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The first record of the genus Haplohexapodibius Pilato & Beasley, 1987 in Africa, with notes on synonymy of Hexapodibius beasleyi Maucci, 1988, with Haplohexapodibius seductor Pilato & Beasley, 1987
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Łukasz Kaczmarek --- Department of Animal Taxonomy & Ecology, Poland Clark W. Beasley --- Department of Biology, U.S.A Łukasz Michalczyk --- University of East Anglia, U.K.Notes on the synonymy of Hexapodibius beasleyi Maucci, 1988, with Haplohexapodibius seductor Pilato & Beasley 1987, are given. Ha. seductor Pilato & Beasley, 1987, is a new record for the African tardigrade fauna. -
On the taxonomic status of two enigmatic southern African fossorial skinks, Scelotes bicolor and S. schebeni
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Aaron M. Bauer --- , , USAThe nominal taxa Scelotes bicolor and Scelotes schebeni are known only from their respective type specimens, both now lost, and they have been regarded as species inquirendae. A review of available data confirms that earlier synonymisations with S. arenicola and... -
A contribution to the phylogeny and taxonomy of the Pachydactylus weberi group (Squamata: Gekkonidae): a case of intraspecific colour polymorphism confounding taxonomy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jiří Šmíd --- , , South Africa Hanlie Engelbrecht --- , , South Africa Jody M. Taft --- , , South Africa Nicolas S. Telford --- , , South Africa Buyisile G. Makhubo --- , , South Africa Aaron M. Bauer --- , , USA Krystal A. Tolley --- , , South AfricaPachydactylus is the most species-rich reptile genus in southern Africa. Most species are habitat specialists adapted to hyper-arid conditions of the Namibian and north-western South African xeric regions. Although a fair number of phylogenetic studies and taxonomic revisions have been... -
Morphological and genetic variation of Leptopelis brevirostris encompasses the little-known treefrogs Leptopelis crystallinoron from Gabon and Leptopelis brevipes from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Rayna C Bell --- , , USA Patrick J McLaughlin --- , , USA Gregory FM Jongsma --- , , USA David C Blackburn --- , , USA Bryan L Stuart --- , USAThe Central African treefrog Leptopelis brevirostris has a characteristically short and vertically truncated snout, a tooth-like process at the centre of the mandible, and unlike most species of Leptopelis, eats terrestrial gastropods. Two morphologically similar species (L. crystallinoron and L... -
The reptiles of Tinhosa Grande islet (Gulf of Guinea): A taxonomic update and the role of Quaternary sea level fluctuations in their diversification
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Luis MP Ceríaco --- Universidade do Porto, Portugal Justin Bernstein --- Rutgers University-Newark, USA Ana C Sousa --- Universidade de Évora, Portuga Mariana P Marques --- Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Aaron M Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Sietze J Norder --- Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, The NetherlandsThe reptile fauna of Tinhosa Grande islet, Gulf of Guinea, comprises an endemic skink, Trachylepis adamastor, and an unidentified species of gecko of the genus Hemidactylus. Until recently, no molecular data were available for either species, impeding their phylogenetic placement... -
Phrynobatrachus alticola Guibé & Lamotte, 1961 is a junior synonym of Phrynobatrachus tokba (Chabanaud, 1921)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Mark‐Oliver Rödel --- Theodor‐Boveri‐Institute (Biocenter of the University), Germany Joachim Kosuch --- Institute of Zoology, Germany N'Goran Germain Kouamé --- Université d'Abobo‐Adjamé, Côte dIvoire Raffael Ernst --- Theodor‐Boveri‐Institute (Biocenter of the University), Germany Michael Veith --- Institute of Zoology, GermanyBased on genetic similarity of topotypic material from Phrynobatrachus alticola and P. tokba, we synonymise the first with the latter. We analysed tissue samples from almost the entire distributional range of P. tokba. We report six 16S rDNA haplotypes with...