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    Catalogue of Naidinae and Pristininae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Naididae) with twenty species new for Montenegro

    DANUELA SUNDICBRANKO M. RADUJKOVIJASMINA KRPO-CETKOVIC
    18页
    查看更多>>摘要：The Ohgochaeta occurring in Montenegrin freshwaters were studied in order to contribute to a better knowledge of this group in the region. The oligochaetes from rivers, lakes, reservoirs, creeks, and springs, belonging to the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea drainage basins, were investigated. Samples of sediments were taken from 54 sampling sites during three years of research (2005-2008). We confirmed the presence of formerly reported species and found 20 species new for the Montenegrin oligochaete fauna: Chaetogaster cristallinus, C. diaphanus, C. langi, C. setosus, Nats behningi, N. bretscheri, N. elinguis, N. simplex, N. stolei, Ophidonais serpentina, Paranaisfrici, P. litoralis, Piguetiella blanci, Pristina bilobata, P.jenkinae, P. longiseta, P.osborni, P. proboscidea, Slavina appendiculata, and Uncinais uncinata. Accordingly, the fauna of Naidinae and Pristininae in Montenegro now consists of 36 species.
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    A new species of Cydoramphus Tsciiudi (Anura: Cycloramphidae) from the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Orgaos, Southeastern Brazil

    LUIZ NORBERTO WEBERVANESSA KRUTH VERDADERODRIGO DE OLIVEIRA LULA SALLESANTOINE FOUQUET...
    15页
    查看更多>>摘要：We report here the discovery of a new species of frog associated to the open areas of the highlands of the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Orgaos. The new specie^^s, Cycloramphus organensis is characterized by a unique skin texture, medium size (maximummale and female SVL 26.4 mm and 33.3 mm respectively), dorsal surfaces uniformly brick red colored, uniformly areolate skin on dorsum, pupil horizontal, iris with a menisc on upper margin; no fleshy tubercles on eyelid, tympanic annulus concealed beneathskin, macroglands not visible externally, fingers and toes without fringes and webs; supernumerary palmar and plantar tubercles absent, nuptial spines absent. Despite the presence of an iris menisc, a character shared by frogs of both genera Cycloramphus and Zachaenus Cope, the combination of morphological characters is so unique that the allocation of the species to any of these genera remains ambiguous. Consequently, we used additional molecular-based phylogenetic analyses to ascertain the position of the new taxon. The new species proved to be embedded within the genus Cycloramphus.
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    Pele ramseyi, a new genus and new species of anchialine swimming crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae) from the Hawaiian Islands

    PETER K. L. NG
    15页
    查看更多>>摘要：A new genus and new species of anchialine portunid crab is described from lava pools in Maui, Hawaiian Islands. Pele ramseyi new genus, new species, resembles species of Libystes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867, but differs markedly in its reduced and almost immovable eyes, as well as the distinctive structures of the mouthparts, chelipeds, male abdomen and gonopods. Several taxa of rubble-dwelling and cavemicolous portunid crabs (Carupa Dana, 1851, and Atoportunus Ng & Takeda, 2003) have been discovered in recent years and all have been collected from open waters in the Indo-West Pacific region (Ng & Takeda 2003; Takeda 1993, 2003). No anchialine species {sensu Holthuis 1973) has been reported thus far. A new genus and new species is described here from anchialine lava beds in Hawaii (Fig. 1). While the new genus is superficially similar to Libystes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867, it differs in a number of important carapacial, cheliped, ambulatory leg, male abdominal and gonopodal characters. It is here describedas a new genus and new species of carupine portunid.
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    A new karst-dwelling species of Kalophrynus (Anura: Microhylidae) from Gunung Mulu National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

    J. MAXIMILIAN DEHLING
    12页
    查看更多>>摘要：A new species of Kalophrynus is described from Gunung Mulu National Park in East Malaysia. The species is endemic to the karst hills and mountains of the Melinau Limestone Formation where it occurs at elevations between 70 and at least 1200 m. It differs from all other species of the genus by the combination of the following morphological characters: medium size (SVL of adult males 29.7-30.1 mm, adult females 35.5-38.8 mm), snout obtusely pointed, tympanum diameter slightly larger than half the eye diameter, upper jaw with weak dentition, fore limbs slender. Finger IV shorter than Fingers I and II, subarticular tubercles prominent, numbering one on Fingers I, II, and IV, and two on Finger III, a smaller, supernumerary metacarpal tubercle present between each finger and palmar tubercle, nuptial pads or asperities absent, heel reaching to posterior margin of eye when legs are adpressed to body, foot shorter than tibiofibula. Toe III longer than Toe V, toes webbed, inner and outer metatarsal tubercleprominent, dorsum and flanks black in life, separated from each other by white dorsolateral line running on noth sides of body, chin and chest black, abdomen and proximal third of thigh grey in life, iris red to reddish-orange in life, advertisement calla single note consisting of 7 pulses and lasting 161 ms on average, with dominant frequency at 2250-2650 Hz.
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    A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Cerrado of Midwestern Brazil

    JOSEANA LUISA DE FREITASCHRISTINE STRUSSMANNMARCOS ANDRE DE CARVALHORICARDO ALEXANDRE KAWASHITA-RIBEIRO...
    8页
    查看更多>>摘要：A new species of Bachia is described from two localities in the states of Mato Grosso and Rondonia, in Midwestern Brazil. The new species mostly resembles Bachia bresslaui in pholidosis and biometry, differing from this and from all other taxa from bresslaui group by the presence of two clawed digits in the forefeet. Among the 26 genera presently included in the family Gymnophthalmidae (Pellegrino et al. 2001), the genus Bachia comprises 21 species (Rodrigues et al. 2008) of snake-like lizards with reduced eyes and appendages, lacking external ears, and presenting semi- and/or fossorial habits (Dixon 1973). Reduction in the number or even the loss of digits, as well as of other skeletal elements and head scales, together with reduction of eyes, of external ear openings, and reduction or elongation of internal organs, are usually considered adaptations to a fossorial lifestyle (Dixon 1973; see also Galis et al. 2009 and references therein). Some of these traits may also be associated to the use of microhabitats of dense vegetation (Lande 1978; Gans 1985, 1986; Shine 1986; Pinto & Avila-Pires 2004).
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