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 ...
LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF LESUEURINA SP. (TELEOSTEI LEPTOSCOPIDAE) WITH NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE LARVAE IN A SOUTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ESTUARY.
Abstract : The larval development of the leptoscopid. Lesueurina sp., is described and illustrated from material obtained from the lower Swan Estuary. in south-western Australia. The larvae examined (2.90-12.04 mm) are pelagic. have an elongate. slender b ...
CLARIFICATION OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GALAXIELLA NIGROSTRIATA (SHIPWAY, 1953) AND GALAXIELLA MUNDA MCDOWALL, 1978 (PISCES GALAXIIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : Galaxiella nigrostriata and G. munda are sympatarie speeies that are difficult to distinguish due to their similarity and to contradictions in previously published diagnoses. Additional more relia ble characters are as follows: the dorsal fin o ...