Researchers have described Rana shii sp. nov., a medium-sized brown frog from Chongqing, China, that forms an independent evolutionary lineage and is the sister species of Rana maershanensis. The species is distinguished by a combination of features, including the absence…
A re-examination of the Natural History Museum Vienna's Pauropoda collection has revealed overlooked taxa among the historical material and confirmed two morphologically similar species as genetically distinct.
A study of 24 white-lipped frogs from Sarawak shows females have larger bodies and tympana while males have larger vocal apparatus structures that stay different even after accounting for body size.
New Warty Newt Species Hidden in Chongqing's Mountain Streams A new species of warty newt has been described from the mountain streams of Chongqing Municipality in southwestern China, following a combined analysis of body form and DNA that places the…
A, Schematic illustrations of the ancestral aquatic indirect life history in Anura. B, Schematic illustration of the skin of a free-living, aquatic tadpole. C, Schematic illustration of the skin of a postmetamorphic anuran For the histological description and measurements, sections…
Ring-tailed lemurs are highly social and live in female-dominant groups. Fossil and genetic evidence shows us that lemurs did not originate in Madagascar. This biodiverse island has been isolated from the rest of the world for more than 80 million years.
Researchers report the first record of the cascade frog Amolops truongi in China, based on four adult males collected in Yunnan Huanglianshan National Nature Reserve.
A taxonomic review of the leaf-like pygmy grasshopper tribe Choriphyllini describes one new Cuban species, establishes a new subgenus, and resolves long-standing naming problems across Cuba and Jamaica.
A comparative cytogenetic analysis of eight Malagasy mantelline frogs shows that chromosome number reduction from 2n = 26 to 2n = 24 and relocation of ribosomal gene clusters occurred repeatedly and independently across different lineages.
The researchers also describe the previously unknown female of D. zernyi, a species whose male was originally described from a single specimen collected near Lake Malawi. Large series collected in the Udzungwa Mountains, where D. zernyi is common, finally allowed a full…
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