DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF FRESHWATER CATFISHES (PLOTOSIDAE) FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 12 (1985–1986) | Updated 26 Apr 2013
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 ...
A NEW OSTEOLEPIDID FISH FROM THE UPPER DEVONIAN GOGO FORMATION, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : A new osteolepidid crossopterygian, Gogonasus andrewsi gen. et sp. nov., is described from a single fronto-ethmoidal shield and associated ethmosphenoid, from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia. Gogonasu s is is dist ...
REVISION OF AUSTRALO-PAPUAN PIPISTRELLUS AND OF FALSISTRELLUS (MICROCHIROPTERA VESPERTILIONIDAE)
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 12 (1985–1986) | Updated 29 Apr 2013
Abstract : A classical morphological taxonomic approach has been used to clarify the status of Australian and New Guinea species usually placed in the genus Pipistrellus . Multivariate phenetic and phylogenetic analyses of a suite of morphological charact ...
RANGE EXTENSIONS AND THE BREEDING SEASONS OF SEABIRDS IN SOUTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract: Southward expansion of the ranges of some tropical seabirds, and the "double" nesting seasons of many seabirds on the mid-western and south-western coasts of Australia are re-examined in the light of recent studies of reproductive peri ...
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION IN SIZE OF WHITE-BROWED BABBLERS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : Australian babblers are mainly birds of dry country habitats, such as acacia scrub although they may also occupy eucalypt woodland (Blakers et al. 1984). In Western Australia, the White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus (Vigors and Hors ...
FURTHER STUDIES ON THE SYSTEMATICS OF AUSTRALIAN DIPLURINAE (ARANEAEMYGALOMORPHAE DIPLURIDAE) A NEW GENUS FROM SOUTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : A new diplurine genus, Yilgarnia is described from southern Western Australia. The genus is attributed to the Anamini and its affinities with other Australian diplurine genera are discussed. The genus is widely distributed and contains several ...
A NEW MITE (ACARI, ACARIDAE) FROM A NEST OF THE WASP PARAGIA TRICOLOR SMITH IN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : Tyroborus houstoni sp. nov., is described from females, tritonymphs, protonymphs and larvae from a brood cell of the pollen-collecting masarine wasp Paragia tricolor Smith in Western Australia, and Tyroborus is redefined. ...
A NOTE ON PLANTS USED BY THE KUKATJA TO MAKE FIRE
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 12 (1985–1986) | Updated 31 Jul 2012
A NOTE ON PLANTS USED BY THE KUKATJA TO MAKE FIRE ...