A new species of Gekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Luzon Island, Philippines

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2396 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHARLES W. LINKEM ◽  
CAMERON D. SILER ◽  
ARVIN C. DIESMOS ◽  
EMERSON SY ◽  
RAFE M. BROWN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Secondary Growth ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
East Central ◽  
The Third ◽  
Distinct Color ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of gekkonid lizard, Gekko carusadensis, from low elevation, disturbed and secondary-growth forest in east-central Luzon Island, Philippines. Numerous features of its external morphology distinguish it from other congeners, including the presence of a distinct color pattern, body size, and a unique combination of scale counts. The new species has been found on karst outcrops and cave systems at low elevation. The new species typifies the rapidly expanding known diversity of Philippine gekkonid lizards, and is the third species in the genus to be described in the last three years.

scholarly journals Hidden tribe: A new species of Stream Toad of the genus Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from the poorly explored mountainous borderlands of western Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 763-779
Author(s):  
Chatmongkon Suwannapoom ◽  
L. Lee Grismer ◽  
Parinya Pawangkhanant ◽  
Mali Naiduangchan ◽  
Platon V. Yushchenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Mountain Region ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

Abstract The integrated results of morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses confirmed the new species status of a recently discovered population of Ansonia from Suan Phueng District, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand. Ansonia karensp. nov. is separated from all other species of Ansonia by a unique combination of mensural, discrete morphological, and color pattern characteristics and is the sister species of A. thinthinae from Tanintharyi Division, Myanmar. This discovery fills a geographic hiatus of 350 km between it and A. kraensis from Ranong Province, Thailand. Ansonia karensp. nov. is the newest member of a long list of range-restricted endemics having been recently discovered in the northern Tenasserim Mountain region of western Thailand and continues to underscore the unexplored nature of this region and its need for conservation.

Unveiling species diversity in collared frogs through morphological and bioacoustic evidence: a new Mannophryne (Amphibia, Aromobatidae) from Sierra de Aroa, northwestern Venezuela, and an amended definition and call description of M. herminae (Boettger, 1893)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4461 (4) ◽  
pp. 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
FERNANDO J.M. ROJAS-RUNJAIC ◽  
MIGUEL E. MATTA-PEREIRA ◽  
ENRIQUE LA MARCA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Lines Of Evidence

Species diversity in collared frogs of the genus Mannophryne is presumed to be underestimated due to the paucity of external morphology characters, but combining morphology with bioacoustics and other lines of evidence has shown to be useful in delimiting species of this group. Herein we describe a new species of Mannophryne from Sierra de Aroa in northwestern Venezuela. The new species is morphologically similar to M. herminae but is readily recognized by its strikingly different advertisement call. It also can be distinguished from all its congeners by the unique combination of its small body size, general color pattern, basal toe webbing, and advertisement call consisting of long trills of single tonal notes emitted at a rate of 2–3 notes/s. Additionally, to facilitate future diagnosis of undescribed species related to M. herminae, we amend the definition of the latter, describe in detail its advertisement call, and redefine its known distribution range. The new species increases the number of described species of Mannophryne to 20. 

A new species of small Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Salawati Island, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 180-189
Author(s):  
Denise Taimi Karkkainen ◽  
Stephen J. Richards ◽  
Fred Kraus ◽  
Burhan Tjaturadi ◽  
Keliopas Krey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Mature Male ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Island Arcs ◽  
Land Bridge ◽  
West Papua ◽  
Larger Sample ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of gecko in the Lepidodactylus novaeguineae Group from Salawati Island, West Papua Province, Indonesia. The new species can be distinguished from all congeners by a unique combination of aspects of body size, shape, colouration, and scalation. The holotype and only known specimen is a mature male with a snout-vent length of less than 33 mm, suggesting it is the smallest species of Lepidodactylus; however, to confirm that, larger sample sizes of the nominate species and other species are required. The Lepidodactylus novaeguineae Group has a wide distribution across the western, northern, and eastern margins of New Guinea, but it seems to be most often associated with islands (including land-bridge islands) or geological terranes derived from former island arcs.

A new species and key to species of the agriculturally important sharpshooter genus Sonesimia Young (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3608 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
MÁRCIO FELIX ◽  
DOUGLAS FELIPE DOS SANTOS LIMA ◽  
GABRIEL MEJDALANI ◽  
RODNEY R. CAVICHIOLI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sugar Cane ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Female Genital

The new sharpshooter species Sonesimia nessimiani is described from Bolivia based on specimens collected on sugar cane. An identification key to males and females of all known species of the genus is given. In addition to the external morphology, color pattern, and male genitalia, female genital structures are also described and illustrated. Notes comparing the new species with the remaining six Sonesimia species are provided.

