EVAPORATIVE WATER LOSS AND COLOUR CHANGE IN THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT TREE FROG LITORIA RUBELLA (AMPHIBIA HYLIDAE)
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 17 (1995–1996) | Updated 14 Jan 2013
Abstract - The desert tree frog, Litoria rubella , is a small (2-4 g) frog found in northern Australia. These tree frogs typically rest in a water-conserving posture, and are moderately water-proof. Their evaporative water loss when in the water-conservin ...
NOTES ON THE ETHOLOGY OF ROLANDIA MACULATA (HYMENOPTERA VESPIDAE MASARINAE), A POLLEN WASP WITH A PSAMMOPHORE
Abstract - Rolandia maculata (Meade-Waldo), a pollen wasp restricted to southwestern Australia, produces a single summer generation of adults. A nesting population was observed in Kings Park, Perth, where females excavated burrows solitarily in level sand ...
REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN WASP GENUS MACROTHYNNUS TURNER (HYMENOPTERA TIPHIIDAE THYNNINAE)
Abstract - The thynnine genus Macrathynnus is revised. Both M. insignis (Smith) and M. simillimus (Smith) are redescribed together with two new species, M. mustus and M. watheroaerzsis. M. malitar (Smith) is removed from synonymy with M. simillimus and M. ...
SHARKS FROM THE MIDDLE-LATE DEVONIAN AZTEC SILSTONE, SOUTHERN VICTORIA LAND, ANTARCTICA
and the base is strongly concave. Antarctilanma cf. prisca Young, 1982 is also recorded from the ...
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF NYCTIMENE CEPHALOTES AND N ALBIVENTER (CHIROPTERA PTEROPODIDAE) IN THE MALUKU AND SULAWESI REGIONS, INDONESIA
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 17 (1995–1996) | Updated 19 Sep 2012
Abstract - A univariate and multivariate statistical study of the morphology of island populations of Nyctimene in the Maluku region, Indonesia, distinguishes Nyctimene keasti Kitchener, 1993, from the Tanimbar and Kai Islands, as a species. The form from ...
THE HIPPOSIDEROS BICOLOR GROUP (CHIROPTERA HIPPOSIDERIDAE) FROM SUMBAWA ISLAND, NUSA TENGGARA, INDONESIA
Abstract - Two unique specimens of Hipposideros from West Sumbawa are described. ...
THE SPATANGOID ECHINOID SCHIZASTER (SCHIZASTER) COMPACTUS (KOEHLER, 1914) IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Part 3 315 315 MCNAMARA, KENNETH J. Abstract - The spatangoid echinoid Schizaster (Schizaster) compactus (Koehler, 1914) is recorded from Australian waters for the first time. A sample consisting of a juvenile and adults collected from off the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia is shown to undergo ...
A NEW DIPLODACTYLUS, SUBGENUS STROPHURUS (LACERTILIA GEKKONIDAE) FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 17 (1995–1996) | Updated 20 Feb 2015
A NEW DIPLODACTYLUS, SUBGENUS STROPHURUS (LACERTILIA GEKKONIDAE) FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA ...
ACANTHODIAN DENTAL ELEMENTS FROM THE TRUNDLE BEDS (LOWER DEVONIAN) OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Abstract - Acanthodian dental elements from the Trundle beds (Lochkovian-Pragian) of central New South Wales include dentigerous jaw bone fragments, tooth whorls, single teeth, and dentition cones sensu Valiukevicus. Among acanthodians, only members of th ...
BIOLOGICAL INVENTORY OF KOOLAN ISLAND, WESTERN AUTRALIA 1. FLORA AND VEGETATION
- A total of 282 plant taxa have been recorded from five major vegetation units on Koolan Island at the head of the Yampi Peninsula. This represents over a quarter of the flora recorded for the Fitzgerald Botanical District. A total of 12 new naturalised weeds were recorded from the island. The closure of the ...