A NEW SPECIES OF LERISTA (LACERTILIA SCINCIDAE) WITH TWO SUBSPECIES FROM CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 13 (1986–1987) | Updated 17 Apr 2013
Abstract A new species, Lerista aericeps, closely related to the Western Australian species L. separanda and L. xanthura . is described from the Northern Territory and southwestern Queensland. It is divided into two subspecies. ...
DIAGNOSIS OF THE LERISTA BIPES SPECIES-GROUP (LACERTILIA SCINCIDAE), WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES AND AN UPDATED DIAGNOSIS OF THE GENUS
Abstract The bipes species-group of Lerista is diagnosed; its most significant feature is a reduction in the number of cervical vertebrae from eight to seven. A new species in the group is described as L. praefrontalis ; it is unique in the group in havin ...
FIRST RECORD OF SMINTHOPSIS PSAMMOPHILA (MARSUPIALIA DASYURIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
habitat of the animals is compared with previous descriptions. FIRST RECORD OF SMINTHOPSIS PSAMMOPHILA ...
LIFE CYCLE STAGES OF MITES OF THE GENUS CTENOCOLLETACARUS FAIN (ACARI ACARIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH CTENOCOLLETES BEES IN AUSTRALIA
Additional host records for hypopi of the two species are provided and Ctenoeolletes nigrieans is newly recorded as a host for C. brevirostris, LIFE CYCLE STAGES OF MITES OF THE GENUS CTENOCOLLETACARUS FAIN ...
THE ELEOTRID FISHES OF LAKE KUTUBU, PAPUA NEW GUINEA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SPECIES
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THE HOLOTYPES OF THE ACARI (ARTHROPODA ARACHNIDA) IN THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
Abstract Ninety-three recently lodged mite holotypes are listed with associated data. ...
TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE LERISTA NICHOLLSI COMPLEX (LACERTILIA SCINCIDAE)
Abstract Both species come from the arid mid-west of Western Australia. One, Lerista gascoynensis , is nearest to L. nichollsi , which it replaces in much of the middle and upper Gascoyne River valley. The other, L. varia , is nearest to L. connivens , wh ...
TWO NEW SPECIES OF DESERT BURROWING FROGS OF THE GENUS NEOBATRACHUS (ANURA MYOBATRACHIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
A CATALOGUE OF TYPE SPECIMENS OF CRUSTACEA IN THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, PERTH
Abstract Data are given for the type specimens of 223 species of Crustacea held in the Western Australian Museum collection. Taxa are arranged in a systematic order, and a list of references contains all papers in which the taxa are first described. The t ...
A NEW GENERIC NAME FOR ANCHISOMUS MULTISTRIATUS RICHARDSON 1854 (TETRADONTIDAE), WITH NOTES ON ITS TOXICITY AND PUFFERFISH BITING BEHAVIOR
Abstract A poorly known pufferfish, Anchisomus multistriatus Richardson, is redescribed from 25 specimens from northern Australian coastal waters, and placed in a new monotypic genus, Feroxodon . It differs from other tetraodontid genera with a similar na ...