TWO NEW LIZARDS FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA (GENERA DIPLODACTYLUS AND LERISTA)
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 11 (1983–1984) | Updated 14 May 2013
Abstract Two new species of lizard, the gecko Diplodactylus wilsoni and the skink Lerista haroldi are described from the arid mid-west of Western Australia. ...
REDESCRIPTION OF THE CLINGFISH COCHLEOCEPS SPATULA (GOBIESOCIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM VICTORIA AND TASMANIA
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PREVALENCE AND INTENSITY OF ABBREVIATA TRAVASSOS (NEMATODA PHYSALOPTERIDAE) IN THE RIDGE-TAILED MONITOR VARANUS ACANTHURUS BOULENGER IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract Four species of Abbreviata were recovered from the stomachs of 212 Varanus acanthurus: Abbreviata hastaspicula (65% infection), Abbreviata antarctica (8% infection), Abbreviata confusa (5% infection), and Abbreviata sp. (1% infection). A. hastasp ...
OCCURRENCE IN AUSTRALIA OF THE CENTIPEDE GENUS ASANADA MEINERT (CHILOPODA, SCOLOPENDRIDAE, SCOLOPENDRINAE)
Part 1 75 75 KOCH, L.E. Full text A specimen from Line Hill, Queensland, in the collection of the Queensland Museum has been determined as Asanada brevicornis Meinert, 1886. The specimen fits the description and illustrations given by Attems (1930). This appears to constitute the first record of the genus in ...
LEPIDOGALAXIAS SALAMANDROIDES MEES – A REDESCRIPTION, WITH NATURAL HISTORY NOTES
Abstract Lepidogalaxias salamandroides Mees is redescribed, knowledge of its relationship reviewed, sexual dimorphism discussed, and specializations related to its habits and habitats reported. The eyes are adnate, lacking eye muscles and a curious abilit ...
HABITATS OF THE HEART URCHINS PROTENASTER AND RHYNOBRISSUS
sadly lacking; they are recorded for only 13 heart urchin genera (Smith 1980). The only information recorded on Protenaster is that is has been collected from a depth of 6 fathoms (Hall 1904). Our knowledge of the habitat of Rhynobrissus is only marginally better. Clark (1917) recorded that specimens were ...
AN ABORIGINAL ENGRAVING SITE IN THE SOUTH-WEST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract This report extends the known range of Australian Aboriginal rock engravings to the extreme south west corner of Western Australia. The site and the local geology are described with reference to the possible age of the engravings< Consideratio ...
ADDITIONS TO THE VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF BENDERING NATURE RESERVE
testes in October. Twenty-three reptile species are now recorded from Bendering Nature Reserve and reproductive data are available for 16 species. A total of 71 species of birds are now recorded for Bendering Nature Reserve and the adjacent farmland; this is little different from the 73 species recorded from the ...
A REVIEW OF THE MANGROVE KINGFISHER, HALCYON CHLORIS (BODDAERT) IN AUSTRALIA, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SUBSPECIES FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Two subspecies of the Mangrove Kingfisher are recognized for Australia, namely Halcyon chloris sordida from Kimberley (Western Australia), Northern Territory, Queensland and northern New South Wales, and Halcyon chloris pilbara subsp. novo from the Pilbar ...
A NEW SPECIES OF THE PROSOBRANCH GASTROPOD GLACIDORBIS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract Minute snails found in streams of the Darling Range, Western Australia, are described here as a new species, Glacidorbis occidentalis . Glacidorbis has a southern distribution, occurring in south-eastern Australia, Tasmania, and southern Chile. I ...