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GOBIID FISHES OF THE GENUS GLOSSOGOBIUS IN THE LIMPOPO SYSTEM: A FIRST RECORD AND A RANGE EXTENSION OF G. CALLIDUS (SMITH, 1937)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: P.H. Greenwood --- , South AfricaRecently, a specimen of Glossogobius callidus was collected in the Marico Oog, a major source of the Limpopo River in the western Transvaal. This locality is some 1500 km from the river mouth. Earlier taxonomic confusion of Glossogobius giuris and... -
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... -
The 26 December 2004 Sumatra tsunami recorded on the coast of West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Joseph JT Odametey EK Nkebi A Pereira RG Prabhudesai P Mehra AB Rabinovich V Kumar S Prabhu-Desai P WoodworthAnalysis of sea-level data obtained from the Atlantic Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) sea-level station at Takoradi, Ghana, West Africa, clearly reveals a tsunami signal associated with the Mw = 9.3 Sumatra earthquake of 26 December 2004 in the... -
Intubation of a neonate with glossopalatine ankylosis using a paraglossal approach and a laryngoscope with a straight blade
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: S Mukharjee --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India D Mitra --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India A Sen --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India A Chattopadhyay --- Department of Paediatric Surgery, India S Kajal --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India M Dhankhar --- Department of Anaesthesiology, IndiaGlossopalatine ankylosis presents a challenge to the anaesthesiologist because of its intraoral attachment which obstructs the view of the oral cavity. When preoperative assessment by direct laryngoscopy is possible, a paraglossal approach using a straight blade can be used in... -
Successful difficult airway intubation using the Miller laryngoscope blade and paraglossal technique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: P Anderson --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa J Espinaco Valdés --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa JG Vorster --- Department of Anaesthesia, South AfricaIn anaesthetic practice clinicians are often faced with difficult airway situations. The conventional approach to intubation is the midline technique using a curved Macintosh blade for direct laryngoscopy. However, we have been successful in such a case using old technology... -
Genetic variation across Tunisian populations of the anuran species Discoglossus pictus and Pelophylax saharicus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Nabil Amor --- Research Unit: Genetics, Biodiversity and Bio Resources Development, Biotechnology Institute of Monastir, Tunisia Guillermo Velo-Antón --- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U.S.A Sarra Farjallah --- Research Unit: Genetics, Biodiversity and Bio Resources Development, Biotechnology Institute of Monastir, Tunisia Khaled Said --- Research Unit: Genetics, Biodiversity and Bio Resources Development, Biotechnology Institute of Monastir, TunisiaThe intraspecific variation of mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence was analysed for two widely distributed Tunisian anuran species, Discoglossus pictus and Pelophylax saharicus. We observed low genetic variation within both species (D. p. auritus 0.6% uncorrected genetic distances, P. saharicus 0.2%)... -
Before Colonialism: Oral and Written Textualities in the Polyglotic Zone of the Horn of Africa: The Case of Tigrinya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Ghirmai Negash --- English and Postcolonial Literatures, African Studies Program, USAIn recent postcolonial literary and cultural studies, there has been renewed interest in the history and vitality of African-language textualities of the pre-colonial era. This article explores new terrain, surveying and shedding light on some of the significant texts and... -
Paraglossal straight blade intubation in syndromic children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Michiel A du Toit --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, South Africa Rebecca M Gray --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, South AfricaSyndromic children have an increased association with difficult airways, which may lead to difficulties and dangers even when anticipated and planned for. Hypoxia, with its risk of brain injury, cardiac arrest and even death, may follow induction of anaesthesia with... -
A pilot study on the use of DNA metabarcoding for diet analysis in a montane amphibian population from North Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Ana Pereira --- Universidade do Porto, Portugal Mohamed Amine Samlali --- Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco Abderrahim S’Khifa --- Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco Tahar Slimani --- Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco D James Harris --- Universidade do Porto, PortugalAlthough dietary studies are essential to design effective conservation strategies for amphibians, non-invasive studies using microscopy assessment of faecal material are known to have limitations. We assessed the use of DNA metabarcoding to determine diet in the Moroccan painted frog... -
Molecular phylogenetics of Malagasy skinks (Squamata: Scincidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AlisonS. Whiting --- Brigham Young University, USA JackW. Sites --- Brigham Young University, USA AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USAMalagasy skinks are a poorly known group, and their relationships have not been critically evaluated previously. In this paper we present a phylogeny of Malagasy “scincine” lizards, based on quantitative phylogenetic analysis of data from seven molecular markers. Our analysis... -
Cardioglossa liberiensis Barbour & Loveridge 1927 is a junior synonym of Phrynobatrachus fraterculus (Chabanaud 1921)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: DavidC. Blackburn --- Harvard University, U.S.A.In 1927, Barbour & Loveridge described two species of Cardioglossa based on seven specimens from Liberia: C. decorata (six specimens) and C. liberiensis. Cardioglossa decorata has long been recognized as a junior synonym of Phrynobatrachus fraterculus (Chabanaud 1921), which is... -
Revalidation of Phrynobatrachus maculiventris Guibé & Lamotte, 1958 and description of its aposematic coloured tadpole
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Mark‐Oliver Rödel --- Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Laura Sandberger --- Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Néma‐Soua Loua --- Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée, Republic of Guinea Joseph Doumbia --- Université de Conakry, Annika Hillers --- Humboldt University Berlin, GermanyPhrynobatrachus maculiventris Guibé & Lamotte, 1958 is a valid species. Herein we clarify its taxonomic status, re‐describe it, and provide the first description of its tadpole. The tadpoles’ specific identity was assessed through DNA barcoding. Phrynobatrachus maculiventris adults differ from... -
Discursive exploration of self-adulation in selected songs of Ọláwálé Ọlọ́fọ̀ọ́rọ̀ (a.k.a Brymo)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Adetayo Adebayo --- University of Ibadan, NigeriaSelf-adulation, a term that encapsulates the attitude of possessing a high opinion of oneself or one’s importance, in Nigerian popular music (NPM) has interested Nigerian scholars. With the paucity of studies on Brymo, a Nigerian music artist who fuses Afrobeat...