QUATERNARY FOSSIL FROGS FROM SKULL CAVE AND DEVIL'S LAIR IN THE EXTREME SOUTH-WEST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 12 (1985–1986) | Updated 26 Apr 2013
Abstract: The Quaternary fossil frog faunas of Skull Cave and Devil's Lair include representatives of two families. Extant species identified are Litoria adelaidensis (Hylidae), and Crinia georgiana , Limnodynastes dorsalis and Pseudophryne guentheri ...
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE EUROPEAN RED FOX (VULPES VULPES) IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Part 2 197 197 KING, D.R. AND SMITH, L.A. Abstract: The distribution of the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Western Australia is described from sight and bounty records. Foxes occur throughout the state with the exception of the North Kimberley and most offshore islands. Their current distribution is ...
TWO NEW SKINKS (LACERTILIASCINCIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract: The new species are Ctenotus ehmanni from the far north of the State and Lerista stictopleura from the lower north-west. ...
SUPPLEMENT TO A REVISION OF THE BEE GENUS CTENOCOLLETES (HYMENOPTERA STENOTRITIDAE)
Part 3 293 293 HOUSTON, TERRY F. Abstract : Ctenocolletes nigricans sp. nov. and the male of C. fulvescens Houston are described from Western Australia. Extensions of the known ranges of several species are recorded and a key to the 10 known species of Ctenocolletes is provided. SUPPLEMENT TO A REVISION ...
REVISION OF LERISTA FROSTI AND ALLIED SPECIES (LACERTILIA SCINCIDAE)
Abstract : The name Lerista frosti Zietz is restricted to the species inhabiting the central Australian highlands. Three other species, formerly included in L. frosti , are described as new, viz. L. flammicauda and L. chalybura from the north-west of West ...
HERPETOFAUNA OF THE ONSLOW REGION, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Part 3 277 277 STORR, G.M. AND HAROLD, G. Abstract : Twelve families. 49 genera and 96 species of amphibians and reptiles have been recorded for this region on the arid north-west coast of Western Australia. This poverty, compared to the adjacent Exmouth region (114 species), is due mainly to the absence of ...
GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES OF THE PERENTIE, VARANUS GIGANTEUS (GREY) IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF ABBREVIATA TRAVASSOS (NEMATODA PHYSALOPTERIDAE)
Abstract : Seven species of nematode, all in the family Physalopteridae, were recovered from the gastrointestinal tract of 13 specimens of Varanus giganteus . Abbreviata perenticola sp. nov. was the dominant species, and is distinguished from A. hastaspic ...
DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF FRESHWATER CATFISHES (PLOTOSIDAE) FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Abstract : Collections obtained by the author in Papua New Guinea during 1982-83 contain two new species of plotosid catfishes. Oloplotosus torobo is described from two specimens collected at Lake Kutubu, Kikori River system. It is closely related to O. m ...
BARDI PLANTS AN ANNOTATED LIST OF PLANTS AND THEIR USE BY THE BARDI ABORIGINES OF DAMPIERLAND, IN NORTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : This paper presents a descriptive list of the plants identified and used by the Bardi Aborigines of the Dampierland Peninsula, north-western Australia. It is not exhaustive. The information is presented in two ways. First is an alphabetical lis ...
A REVISION OF THE LIASIS CHILDRENI SPECIES-GROUP (SERPENTES BOIDAE)
Abstract: The five taxa comprising the Liasis childreni species-group, viz. Liasis childreni Gray, L. perthensis Stull, L. maculosus Peters, L. stimsoni stimsoni sp. nov. and L. stimsoni orientalis sub sp. nov., are described and their distributions mappe ...