Vertebrate Zoology 74

Research Article

Trachemys in Mexico and beyond: Beautiful turtles, taxonomic nightmare, and a mitochondrial poltergeist (Testudines: Emydidae)

Uwe Fritz, Hans-Werner Herrmann, Philip C. Rosen, Markus Auer, Mario Vargas-Ramírez, Christian Kehlmaier

10.3897/vz.74.e125958

28-06-2024

Unique: 3455 | Total: 6170

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435-452

Research Article

Two new species of torrent-breeding treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from hill forests on the southern edge of New Guinea’s Central Cordillera

Stephen J. Richards, Paul M. Oliver

10.3897/vz.74.e123251

28-06-2024

Unique: 2079 | Total: 3941

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417-433

Research Article

Revisiting Molossus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Molossidae) diversity: Exploring southern limits and revealing a novel species in Argentina

Micaela A. Chambi Velasquez, Romina Pavé, María A. Argoitia, Pablo Schierloh, María G. Piccirilli, Valeria C. Colombo, Fernando J. Beltrán, Daniel M. Cisterna, Diego A. Caraballo

10.3897/vz.74.e122822

10-06-2024

Unique: 2709 | Total: 5339

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397-416

Review Article

Colonization record of the Galápagos’ vertebrate clades: Biogeographical issues plus a conservation insight

Jason R. Ali, Uwe Fritz

10.3897/vz.74.e122418

16-05-2024

Unique: 2210 | Total: 4487

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381-395

Research Article

A new species of karst-associated kukri snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from southern Thailand

Parinya Pawangkhanant, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Harry Ward-Smith, Rupert Grassby-Lewis, Montri Sumontha, Nikita S. Kliukin, Sabira S. Idiiatullina, Alexei V. Trofimets, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Justin L. Lee

10.3897/vz.74.e112132

26-04-2024

Unique: 5148 | Total: 8155

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359-379

Research Article

A new species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Ranidae) and the first national record of Amolops vitreus from China

Yun-He Wu, Zhong-Bin Yu, Chen-Qi Lu, Yin-Peng Zhang, Wen-Jie Dong, Xiao-Long Liu, Felista Kasyoka Kilunda, Yun Xiong, Yun-Fang Jiang, Hong Ouyang, Zhong-Xiong Fu, Yun-Biao He, Zhi-Yong Yuan, Jing Che

10.3897/vz.74.e108013

04-04-2024

Unique: 3219 | Total: 6211

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343-357

Research Article

An integrative taxonomic revision of the Trimeresurus popeiorum group of pitvipers (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) with descriptions of two new species from the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot

Sabira S. Idiiatullina, Tan Van Nguyen, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Lawan Chanhome, Zeeshan A. Mirza, Patrick David, Gernot Vogel, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

10.3897/vz.74.e113347

04-04-2024

Unique: 3865 | Total: 7260

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303-342

Research Article

A new generic name for the “Lepadichthys” lineatus complex with a rediagnosis of Discotrema, a senior synonym of Unguitrema, and comments on their phylogenetic relationships (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae)

Kyoji Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Motomura, Adam P. Summers, Kevin W. Conway

10.3897/vz.74.e113955

28-03-2024

Unique: 2207 | Total: 4812

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279-301

Review Article

Unnecessary splitting of genus-level clades reduces taxonomic stability in amphibians

Stephen Mahony, Rachunliu G. Kamei, Rafe M. Brown, Kin Onn Chan

10.3897/vz.74.e114285

26-03-2024

Unique: 4966 | Total: 8655

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249-277

Research Article

Integrative taxonomy of Cercomacroides serva (Sclater, 1858) demonstrates the validity of C. hypomelaena (Sclater, 1890) comb. nov. (Aves: Thamnophilidae)

Vagner Cavarzere, Luís F. Silveira

10.3897/vz.74.e112446

11-03-2024

Unique: 2106 | Total: 4790

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235-247

Research Article

A new species of mud snake (Squamata: Homalopsidae: Myrrophis) from southern Vietnam

Sang Ngoc Nguyen, Manh Van Le, Amy Lathrop, Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo, Robert W. Murphy, Jing Che

10.3897/vz.74.e116992

11-03-2024

Unique: 3423 | Total: 6501

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221-233