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Osteology of the ranoid burrowing African anurans Breviceps and Hemisus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: D.E. van Dijk --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaTo facilitate classification of isolated fossil bones, one genus of each of ten anuran African families was chosen, and criteria were sought (with two or more character states) which could be used to indicate the presence of a genus or... -
Comparative skull osteology and preliminary systematic revision of the African lizard genus Heliobolus (Squamata: Lacertidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Mirjam Dubke --- , Germany Christy A. Hipsley --- , Germany Johannes Müller --- , GermanyThe anatomy of African lacertid lizards (Lacertidae: Eremiadini) is poorly known, which has hindered a better understanding of their evolutionary relationships. This applies especially to the East African clade, which includes the genera Nucras, Latastia, Philochortus, Pseuderemias and Heliobolus. We... -
Bone-by-bone: A detailed skull description of the White-headed dwarf gecko Lygodactylus picturatus (Peters, 1870)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Javier Lobon-Rovira --- Universidade do Porto, Portugal Aaron Bauer --- Villanova University, United StatesThe Lygodactylus genus is one of the most species-rich genera of gekkonid lizards in Africa. It is one of relatively few exclusively diurnal geckos’ lineages and its members include some of the smallest gekkonids. Osteological features within Lygodactylus have never... -
Two new species of Stephopaedes (Anura: Bufonidae) from Tanzania, with a review of the genus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: JohnC. Poynton --- , U.K. BarryT. Clarke --- , U.K.Two new species of Stephopaedes are described from Mafia Island and the Usambara foothills, castern Tanzania. The four species now recognized in this eastern African forest-associated genus are diagnosed and discussed. Osteological details are included. As with other small-sized African... -
New data on the South African acontine skink Typhlosaurus lomii Haacke 1986 (Squamata: Scincidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Victoria Schneider --- Villanova University, USA Trip Lamb --- East Carolina University, USA PaulE. Moler --- Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission , USA RandallD. Babb --- , USA -
Unveiling the First Neobatrachian (Anura) Discovered in the paleokarst system of Bolt’s Farm (Plio-Pleistocene; Cradle of Humankind), South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Alfred Lemierre --- Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, France Nonhlanhla Vilakazi --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Dominique Gommery --- Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, France Lazarus Kgasi --- Ditsong: National Museum of Natural History, South AfricaAnurans are widely diversified in South Africa, with more than 150 recognised species across the country. However, most the known fossil records of anurans are concentrated in the southern part of South Africa, within the rich Pliocene site of Langebaanweg...