Photographic Records of Reptiles from Yala and Narathiwat Provinces Reveal Seven New Species for Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-162
Author(s):  
Parinya Pawangkhanant ◽  
Ton Smits ◽  
Ian Dugdale ◽  
Kanokwan Yimyoo ◽  
Tan Van Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Tropical Rain Forests ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
International Collaborations ◽  
Photographic Records

We report seven new country records of species of reptiles on the basis of recent herpetological surveys between 2015 – 2019 in southern Thailand: Gekko (Ptychozoon) cicakterbang, Dasia grisea, and Sphenomorphus sungaicolus from Yala Province; Gonocephalus liogaster, Gekko (Sundagekko) browni, Oligodon signatus, and Xenochrophis maculatus from Narathiwat Province. Our recent findings bring the total number of reptiles recorded in Thailand to 452 species. Furthermore, our results suggest that further intensified herpetological research efforts and international collaborations are required to increase our knowledge on the herpetofaunal diversity in the tropical rain forests of southern Thailand near the border with peninsular Malaysia.

Five new species of the spider genus Savarna Huber, 2005 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Thailand

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4778 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-328
Author(s):  
TIANQI LAN ◽  
ZHIYUAN YAO ◽  
GUO ZHENG ◽  
PRASIT WONGPROM ◽  
SHUQIANG LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
Males And Females

The genus Savarna Huber, 2005 comprises only five species, from southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. In this study, five new species are described from Thailand: Savarna bannang sp. nov. (Yala), S. chiangmai sp. nov. (Chiangmai), S. huahin sp. nov. (Prachuap Kiri Khan), S. satun sp. nov. (Satun), S. thungsong sp. nov. (Nakhon Srithammarat). All new species are described from males and females. The distribution of S. chiangmai sp. nov. represent the northernmost record of the genus. 

Resupinate poroid fungi from tropical rain forests in Brazil: two new species and new records

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 879-885 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allyne Christina Gomes-Silva ◽  
Leif Ryvarden ◽  
Tatiana Baptista Gibertoni
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Tropical Rain Forests ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
Two New Species

On Two New Species of Freshwater Crabs of the Genera Sayamia and Heterothelphusa (Brachyura, Parathelphusidae) From Southern Thailand

Crustaceana ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 710-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter K.L. Ng
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Freshwater Crabs ◽  
The Family ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
Two New Species

AbstractTwo new species of freshwater crabs of the family Parathelphusidae are described from southern Thailand. Sayamia melanodactylus sp. nov. is one of the smallest members of the genus known, and seems to be most closely related to S. sexpunctata, but differing in carapace and male gonopod characters as well as in the colour of the fingers of its minor chelae (black against brown). Heterothelphusa fatum sp. nov. is related to H. insolita from nearby northeastern Peninsular Malaysia, but has a distinctly more swollen carapace, proportionately more slender ambulatory legs and a very differently structured major male chela.

Geographic structure of genetic variation in the Parachute Gecko Ptychozoon lionotum Annandale, 1905 across Indochina and Sundaland with descriptions of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4638 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
PERRY L. JR. WOOD ◽  
JESSE L. GRISMER ◽  
EVAN S. H. QUAH ◽  
NEANG THY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Phylogeographic Structure ◽  
Geographic Structure ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
Three New Species

An integrative taxonomic analysis of the Ptychozoon lionotum group across its range in Indochina and Sundaland recovers P. lionotum sensu lato Annandale, 1905 as paraphyletic with respect to P. popaense Grismer, Wood, Thura, Grismer, Brown, & Stuart, 2018a and composed of four allopatric, genetically divergent, ND2 mitochondrial lineages. Multivariate and univariate analyses of continuous and discrete morphological and color pattern characters statistically and discretely diagnose each lineage from one another and together, with maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses, provide the foundation for the recognition of each lineage as a new species—hypotheses corroborated with a Generalized Mixed Yule Coalescent species delimitation analysis. Ptychozoon cicakterbang sp. nov. ranges throughout Peninsular Malaysia to Pulau Natuna Besar, Indonesia; P. kabkaebin sp. nov. is endemic to northern and central Laos; and P. tokehos sp. nov. ranges from southern Thailand south of the Isthmus of Kra northward to Chiang Mai, fringing the Chao Phraya Basin and ranging southward through Cambodia to southern Vietnam. Ptychozoon lionotum sensu stricto ranges from northwestern Laos through southern Myanmar to eastern India. The phylogeographic structure within each species varies considerably with P. lionotum s.s. showing no genetic divergence across its 1,100 km range compared to P. cicakterbang sp. nov. showing upwards of 8.2% sequence divergence between syntopic individuals. Significant phylogeographic structure exists within P. tokehos sp. nov. and increased sampling throughout Thailand may require additional taxonomic changes within this species. 

