[Herpetology • 2024] Trimeresurus kraensis • A New Species of Karst-associated Pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from the Isthmus of Kra, Peninsular Thailand
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Trimeresurus kraensis Idiiatullina, Pawangkhanant, Suwannapoom, Tawan, Chanhome, Nguyen, David, Vogel & Poyarkov, 2024 งูหางแฮ่มชุมพร | Kra Isthmus Pitviper || DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.930.2489   facebook.com: R I M  ABSTRACT We describe a new species of karst-dwelling pitviper from Chumphon Province of Peninsular Thailand, in the Isthmus of Kra, based on morphological and molecular data (2427 bp from cyt b, ND4 and 16S rRNA mitochondrial DNA genes). Morphologically, Trimeresurus kraensis sp. nov. is distinguished from other congeners ..read more
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[Botany • 2024] Cyrtandromoea sudhansui (Phrymaceae) • A New Species from Northeast India
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  Cyrtandromoea sudhansui    in Chowlu, Shenoy et Nuraliev, 2024. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.642.1.9  facebook.com/AkshathShenoy9   Abstract Cyrtandromoea sudhansui, a new species of Phrymaceae, is described and illustrated. The species was discovered in the Eastern Himalayas in 2023 during a botanical survey in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Cyrtandromoea sudhansui is unique within the genus in having blue corolla; it also differs from the other species of Cyrtandromoea in the following combination of morphological traits: winged stem, calyx ca ..read more
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[Botany • 2024] Magnolia corquinensis (Magnoliaceae: sect. Magnolia) • A New Species and A New Record of Magnolia quetzal for Honduras
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Magnolia corquinensis   in Morales-Molina, Vega-Rodriǵuez, Shalisko, Alemán-Avilez et Vázquez-García. 2024. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.642.2.7   facebook.com/inicio1914   Abstract Magnolia corquinensis, M. sect. Magnolia (Magnoliaceae) is described and illustrated. A distribution map is provided. The species is critically endangered and endemic to Copán and Lempira, Honduras. It differs from M. celaquensis in many morphological features. In addition, Magnolia quetzal is recorded for the first for the flora of Honduras. Mag ..read more
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[Botany • 2020] Biophytum agasthyamalayanum (Oxalidaceae) • A New Species from the Western Ghats (Kerala, India)
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  Biophytum agasthyamalayanum Jisha, E.S.S.Kumar, Decruse & Rajendrapr.,  in Daniel, Kumar, Decruse et Rajendraprasad, 2020. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.438.1.6   Researchgate.net/publication/340386239 Abstract A new branched species of Biophytum from the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve (Kerala region, SW-India), named B. agasthyamalayanum, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to B. intermedium and B. nudum, but clearly distinct from both these two species especially by the dwarf and slender habit ..read more
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[Botany • 2024] Oxalis xishuiensis (Oxalidaceae) • A New Species from Danxia landforms in Guizhou, China
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Oxalis xishuiensis Y.B. Yang, M.T. An & H. Li,   in Yang, Li, An, Huang, Hu, Yang et Dai, 2024. 习水酢浆草  ||  DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.239.119046 Abstract Oxalis xishuiensis, a new species of Oxalidaceae from Danxia landforms of Xishui County, Guizhou, China, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to O. wulingensis by the two lateral leaflets arranged at about 180° angle and oblong pink petals with lilac veins, but clearly differs from the latter by leaflets almost as long as wide, obliquely obcordate late ..read more
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[Herpetology • 2024] Cnemaspis vangoghi & C. sathuragiriensis • Two New Species of the Cnemaspis galaxia complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the eastern slopes of the southern Western Ghats
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Cnemaspis vangoghi   Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2024 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1196.117947   facebook.com/AkshayKhandekarAK Abstract Two new species allied to Cnemaspis galaxia are described from the eastern slopes of the south Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Both new species are members of the ornata subclade within the beddomei clade. The two new species can be easily distinguished from all other members of the beddomei clade and each other by a combination of nonoverlapping morphological characters such as small body size, distinct colouration o ..read more
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[Mammalogy • 2024] Orcinus rectipinnus & O. ater • Revised Taxonomy of eastern North Pacific Killer Whales (Orcinus orca): Bigg’s and Resident Ecotypes deserve Species Status
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   Bigg’s killer whale Orcinus rectipinnus (Cope in Scammon, 1869) Resident killer whale Orcinus ater (Cope in Scammon, 1869) in Morin, McCarthy Fung, Durban, Parsons, Perrin, Taylor, Jefferson & Archer, 2024. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.231368  twitter.com/EmmaLuck22 Abstract Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are currently recognized as a single ecologically and morphologically diverse, globally distributed species. Multiple morphotypes or ecotypes have been described, often associated with feeding specialization, and several ..read more
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[Herpetology • 2024] Systematics and Taxonomy of the Northern Banjo Frog (Anura: Limnodynastidae: Limnodynastes terraereginae) and Allied Taxa
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 the Northern Banjo Frog (Limnodynastes terraereginae) and Allied Taxa in Parkin, Rowley, Gillard, Sopniewski, Shea & Donnellan, 2024  DOI: 10.1643/h2023025   twitter.com/IchsAndHerps Abstract The Australian banjo frogs are a distinctive group of medium to large, terrestrial, and burrowing limnodynastid frogs known for their conspicuous, single-note advertisement calls which are often likened to the pluck of a banjo string. Preliminary analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences had previously indicated that the present taxonomy of the group, based pri ..read more
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[Herpetology • 2024] Scincella ouboteri • A New Skink of the Genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Hoa Binh Province, northern Vietnam
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  Scincella ouboteri A. V. Pham, C. T. Pham, Le, Ngoc, Ziegler & Nguyen, 2024 Ouboter’s Smooth Skink | Thằn lằn cổ ouboter  ||  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.1.4   Abstract A new species of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 is described from northern Vietnam based on morphological and molecular evidence. Scincella ouboteri sp. nov. is characterized by a combination of the following characters: Size medium (SVL up to 58.6 mm); primary temporals 2; external ear opening present, with 3 or 4 lobules on anterior margin; loreals 2; su ..read more
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[Paleontology • 2024] Myrmarachne colombiana • A New Species of Ant-mimic Spider (Araneae: Salticidae) in Copal from Colombia, South America
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 Myrmarachne colombiana Poinar, 2024  DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2024.2320190 ABSTRACT  Ant-mimicking spiders (Araneae: Salticide) are fascinating creatures that have evolved modified morphology and behaviours to resemble those of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ant-mimicking spiders are cosmopolitan but currently, there are no records of such spiders in fossilised resin, nor any records of extant ant- mimicking spiders in Colombia, S.A. The present study describes Myrmarachne colombiana sp. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) as the first species of ant-mimicking spider in fo ..read more
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