BIOLOGICAL INVENTORY OF KOOLAN ISLAND, WESTERN AUTRALIA 1. FLORA AND VEGETATION
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 17 (1995–1996) | Updated 19 Sep 2012
- 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 ...
BIOLOGICAL INVENTORY OF KOOLAN ISLAND, WESTERN AUTRALIA 2. ZOOLOGICAL NOTES
Abstract - In terms of its biota, Koolan is the most thoroughly inventoried island on the Kimberley coast. We provide annotated lists of the animal species known from the island: three earthworms, eight land snails, two scorpions, one centipede, nine spid ...
CHRYSIPTERA KUITERI, A NEW SPECIES OF DAMSELFISH (POMACENTRIDAE) FROM INDONESIA AND SRI LANKA
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 17 (1995–1996) | Updated 14 Jan 2013
Abstract : A new species of pomacentrid, Chrysiptera kuiteri , is described from three specimens. The first specimen was collected during 1991 off northern Bali, Indonesia. Two additional specimens were captured at northwestern Sri Lanka in 1994. It is cl ...
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF HARDYHEAD, CRATEROCEPHALUS FISTULARIS, (PISCES ATHERINIDAE) FROM IRIAN JAYA
Abstract - A new species of hardyhead, Craterocephalus fistularis , is described from Lake Kamakawaiar (Triton Lakes 3°47'S 134°14'E) in Irian Jaya. This fish is distinctive with upper and lower jaws slightly extended, giving the mouth a flute o ...
EVAPORATIVE WATER LOSS AND COLOUR CHANGE IN THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT TREE FROG LITORIA RUBELLA (AMPHIBIA HYLIDAE)
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
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. ...