Morphological and molecular assessment of the Diplodactylus savagei species complex in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, with a description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2393 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL Doughty ◽  
MITZY PEPPER ◽  
J. SCOTT KEOGH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Gradual Transition ◽  
North Central ◽  
The North ◽  
Central Form ◽  
Dorsal Pattern ◽  
A New Species

The gecko Diplodactylus savagei is restricted to the rocky Pilbara and Ashburton regions of Western Australia. Recent collections have enabled a reappraisal of morphological and genetic diversity within the taxon. Analysis of 1200 base pairs of the mtDNA gene ND2 and surrounding tRNA found strong support for three lineages within D. savagei: an eastern clade (which includes the type location of D. savagei from Marble Bar), a southern clade and a north-central clade. The eastern and southern clades did not differ in morphology or dorsal pattern. Although there are several subtle differences in morphological characters between the eastern and southern clades compared to the north-central form, there were clear differences in dorsal pattern with the north-central forms having finer, widely-scattered spots, a pale dorsal border to the loreal stripe and a gradual transition between the dorsal and ventral colouration. We describe the north-central form as a new species, D. galaxias sp. nov., based on the distinctiveness of its colour pattern, subtle morphological differences, mtDNA divergence and maintenance of these differences at the edge of the western Hamersley Range where the north-central and southern clades come into contact.

A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae) from the North Papuan Mountains

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2930 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL OLIVER ◽  
KELIOPAS KREY ◽  
MUMPUNI _ ◽  
STEPHEN RICHARDS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Mountain Ranges ◽  
The North ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Dorsal Pattern ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Cyrtodactylus from lower montane forests on the Torricelli and Foja Mountain ranges of northern New Guinea. Cyrtodactylus boreoclivus sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other described Cyrtodactylus by the combination of moderately large size (SVL 104–109 mm), males with pores extending to the knee and arranged in independent precloacal and femoral series, transversely enlarged subcaudal scales, and dorsal pattern consisting of five to seven indistinct transverse dark bands. The known distribution of this species is similar to many other vertebrate taxa apparently restricted to isolated ranges within the North Papuan Mountains, and supports the biogeographic association of these poorly known upland areas.

Second representative of the order Misophrioida (Crustacea, Copepoda) from Australia challenges the hypothesis of the Tethyan origin of some anchialine faunas

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2059 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOMISLAV KARANOVIC ◽  
STEFAN M. EBERHARD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Apical Seta ◽  
Aquatic Fauna ◽  
The North ◽  
Ecological Implications ◽  
Coastal Margin ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Swimming Leg

A new species of the genus Speleophria is described from a cave in the Nullarbor region in southern Western Australia. Its congeners include species from the Balearics, Croatia, Bermuda, Yucatan peninsula and north-western Western Australia, all considered to be Tethyan relicts. However, the discovery of the new speleophriid in the Nullarbor region has important biogeographic and ecological implications. From the biogeographic perspective, it either suggests dispersal as the process determining the current distribution pattern of the aquatic fauna found on the Roe Plains or significantly extends the Tethyan track across Australia, from the north-western coastal margin of the continent to the southern coastal margin. From an ecologic perspective, the new speleophriid suggests the possible existence of anchialine habitats in southern Australia. Speleophria nullarborensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from its four congeners by its plesiomorphic 3-segmented endopod of the first swimming leg (2-segmented in other species) and unusually long innermost apical seta on the caudal ramus. Another character that easily distinguishes our new species, and seems to be an autapomorphic feature, is its constricted preanal somite.

A new species of turtle-headed sea Snake (Emydocephalus: Elapidae) endemic to Western Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4758 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMES H. NANKIVELL ◽  
CLAIRE GOIRAN ◽  
MATHEW HOURSTON ◽  
RICHARD SHINE ◽  
ARNE R. RASMUSSEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Ryukyu Islands ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Independent Evidence ◽  
Sea Snake ◽  
Evolutionary Distinctiveness ◽  
The Ryukyu Islands ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of turtle-headed sea snake Emydocephalus orarius sp. nov. (Elapidae) from Western Australia’s Coral Coast, Pilbara and Kimberley regions. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial markers places the new species as the sister lineage to the two currently recognised species in Emydocephalus: E. annulatus from the Timor Sea reefs and Coral Sea, and E. ijimae from the Ryukyu Islands. Analysis of nuclear SNP data from the new species and E. annulatus from Australia and New Caledonia provides additional independent evidence of their evolutionary distinctiveness. The new taxon is usually morphologically diagnosable from its congeners using a combination of scalation and colour pattern characters, and appears to reach greater total lengths (>1 m in the new species versus typically ~80 cm in E. annulatus/E. ijimae). The new species is known largely from soft-bottomed trawl grounds, unlike E. annulatus and E.ijimae which usually inhabit coral reefs. The discovery of this new species brings the number of sea snake species endemic to Western Australia to six. 

