Amphibia, Anura, Cycloramphidae, Alsodes vanzolinii (Donoso-Barros, 1974): rediscovery in nature, latitudinal and altitudinal extension in Nahuelbuta Range, southern Chile

New populations of the Critically Endangered anuran species Alsodes vanzolinii (Donoso-Barros 1974) were discovered during two field surveys at Nahuelbuta Range, Biobío region, southern Chile. Adult specimens have not been reported since the original description of the species heretofore. The new records provided herein extend the latitudinal limit of what was previously thought to be the only population of the species 40 km to the southwest, and the altitudinal limit from 25 m a.s.l. to 700 m a.s.l.

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Discovery of a new population of the Critically Endangered frog Insuetophrynus acarpicus Barrio, 1970 (Anura: Cycloramphidae): latitudinal and altitudinal extension in the Valdivian Coastal Range, Southern Chile

Check List ◽

10.15560/8.4.810 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 810

Author(s):

Felipe E. Rabanal ◽

José J. Nuñez

Keyword(s):

Threatened Species ◽

Field Survey ◽

Critically Endangered ◽

Southern Chile ◽

Altitudinal Range ◽

Anuran Species ◽

The World ◽

Coastal Range

A new population of the Critically Endangered anuran species Insuetophrynus acarpicus Barrio, 1970 was discovered during a field survey at Valdivian Coastal Range, Los Ríos Region, Southern Chile. Until now, only three populations have been reported for the species. The new founding described in this paper, which extends the latitudinal limit 21 km to the southwest, and its altitudinal range over 486 m a.s.l, constitutes a very important discovery since the species is considered one of the most threatened species in the country and the world.

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New distribution records of the critically endangered frog Telmatobufo bullocki Schmidt, 1952 (Anura: Calyptocephalellidae) in southern Chile

Check List ◽

10.15560/10.2.428 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 428

Author(s):

Felipe E. Rabanal ◽

Virginia Moreno-Puig

Keyword(s):

Geographic Distribution ◽

Threatened Species ◽

Critically Endangered ◽

Mountain Range ◽

Southern Chile ◽

Field Surveys ◽

Private Forestry ◽

New Localities ◽

Central South ◽

New Distribution

In an effort to assess the current geographic distribution of the critically endangered frog Telmatobufo bullocki Schmidt, 1952, we conducted several field surveys in the Nahuelbuta mountain range in central-south Chile. We surveyed historic localities cited in the literature, and potential new localities in private forestry areas. Telmatobufo bullocki was found in six localities: four historic and two new. The discovery of new populations and the confirmation of the persistence of the species in at least four historic localities open new perspectives for the conservation of this threatened species.

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A refined circumscription of Notobubon striatum and the resurrection of Dregea collina Ecklon & Zeyher (Apiaceae, Apioideae)

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.266.1.4 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 266 (1) ◽

pp. 27 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ANTHONY R. MAGEE ◽

ODETTE E. CURTIS ◽

B-E. VAN WYK

Keyword(s):

Conservation Status ◽

Leaf Size ◽

Type Specimen ◽

Distinct Species ◽

Critically Endangered ◽

Type Material ◽

New Combination ◽

Careful Examination ◽

Field Surveys ◽

Extensive Field

Extensive field surveys of the Critically Endangered Central and Eastern Rûens Shale Renosterveld have uncovered that Notobubon striatum, as currently circumscribed, comprises two distinct species. Upon careful examination of the type material it has become clear that names exist for both species. The type specimen of N. striatum clearly matches the lesser known species, a large shrub, ca. 1 m. tall, with a powerful anise-scent and which is restricted to the banks of seasonal rivers and watercourses in the Central and Eastern Rûens Shale Renosterveld. The second and better known entity, with a wider distribution, corresponds to the type material of Dregea collina Ecklon & Zeyher. As such, a new combination, Notobubon collinum (Ecklon & Zeyher) Magee, is here made to accommodate this taxon, restricted to dry quartz and silcrete patches or outcrops in Eastern Rûens Shale Renosterveld. In their revised circumscriptions N. striatum and N. collinum are readily distinguished by habit, scent, leaf size and division, as well as leaf lobe shape and sepal size. Comprehensive descriptions of both species are provided, together with notes on their ecology and conservation status, and the existing key to the species of Notobubon updated. This brings the number of recognised species in the genus to thirteen.

