Taxonomists have described three new species of the camel cricket genus Paradiestrammena from Sarawak and Sabah, raising the genus to 16 species and providing a new identification key for males.
Zoo-housed ruffed lemurs responded to a new scent enrichment made from the odour of a fertile female, with sexual behaviours increasing significantly and two females becoming unexpectedly pregnant after the study, according to a peer-reviewed study published in BMC Zoology…
Researchers have described Rana shii sp. nov., a medium-sized brown frog from Chongqing, China, that forms an independent evolutionary lineage and is the sister species of Rana maershanensis. The species is distinguished by a combination of features, including the absence…
A study of 24 white-lipped frogs from Sarawak shows females have larger bodies and tympana while males have larger vocal apparatus structures that stay different even after accounting for body size.
New Warty Newt Species Hidden in Chongqing's Mountain Streams A new species of warty newt has been described from the mountain streams of Chongqing Municipality in southwestern China, following a combined analysis of body form and DNA that places the…
A, Schematic illustrations of the ancestral aquatic indirect life history in Anura. B, Schematic illustration of the skin of a free-living, aquatic tadpole. C, Schematic illustration of the skin of a postmetamorphic anuran For the histological description and measurements, sections…
Ring-tailed lemurs are highly social and live in female-dominant groups. Fossil and genetic evidence shows us that lemurs did not originate in Madagascar. This biodiverse island has been isolated from the rest of the world for more than 80 million years.
Researchers report the first record of the cascade frog Amolops truongi in China, based on four adult males collected in Yunnan Huanglianshan National Nature Reserve.
The researchers also describe the previously unknown female of D. zernyi, a species whose male was originally described from a single specimen collected near Lake Malawi. Large series collected in the Udzungwa Mountains, where D. zernyi is common, finally allowed a full…
Integrative taxonomy has revealed a new odorous frog species from Yunnan, China, and confirmed the first national records of Odorrana heatwolei in Thailand and Vietnam.
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