exhibits a combination of unique morphological characters and a distinctive color pattern, including: compact, oval body, short snout, warty dorsum and eyelid (although no eyelid cornicle is present), three pairs of large symmetric black spots on throat and breast, black spots on belly, more than one black bar on thighs and lower leg, finger and toe tips not expanded, and rudimentary web on foot. Furthermore, analysis of mitochondrial DNA from 16S rRNA reveals that this new species differs from other West African species of the genus by a minimum distance of 7%. Genetically the new species is closest to Phrynobatrachus fraterculus, P. cornutus, and P. gutturosus.

scholarly journals Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge in West Africa (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae), with description of a new species

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 355-382
Author(s):  
Thomas Kaltenbach ◽  
Jean-Luc Gattolliat
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
West African ◽  
African Species ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species

Material collected between 1984 and 1988 in Guinea and Mali and between 2003 and 2008 in the Ivory Coast substantially increased our knowledge of Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge in West Africa. We identified eight different species using morphological characters. One species, L. ediaisp. nov., is new to science; it is described and illustrated, based on its nymphs. The status of L. boussoulius (Gillies, 1993) is discussed and the divergent morphology of L. elouardi (Gillies, 1993) is compared to other species of Labiobaetis. A key to the nymphs of all West African species is provided and the distribution of Labiobaetis species in the Afrotropical realm is discussed.

A new species of Zoniopoda Stål (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Romaleidae) from Argentina and its phylogenetic position within the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2913 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTINA E. POCCO ◽  
GONZALO D. RUBIO ◽  
M. MARTA CIGLIANO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Body ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Median Carina ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the romaleid grasshopper genus Zoniopoda Stål (Romaleidae: Romaleini) is described and illustrated from the Sierras Chicas of Córdoba Province, central Argentina. A cladistic analysis based on morphological characters indicates that the genus Zoniopoda constitutes a monophyletic group and that Zoniopoda serrana n. sp. must be assigned to Iheringi species group based on synapomorphies of the pronotum and body color. The new species is similar to Z. similis Bruner from Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil, from which it can be distinguished by the color pattern of the body, shape of the pronotal dorso-median carina and characters of the male terminalia and epiphallus. This paper has been formatted with embedded links to images of the type specimen, maps based on georeferenced specimen data for the genus and an updated key to the species of Zoniopoda available on the Orthoptera Species File (OSF) online (http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org).

A new species of Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cyrtodactylus) from the Shan Plateau in eastern Myanmar (Burma)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4624 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
PERRY L. JR. WOOD ◽  
EVAN S. H. QUAH ◽  
MYINT KYAW THURA ◽  
JAMIE R. OAKS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Pairwise Sequence Divergence ◽  
Taxonomic Analysis ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Karst Habitats

An integrative taxonomic analysis of the Cyrtodactylus linnwayensis group of the Shan Plateau recovered two new populations from isolated karst habitats near Pinlaung Town, Shan State as a new species, C. pinlaungensis sp. nov. Cyrtodactylus pinlaungensis sp. nov. is most closely related to a clade comprising C. linnwayensis and C. ywanganensis from the western edge of the Shan Plateau approximately 90 km to the northwest. Cyrtodactylus pinlaungensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all members of the C. linnwayensis group by a number of statistically different morphological characters, discrete color pattern differences, and its heavy tuberculation. It also bears an uncorrected pairwise sequence divergence of 5.0–7.6% from all other species combined based on the mitochondrial gene ND2 and its flanking tRNAs. The discovery of this new species on the Shan Plateau continues to underscore the fact that this region is rapidly emerging as a herpetological diversity hot-spot for Myanmar. 

A new species of Phaseolus (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) sister to Phaseolus vulgaris, the common bean

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 313 (3) ◽  
pp. 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTHA RENDÓN-ANAYA ◽  
ALFREDO HERRERA-ESTRELLA ◽  
PAUL GEPTS ◽  
ALFONSO DELGADO-SALINAS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phaseolus Vulgaris ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Phaseolus Vulgaris L ◽  
Southern Ecuador ◽  
The Common ◽  
Comparison Table ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

Integrating the information provided by different lines of evidence generated in previous studies, Phaseolus debouckii, a new species is described and illustrated. This species occurs only in central-southern Ecuador and north western Peru, mostly in what is known as the Amatope-Huancabamba Depression, and represents a sister species to Phaseolus vulgaris L. A comparison table with quantitative and qualitative morphological characters is given, as well as a distribution map and ecological information.

A new species of annual fish, Hypsolebias tocantinensis sp.n. (Cyprinodontiformes:Rivulidae) from the rio Tocantins basin, northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3527 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
DALTON TAVARES BRESSANE NIELSEN ◽  
JOÃO CARLOS CRUZ ◽  
ARSÊNIO CALDEIRA BAPTISTA JUNIOR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Annual Fish ◽  
Temporary Pool ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Vertical Bars ◽  
A New Species

Hypsolebias tocantinensis n. sp. is described from a temporary pool located in the rio Tocantins basin, Maranhão stateBrazil. Hypsolebias tocantinensis belongs the H. flammeus species-group. It is the first occurrence of genus Hypsolebiasin Maranhão state. This new species differs from all other species of that group, except Hypsolebias flammeus (Costa,1989), Hypsolebias multiradiatus (Costa &Brasil, 1994) and Hypsolebias brunoi (Costa, 2003), by male color pattern andby the presence of a metallic blue sheen surrounding the black spots in the female. It differs from H. flammeus, H. multi-radiatus and H. brunoi by the shape of the dorsal and anal fins (rounded vs. pointed) and by the orientation of the reddishbrown bars in males (diagonal vs. vertical). Hypsolebias tocantinensis differs from all other Hypsolebias by the presenceof, in females, irregular light brown stains on the anal fins and by the pattern of the metallic blue sheen around the blackspots (completely surrounding the black spots while in congeners this blue sheen is either absent or present in vertical bars).