On a new species of Cheilolejeunea (Spruce) Steph. (Lejeuneaceae, Machantiophyta) from Amazonian savannas

Nova Hedwigia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
Luciana Priscila Costa Macedo ◽  
Cid José Passos Bastos ◽  
Anna Luiza Ilkiu-Borges
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Tropical Rain Forests ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Obtuse Apex ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Seasonal Forests

During fieldwork to investigate bryophyte communities in disjunct areas of savannas in the Eastern Amazon, a new species of Cheilolejeunea was collected. The genus contains species mainly inhabiting tropical rain forests, which also occur in seasonal forests or xeromorphic forests, such as Cheilolejeunea adnata, Cheilolejeunea discoidea, and Cheilolejeunea rigidula. The aim of this paper is to describe and illustrate the new species, as well as to present comments on its morphology, taxonomy and distribution. The new species is characterized by profusely branched, creeping plants with leaves widely spreading to squarrose, imbricate, suborbicular to obovate with usually incurved, rounded to obtuse apex and mammillose leaf cells, often with a lenticular papilla on the dorsal surface. Further diagnostic characters, as well as comments on its distribution and similarities with related species, are given.

Dispersal of fig pollinators in Asian tropical rain forests

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 631-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhett D. Harrison ◽  
Jean-Yves Rasplus
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Long Distance Dispersal ◽  
Tropical Rain Forests ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Temporal And Spatial Variation ◽  
Flight Behaviour ◽  
Species Overlap ◽  
Temporal And Spatial

Fig pollinators (Agaonidae, Chalcioidea) lay their eggs in fig inflorescences (Ficus, Moraceae). Reproductive success for both partners is thus largely dependent on the dispersal of these tiny wasps. Some are known to cover substantial distances (> 10 km) using wind above the canopy. However, fig ecology is extremely varied, and hence one might also expect a diversity of pollinator dispersal strategies. We studied fig pollinator dispersal in Sarawak (2001 and 2004) and Peninsular Malaysia (2003). The results indicate substantial differences in dispersal ecology between the pollinators of monoecious and dioecious figs. Monoecious-fig pollinators were common, and species composition and rank abundances were similar between years despite short sampling periods. Substantial temporal and spatial variation in their production is thus smoothed out by long-distance dispersal. Some species whose hosts do not occur at our Sarawak site and are rare throughout Borneo were caught, suggesting exceptionally long-distance dispersal in these species. Conversely, few dioecious-fig pollinators were caught and species overlap between years was low. Dispersal range in many dioecious-fig pollinators may be more restricted. At a finer scale, among genera pollinating monoecious figs we found marked differences in flight behaviour (height and time-of-dispersal). We relate these findings to the ecology of their hosts, and discuss the implications for fig–fig-pollinator coevolution.

Epifoliar fungi from Queensland, Australia

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don R. Reynolds ◽  
Gregory S. Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Tropical Rain Forests ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
Leaf Surfaces ◽  
Ascomycete Fungi ◽  
Three New Species

Collections of epifoliar ascomycete fungi from leaf surfaces in the tropical rain forests of Queensland, Australia, yielded 42 genera and 50 species, including one new genus (Dubujiana), three new species (Dennisiela asetosa, Dubujiana glandulifera, Microxiphium pleomorphum), three new combinations (Polychaeton purpuraefaciens, Seuratia australiensis, Stomiopeltis gautheriae), lectotypification of Micropeltis biseptata, various emended descriptions, and new species records. Each species is described and compared with similar taxa, and the new species are illustrated.

scholarly journals Revision of the freshwater crabs of the Johora tahanensis (Bott, 1966) species group (Crustacea, Brachyura, Potamidae), with a key to the genus

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 994 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Peter K. L. Ng
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Freshwater Crabs ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
Three New Species

The taxonomy of the potamid freshwater crabs of the Johora tahanensis (Bott, 1966) species group (Potamoidea) is revised. Seven species are recognised, all from Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand, three of which are described as new. The three new species were previously identified as J. tahanensis but can be distinguished by characters of the carapace, male first gonopod, and vulva. A revised key to the 18 recognised species of Johora Bott, 1966, is provided.

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