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A review of the Angolan House snakes, genus Boaedon Duméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in the Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) species complex
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jakob Hallermann --- Center of Natural History (CeNak), Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Germany Luis MP Ceríaco --- Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal Andreas Schmitz --- Natural History Museum of Geneva, Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology, Switzerland Raffael Ernst --- Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Germany Werner Conradie --- Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), South Africa Luke Verburgt --- National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Wild Bird Trust, South Africa Mariana P Marques --- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva (InBIO), Universidade do Porto, Portugal Aaron M Bauer --- Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, USAAn integrative taxonomic review of the genus Boaedon in Angola is provided. A molecular phylogeny, based on 99 genetic samples for which the mitochondrial markers 16S rRNA have been sequenced, reveals 23 monophyletic species-level groups in Africa and indicates the... -
Systematics of the Thirteen-scaled Green Snake Philothamnus carinatus (Squamata: Colubridae), with the description of a cryptic new species from Central and East Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Eli Greenbaum --- University of Texas, USA Olivier S. G. Pauwels --- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium Václav Gvoždík --- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Eugene R. Vaughan --- University of Texas, USA Teslin Chaney --- University of Texas, USA Michael Buontempo --- University of Texas, USA Mwenebatu M. Aristote --- Institut Supérieur d’Ecologie pour la Conservation de la Nature, Wandege M. Muninga --- Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Democratic Republic of the Congo Hanlie M. Engelbrecht --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaRecent molecular phylogenies of African Green Snakes suggested the geographically widespread species Philothamnus carinatus includes at least two distinct lineages. We utilised an integrative taxonomic approach with morphological and genetic data to reconcile the taxonomic status of these cryptic lineages,... -
Distribution and biogeography of the Paradiaptominae (Copepoda: Calanoida: Diaptomidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: NA RaynerThe Paradiaptominae, a subfamily of the large Diaptomidae family, is a small group of freshwater calanoids of which 24 species in four genera have been described. They are endemic to Africa with the exception of four species, Metadiaptomus asiaticus (Asia... -
Extreme levels of intra-specific divergence among Cape Peninsula populations of the Cape galaxias, Galaxias zebratus Castelnau 1861, reveals a possible species complex
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Marcus Wishart Jane Hughes Barbara Stewart Dean ImpsonThe Cape galaxias, Galaxias zebratus, is part of the paleao-endemic fauna characteristic of the south-western Cape, South Africa, and is the only galaxiid found in continental Africa. A 284-bp fragment of the cytochrome b region of the mtDNA was sequenced... -
Conservation status and distribution of freshwater fishes in South African national parks
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: I. A. Russell --- South African National Parks, South AfricaThirteen of South Africa’s national parks contain aquatic systems which support 63 indigenous and 11 alien freshwater fishes. Indigenous fishes include 43 species of the Zambezian faunal group (70% of the national total), eight Karroid (47%), five Cape (31%) and... -
Population density of the Réunion Grey White-eye Zosterops borbonicus within the summit ecosystems of Réunion, Mascarene Islands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Joris AM Bertrand --- Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, France Yann XC Bourgeois --- Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, France Christophe Thébaud --- Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, FranceAssessing population density is crucial for studying the ecology and evolutionary biology of species as well as for conservation purposes. Here we used point count methods to infer population density in a single-island endemic passerine bird, the Réunion Grey White-eye... -
A phylogeny of Central African Boaedon (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with the description of a new cryptic species from the Albertine Rift
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Eli Greenbaum --- , , USA Frank Portillo --- , , USA Kate Jackson --- , , USA Chifundera Kusamba --- , , République Démocratique du CongoThe Central African house snake Boaedon olivaceus has a large distribution from the forests of West Africa to Mabira Forest in Uganda. We sequenced two mitochondrial (cyt b and ND4) and two nuclear (c-mos and RAG1) genes from several populations... -
Factors determining the occurrence of Pleurodeles poireti (Caudata: Salamandridae) on Edough Peninsula, northeastern Algeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jihène Ben Hassine --- , , Tunisia Daniel Escoriza --- , , Spain Badis Bakhouche --- , , AlgeriaPleurodeles poireti is one of the lesser-known amphibians in the Mediterranean region. This species is strictly endemic to the Edough Peninsula in northeastern Algeria. Here we investigated the factors that determine the presence of P. poireti, by affecting its selection... -
Molecular research on the systematically challenging smoothhound shark genus Mustelus: a synthesis of the past 30 years
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SN Maduna --- Molecular Breeding and Biodiversity Group, Department of Genetics, South Africa AE Bester-van der Merwe --- Molecular Breeding and Biodiversity Group, Department of Genetics, South AfricaThe species-rich genus Mustelus (smoothhounds) of the shark family Triakidae is one of the most bio-economically important groups of elasmobranchs in the world’s oceans. Despite the commercial value of Mustelus, the systematics of the group remains largely unresolved and there... -