A new cryptic Phrynobatrachus species (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from Ghana, West Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1970 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL ◽  
CALEB OFORI BOATENG ◽  
JOHANNES PENNER ◽  
ANNIKA HILLERS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Genetic Distance ◽  
Minimum Distance ◽  
Face Mask ◽  
West African ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
African Species ◽  
White Spots ◽  
Compact Body

A new medium-sized Phrynobatrachus species from primary forest in south-western Ghana is described. Phrynobatrachus intermedius sp. nov. exhibits a combination of unique morphological and color characters including: compact body, short and pointed snout, a conspicuous dark face mask that covers the loreal and the tympanal area, a relatively smooth dorsum with only very feebly developed dorsal ridges, a black throat with few small white spots, a breast with blackish vermiculation, and moderately developed webbing. Furthermore, the analysis of mitochondrial 16S rRNA revealed that this new species differs from other West African species of the genus by a minimum distance of 3.4%. The new species is morphologically most similar to P. liberiensis (genetic distance 3.4–5.8 %) and P. plicatus (> 10% difference in the 16S rRNA fragment examined). P. liberiensis from the type locality of the new species are genetically more distant to the new species than those from other West African localities.

Further studies in Memecylon sect. Afzeliana (Melastomataceae–Olisbeoideae): the type of M. liberiae and its taxonomic implications

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 183 (4) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Robert Douglas Stone
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
West African ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Original Material ◽  
The West ◽  
African Species ◽  
Taxonomic Implications ◽  
A New Species

Under the principle of priority, Memecylon liberiae is the correct name for the West African species previously known as M. aylmeri. A lectotype is designated for M. liberiae from the original material rediscovered in the Berlin herbarium. Use of the neotype designated by Jacques-Félix must therefore be abandoned. A new species M. emancipatum is proposed to replace M. liberiae sensu Jacques-Félix. A revised identification key is provided for the West African species of Memecylon sensu stricto.

A new polymorphic Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from western Nigeria

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3328 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL ◽  
ABIODUN B. ONADEKO ◽  
MICHAEL F. BAREJ ◽  
LAURA SANDBERGER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Minimum Distance ◽  
Back Analysis ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
African Species ◽  
Forest Zone ◽  
Orbital Space ◽  
Roundish Body

We describe a new small Phrynobatrachus species from western Nigeria, the eastern-most part of the Upper Guinea bio-diversity hotspot. The new species exhibits a combination of unique morphological characters and a belly without pattern.Morphologically it is characterised by small size, compact roundish body with a round and short snout, large eyes, absenceof an eyelid cornicle, presence of a conspicuous row of warts with pores on the upper mandible, absence of discs on toeand finger tips, well developed webbing, larger warts on forehead and inter-orbital space and a pair of, sometimes indis-tinct, elongated chevron like ridges on the back. Analysis of mitochondrial 16S rRNA revealed that the new species differsfrom 33 other West and Central African species of the genus by a minimum distance of 6.6%. Genetically the new speciesis most similar to Phrynobatrachus ghanensis, P. guineensis and P. phyllophilus, all being endemic to the western part of the Upper Guinea forest zone.

scholarly journals Austrolebias paucisquama (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), a new species of annual killifish from southern Brazil

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliano Ferrer ◽  
Luiz R. Malabarba ◽  
Wilson J. E. M. Costa
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Variable Number ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Posterior Portion ◽  
Pectoral Fins ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Bright Blue

Austrolebias paucisquama is described from the rio Vacacaí drainage, a tributary to the rio Jacuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The new species belongs to the Austrolebias alexandri species-group, by sharing the apomorphic bright blue iridescence and dark gray pectoral fins in males. It is distinguished from other species of this group by having fewer scales around caudal peduncle (12) and fewer dorsal-fin rays in males (17-21). The lack of contact organs on the inner surface of the pectoral fin in males and the color pattern of females - ground color light brownish, sides of body with a variable number of relatively large dark black spots distributed mostly on posterior portion of body - distinguish A. paucisquama from all other species of the genus.

scholarly journals A century of waiting: description of a new Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) based on specimens housed for more than 100 years in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NMW)

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Koch ◽  
Angele Martins ◽  
Silke Schweiger
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Anterior Part ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Epictia based on eight specimens from Nicaragua collected and housed in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna for more than a century. The species differs from the congeners by the combination of external morphological characters: midtail scale rows 10; supralabials two, anterior one large and in broad contact with supraocular; infralabials four; subcaudals 14–19; middorsal scale rows 250–267; supraocular scales present; frontal scale distinct; striped dorsal color pattern with more or less triangular dark blotches on each scale; small white blotch in anterior part of dorsal surface of rostral present in five out of six specimens (two further specimens are lacking their heads); terminal spine and adjacent scales white. Eidonomic species separation from other Epictia spp. is also supported by a few qualitative and quantitative differences in vertebrae count and morphology. The new species is putatively assigned to the Epictia phenops species group based on external morphological characters and distribution.

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