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Diversity and first record of heterobranch gastropods (opisthobranchs) from the Saurashtra coast of Kathiawar Peninsula, India

Marine Biodiversity Records ◽

10.1017/s1755267215000585 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Paresh Poriya ◽

Bhavik Vakani ◽

Bhavendra Chaudhari ◽

Pradip Kachhiya ◽

Rahul Kundu

Keyword(s):

West Coast ◽

Intertidal Zone ◽

Arabian Sea ◽

New Records ◽

First Record ◽

The South ◽

Field Surveys ◽

Intertidal Zones ◽

West Coast Of India ◽

Saurashtra Coast

This paper reports seven species of opisthobranchs from the intertidal zone of the south Saurashtra coastline off the Arabian Sea, Kathiawar Peninsula, west coast of India. Field surveys were undertaken along the intertidal zones of south Saurashtra coast during 2012–2014. In this study, seven species belonging to six families were recorded, of whichHaminoea ovalis, Flabellina bicolor, Phidiana militaris, Baeolidia palythoaeandSakuraeolis gujaraticaare new records from this coastline.

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The caridean shrimps of the genus Lysmata Risso, 1816 (Decapoda: Lysmatidae) from Madagascar collected during the Atimo-Vatae expedition: a new species and two new records

European Journal of Taxonomy ◽

10.5852/ejt.2021.774.1535 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 774 ◽

pp. 155-177

Author(s):

Hossein Ashrafi ◽

J. Antonio Baeza ◽

Zdeněk Ďuriš

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Original Description ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

West Pacific ◽

Phylogenetic Studies ◽

The Caribbean ◽

De Man ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The present study focuses on shrimps belonging to the genus Lysmata Risso, 1816, collected from Madagascar during the Atimo Vatae expedition carried out in 2010. Lysmata malagasy sp. nov. is a new species belonging to the clade named “long accessory ramous” or “cosmopolitan” in previous phylogenetic studies. The new species can be distinguished from the only two other representatives of this group in the Indo-west Pacific, L. ternatensis De Man, 1902, and L. trisetacea (Heller, 1861), by the accessory ramus of the lateral antennular flagellum consisting of four elongated articles. Lysmata lipkei Okuno & Fiedler, 2010 is reported here from Madagascar with a remarkable extension of its known range after its original description from Japan. This species has also been reported from Singapore and, as alien species, from Brazil. Lastly, L. kuekenthali De Man, 1902 known from numerous localities in the Indo-West Pacific biogeographic area, is reported for the first time from Madagascar. Results of the present morphological and molecular analyses suggest that L. hochi Baeza & Anker, 2008 from the Caribbean Sea is a synonym of the Indo-West Pacific L. kuekenthali, and thus the latter species is alien in the western Atlantic.

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Conservation of Britain’s biodiversity: Distribution and status of the Welsh endemic Hieracium breconicola, Beacons Hawkweed (Asteraceae)

British & Irish Botany ◽

10.33928/bib.2021.03.052 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sarah J. Lee ◽

Timothy C.G. Rich

Keyword(s):

Critically Endangered ◽

Endemic Plant ◽

Conservation Action ◽

Field Surveys ◽

Threat Status ◽

In The Wild

Hieracium breconicola P.D. Sell, Beacons Hawkweed, is a Welsh endemic plant confined to the Brecon Beacons. Field surveys 2009-2020 indicate only one plant survives in one of its three sites. The IUCN threat status is ‘Critically Endangered’; unless conservation action is undertaken soon, this species will soon be extinct in the wild.

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Records of the Indian Sand Snake Psammophis condanarus (Merrem, 1820) (Reptilia: Lamprophiidae) in southern India

Journal of Threatened Taxa ◽

10.11609/jott.3468.9.7.10453-10458 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

pp. 10453 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

S. R. Ganesh ◽

Vivek Sharma ◽

M. Bubesh Guptha

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Southern India ◽

Eastern Ghats ◽

Field Surveys ◽

Voucher Specimens ◽

Deccan Plateau

We present new records of the Indian Sand Snake Psammophis condanarus from southern India, where its existence has remained doubtful till date. Our records are based on both live and preserved voucher specimens that are illustrated and described here. We furnish distribution records of this species from two sites belonging to two different ecoregions in southern India—Tirupati in the Eastern Ghats and Hospete in the Deccan plateau. Our work highlights the obscurity of certain, large-growing, diurnal land snakes that have as yet managed to evade the attention of field biologists largely due to a lack of field surveys in certain ecoregions.

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