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Phylogeography, hotspots and conservation priorities: an example from the Top End of Australia
No full textAbstract not availableD.F. Rosauer, M.P.K. Blom, G. Bourke, S. Catalano, S. Donnellan, G. Gillespie, E. Mulder, P.M. Oliver, S. Potter, R.C. Pratt, D.L. Rabosky, P.L. Skipwith, C. Morit
A skew approach to enrichment for Gray-categories
No full textIt is well known that the category of Gray-categories does not admit a monoidal biclosed structure that models weak higher-dimensional transformations. In this paper, the first of a series on the topic, we describe several skew monoidal closed structures on the category of Gray-categories, one of which captures higher lax transformations, and another which models higher pseudo-transformations
County of Bourke, Victoria [cartographic material]
No full textCadastral map of the county of Bourke, Victoria, showing mountains, townships, cities, pastoral runs, main roads, telegraph lines, and railways.; Text in outer panels.; Plate [1] from: F.E. Hiscocks & Co.'s new Victorian counties atlas, 1874. Melbourne : G. Robertson, 1874.; "Hamel & Ferguson, litho., 85 Queen St. Melb."; "Map of Victoria indicating roads, distances, relative position of counties, & c. Showing - All cities, boroughs, post-towns, villages, hamlets, road boards, shires, stations, roads, railways, telegraph lines, rivers, lakes creeks, mountains, dividing ranges. The area of every county, shire and station (the names, occupiers, areas, and grazing capabilities of each). The population of every city, borough and post-town and county. The height of the mountains ; length, rise, and fall of the rivers. the quantity of cereals, green crop, hay, wine, and tobacco produced each year in the different counties, and all the geological, mineralogical, and physiological information obtainable from the most reliable and authentic sources.'--T.p.; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-raa19-s3
Bourke Our Yarns
No full textThese stories and ideas of Aboriginal people of Bourke, and a few gubbas (whitefellas) were
recorded in 1984 and 1985 and again in 1998 and 1999. Leatta Ballangary and Kevin Knight in the
1980s, and John Mackay in 1998, and I, tape-record many people who were usually eager to share their
experiences This is a small selection of what people said about their lives, each in their own style. They are presented as a history beginning from early memories of 19th century conditions
Systematics of small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia: redescription of G. kimberleyi Börner & Schüttler, 1983 and description of a new restricted range species
No full textOliver, Paul M., Bourke, Gayleen, Pratt, Renae C., Doughty, Paul, Moritz, Craig (2016): Systematics of small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia: redescription of G. kimberleyi Börner & Schüttler, 1983 and description of a new restricted range species. Zootaxa 4107 (1): 49-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.1.
Gehyra girloorloo Oliver, Bourke, Pratt, Doughty & Moritz, 2016, sp. nov.
No full textGehyra girloorloo sp. nov. Kimberley Karst gecko Figs. 4–7 Holotype. WAM R 175045 (field number CCM 3257) (male), Gogo Station, Pillara Range, south entrance of Menyous Gap (18.40439 °S; 125.83698 °E), collected on 4 November 2014 by P.M. Oliver, G. Armstrong and P. Skipwith. Paratypes. WAM R 113727 (female), Cadjbut Mine 90 km south-east Fitzroy Crossing (18.7500°S; 126.1500°E); NMV D 77029 and NMV D 77030 (females), and NMV D 77031 and NMV D 77032 (males), Ngumpan Cliff area (18.75625 °S; 126.06474 °E); WAM R 175037 (PMO 147) and WAM R 175038 (PMO 149) (males), 50 mm). Within Australia, G. girloorloo sp. nov. can be distinguished from all members of the G. australis speciesgroup (which are largely restricted to northern Australia) by its smaller size (max SVL 50 mm), divided subdigital lamellae (versus at least some undivided), lower number of pores in the males ( 12) and females laying just one egg per clutch. Gehyra girloorloo sp. nov. can be distinguished from members of the G. variegata group from the Australian arid zone by its lower number of pre-cloacal pores in males (<12 [mode 9] versus usually more than 10 [Hutchinson et al. 2014]), no conspicuous dark streaks emanating from behind the eyes, at most only light red hues (versus rich reddish-brown) and less contrasting dorsal pattern combining diffuse dark markings (versus extensive reticulations) and diffuse light spots (versus tending towards smaller and well defined). A further species in this group, G. pilbara, is similarly small, but differs in dorsal colouration (reddish-brown vs. pinkish-grey), the presence of obviously enlarged loreal scales above the infralabials (versus absent) and in having an extremely short snout resulting in short, wide postmentals (versus tall and thin in G. girloorloo sp. nov.) (Fig 4.). Gehyra girloorloo sp. nov. can be distinguished from most other members of the G. variegata group that also occur in the AMT as follows: from G. xenopus and G. spheniscus by the absence of a wedge of granules between proximal lamellae (versus present), and in the case of the former species, also much smaller size (max SVL 48 versus 79 mm); from G. occidentalis by its lower number of subdigital lamellae (5–7 versus 7–10) and small body size (max SVL 48 mm versus 76 mm); and from G. multiporosa by the absence of dark lateral head streaks, and fewer pores in males (8–11 versus 20–49). A final taxon from this region, G. nana, is a complex of species (unpublished data). However, G. girloorloo sp. nov. can be distinguished from both geographically proximate and type G. nana by its pinkish-grey dorsal colouration (versus reddish), background stippled (versus plain), larger and more diffuse pale spots (versus small and clearly defined), diffuse and transversely-oriented dark brown blotches on dorsum (versus clearly defined brown blotches or [usually] spots), and low number of pre-cloacal pores in males (8–11 versus 11–17). Gehyra nana from around localities from where G. girloorloo sp. nov. has been recorded are also particularly small (SVL 39.0, 35.0– 41.9 mm) and strongly spotted (see Fig. 5).Published as part of Oliver, Paul M., Bourke, Gayleen, Pratt, Renae C., Doughty, Paul & Moritz, Craig, 2016, Systematics of small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia: redescription of G. kimberleyi Börner & Schüttler, 1983 and description of a new restricted range species, pp. 49-64 in Zootaxa 4107 (1) on pages 56-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/26093
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No full textGehyra einasleighensis Bourke, Pratt, Vanderduys & Moritz, 2017, sp. nov.
