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Changes to the scientific and common names of southern African freshwater fishes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: PH Skelton --- , South AfricaAdditions and changes to the scientific and common names of southern African freshwater fishes made since 1993, are recorded and explained. Nineteen new scientific names are listed including five new species, three genus-name changes, three species-name changes and four new... -
The correct name of the South-central black rhinoceros is Diceros bicornis keitloa (A.Smith, 1836)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Kees Rookmaaker --- Rhino Resource Center, SpainIn South Africa, the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is divided into two subspecies, the South-western in the west and the South-central in the east. The exact boundary between the ranges of these subspecies is uncertain, but has been defined to... -
Name changes and additions to the southern African freshwater fish fauna
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: PH Skelton --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South AfricaChanges made to the scientific names of southern African freshwater fishes since 2001 are explained and discussed. Adjustments to the phylogeny and classification of the fauna are outlined. Recent systematic studies on cyprinines are discussed and changes to the genera... -
Taha taha taha: South African bird names across time, language and usage
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Adrian Koopman --- Faculty of Arts and Design, South Africa Eckhart Buchmann --- School of Clinical Medicine,Humans find birds important as food, symbols, competitors, and objects for amusement or study, and give names to different groups or species of bird. However, a single bird may have many names, likely related to different contexts. This article proposes... -
Resolving nomenclatural ‘confusion’ vis-à-vis Latham’s Francolin (Francolinus/Peliperdix/Afrocolinus lathami) and the ‘Red-tailed’ francolins (Francolinus/Ortygornis/Peliperdix spp.)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Timothy M Crowe --- , South Africa Tshifhiwa G Mandiwana-Neudani --- , South Africa David B Donsker --- , Rauri CK Bowie --- , United States Robin M Little --- , South AfricaWe provide an addendum vis-à-vis Mandiwana-Neudani et al. (2019a) on the taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of ‘true’ francolins: Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Gallini; Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov., Peliperdix and Scleroptila spp., Mandiwana-Neudani et al. (2019b). Mandiwana-Neudani et al. (2019a) proposed... -
Bitis arietans peghullae Stewart 1973 (Serpentes: Viperidae): a valid race of puff adder?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: WilliamR. Branch --- , South AfricaThe taxonomic and nomenclatural validity of Bitis arietans peghullae Stewart 1973 from Niangara, Congo Orientale is assessed. The putative diagnostic characters are shown to be inadequate. The publication medium (Baltimore Univ. Comm.) was privately published and inadequately circulated, and does... -
On the identity of lacerta punctata Linnaeus 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Wagler 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro‐Malagasy skinks
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, United States of AmericaA recent phylogenetic revision placed Afro‐Malagasy Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 into the genus Euprepis Wagler, 1830, with the type species Lacerta punctata Linnaeus, 1758 (syn. Mabuya homalocephala fide Andersson [1900]). Identification of L. punctatus with Euprepis destabilizes existing name usage for...