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Systematics of the Mesalina guttulata species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Arabia with the description of two new species
Full text linkSindaco, Roberto, Simó-Riudalbas, Marc, Sacchi, Roberto, Carranza, Salvador (2018): Systematics of the Mesalina guttulata species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Arabia with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4429 (3): 513-547, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4429.3.
FIGURE 4 in A new peculiar frog species of the genus Pristimantis from Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park, Peru
No full textFIGURE 4. The cloud forest near the Refugio El Cedro (photo G. Gertosio).Published as part of Boano, Giovanni, Mazzotti, Stefano & Sindaco, Roberto, 2008, A new peculiar frog species of the genus Pristimantis from Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park, Peru, pp. 51-57 in Zootaxa 1674 on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18028
An updated check-list of Italian amphibians and reptiles
Full text linkThis paper represents an update of the list of Italian amphibians and reptiles published 15 years ago by Razzetti et al. (2006) and of the checklist published in 1993 by the late Benedetto Lanza. At present, the Italian herpetofauna includes 101 species (41 amphibians and 60 reptiles) and an amphibian taxon of hybrid origin. Seven species and one subspecies are allochthonous and became naturalized within the last century. Since the last published list, a new species has been described (Vipera walser), five taxa have been raised to species rank (Salamandrina perspicillata, Speleomantes sarrabusensis, Zootoca carniolica, Malpolon insignitus and Natrix helvetica) while three taxa have been downgraded to subspecies. All the relevant taxonomic changes based upon new research have been discussed, including tentative revisions and controversial taxa. Nine species reported or listed dubitatively in Lanza’s 1993 list are excluded here
Taxonomic reassessment of Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae), with the description of a new species from south-east Anatolia (Turkey)
No full textSindaco, Roberto, Kornilios, Panagiotis, Sacchi, Roberto, Lymberakis, Petros (2014): Taxonomic reassessment of Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae), with the description of a new species from south-east Anatolia (Turkey). Zootaxa 3795 (3): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.
Blanus strauchi subsp. strauchi Bedriaga 1884
No full textBlanus strauchi strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) Amphisbaena strauchi Bedriaga, 1884 TYPE LOCALITY: “Umgegend Smyrnas” (= surroundings of Izmir) LECTOTYPE: BM 1946.8. 2.9 (designated by Alexander 1966). PARALECTOTYPES: ZISP 5903 (formerly ZIL), and three once in Bedriaga's personal collection (according to Alexander 1966, the specimen HM 2084 - now ZMH - may represent one of these).Published as part of Sindaco, Roberto, Kornilios, Panagiotis, Sacchi, Roberto & Lymberakis, Petros, 2014, Taxonomic reassessment of Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae), with the description of a new species from south-east Anatolia (Turkey), pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 3795 (3) on page 320, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/23093
FIGURE 2 in Kinyongia asheorum sp. n., a new montane chameleon from the Nyiro Range, northern Kenya (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)
No full textFIGURE 2. Head of the holotype of Kinyongia asheorum n. sp. (male) dorsally.Published as part of Necas, Petr, Sindaco, Roberto, Koŕený, Luděk, Kopečná, Jana, Malonza, Patrick Kenyatta & Modrý, David, 2009, Kinyongia asheorum sp. n., a new montane chameleon from the Nyiro Range, northern Kenya (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae), pp. 41-50 in Zootaxa 2028 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2028.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/532320
First molecular characterization of the genus Anatololacerta and validation of morphological subspecies with mitochondrial markers
No full textAnatololacerta is a genus recently erected for a small group of lizards endemic
to Western Anatolia (Turkey) and some neighboring Greek islands. Three species
are generally recognised: A. danfordi (Günther, 1876), A. anatolica (Werner,
1900), and A. oertzeni (Werner, 1904). Other subspecific taxa described
are: pelasgiana (Mertens, 1959), pentanisiensis (Wettstein, 1964), quandttaylori
(Börner, 1974), as well as aegaea, budaki, finikensis, ibrahimi, described
on morphological bases by Eiselt & Schmidtler (1986). In a chemosystematic
study based on albumins, Mayer & Lutz (1989) stated that “The biochemical
differences between L. danfordi, L. oertzeni and L. anatolica are too small to
confirm their taxonomic revalorisation”. Following these authors, Sindaco &
Jeremčenko (2008) considered all the taxa as belonging to a single species,
A. danfordi. Anyway, the taxonomic value of the described taxa has not yet
been addressed with molecular techniques. We performed a molecular phylogenetic
analysis using two mitochondrial markers (12S rRNA, cytochrome b)
on 32 museum specimens, representative of all described taxa except A. o.
oertzeni, A. o. pentanisiensis and A. anatolica aegaea. We inferred Maximum
Likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic trees using the sister-taxon Parvilacerta
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as an outgroup. We also obtained haplotype network reconstruction based on
parsimony algorithm to elucidate phylogeographic relationships within distinct
clades. Results showed that at least A. danfordi and A. anatolica appear well
differentiated at mitochondrial markers, whereas a higher genetic variation
characterized A. oertzeni. Interestingly, genetic variation did not match the
subspecific classification of specimens based on morphology. Further studies
with nuclear markers are highly desirable to better resolve the phylogeny and
the systematics of the genus
FIGURE 5. Paratype 1 in Kinyongia asheorum sp. n., a new montane chameleon from the Nyiro Range, northern Kenya (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)
No full textFIGURE 5. Paratype 1 of Kinyongia asheorum n. sp. (female) photographed in its natural habitat immediately after its discovery.Published as part of Necas, Petr, Sindaco, Roberto, Koŕený, Luděk, Kopečná, Jana, Malonza, Patrick Kenyatta & Modrý, David, 2009, Kinyongia asheorum sp. n., a new montane chameleon from the Nyiro Range, northern Kenya (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae), pp. 41-50 in Zootaxa 2028 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2028.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/532320
FIGURE 2 in Systematics of the Mesalina guttulata species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Arabia with the description of two new species
No full textFIGURE 2. Bayesian phylogenetic tree of the genus Mesalina based on concatenated sequences of three mitochondrial markers (12S, 16S and cytb) and one nuclear gene (MC1R). Black dots indicate posterior probability values ≥0.95 and bootstrap values ≥70% are shown next to the nodes. Color bars correspond to the five lineages recognized within the M. guttulata complex. Sample codes are followed by locality numbers (see Figure 1 and Appendix I). Taxon names correspond to changes proposed in this study and inset pictures show specimens of the two new species described (not to scale).Published as part of Sindaco, Roberto, Simó-Riudalbas, Marc, Sacchi, Roberto & Carranza, Salvador, 2018, Systematics of the Mesalina guttulata species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Arabia with the description of two new species, pp. 513-547 in Zootaxa 4429 (3) on page 518, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/128506
Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia)
No full textRazzetti, Edoardo, Sindaco, Roberto, Grieco, Cristina, Pella, Francesca, Ziliani, Ugo, Pupin, Fabio, Riservato, Elisa, Pellitteri-Rosa, Daniele, Butikofer, Luca, Suleiman, Ahmed Saeed, Al-Aseily, Badar Awadh (2011): Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia). Zootaxa 2826: 1-44, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27727
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