Ampliaciones del rango de distribución de algunas especies de anfibios y reptiles en elsuroccidente de Ecuador

We present new localities of four species of amphibians and reptiles from foothill and high - Andean areas of the province of El Oro, southwestern Ecuador. These records significantly expand the global distributional ranges of Nymphargus buenaventura, Gastrotheca lateonata, Anolis lyra and Pliocercus euryzonus.Presentamos nuevas localidades para cuatro especies de anfibios y reptiles en áreas piemontanas y altoandinas en la provincia de El Oro, suroccidente de Ecuador. Estos registros expanden significativamente los rangos de distribución globales de Nymphargus buenaventura, Gastrotheca lateonata, Anolis lyra y Pliocercus euryzonus

Diversity of plasmodial slime molds (myxomycetes) in coastal, mountain, and community forests of Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, the Philippines

No profiling of diversity of myxomycetes has ever been conducted in one of the biodiversity hotspot areas in the Philippine archipelago, and this necessitates a swift survey of myxomycetes in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro. An assessment of diversity of myxomycetes collected from seven collecting points of three different forest types in the study area showed a total of 926 records of myxomycetes. Of which, 42 morphospecies belonging to 16 genera are reported in this study. Species richness of myxomycetes was higher in collecting points that were found in inland lowland mountain forests, but the most taxonomically diverse species was found in coastal forests. Myxomycete species, namely, Arcyria cinerea, Diderma hemisphaericum, Physarum echinosporum, Lamproderma scintillans, and Stemonitis fusca, were found in all the collecting points. Manmade disturbances and forest structure may affect the occurrence of myxomycetes