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Thursday, September 7th, 2017
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| 8:09a | [Herpetology • 2017] Rediscovery of the Enigmatic Mountain Dragon, Japalura yulongensis (Sauria: Agamidae), with Notes on Its Natural History and Conservation
Abstract Mountain Dragons of the genus Japalura Gray 1853 have gained increasing systematic attention recently as a result of the availability of new, vouchered collections and a resurgence of interest in Indochinese agamid diversity. This is particularly true for the J. flaviceps Barbour, Dunn 1919 complex from southwest China. However, many species of the complex are still known from few historical specimens only, and little is known about their general biology and conservation status. As one of such understudied members of the complex, Japalura yulongensis Manthey, Denzer, Hou, and Wang 2012 was described on the basis of seven historical specimens from the type locality in northwest Yunnan, PR China in 1914. Little was known at the time of the general biology and conservation status of the species, and the species has not been documented in the wild since the original description. Herein, we report the re-discovery of this secretive species based on a series of newly collected specimens from the vicinity of the type locality. We provide the first accounts of body coloration in life and microhabitat preferences, expand upon what is known of the species’ morphological variation and ecology, revise the morphological diagnosis of the species, and offer suggestions on its IUCN conservation status and protection status in China. Keywords: Reptilia, conservation, endemism, Hengduan Mountains, Japalura flaviceps  Kai Wang, Jinlong Ren, Ke Jiang, Zhiyong Yuan, Jing Che and Cameron D. Siler. 2017. Rediscovery of the Enigmatic Mountain Dragon, Japalura yulongensis (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae), with Notes on Its Natural History and Conservation. Zootaxa. 4318(2); 351–363. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.8 | ||
| 8:57a | [Ichthyology • 2017] Laimosemion gili • A New Miniature Species (Cyprinodontiformes: Cynolebiidae) from the Rio Negro Basin, Brazil
Abstract Laimosemion gili is described from the Rio Preto drainage, Rio Negro basin, Amazonas state, Brazil. The new species was found in a small creek called Garukana, within a tropical rainforest in the vicinity of Campinas do Rio Preto. This miniature species is considered to be a member of the subgenus Owiyeye, which is diagnosed by a unique frontal squamation. Laimosemion gili can be distinguished from all other species of the genus by the unique colour pattern, having a metallic blue stripe starting midbody which reaches the origin of the caudal fin. The new species is apparently related to L. romeri, sharing with this latter species a broad black stripe on flanks in males, but is easily distinguished by some other morphological characters.  Stefano Valdesalici and Dalton Tavares Bressane Nielsen. 2017. Laimosemion gili (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Cynolebiidae), A New Miniature Species from the Rio Negro Basin, Brazil. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 23(3); 97–102.  |
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