A NEW CTENOTUS (LACERTILIA SCINCIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 14 (1988–1990) | Updated 27 Feb 2013
Abstract : A new skink, Ctenotus angusticeps , is described from Airlie Island, off the northwest coast. ...
A NEW FRESHWATER CATFISH (PISCES ARIIDAE) FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : A new species of fork-tailed catfish is described on the basis of 31 specimens collected in northern Australia between the Fitzroy River (Western Australia) and the Mitchell River (Queensland). Arius midgleyi sp. novo grows to at least 1.3 m TL ...
A NEW RHINOPLOCEPHALUS ( SERPENTES ELAPIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : Storr et al. (1986: 104) mentioned that two snakes from Scaddan (430 km SW of the rest of the species' range) possibly represented a third subspecies of Rhinoplocephalus spectabilis . An additional two specimens have confirmed the distinct ...
A NEW SPECIES OF FALSE ANTECHINUS (MARSUPIALIA DASYURIDAE) FROM THE KIMBERLEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : Pseudantechinus ningbing sp. nov., recognised as a species in literature, is herein formally described. It is widely distributed in the Kimberley district, Western Australia. ...
TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE WATER MITE GENUS ASPIDIOBATES LUNDBLAD FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA (ACARINA HYGROBATIDAE)
Abstract : The new species Aspidiobates pilbara and A. wittenoom are described from material collected in the Hamersley Ranges, northern Western Australia. A revised key to the Australian members of the genus is presented and evolution within the genus is ...
THREE NEW DIPLODACTYLUS (LACERTILIA GEKKONIDAE) FROM THE ARID ZONE OF AUSTRALIA
Abstract : The new taxa are D. immaculatus from the Northern Territory and Queensland and D. granariensis rex and D. kenneallyi from Western Australia, D. pulcher is transferred to the D. conspicillatus group, which is redefined. ...
THE SUBSPECIES OF DIPLODACTYLUS SPINIGERUS (LACERTILIA GEKKONIDAE)
Abstract : The gecko Diplodactylus spinigerus is endemic to southern Western Australia. It is divisible into two subspecies: D. s. spinigerus Gray of the west coast and D. s. inornatus subsp. nov. from further east. ...
THE SIZE OF LITTLE PENGUINS EUDYPTULA MINOR, ON PENGUIN ISLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : Little Penguins Eudyptula minor on Penguin Island, Western Australia are consistently heavier and have larger bills than conspecifics elsewhere in Australia or New Zealand. No latitudinal or other geographical trend in size is apparent. ...
OBSERVATIONS ON THE MARINE DISTRIBUTION OF TROPICBIRDS SOOTY AND BRIDLED TERNS, AND GADFLY PETRELS FROM THE EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN
baraui and P. rostrata recorded during the cruise suggest that these gadfly petrels are seasonal visitors ...
LYCONDON AULICUS CAPUCINUS A COLUBRID SNAKE INTRODUCED TO CHRISTMAS ISLAND, INDIAN OCEAN
of Java. Until 31 December 1987 it was mined for phosphate. Cogger et al. (1983) record 10 species of ...