No full textGehyra einasleighensis sp. nov. Einasleigh rock dtella Figs. 3–5 Holotype. QM J94587 (field number CCM0092) (male), Cobbold Gorge camp (18.79611°S; 143.42386°E); collected on 18 April 2013, by C. Moritz, E. Vanderduys and R. Agudo. Paratypes. Australia: Queensland: QM J94588 (field number CCM 0105) (female), Whitewater Station, Undara (18.14897°S; 144.57213°E), QM J94589 (field number CCM 5118) (male), 9 km west of Georgetown (18.28926°S; 143.46529°E), QM J94591 (field number CCM 5128) (male), East of Croydon (18.23171°S; 142.4129°E), QM J94595 (field number CCM 5186) (female), 34 km E of Georgetown (18.27407°S; 143.83688°E), QM J94597 (field number CCM 5196) (male), north of Forsayth (18.5667°S; 143.56871°E), QM J94598 (field number CCM 5213) (male), 6.6 km SE of Petford (17.37989°S; 144.96419°E). Diagnosis. Digits broadly expanded basally and subdigital lamellae present on all digits of manus and pes. Digit I of manus and pes clawless, penultimate phalanx of digits II–V free from scansorial pad. Differs from non- Australian Gehyra by the combination of: absence of webbing between third and fourth toes, absence of a skin fold along the posterior hindlimb and very small adult size (SVL 41 mm). Within Australia, Gehyra einasleighensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all members of the Gehyra australis group by its smaller size (max SVL 41 mm), divided subdigital lamellae under expanded toepads (versus at least some undivided), and lower counts of lamellae ( 7). Gehyra einasleighensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from members of the G. variegata-punctata group that occur in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics (AMT) as follows: from Gehyra xenopus Storr, 1978 and Gehyra spheniscus Doughty, Palmer, Sistrom, Bauer and Donnellan, 2012 by the absence of a wedge of granules between proximal lamellae (versus present), and in the case of the former species, also much smaller size (max SVL 41 versus 79 mm); from G. occidentalis King, 1984 by a lower number of lamellae (4–6 versus 7–10) and small body size (max SVL 41 versus 76 mm); and from G. multiporosa Doughty et al. 2012 by having fewer pre-cloacal pores in males (11-16 versus 20-49). Gehyra einasleighensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all rock dwelling members of the G. variegatapunctata group from the Australian arid zone (see Hutchinson et al. 2014) by a combination of having fewer lamellae (4–6 versus 6–9 pairs), a smaller body size (max SVL 44 mm), and internasal scale generally absent (versus present). The most similar species in the arid zone group is Gehyra minuta King, 1982 which nonetheless attains larger body size (up to 45 mm) and has a higher range of subdigital lamellae (6–8, mean 7 pairs; King 1982) and dark markings on the dorsum as scattered flecks rather than discrete ocelli (see also Hutchinson et al. 2014). The new species differs from its closet relative, G. purpurascens in that the latter is much larger (adult SVL range 49-62 mm, mean 55 mm), has 7–8 subdigital lamellae and a grey, reticulated back pattern. The Gehyra nana species complex, as currently recognised, is widely distributed across the Australian monsoonal tropics. With the description of Gehyra einasleighensis sp. nov., Gehyra nana is known to occur only to the west of the Gulf of Carpentaria, with the former species occurring to the east of the Gulf Plains in the Einasleigh Uplands bioregion. Regardless, Gehyra einasleighensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other G. nana group taxa by a combination of its small size (max SVL 41 mm), low number of lamellae (4–6 versus 5–8), and a mid-tan to golden dorsal colour with scattered pale ocelli and irregular dark-brown blotches on a stippled background. Specimen records indicate that the distribution of Gehyra einasleighensis sp. nov. overlaps geographically with the larger-bodied G. dubia (E. V. pers. obs.; Atlas of Living Australia, accessed 08/07/15; Cogger 2014; Wilson & Swan 2013), and is possibly parapatric with G. versicolor Hutchinson, Sistrom, Donnellan and Hutchinson, 2014 in the south. Both species are readily differentiated from Gehyra einasleighensis sp. nov. by their larger body size, higher number of subdigital lamellae (which typically are undivided in G. dubia), dorsal patterns tending towards bars/reticulations (versus ocelli), and body colour of generally grey to grey-brown versus mid-tan to golden brown. Additionally, juvenile G. dubia may be the size of adult G. einasleighensis sp. nov. and have prominent spotting over the dorsal surface (see Fig. 8), which could cause confusion if they are not clearly observed in a field situation. However, G. einasleighensis sp. nov. is relatively stockier and wider at the base of the tail, and is generally encountered on small boulders, whereas G. dubia is more likely to be found on trees and large rock faces.Published as part of Bourke, Gayleen, Pratt, Renae C., Vanderduys, Eric & Moritz, Craig, 2017, Systematics of a small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Einasleigh Uplands, Queensland: description of a new range restricted species, pp. 85-99 in Zootaxa 4231 (1) on pages 88-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/29363
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