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Novataxa | Species New to Science
6h ago
Trimeresurus kraensis
Idiiatullina, Pawangkhanant, Suwannapoom, Tawan, Chanhome, Nguyen, David, Vogel & Poyarkov, 2024
งูหางแฮ่มชุมพร | Kra Isthmus Pitviper || DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.930.2489
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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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6h ago
Cyrtandromoea sudhansui
in Chowlu, Shenoy et Nuraliev, 2024.
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.642.1.9
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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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12h ago
Magnolia corquinensis
in Morales-Molina, Vega-Rodriǵuez, Shalisko, Alemán-Avilez et Vázquez-García. 2024.
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.642.2.7
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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.
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12h ago
Biophytum agasthyamalayanum Jisha, E.S.S.Kumar, Decruse & Rajendrapr.,
in Daniel, Kumar, Decruse et Rajendraprasad, 2020.
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.438.1.6
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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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13h ago
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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17h ago
Cnemaspis vangoghi
Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2024
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1196.117947
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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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19h ago
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
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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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2d ago
the Northern Banjo Frog (Limnodynastes terraereginae) and Allied Taxa
in Parkin, Rowley, Gillard, Sopniewski, Shea & Donnellan, 2024
DOI: 10.1643/h2023025
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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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2d ago
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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2d ago
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