A new species of Neorhaphiomidas Norris (Diptera: Mydidae) from Queensland, Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3613 (6) ◽  
pp. 597-600
Author(s):  
GREG DANIELS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
South Australia ◽  
First Record ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
A New Species

Neorhaphiomidas Norris, with 7 species, is an endemic genus and the only Australian representative of the mydid subfamily Megascelinae. The genus was for many years considered to be restricted to Western Australia but the range of the genus was extended to the eastern part of South Australia with Paramonov's (1961) description of N. inermis. The new species described here, the first record of the genus from Queensland, extends the known distribution of the genus some 1500 km to the north-east.

A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2246 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
SVEN MECKE ◽  
PAUL DOUGHTY ◽  
STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Sandy Desert ◽  
Molecular Genetic Evidence ◽  
Dorsal Pattern ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Eleven Species

The concept of the skink lizard genus Eremiascincus Greer, 1979 is expanded to include eleven species [antoniorum, brongersmai, butlerorum, douglasi, emigrans, fasciolatus, isolepis, richardsonii, musivus sp. nov., pardalis, timorensis], eight of which [antoniorum, brongersmai, butlerorum, douglasi, emigrans, isolepis, pardalis, timorensis] (comb. nov.) previously belonged to Glaphyromorphus Wells & Wellington, 1983. This decision is based on the results of three recent studies, which indicated that ‘Glaphyromorphus’ was a polyphyletic assemblage representing a morphotype within Australian sphenomorphine skinks. In addition, we describe a new species of Eremiascincus based on morphological and molecular genetic evidence. The new species is distributed in coastal areas of the Pilbara region, Dampierland and the Great Sandy Desert in northwestern Western Australia. Eremiascincus musivus sp. nov. differs from regional congeners by possessing a characteristic dorsal pattern comprising numerous whitish and dark spots which align to form a diffuse reticulum, a pale vertebral stripe, more slender body and smaller body size, 52–62 paravertebral scales, scales along top of the fourth toe with oblique sutures on basal quarter to third of digit, subdigital lamellae of fourth toe undivided and feebly keeled and 10–15 plantar scales. The description of E. musivus sp. nov. brings the number of species of Australian Eremiascincus to seven.

scholarly journals Moutabea chartacea (Polygalaceae), a new species from the north-central Amazon and Guayana Shield

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (164) ◽  
pp. 232
Author(s):  
Gerardo A. Aymard C. ◽  
Lisa M. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Central ◽  
Central Amazon ◽  
The North ◽  
Guayana Shield ◽  
A New Species

Se describe e ilustra la especie Moutabea chartacea, de los bosques húmedos de tierras bajas de Brasil (estado Amazonas), Venezuela (estados Amazonas, Bolívar y Delta Amacuro) y Colombia (departamentos de Caquetá, Meta y Vaupés), y se discuten sus relaciones morfológicas con su especie afín. Esta nueva especie es similar a M. gentryi, sin embargo, difiere por poseer los pecíolos, hojas, lóbulos de cáliz, frutos y semillas más pequeños, así como brácteas triangulares, pétalos con los ápices no reflexos y semillas densamente cubiertas por tricomas estrellados. Se incluye una clave actualizada de las especies de Moutabea. © 2018. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Ex. Fis. Nat.

scholarly journals A new bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from the Kimberley region, Western Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3187 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
AARON M. BAUER ◽  
PAUL DOUGHTY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Gravid Female ◽  
North Coast ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
The North ◽  
Skin Fold ◽  
Female Holotype ◽  
Cape York ◽  
Dorsal Pattern

A diminutive new species of Cyrtodactylus is described from East Montalivet Island off the north coast of the Kimberley regionof Western Australia. Cyrtodactylus kimberleyensis sp. nov. may be distinguished from all other congeners by its small size(gravid female holotype 45 mm SVL), its lack of enlarged subcaudal plates, 16–18 rows of dorsal tubercles, weakly developedventrolateral skin fold, and dorsal pattern lacking dark transverse bands and enlarged blotches. The new species is one of thesmallest in the genus and is the first Cyrtodactylus known from Western Australia. It is not closely related to the large-bodiedspecies of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, but rather has affinities to small to mid-sized species occurring on Timor and in the Lesser Sundas, and thus represents a second pathway of colonization of northern Australia.

A Synopsis of Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) in Brazil, with the Description of Two New Species

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-348
Author(s):  
James Lucas da Costa-Lima ◽  
Earl Celestino de Oliveira Chagas
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
The North ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—A synopsis of Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) for Brazil is presented. Six species are recognized: Dicliptera ciliaris, D. sexangularis, and D. squarrosa, widely distributed in South America; D. purpurascens, which ranges from the North Region of Brazil (in the state of Acre) to eastern Bolivia; D. gracilirama, a new species from the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil; and D. granchaquenha, a new species recorded in dry and semideciduous forests in Bolivia and western Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Furthermore, we propose new synonyms and designate lectotypes for eleven names. An identification key to the six accepted Dicliptera species in Brazil is provided.

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