Venezuelan geckos (Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae) in the collection of the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, with description of the type series of Gonatodes ligiae and Gonatodes petersi (Sphaerodactylidae)

Barrio-Amorós, Cesar L., Ortíz, Juan C. (2016): Venezuelan geckos (Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae) in the collection of the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, with description of the type series of Gonatodes ligiae and Gonatodes petersi (Sphaerodactylidae). Zootaxa 4136 (3): 537-552, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.

The Bushmasters (Lachesis spp.): Queens of the rainforest: An overview of the taxonomy, distribution, natural history, lore, and conservation of the largest vipers in the world

We herein provide an overview of the bushmasters (Lachesis spp.), the longest vipers in the world. Weaddress taxonomy, distribution, etymology, lore, natural history (reproduction, defense, behavior, activity, prey andpredators), and, for the first time, conservation issues, suggesting that Lachesis melanocephala is a Critically Endangeredspecies under IUCN criteria

The phylogeny of dendropsophini (anura: hylidae: hylinae)

The relationships of the hyline tribe Dendropsophini remain poorly studied, with most published analyses dealing with few of the species groups of Dendropsophus. In order to test the monophyly of Dendropsophini, its genera, and the species groups currently recognized in Dendropsophus, we performed a total evidence phylogenetic analysis. The molecular dataset included sequences of three mitochondrial and five nuclear genes from 210 terminals, including 12 outgroup species, the two species of Xenohyla, and 93 of the 108 recognized species of Dendropsophus. The phenomic dataset includes 46 terminals, one per species (34 Dendropsophus, one Xenohyla, and 11 outgroup species). Our results corroborate the monophyly of Dendropsophini and the reciprocal monophyly of Dendropsophus and Xenohyla. Some species groups of Dendropsophus are paraphyletic (the D. microcephalus, D. minimus, and D. parviceps groups, and the D. rubicundulus clade). On the basis of our results, we recognize nine species groups; for three of them (D. leucophyllatus, D. microcephalus, and D. parviceps groups) we recognize some nominal clades to highlight specific morphology or relationships and facilitate species taxonomy. We further discuss the evolution of oviposition site selection, where our results show multiple instances of independent evolution of terrestrial egg clutches during the evolutionary history of Dendropsophus.Fil: Orrico, Victor. Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; BrasilFil: Grant, Taran. Universidade de Sao Paulo; BrasilFil: Faivovich, Julián. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; ArgentinaFil: Rivera Correa, Mauricio. Universidad de Antioquia; Colombia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; ArgentinaFil: Rada, Marco A.. Universidade de Sao Paulo; BrasilFil: Lyra, Mariana L.. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; BrasilFil: Cassini, Carla S.. Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; BrasilFil: Valdujo, Paula H.. Laboratório de Ecologia Da Paisagem; BrasilFil: Schargel, Walter E.. University of Texas; Estados UnidosFil: Machado, Denis J.. North Carolina State University; Estados UnidosFil: Wheeler, Ward C.. American Museum of Natural History; Estados UnidosFil: Barrio-Amorós, Cesar. Universidad de Barcelona; EspañaFil: Loebmann, Daniel. Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande; BrasilFil: Moravec, Jiří. Museo Nacional de Praga ; República ChecaFil: Zina, Juliana. Universidade Estadual Do Sudoeste Da Bahia; BrasilFil: Solé, Mirco. Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; BrasilFil: Sturaro, Marcelo J.. Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo; BrasilFil: Peloso, Pedro L.V.. Universidade Federal do Pará; BrasilFil: Suarez, Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Posadas | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Posadas; ArgentinaFil: Haddad, Célio Fernando B.. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; Brasi