A new species of Hyperolius Rapp, 1842 (Anura: Hyperoliidae) from the Serra da Chela mountains, south-western Angola

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3269 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
WERNER CONRADIE ◽  
WILLIAM R. BRANCH ◽  
G. JOHN MEASEY ◽  
KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Genetic Divergence ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Stream Habitat ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
The Village ◽  
A New Species

A new species of African reed frog (genus Hyperolius Rapp, 1842) is described from a high altitude, forested gorge in theSerra da Chela mountain range near the village of Humpata, Lubango area, Huila Province, south-western Angola. It iscurrently only known from its type locality. Phylogenetic reconstruction using the mitochondrial 16S marker reveals thatit is the sister taxon of the poorly known Hyperolius cinereus (>4% sequence divergence) also described from Angola, andforms part of a larger clade comprising H. platyceps. The new species is distinguished from other closely related Hyperolius species by genetic divergence, vocalisation, an unusual torrent stream habitat, and colouration.

A new Reed Frog (Hyperoliidae: Hyperolius) from coastal northeastern Mozambique

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4379 (2) ◽  
pp. 177 ◽  
Author(s):  
WERNER CONRADIE ◽  
LUKE VERBURGT ◽  
DANIEL M. PORTIK ◽  
ANNEMARIE OHLER ◽  
BERYL A. BWONG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Genetic Divergence ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstructions ◽  
Mtdna Sequence ◽  
A New Species

A new species of African reed frog (genus Hyperolius Rapp, 1842) is described from the Coastal Forests of the Eastern Africa Biodiversity Hotspot in northeastern Mozambique. It is currently only known from less than ten localities associated with the Mozambican coastal pans system, but may also occur in the southeastern corner of Tanzania. Phylogenetic reconstructions using the mitochondrial 16S marker revealed that it is the sister taxon of Hyperolius mitchelli (>5.6% 16S mtDNA sequence divergence) and forms part of a larger H. mitchelli complex with H. mitchelli and H. rubrovermiculatus. The new species is distinguished from other closely related Hyperolius species by genetic divergence, morphology, vocalisation, and dorsal colouration. 

A new four-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4514 (4) ◽  
pp. 553 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOÃO PAULO FELIX AUGUSTO DE ALMEIDA ◽  
MARCO ANTONIO DE FREITAS ◽  
MÁRCIO BORBA DA SILVA ◽  
MARIA CELESTE COSTA VALVERDE ◽  
MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Genetic Divergence ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Tail Tip ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Amphisbaena from the Espinhaço Mountain Range in Bahia State is described based on morphological and molecular data. Amphisbaena caetitensis sp nov. is a small four-pored amphisbaenian with 186–194 body annuli, 10–12 tail annuli, 16 dorsal and 19–22 ventral segments on a midbody annulus and a strikingly distinctive tail tip. The most similar species is A. uroxena, but they can be distinguished by some morphological features besides the genetic divergence of 7.65% on the mitochondrial 16S rRNA. 

A new slipper lobster of the genus Galearctus Holthuis, 2002 (Decapoda, Scyllaridae) from Madagascar

Crustaceana ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 93 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1461-1470
Author(s):  
Chien-Hui Yang ◽  
Tin-Yam Chan
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Genetic Divergence ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
A New Species

Abstract Comparison on the abundant material of Galearctus timidus (Holthuis, 1960) recently collected from the Philippines and Madagascar showed that there are differences in the development of carapace teeth, abdominal sculpture, pereiopods ornamentation and coloration between the specimens from these two localities. Molecular analysis also reveals high genetic divergence between the two forms. Since the type locality of G. timidus is from the Philippines, the Madagascan form is described as a new species.

A review of Soaresia H. Soares, 1945, with the description of a new species from Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1687 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADRIANO B. KURY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Janeiro State

Soaresia forficula sp. nov. is described from the Mantiqueira Mountain Range, Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. The genus Soaresia H. Soares, 1945 previously included only Soaresia uncina H. Soares, 1945, hitherto recorded only from the type locality, Penedo, Rio de Janeiro State, in the same mountain range. A second record of S. uncina is given from a nearby locality, Serrinha do Alambari. The combined distribution of the species of Soaresia is restricted to elevations between 700 and 1300 m, in the Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests biome. An emended diagnosis of the genus is given and complements are given to the description of S. uncina, including the first illustrations and description of the male genitalia.

A new microteiid lizard of the genus Acratosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Serra do Sincorá, State of Bahia, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2013 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES ◽  
JOSÉ CASSIMIRO ◽  
MARCO ANTONIO DE FREITAS ◽  
THAÍS FIGUEIREDO SANTOS SILVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
The Body ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Campos Rupestres ◽  
Temporal Scales ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Acratosaura is described on the basis of two specimens obtained at the “campos rupestres” (rocky meadows) near Mucugê municipality, state of Bahia, Brazil. Acratosaura spinosa sp. nov., has ear openings and eyelids, pentadactyl limbs lacking a claw on first toe, a single frontonasal, prefrontals, frontoparietals, parietals, interparietals, occipitals, no collar fold, three pairs of genials, three supraoculars and three superciliaries and is further characterized by presenting 28–31 rows of strongly keeled, lanceolate and imbricate dorsal scales, sides of the neck with keeled scales, striate temporal scales, four longitudinal and 17–18 transverse rows of smooth ventral scales, 28–30 scales around the body, 14 and 19–20 infradigital lamellae under finger IV and toe IV, respectively, 13 total preanal and femoral pores in male, absent in female. The new species differs strikingly in color pattern from its only congener A. mentalis. The two species occur sympatricaly in the high altitude open habitats near the type locality.