The discovery and description of a new species of Bent-toed Gecko of  the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4668 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
EVAN S. H. QUAH ◽  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
PERRY L. JR WOOD ◽  
SHAHRUL ANUAR MOHD SAH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Northwest Coast ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Many ◽  
A New Species

A new species of limestone karst-adapted gecko of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex, C. dayangbuntingensis sp. nov., is described from Dayang Bunting Island of the Langkawi Archipelago off the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It is the third species of the group to be described from the archipelago after C. langkawiensis and C. macrotuberculatus. The new species can be distinguished from all other species of Cyrtodactylus based on molecular evidence from the mitochondrial gene ND2 and its flanking tRNAs as well as having unique combinations of morphological and color pattern characteristics. This discovery underscores the need for continued surveys of the many islands in the archipelago to properly ascertain its true herpetological diversity. 

A new species of Ansonia Stoliczka 1872 (Anura: Bufonidae) from Central Peninsular Malaysia and a revised taxonomy for Ansonia from the Malay Peninsula

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1327 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. LEE GRISMER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
The State ◽  
Malay Peninsula ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Head Morphology ◽  
A New Species

A new, montane species of Ansonia is described from the state of Pahang in central, peninsular Malaysia on the basis of having a unique combination of head, body, digit, and color pattern characteristics. This new species is similar to A. malayana, to which it is closest geographically, but differs greatly in aspects of head morphology and body tuberculation. A review of Ansonia from the Malay Peninsula demonstrates that the population of A. malayana from Tasan, Chumphon Province, Thailand is A. kraensis and A. penangensis from Ulu Tahan, Pahang in peninsular Malaysia is not conspecific with A. penangensis from Pulau Penang but an additional, undescribed species ranging throughout northwestern, peninsular Malaysia.

scholarly journals New species of Jupiaba Zanata (Characiformes: Characidae) from Serra do Cachimbo, with comments on the endemism of upper rio Curuá, rio Xingu basin, Brazil

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
José L. O. Birindelli ◽  
Angela M. Zanata ◽  
Leandro M. Sousa ◽  
André L. Netto-Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Posterior Portion ◽  
Lateral Body ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Jupiaba is described from rio Curuá, a tributary of the rio Iriri, rio Xingu basin, Pará State, Brazil. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by the unique combination of teeth cusps of similar size, dentary teeth gradually decreasing in size towards posterior portion, color pattern consisting of dark markings on the base of the majority of lateral body scales, inconspicuous dark elongate humeral blotch and conspicuous dark round blotch on the caudal peduncle, and 21 to 24 branched anal-fin rays. The new species is very similar, and possibly sister taxon to J. meunieri. Comments on the endemism of the fish fauna of the upper rio Curuá are given.

A new species of marsupial frog of the genus Gastrotheca Fitzinger (Anura: Amphignatodontidae) from the State of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1907 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
FLORA ACUÑA JUNCÁ ◽  
IVAN NUNES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dorsal View ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Distinct Color ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Anterior Tubercle

A new species of Gastrotheca is described from Serra da Jibóia, Municipality of Santa Terezinha, State of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. Gastrotheca flamma sp. nov. is characterized by the following combination of traits: SVL 55.3 mm; skin on dorsum weakly granulate; skin adherent on head; snout truncate in dorsal view and nearly vertical in profile; tympanum rounded; presence of two small supraocular tubercles (anterior tubercle bigger than posterior one); webbing poorly developed between fingers II-III and III-IV; calcars present; distinct color pattern. Comments on species habitat are provided.

A new species of Dipsas Laurenti from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2691 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL S. FERNANDES ◽  
OTAVIO A. V. MARQUES ◽  
ANTÔNIO J. S. ARGÔLO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Posterior Half ◽  
Anterior Portion ◽  
Posterior Portion ◽  
A New Species

Dipsas sazimai sp. nov. is described from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. The new species is distinguished from all congeners by showing anterior portion of body with rounded dorsal blotches wider than interblotches; median and posterior portion of body with blotches higher than long and narrower than interblotches; posterior body blotches lighter than anterior blotches; posterior blotches with conspicuous white edge in paraventral region; tiny and vertically oriented streaks in the interblotches from the posterior half of body; 187–209 ventral scales; 107–129 subcaudal scales; and the first blotch not reaching the rictus. Based on characters of external morphology and color pattern we suggest the new species is related to taxa of the recently proposed Dipsas incerta species group.

Another new Rock Gecko (genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2419 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
CHAN KIN ONN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Scale Characteristics ◽  
A New Species

A new species of forest dwelling Rock Gecko, Cnemaspis roticanai sp. nov., is described from the upper elevations of Gunung Raya, Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Cnemaspis roticanai is the second species of Cnemaspis described from Pulau Langkawi and is differentiated from all other Southeast Asian Cnemaspis in having a unique combination of color pattern and scale characteristics including keeled subtibials, ventrals, subcaudals, dorsal tubercles, and forearm scales; 25–27 paravertebral tubercles; a median row of enlarged, keeled subcaudals; five or six precloacal, pore-bearing scales in males separated medially by one or two non-pore-bearing scales; 26–29 subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe; no dark, longitudinal gular markings or blotches; no dark shoulder patch enclosing a white to yellow ocellus; and having a yellow to white, prescapular crescent. Cnemaspis roticanai is the latest species in a growing list of new taxa being discovered from the Langkawi Archipelago.

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