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Eolimna archibaldii spec. nov. and Navigiolum adamantiforme comb. nov. (Bacillariophyceae): two possibly endemic elements of the South African diatom flora tolerant to surface water pollution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: JonathanC Taylor Horst Lange-BertalotTwo little-known diatom taxa have been encountered in the saprobic and anthropogenically impacted waters of the Vaal River, South Africa. Eolimna archibaldii, an extremely small-celled species, is described as new to science. Navicula adamantiformis Archibald is transferred to the taxonomically-appropriate... -
Description of Larval Cynoglossus Zanzibarensis (Teleostei: Cynoglossidae) from the Tsitsikamma Coast, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A. D. WoodThe early development and the temporal distribution of Cynoglossus zanzibarensis larvae are described, based on specimens collected along the Tsitsikamma coast, South Africa. The yolk sac is evident in larvae of up to 3.4 mm body length (BL). There are... -
Description of a new gnathiid, Afrignathia multicavea gen. et sp. n. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae), from South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Kerry A. Hadfield --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Nico J. Smit --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaA new genus and species of gnathiid isopod, Afrignathia multicavea gen. et sp. n., is described from material collected during the 1960s and 1970s in False Bay, offshore between Still Bay and Mossel Bay, and off Cape Point. This gnathiid... -
Three new species of Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926 (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) from the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Andrew Turner --- , South Africa Alan Channing --- , South AfricaA comprehensive survey of the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa, was undertaken for moss frogs of the genus Arthroleptella. Advertisement calls were recorded and voucher specimens collected for all populations encountered. A molecular phylogeny was constructed for the entire genus... -
A new forest‐dwelling hemidactylus (squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gabon, West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA OlivierS.G. Pauwels --- Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, BelgiumA distinctive new species of forest‐dwelling gecko of the genus Hemidactylus is described from Mt. Iboundji in south central Gabon. The species is distinguished from other equatorial West African members of the genus by its 18–19 rows of small dorsal... -
A new species of prehensile‐tailed gecko, Urocotyledon (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Michele Menegon --- Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, ItalyA new species of prehensile‐tailed gecko of the genus Urocotyledon is described from the dry western slopes of the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania. The species is most similar to its west African congeners, differing significantly from U. wolterstorffi of the... -
Rediscovery and identity of Phrynobatrachus monticola Fischer, 1884
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Mark‐Oliver Rödel --- Biocenter of the University, Germany Jakob Hallermann --- University of Hamburg, GermanyWe report on the rediscovery of the type specimen of Phrynobatrachus monticola Fischer, 1884 and clarify its real taxonomic position within the sub‐Saharan ranid genus Tomopterna. We redescribe the type and compare it to the other four currently recognized East... -
New species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Matthew Lebreton --- Cameroon Biodiversity Conservation Society, Cameroon Laurent Chirio --- Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, France Ivan Ineich --- Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, France Marcell Talla Kouete --- Cameroon Biodiversity Conservation Society, CameroonA new large (100 mm SVL) species of forest‐dwelling gecko of the genus Hemidactylus is described from the Furu‐Awa area in the Northwest Province of Cameroon. The species is distinguished from other equatorial West African members of the genus by... -
A new species of Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926 (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) from the Klein Swartberg Mountain, Caledon, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AndrewA. Turner --- Scientific Services, Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, South Africa Alan Channing --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaA new species of moss frog (genus Arthroleptella) is described from the Klein Swartberg Mountain near Caledon in the Western Cape Province, South Africa to which it is confined. This allopatric species is distinguished from other Arthroleptella species by the... -
A new species of Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Scincidae) from central African forests
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Laurent Chirio --- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, France Ivan Ineich --- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, France Andreas Schmitz --- Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève (MHNG), Switzerland Matthew LeBreton --- CRESAR, CameroonIntensive collection and field observations in the Central African Republic revealed a previously undescribed skink species of the genus Trachylepis. Morphologically this species seems to be related to Trachylepis boulengeri and/or T. polytropis, but genetic analysis showed that this is... -
A new leaf‐toed gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from south‐western Angola
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: WulfD. Haacke --- , South AfricaThe new species of leaf‐toed gecko described here was originally referred to as Phyllodactylus sp. while describing P. swartbergensis (Haacke, 1996), when a cleared specimen was used for comparison with those of most of the other then‐accepted southern African species... -
Description of the tadpole of Amietophrynus brauni (Anura: Bufonidae) from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jared Sprague --- , USA BredaM. Zimkus --- Museum of Comparative Zoology, USAThe tadpole of Amietophrynus brauni (Anura: Bufonidae), endemic to the forests of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, is barcoded using 16S rRNA and described from the West Usambara Mountains. It differs from tadpoles of A. maculatus by its body... -
Minisuperspace description for inhomogeneous cosmological models and the role of the Lie symmetries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Andronikos Paliathanasis --- Institute of Systems Science, Durban University of Technology, South AfricaWe explore the application of Lie symmetries to simplify the gravitational field equations of inhomogeneous cosmology. By employing these symmetries, we demonstrate the construction of a point-like Lagrangian and establish the existence of a minisuperspace description. Finally we show how... -
Redescription of Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804) with descriptions of two new species from the United Kingdom and South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: T Darbyshire --- , Wales, United Kingdom J Kara --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South AfricaArabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804) was described with no diagnostic information for the characters used today to distinguish species within the genus. An updated description, together with genetic data, is provided using the holotype in conjunction with additional specimens collected at... -
Untangling the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of southern Africa, including the description of a new species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Kate Mortimer --- Amgueddfa Cymru-Museum Wales, United Kingdom Dylan T Clarke --- Iziko Museums of South Africa, South Africa‘A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa’ by J. H. Day, published in 1967 and covering over 700 species, was considered an essential reference text for marine biologists. Nonetheless, despite the major contribution it has made, we now know...