Vertebrate Zoology 72

Review Article

The macroevolutionary and developmental evolution of the turtle carapacial scutes

Eduardo Ascarrunz, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

10.3897/vz.72.e76256

28-01-2022

Unique: 6481 | Total: 9993

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29-46

Research Article

Phylogenetic and multivariate analyses of Gekko smithii Gray, 1842 recover a new species from Peninsular Malaysia and support the resurrection of G. albomaculatus (Giebel, 1861) from Sumatra

L. Lee Grismer, Lelani del Pinto, Evan S. H. Quah, Shahrul Anuar, Michael Cota, Jimmy A. McGuire, Djoko T. Iskandar, Perry L. Wood Jr, Jesse L. Grismer

10.3897/vz.72.e77702

03-02-2022

Unique: 5264 | Total: 9543

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47-80

Research Article

A new species of large-bodied Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of India

Sandeep Das, Saunak Pal, Sasidharan Siddharth, Muhamed Jafer Palot, Veerappan Deepak, Surya Narayanan

10.3897/vz.72.e76046

04-02-2022

Unique: 4067 | Total: 6083

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81-94

Research Article

The nasal cavity in agoutis (Dasyprocta spp.): a micro-computed tomographic and histological study

Timothy D. Smith, Christopher J. Bonar

10.3897/vz.72.e76047

21-02-2022

Unique: 4016 | Total: 7123

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95-113

Research Article

Three new cryptic species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Karnataka, India

Akshay Khandekar, Tejas Thackeray, Ishan Agarwal

10.3897/vz.72.e76308

07-03-2022

Unique: 3050 | Total: 4832

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115-142

Research Article

The history and homology of the os paradoxum or dumb-bell-shaped bone of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Mammalia, Monotremata)

John R. Wible

10.3897/vz.72.e80508

15-03-2022

Unique: 4029 | Total: 6888

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143-158

Research Article

Mammalian petrosal from the Lower Cretaceous high paleo-latitude Teete locality (Yakutia, Eastern Russia)

Julia A. Schultz, Rico Schellhorn, Pavel P. Skutschas, Dmitry D. Vitenko, Veniamin V. Kolchanov, Dmitry V. Grigoriev, Ivan T. Kuzmin, Petr N. Kolosov, Alexey V. Lopatin, Alexander O. Averianov, Thomas Martin

10.3897/vz.72.e78479

15-04-2022

Unique: 3059 | Total: 4649

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159-168

Research Article

The curious case of Charles Darwin’s frog, Rana charlesdarwini Das, 1998: Phylogenetic position and generic placement, with taxonomic insights on other minervaryan frogs (Dicroglossidae: Minervarya) in the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago

Sonali Garg, Sivaperuman Chandrakasan, G. Gokulakrishnan, C. Gopika, Indraneil Das, S. D. Biju

10.3897/vz.72.e79496

10-05-2022

Unique: 4038 | Total: 6453

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169-199

Research Article

Dental development and first premolar homology in placental mammals

Calum J. McKay, Claudia Welbourn-Green, Erik R. Seiffert, Hesham Sallam, Jessica Li, Sophia E. Kakarala, Nigel C. Bennett, Robert J. Asher

10.3897/vz.72.e78234

20-05-2022

Unique: 3430 | Total: 5659

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201-218

Research Article

A new species of Andean mouse of the genus Thomasomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from the eastern Andes of Ecuador

Thomas E. Lee Jr., Nicolás Tinoco, Jorge Brito

10.3897/vz.72.e78219

25-05-2022

Unique: 4255 | Total: 6886

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219-233

Research Article

Amphibian areas of endemism: A conservation priority in the threatened Mexican cloud forest

Gustavo Montiel Canales, Irene Goyenechea Mayer Goyenechea

10.3897/vz.72.e73534

25-05-2022

Unique: 2828 | Total: 4440

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235-244

Research Article

The taxonomy and phylogeny of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with emphasis on C. interdigitalis and C. ngati

L. Lee Grismer, Attapol Rujirawan, Siriporn Yodthong, Bryan L. Stuart, Minh Duc Le, Dzung Trung Le, Yodchaiy Chuaynkern, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Anchalee Aowphol

