scholarly journals Psychrophrynella glaucasp. n., a new species of terrestrial-breeding frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae) from the montane forests of the Amazonian Andes of Puno, Peru

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Catenazzi ◽  
Alex Ttito
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Morphological Similarity ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of small strabomantid frog (genusPsychrophrynella) from a humid montane forest in the Peruvian Department of Puno. Specimens were collected at 2,225 m a.s.l. in the leaf litter of primary montane forest near Thiuni, along the Macusani–San Gabán road, in the province of Carabaya. The new species is assigned toPsychrophrynellaon the basis of morphological similarity, including presence of a tubercle on the inner edge of the tarsus, and call composed of multiple notes. We also include genetic distances for 16S rRNA partial sequences between the new species and other strabomantid frogs. The species with lowest genetic distances arePsychrophrynella chirihampatuandPsychrophrynella usurpator. Psychrophrynella glaucasp. n. is readily distinguished from the three other species ofPsychrophrynella(Psychrophrynella bagrecito,P. chirihampatu, andP. usurpator) by its small size, and by having belly and ventral surfaces of legs reddish-brown or red, and chest and throat brown to dark brown with a profusion of bluish-gray flecks. The new species is only known from its type locality. With the discovery ofP. glauca, the geographic distribution ofPsychrophrynellais extended to the Department of Puno, where it was no longer represented after the description of the genusMicrokayla. Furthermore, the Cordillera de Carabaya is the only mountain range known to be home to four of the seven genera of Holoadeninae (Bryophryne,Microkayla,Noblella, andPsychrophrynella), suggesting an intriguing evolutionary history for this group in southern Peru.

scholarly journals A new species of squat lobster of the genus Hendersonida (Crustacea, Decapoda, Munididae) from Papua New Guinea

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 935 ◽  
pp. 25-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula C. RodrÍguez-Flores ◽  
Enrique Macpherson ◽  
Annie Machordom
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Squat Lobster ◽  
A New Species

Hendersonida parvirostrissp. nov. is described from Papua New Guinea. The new species can be distinguished from the only other species of the genus, H. granulata (Henderson, 1885), by the fewer spines on the dorsal carapace surface, the shape of the rostrum and supraocular spines, the antennal peduncles, and the length of the walking legs. Pairwise genetic distances estimated using the 16S rRNA and COI DNA gene fragments indicated high levels of sequence divergence between the new species and H. granulata. Phylogenetic analyses, however, recovered both species as sister species, supporting monophyly of the genus.

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. 

scholarly journals Noblella thiunisp. n., a new (singleton) species of minute terrestrial-breeding frog (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae) from the montane forest of the Amazonian Andes of Puno, Peru

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e6780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Catenazzi ◽  
Alex Ttito
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Dorsal Skin ◽  
Subadult Male ◽  
The Andes ◽  
New Finding ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of minute, terrestrial-breeding frog in the genusNoblella. We collected a single specimen in the leaf litter of primary montane forest (2,225 m a.s.l.) near Thiuni, in the Provice of Carabaya, Department of Puno, in the upper watershed of a tributary of the Inambari River of southern Peru, the same locality where we found the types ofPsychrophrynella glaucaCatenazzi & Ttito 2018. We placed the new species withinNoblellaon the basis of molecular data, minute size, and overall morphological resemblance with the type speciesN. peruvianaand other species ofNoblella, including having three phalanges on finger IV (as inN. coloma,N. heyeri,N. lynchi,N. madreselva,N. peruviana, andN. pygmaea), and terminal phalanges T-shaped and pointed.Noblella thiunisp. n. is distinguished from all other species ofNoblellaby having ventral surfaces of legs bright red, and chest and belly copper reddish with a profusion of silvery spots. The new species further differs from known Peruvian species ofNoblellaby the combination of the following characters: tympanic membrane absent, eyelids lacking tubercles, dorsal skin finely shagreen, tarsal tubercles or folds absent, three phalanges on Finger IV, tips of digits not expanded, no circumferential grooves on digits, inguinal spots present. The new species has a snout–vent length of 11.0 mm in one adult or subadult male. Our new finding confirms the high levels of endemism and beta diversity of small, terrestrial-breeding frogs inhabiting the moss layers and leaf litter in the montane forests of the Amazonian slopes of the Andes and adjacent moist puna grasslands, and suggests much work remains to be done to properly document this diversity.

scholarly journals Deinbollia onanae (Sapindaceae), a new, Endangered, montane tree species from the Cameroon Highlands

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Cheek ◽  
Jean Michel Onana
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
East African ◽  
Sister Relationship ◽  
Frugivorous Birds ◽  
A New Species

ABSTRACTDeinbollia onanae (Sapindaceae-Litchi clade) is here formally named and characterised as a new species to science, previously known as Deinbollia sp. 2. Cameroon has the highest species-diversity and species endemism known in this African-Western Indian Ocean genus of 42 species. Deinbollia onanae is an infrequent tree species known from five locations in surviving islands of montane (or upper submontane) forest along the line of the Cameroon Highlands. It is here assessed as Endangered according to the IUCN 2012 standard, threatened mainly by clearance of forest for agriculture. The majority of tree species characteristic of montane forest (above 2000 m alt.) in the Cameroon Highlands are also widespread in East African mountains (i.e. are Afromontane). Deinbollia onanae is one of only a very small number of species that are endemic (globally restricted to) the mountain range. It is postulated that this new species is in a sister relationship with Deinbollia oreophila, which is a frequent species of a lower (submontane) altitudinal band of the same range. It is further postulated that seed dispersal is or was by frugivorous birds, potentially turacos, alternatively by primates such as Preuss s monkey.