Review of the leaf-litter skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands, with the description of a new species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Leonor B. Soares --- , , Portugal Luis M. P. Ceríaco --- , , Portugal Mariana P. Marques --- , , Portugal Cristiane Bastos-Silveira --- , , Portugal Lauren A. Scheinberg --- , USA D. James Harris --- , Portugal António Brehm --- , , Portugal José Jesus --- , PortugalLeaf-litter skinks of the genus Panaspis are currently represented in the oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea by two species, Panaspis africana and P. annobonensis. Here we describe a third species, Panaspis thomensis sp. nov., endemic to São Tomé... -
Taxonomic revision of the Jita snakes (Lamprophiidae: Boaedon) from São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea), with the description of a new species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Luis MP Ceríaco --- Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal Ana Lisette Arellano --- Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, USA Robert C Jadin --- University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA Mariana P Marques --- Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Diogo Parrinha --- Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Jakob Hallermann --- Universität Hamburg, GermanyThe taxonomic status of the São Tomé and Príncipe islands ‘Cobras Jitas’, genus Boaedon, has been a subject of confusion. Historically, these island populations have been referred to as part of either the Boaedon fuliginosus species complex or Boaedon capensis... -
Thirty years of amphibian surveys in the Ukagurus Mountains of Tanzania reveal new species, yet others are in decline
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: H Christoph Liedtke --- Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Spain John V Lyakurwa --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Lucinda P Lawson --- University of Cincinnati, USA Michele Menegon --- Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Marina Garrido-Priego --- Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Spain Jean Mariaux --- Natural History Museum of Geneva, Switzerland Wilirk Ngalason --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Alan Channing --- North-West University, South Africa Nisha R Owen --- On the EDGE Conservation, UK Gabriela B Bittencourt-Silva --- Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Spain Mark Wilkinson --- Natural History Museum, UK Joanna G Larson --- University of Notre Dame, USA Václav Gvoždík --- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Simon P Loader --- Natural History Museum, UKRecords of biodiversity over time are important resources for assessing conservation priorities. However, such baseline data are missing for regions of key biodiversity importance. The Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania are known for their species richness and endemism, but not... -
Evolutionary scenarios in the Pachydactylus Group geckos of southern Africa: new hypotheses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University,Gekkonid lizards constitute one of the most diverse and highly endemic components of the southern African herpetofauna. Although higher order relationships among African geckos remain obscure, the Pachydactylus Group has been widely accepted as monophyletic. Within this clade many taxa... -
Two syntopic and microendemic new frogs of the genus Blommersia from the east coast of Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Miguel Vences --- Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany Jörn Köhler --- Hessisches Landesmuseum, Germany Maciej Pabijan --- Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany Frank Glaw --- Zoologische Staatssammlung, GermanyWe describe two new species of semiarboreal frogs from the northern central east coast of Madagascar which occur syntopically, at least on the island of Nosy Boraha. The two species are morphologically closest to Blommersia wittei, but differ in advertisement... -
A natural terminal Pleistocene decline of African penguin populations enhances their anthropogenic extinction risk
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: H Beckett --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa OK Hansen --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa S von der Heyden --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa GF Midgley --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaThe African penguin Spheniscus demersus, endemic to the coast of southern Africa, has suffered anthropogenic-driven population declines since 1900 and is now listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Conservation efforts currently underway are informed by the species’ adaptive... -
A new species of African legless skink, genus Acontias Cuvier, 1816 “1817” (Squamata: Scincidae) from Serra da Neve inselberg, south-western Angola
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Mariana P. Marques --- Carnegie Museum of Natural History, USA Diogo Parrinha --- Universidade do Porto, Portugal Arthur Tiutenko --- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Manuel Lopes-Lima --- Universidade do Porto, Portugal Aaron M. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Luis M. P. Ceríaco --- Universidade do Porto, PortugalDuring a recent survey of the Serra da Neve inselberg in south-western Angola, a population of legless skinks of the genus Acontias was found. Only three species of this genus have been recorded for the country so far – A... -
Cross-realm biodiversity profile of the South African coastal zone
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: LR Harris --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa JB Adams --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa A Dayaram --- Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa LV Dunga --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa N Job --- Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa SP Kirkman --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa SJ Lamberth --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa MC Pfaff --- University of Cape Town, South Africa JL Raw --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa GM Rishworth --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa A Robbins --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa KJ Sink --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa AL Skowno --- Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa H van Deventer --- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa L van Niekerk --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South AfricaSouth Africa’s coast is 3 113 km long and includes microtidal shores that experience semi-diurnal tides and mostly high wave energy. From west to east, the cool Benguela Current and the warm Agulhas Current drive steep gradients in climate and...