10.3897/vz.72.e80615

26-05-2022

Unique: 3257 | Total: 5586

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245-269

Research Article

An integrative taxonomic revision and redefinition of Gephyromantis (Laurentomantis) malagasius based on archival DNA analysis reveals four new mantellid frog species from Madagascar

Miguel Vences, Jörn Köhler, Angelica Crottini, Michael Hofreiter, Carl R. Hutter, Louis du Preez, Michaela Preick, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Loïs Rancilhac, Achille P. Raselimanana, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Mark D. Scherz, Frank Glaw

10.3897/vz.72.e78830

26-05-2022

Unique: 3223 | Total: 4928

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271-309

Research Article

Cranial morphology of the orectolobiform shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838

Manuel Andreas Staggl, Daniel Abed-Navandi, Jürgen Kriwet

10.3897/vz.72.e84732

01-06-2022

Unique: 4216 | Total: 6373

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311-370

Research Article

Two new syntopic species of wolf snakes (genus Lycodon H. Boie in Fitzinger, 1826) from an imperiled ecosystem in the Song Giang River Valley of southern Vietnam (Squamata: Colubridae)

Anh The Nguyen, Tang Van Duong, Perry L. Wood Jr., L. Lee Grismer

10.3897/vz.72.e82201

14-06-2022

Unique: 3167 | Total: 4881

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371-384

Research Article

Three more novel species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India

Akshay Khandekar, Tejas Thackeray, Ishan Agarwal

10.3897/vz.72.e82343

20-06-2022

Unique: 2848 | Total: 4259

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385-422

Research Article

The turbinal skeleton of Pentalagus furnessi (Leporidae, Lagomorpha)

Irina Ruf

10.3897/vz.72.e83324

23-06-2022

Unique: 2519 | Total: 4024

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423-432

Research Article

A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guangdong Province, southern China

Ho Yuen Yeung, Michael W. N. Lau, Jian-Huan Yang

10.3897/vz.72.e84516

27-06-2022

Unique: 2895 | Total: 4394

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433-444

Research Article

The taxonomic status of Palearctic and Nearctic populations of northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis (Aves, Accipitridae): New evidence from vocalisations

George Sangster

10.3897/vz.72.e85419

29-06-2022

Unique: 4004 | Total: 6355

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445-456

Research Article

Morphology, phylogeny, and species delimitation of Micryletta (Anura: Microhylidae) reveals a new species from Singapore

Ananthanarayanan Sankar, Ingg Thong Law, Ing Sind Law, Rasu Shivaram, Robin K. Abraham, Kin Onn Chan

10.3897/vz.72.e85020

29-06-2022

Unique: 4240 | Total: 6581

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457-467

Research Article

New mandibular remains of Callistoe (Metatheria, Sparassodonta) reveal unexpected anatomical, functional, and evolutionary aspects of this carnivorous genus

M. Judith Babot, Guillermo W. Rougier, Daniel A. García-López, Sara B. Bertelli, Claudia M. Herrera, M. Virginia Deraco, Norberto P. Giannini

10.3897/vz.72.e82709

30-06-2022

Unique: 2857 | Total: 4432

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469-485

Research Article

Growth pattern of the middle ear in the gray short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica

Sirpa Nummela, Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández, Kathleen K. Smith, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

10.3897/vz.72.e83544

30-06-2022

Unique: 2352 | Total: 3799

Reprint: € 5,00

487-494

Research Article

Taxonomic clarifications on the floating frogs (Anura: Dicroglossidae: Occidozyga sensu lato) in southeastern China

Zhi-Tong Lyu, Jian Wang, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Lin Luo, Yan-Wu Zhang, Chun-Peng Guo, Jin-Long Ren, Shuo Qi, Yun-Ming Mo, Ying-Yong Wang

10.3897/vz.72.e80019

01-07-2022

Unique: 4192 | Total: 7222

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495-512

Research Article

The missing anatomy of the living coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae (Smith, 1939)

Peter Johnston

10.3897/vz.72.e84274

18-07-2022

Unique: 4224 | Total: 6549

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513-531

Research Article

Citizen Science, taxonomy and grass snakes: iNaturalist helps to clarify variation of coloration and pattern in Natrix natrix subspecies

