THE SIZE OF LITTLE PENGUINS EUDYPTULA MINOR, ON PENGUIN ISLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 14 (1988–1990) | Updated 27 Feb 2013
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 ...
GONADAL CYCLES OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LONG-NECKED TURTLES CHELODINA OBLONGA AND CHELODINA STEINDACHNERI (CHELONIA CHELIDAE)
Abstract : Seasonal changes of testis volume, spermatogenesis, follicular development, and oviducal eggs for preserved specimens of Chelodina oblonga and Chelodina steindachneri are reported. Testis cycles of both species show a typical temperate zone che ...
AUSTRALITES FROM MOUNT REMARKABLE STATION AND ADJOINING PARTS OF YERILLA STATION, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : Collections of australites totalling 926 specimens found on Mount Remarkable and Yerilla Stations in the semi-arid interior of Western Australia have been examined. The more representative units within those collections totalling 476 australite ...
A NEW SPECIES OF DIPLODACTYLUS (LACERTILIA GEKKONIDDAE) FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : The new species, Diplodactylus jeanae , was formerly confused with D. taeniatus , which it replaces in the northern arid zone of Western Australia and the Northern Territory. D taeniatus is redescribed. ...
A NEW SPECIES OF CALANOID COPEPOD FROM SHARK BAY, WESTERN AUTRALIA
Abstract : A new species of calanoid copepod, Centropages halinus from hypersaline waters of Shark Bay, Western Australia is described. The new species is most closely related to C. orsinii . which also occurs in Shark Bay. ...
A NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN CRATEROCEPHALUS (PISCES ATHERINIDAE) AND REDESCRIPTION OF FOUR OTHER SPECIES
Abstract : A new species of hardyhead, Craterocephalus munroi , from estuarine reaches of the Bynoe, Norman and Nicholson Rivers, southern Gulf of Carpentaria, is described. Morphologically the new species appears to be most closely related to C. marjoria ...
LEIOPROCTUS BEES ASSOCIATED WITH WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SMOKE BUSHES (CONOSPERMUM SPP.) AND THEIR ADAPTATIONS FOR FORAGING AND CONCEALMENT (HYMENOPTERA COLLETIDAE PARACOLLETINI)
character between those of L. conospermi and L. pappus and of uncertain status are recorded. All species are ...
LIFE HISTORY ASPECTS OF THE WEST AUSTRALIAN SALAMANDERFISH, LEPIDOGALAXIAS SALAMANDROIDES MEES
Abstract : A field study of the ecology and general life history of the West Australian salamanderfish, Lepidogalaxias salamandroides , was conducted near Northcliffe, Western Australia, during 1986. This species mainly occurs between the Blackwood and Ke ...