LUCIANO JAVIER AVILACRISTIAN HERNAN FULVIO PEREZDANIEL ROBERTO PEREZMARIANA MORANDO...
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查看更多>>摘要：Two new species of lizards of the saxicolous and viviparous genus Phymaturus from Patagonia are described. The new species are members of the Phymaturus patagonicus species group distributed only in volcanic plateaus and mountains of southern Argentina. Phymaturus sitesi sp. nov. differs from all other members of the patagonicus group in its unique dorsal pattern of small white spots on a light-gray to brown-gray background and allopatric geographical distribution. Absence of sexual dichromatism differentiated Phymaturus sitesi sp. nov. from P. payuniae, P. zapalensis, and P. delheyi n. sp., and the midbody scales count differentiated from the P. delheyi sp. nov. and P. nevadoi (with some overlap). Also Phymaturus sitesi sp. nov. presents lower count in the ventral scales than in P. delheyi sp. nov. Phymaturus delheyi sp. nov. can be distinguished from other species of the patagonicus group by unique dorsal pattern of medium size white spots on a dark-brown background and allopatric distribution. The presence of sexual dichromatism differentiates Phymaturus delheyi sp. nov. from P. sitesi sp. nov. and P. nevadoi. Scales around midbody differentiated Phymaturus delheyi sp. nov. from P. payuniae and P. sitesi sp. nov. Also ventral scale count differentiated Phymaturus delheyi sp. nov. from P. sitesi sp. nov. and P. nevadoi (with some overlap).
Ahmadzadeh, FarahamFlecks, MorrisTorki, FarhangBoehme, Wolfgang ....
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查看更多>>摘要：We describe a new species of the genus Cyrtopodion from the coastal area of Bushehr Province in southern Iran based on morphometric and pholidotic data. Cyrtopodion kiabii sp. nov. belongs to the agamuroides-group and the key characters to distinguish this species from all other members of the group are the lower number of ventrals and the extremely slender habitus with long and delicate legs. Resulting from pholidosis, the observed presence of sexual dimorphism, and distribution we suggest a close relationship with C. gastropholis, which is also reviewed herein.
查看更多>>摘要：Four interstitial cobanocytherid species are described from central Japan: Cobanocythere ikeyai sp. nov., Cobanocythere lata sp. nov., Paracobanocythere watanabei sp. nov. and Paracobanocythere grandis sp. nov. The reports of the two new Paracobanocythere species are the second and third for this genus since the original description of P. hawaiiensis Gottwald, 1983. Cobanocythere ikeyai sp. nov., and C. lata sp. nov., from Japan are morphologically more similar to the species of the "lanceolata group" by Gottwald (1983) and C. guttaeformis Gottwald, 1983 from the Galapagos Islands, respectively, rather than to other Cobanocythere species from Japan. The Japanese archipelago (eastern Eurasian Continent) and the Galapagos Islands (north-western South America) are separated by about 15,000 km from each other, and have never been adjoined throughout geological history. This fact, and also the morphological similarities between Cobanocythere species from Japan and the Galapagos Islands, suggests that this genus may have undergone global dispersal at several times in the past. Conversely, the genera Cobanocythere and Paracobanocythere are distributed not only around continents and continental islands but also around oceanic islands such as the Hawaiian and Galapagos Islands. We conclude, therefore, that the cobanocytherids seem to have been able to disperse long distances across oceans.
查看更多>>摘要：Pseudochromis erdmanni is described from eight specimens from Halmahera, Ambon and the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia. It is also recorded from Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, on the basis of photographs. Pseudochromis erdmanni belongs to a clade of species with medially placed palatine tooth patches, which also includes P. colei Herre, P. howsoni Allen, P. moorei Fowler, P. quinquedentatus McCulloch, P. perspicillatus Gunther and P. steenei Gill & Randall. Based on derived coloration characters, P. erdmanni is nested within this group as the sister to P. steenei.
Kashani, Ghasem M.Waegele, Johann-WolfgangSchmalfuss, Helmut .
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查看更多>>摘要：In the present study, Porcellio brevicaudatus Brandt, 1833 is resurrected and redescribed. It is shown that Hemilepistus sottii Arcangeli, 1932, H. rostratus Arcangeli, 1932 and H. patrizii Brian, 1932, currently synonyms of H. reaumurii (Milne-Edwards, 1840), are conspecific with P. brevicaudatus. The other synonyms of H. reaumurii are reinvestigated based on type material or comparison with descriptions. Porcellio syriacus Koch, 1847, Hemilepistus bodenheimeri Verhoeff, 1931, H. palaestinus Verhoeff, 1931 and Paraniambia tuberculata Collinge, 1914 are confirmed as synonymies.
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