Uwe Fritz, Flora Ihlow

10.3897/vz.72.e87426

19-07-2022

Unique: 4690 | Total: 7765

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533-549

Research Article

A new species of toothless, short dorsal-fin Schindleria (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea (Egypt)

Harald Ahnelt, Vanessa Robitzch, Mohamed Abu El-Regal

10.3897/vz.72.e79401

19-07-2022

Unique: 2575 | Total: 3728

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551-559

Research Article

Osteology of the caecilian Gegeneophis carnosus (Beddome, 1870) (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Grandisoniidae) from the Western Ghats of peninsular India

Shamna Rajan Palakkool, David J. Gower, Ramachandran Kotharambath

10.3897/vz.72.e79911

20-07-2022

Unique: 3097 | Total: 4870

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561-576

Research Article

Discovery of rare lecture notes from 1866 provides exceptional insights into the conceptualization and visualization of paleontology by Ernst Haeckel

Ingmar Werneburg, Uwe Hossfeld, Georgy S. Levit

10.3897/vz.72.e84983

20-07-2022

Unique: 3315 | Total: 4893

Reprint: € 9,00

577-597

Review Article

Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Caatinga, northeastern Brazil: Detailed and updated overview

Lucas Rafael Uchôa, Fagner Ribeiro Delfim, Daniel Oliveira Mesquita, Guarino Rinaldi Colli, Adrian Antonio Garda, Thaís B. Guedes

10.3897/vz.72.e78828

12-08-2022

Unique: 6143 | Total: 10705

Reprint: € 21,00

599-659

Research Article

Developmental osteology of Ictalurus punctatus and Noturus gyrinus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) with a discussion of siluriform bone homologies

Kole M. Kubicek

10.3897/vz.72.e85144

12-08-2022

Unique: 4297 | Total: 7208

Reprint: € 23,00

661-727

Research Article

A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India

Surya Narayanan, Sandeep Das, Amirtha Balan, Roshin Tom, Nitin Divakar, Rajkumar Kp, P. Hopeland, V. Deepak

10.3897/vz.72.e89660

19-08-2022

Unique: 3574 | Total: 5777

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729-743

Research Article

The Angolan bushveld lizards, genus Heliobolus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Lacertidae): Integrative taxonomy and the description of two new species

Mariana P. Marques, Luis M. P. Ceríaco, Matthew P. Heinicke, Rachal M. Chehouri, Werner Conradie, Krystal A. Tolley, Aaron M. Bauer

10.3897/vz.72.e85269

01-09-2022

Unique: 3141 | Total: 5290

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745-769

Research Article

A new massopodan sauropodomorph from Trossingen Formation (Germany) hidden as ‘ Plateosaurus’ for 100 years in the historical Tübingen collection

Omar Rafael Regalado Fernández, Ingmar Werneburg

10.3897/vz.72.e86348

08-09-2022

Unique: 8564 | Total: 14243

Reprint: € 18,00

771-822

Research Article

A new species of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Biligirirangan Hills of Southern India

Surya Narayanan, Aravind NA

10.3897/vz.72.e89324

09-09-2022

Unique: 2862 | Total: 4678

Reprint: € 7,00

823-837

Research Article

A technomorphic conceptualisation of biological ‘constructions’ and their evolution

Manfred Drack, Oliver Betz

10.3897/vz.72.e86968

09-09-2022

Unique: 2889 | Total: 5066

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839-855

Research Article

The development of nasal turbinal morphology of moles and shrews

Kai Ito, Ryo Kodeara, Kazuhiko Koyasu, Quentin Martinez, Daisuke Koyabu

10.3897/vz.72.e85466

28-09-2022

Unique: 3189 | Total: 5743

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857-881

Research Article

Comparative morphology and postnatal ontogeny of the bony labyrinth in Pantherinae (Felidae, Carnivora) with special emphasis on the lion

Mathias Wirkner, Katharina Heyder, Irina Ruf

10.3897/vz.72.e82874

30-09-2022

Unique: 3112 | Total: 5228

Reprint: € 9,00

883-905

Review Article

From sprawling to parasagittal locomotion in Therapsida: A preliminary study of historically collected museum specimens