A new species of Homonota (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from the Ventania mountain range, Southeastern Pampas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3431 (1) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCIANO JAVIER AVILA ◽  
CRISTIAN HERNAN FULVIO PEREZ ◽  
IGNACIO MINOLI ◽  
MARIANA MORANDO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Buenos Aires Province ◽  
Mountain System ◽  
A New Species

A new species of lizard genus Homonota from southern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina is described. Homonota wil-liamsii sp. nov. was previously considered as part of the H. darwinii species, but differs by a combination of charactersfrom the nominal species and from other species of the genus. Its geographic distribution is restricted to an isolated mountain system not connected with other habitats suitable for Homonota darwinii

A new species of Phyzelaphryne Heyer, 1977 (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from the Japurá River basin, with a discussion of the diversity and distribution of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4532 (2) ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
PEDRO IVO SIMÕES ◽  
JOÃO CARLOS LOPES COSTA ◽  
FERNANDO J. M. ROJAS-RUNJAIC ◽  
GIUSSEPE GAGLIARDI-URRUTIA ◽  
MARCELO JOSÉ STURARO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Mitochondrial Genes ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

We describe and name the second species of Phyzelaphryne (Brachycephaloidea, Eleutherodactylidae), from northwestern Brazilian Amazonia. Phyzelaphryne nimio sp. nov. is distinguished from its only congener, Phyzelaphryne miriamae, by its smaller body size and the anatomy of the carpal and metacarpal regions, with relatively larger (sometimes fused) supernumerary carpal and metacarpal tubercles. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on fragments of the mitochondrial genes 16S rRNA and COI suggest that the currently known distribution of the species is restricted to its type locality and other areas within Estação Ecológica Juami-Japurá, state of Amazonas, Brazil. Based on molecular, morphological and bioacoustic evidence, we assigned other specimens recently collected in Parque Nacional do Jaú, state of Amazonas, Brazil, to P. miriamae, extending the species’ known geographic distribution north of the Amazon River. 

scholarly journals A new species ofPsychrophrynella(Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae) from the humid montane forests of Cusco, eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes

PeerJ ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e1807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Catenazzi ◽  
Alex Ttito
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Tropical Andes ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Peruvian Andes ◽  
High Elevation Forests ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species ofPsychrophrynellafrom the humid montane forest of the Department Cusco in Peru. Specimens were collected at 2,670–3,165 m elevation in the Área de Conservación Privada Ukumari Llakta, Japumayo valley, near Comunidad Campesina de Japu, in the province of Paucartambo. The new species is readily distinguished from all other species ofPsychrophrynellabutP. bagrecitoandP. usurpatorby possessing a tubercle on the inner edge of the tarsus, and from these two species by its yellow ventral coloration on abdomen and limbs. Furthermore, the new species is likeP. bagrecitoandP. usurpatorin having an advertisement call composed of multiple notes, whereas other species ofPsychrophrynellawhose calls are known have a pulsed call (P. teqta) or a short, tonal call composed of a single note. The new species has a snout-vent length of 16.1–24.1 mm in males and 23.3–27.7 mm in females. Like other recently described species in the genus, this newPsychrophrynellainhabits high-elevation forests in the tropical Andes and likely has a restricted geographic distribution.

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 the subgenus Scheloribates (Topobates) (Acari: Oribatida: Scheloribatidae) from Panama

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-283
Author(s):  
S.G. Ermilov
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Large Body Size ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The oribatid mite subgenus Scheloribates (Topobates) Grandjean, 1958, is recorded from the Neotropical region for the first time. A new species of this subgenus is described from the leaf litter collected in Cayo Agua Island, Panama. Scheloribates (Topobates) panamaensis sp. nov. differs from its related species by the very large body size and presence of a strong ventrodistal process on the leg femora II–IV.

On a new Temnocephala (Platyhelminthes) from Southern Patagonia (Chile, Argentina), with a redescription of T. chilensis and some systematic and biogeographical insights

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4852 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-395
Author(s):  
RODRIGO PONCE DE LEÓN ◽  
ERICH H. RUDOLPH ◽  
ODILE VOLONTERIO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Southern Chile ◽  
Host Preferences ◽  
Southern Patagonia ◽  
Diagnostic Key ◽  
A New Species

To date, only one species of Temnocephala is known from Chile, Temnocephala chilensis, and three from southern Argentina (Patagonia), namely T. chilensis, Temnocephala dionii, and Temnocephala mexicana. Here we describe a new species of Temnocephala and provide an updated description of T. chilensis based on material found on an anomuran crab (Aeglidae) from southern Chile. Additional hosts and localities are reported for both species in southern Argentina and Chile, and a diagnostic key for all species of Temnocephala hosted on Aegla and Parastacidae is included as well. In southern Chile, both T. chilensis and the new species were found on the crayfish Samastacus spinifrons and on the anomuran crabs Aegla abtao and Aegla alacalufi; in addition, the new species was found on Aegla manni, and T. chilensis on Aegla rostrata. In southern Argentina, T. chilensis and the new species were found on Aegla riolimayana and S. spinifrons. Based on their shared traits (morphology of the penial stylet, host preferences and geographic distribution), the temnocephalans hosted in Aegla are tentatively gathered into two clusters, the Chilensis and Axenos groups. 

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