A new Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4885 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-98
Author(s):  
AMIT SAYYED ◽  
SHAURI SULAKHE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
Ventral Side ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
16S Rrna Phylogeny ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Rrna Phylogeny ◽  
A New Species

A new species belonging to the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 is described from the Rangana Fort mountain range of the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. A preliminary 16S rRNA phylogeny of Indian Cnemaspis is provided and the phylogenetic position of the new species is established within the goaensis clade. The new species, Cnemaspis ranganaensis sp. nov. can easily be distinguished from all Indian congeners by having 3 or 4 spine-like tubercles on the flanks, conical tubercles absent on flank, dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous, presence of precloacal and femoral pores in males, 8 or 9 poreless scales between femoral and precloacal pores; gular scales flat, smooth; 93–101 paravertebral scales, 59–63 mid-dorsal scales; 93–101 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca, 30–31 scales across belly; ventral scales smooth, imbricate; tail with small, granular, keeled, pointed, subimbricate scales intermixed with enlarged, strongly keeled, conical tubercles forming whorls; scales on ventral side of tail imbricate, smooth, with three rows of large, slightly elongated median subcaudals. The new species is closely related to C. goaensis, from which it differs by a genetic divergence of 1.9-3.0%. Molecular phylogenetic reconstruction supports the distinctiveness of the new species. 

A new species of Contomastix (Squamata, Teiidae) supported by total evidence, with remarks on diagnostic characters defining the genus

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
Mario. R. Cabrera
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
Total Evidence ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Proximal Margin ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Molecular Characters

Formerly Cnemidophorus was thought to be the most speciose genus of Teiidae. This genus comprised four morphological groups that were later defined as four different genera, Ameivula, Aurivela, Cnemidophorus and Contomastix. The last appears as paraphyletic in a recent phylogenetic reconstruction based on morphology, but monophyletic in a reconstruction using molecular characters. Six species are allocated to Contomastix. One of them, C. lacertoides, having an extensive and disjunct geographic distribution in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Preliminary analyses revealed morphological differences among its populations, suggesting that it is actually a complex of species. Here, we describe a new species corresponding to the Argentinian populations hitherto regarded as C. lacertoides, by integrating morphological and molecular evidence. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the presence of notched proximal margin of the tongue is a character that defines the genus Contomastix.

A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from coastal Kerala, southern India 

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4374 (4) ◽  
pp. 545 ◽  
Author(s):  
KALESH SADASIVAN ◽  
M. B. RAMESH ◽  
MUHAMED JAFER PALOT ◽  
MAYURESH AMBEKAR ◽  
ZEESHAN A. MIRZA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Nicotinamide Adenine ◽  
Pairwise Sequence Divergence ◽  
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Dehydrogenase ◽  
A New Species

We here describe Sitana attenboroughii sp. nov., a new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from coastal Kerala in southern India. The new species morphologically is closer to Sitana visiri Deepak, 2016 (in Deepak et al. 2016a), however, differs in having higher numbers of ventral scales and a comparatively short but richly colored dewlap. Genetically the new species shows affinity to Sitana marudhamneydhal Deepak, Khandekar, Varma & Chaitanya, 2016 from which it differs in an uncorrected pairwise sequence divergence of 2.2% for a fragment of mitochondrial Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase (NADH) subunit 2 gene. 

A new species of Crossodactylodes (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil: first record of genus within the Espinhaço Mountain Range

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3731 (4) ◽  
pp. 552 ◽  
Author(s):  
IZABELA M. BARATA ◽  
MARCUS T.T. SANTOS ◽  
FELIPE S.F. LEITE ◽  
PAULO C.A. GARCIA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Phrynus Lamarck, 1801 (Arachnida: Amblypygi),  from Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, with a redescription of Phrynus pulchripes (Pocock, 1894)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4254 (3) ◽  
pp. 357 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL CHIRIVI JOYA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
The Moment ◽  
A New Species

We present the description of Phrynus calypso sp. nov. from Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela This species is very similar to Phrynus pulchripes (Pocock), however after examining Colombian specimens of P. pulchripes (ca. type locality), many differences were found. Characters commonly used in diagnosis of Phrynus species are variable and make identification difficult. Differences in a few structures, like pedipalpal spines, could not be enough to provide a useful diagnosis.  It is necessary to account for variation of similar species in conjunction, and select non overlapping groups of characters. Observations in the variation in both species are presented, pointing out sources of confusion, and suggesting alternative characters to support diagnoses. At the moment, details about variation in many species in Phrynus, like that of P. pulchripes, are poorly known, and for this reason a redescription is provided. 

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