Holger Preuschoft, Anna Krahl, Ingmar Werneburg

10.3897/vz.72.e85989

05-10-2022

Unique: 4240 | Total: 6894

Reprint: € 12,00

907-936

Research Article

A new arboreal Pseudoeurycea (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz, Mexico

Erasmo Cázares-Hernández, H. David Jimeno-Sevilla, Sean M. Rovito, Marco Antonio López-Luna, Luis Canseco-Márquez

10.3897/vz.72.e87275

20-10-2022

Unique: 3437 | Total: 5032

Reprint: € 7,00

937-950

Review Article

Phylogeny and phylogeography of chelonians from sub-Saharan Africa—A review of current knowledge in tribute to Margaretha D. Hofmeyr

Uwe Fritz, Krystal A. Tolley, Melita Vamberger, Flora Ihlow

10.3897/vz.72.e95681

24-10-2022

Unique: 4132 | Total: 6544

Reprint: € 8,00

951-969

Research Article

Hidden in the highs: Two new species of the enigmatic toadheaded pitvipers of the genus Bothrocophias

Teddy Angarita-Sierra, Sergio Daniel Cubides-Cubillos, Juan Pablo Hurtado-Gómez

10.3897/vz.72.e87313

28-10-2022

Unique: 5166 | Total: 8090

Reprint: € 11,00

971-996

Research Article

Hidden diversity in semi-fossorial Melanesian forest snakes: A revision of the Toxicocalamus loriae complex (Squamata, Elapidae) from New Guinea

Fred Kraus, Hinrich Kaiser, Mark O’Shea

10.3897/vz.72.e89647

10-11-2022

Unique: 2760 | Total: 4125

Reprint: € 14,00

997-1034

Research Article

A new species of rain frog (Anura: Strabomantidae: Pristimantis) from the Guiana Shield and amended diagnosis of P. ockendeni (Boulenger, 1912)

Alexander Tamanini Mônico, Miquéias Ferrão, Juan Carlos Chaparro, Antoine Fouquet, Albertina Pimentel Lima

10.3897/vz.72.e90435

10-11-2022

Unique: 4025 | Total: 6951

Reprint: € 12,00

1035-1065

Research Article

A new species of insular treefrog in the Litoria thesaurensis species group from the Nakanai Mountains, New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Stephen J. Richards, Paul M. Oliver

10.3897/vz.72.e91422

22-11-2022

Unique: 2745 | Total: 4232

Reprint: € 6,00

1067-1076

Research Article

Skull variation in populations of the Indian gerbil Tatera indica (Gerbillinae, Rodentia) sampled across its broad geographic range

Zainab Dashti, Hasan Alhaddad, Bader H. Alhajeri

10.3897/vz.72.e90474

28-11-2022

Unique: 2935 | Total: 4371

Reprint: € 9,00

1077-1098

Research Article

The orbitotemporal region and the mandibular joint in the skull of shrews (Soricidae, Mammalia)

Wolfgang Maier, Adrian Tröscher, Irina Ruf

10.3897/vz.72.e90840

29-11-2022

Unique: 3171 | Total: 4900

Reprint: € 11,00

1099-1124

Editorial

Vergleichende Entwicklungsgeschichte — A Festschrift on the occasion of the 80^th birthday of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Maier, Tübingen

Ingmar Werneburg, Irina Ruf

10.3897/vz.72.e94711

05-12-2022

Unique: 2434 | Total: 3462

Reprint: € 6,00

1125-1136

Research Article

A multitude of spots! Five new microendemic species of the Cnemaspis gracilis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from massifs in the Shevaroy landscape, Tamil Nadu, India

Ishan Agarwal, Tejas Thackeray, Akshay Khandekar

10.3897/vz.72.e94799

07-12-2022

Unique: 2935 | Total: 4162

Reprint: € 18,00

1137-1186

Research Article

Argentinean Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), including the description of a new species from the Yungas

Roberto Leonan M. Novaes, Vinícius C. Cláudio, M. Mónica Díaz, Don E. Wilson, Marcelo Weksler, Ricardo Moratelli

10.3897/vz.72.e90958

14-12-2022

Unique: 3472 | Total: 5379

Reprint: € 12,00

1187-1216