Vertebrate Zoology 76

Research Article

Functional and evolutionary insights from postnatal skull and cervical development in woodpeckers (Aves: Picinae)

Sebastián Lyons, Sergio D. Rosset, Mariana Picasso, Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche

10.3897/vz.76.e173317

20-01-2026

Unique: 1838 | Total: 2322

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Research Article

Possible origins, mountainous microendemism and elevational range distribution in Stumpffia frogs (Microhylidae: Cophylinae) on Montagne d’Ambre in North Madagascar

N. Joris Fleck, Alice Petzold, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Miguel Vences, Mark D. Scherz

10.3897/vz.76.e166419

21-01-2026

Unique: 1500 | Total: 1889

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Research Article

Integrative taxonomy of the Cercomacra cinerascens species complex with description of two new species (Aves: Thamnophilidae)

Vagner Cavarzere, Enrico L. Breviglieri, Luís F. Silveira

10.3897/vz.76.e171834

06-02-2026

Unique: 2738 | Total: 3812

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73-91

Research Article

Morphological and molecular variation reveal cryptic diversity in the racer Philodryas patagoniensis (Girard, 1858) (Squamata: Colubridae)

Diego Omar Di Pietro, Julieta Sánchez, Sebastián Poljak, Leandro Alcalde

10.3897/vz.76.e169219

10-02-2026

Unique: 2791 | Total: 3713

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Research Article

On the interrelationships of early Eocene “parrot-like” and “near-passerine” zygodactyl birds (Aves: Psittacomimidae fam. nov.)

Gerald Mayr

10.3897/vz.76.e182505

26-02-2026

Unique: 2340 | Total: 3331

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121-134

Research Article

Two new highly divergent and isolated Madascincus species from Nosy Be and the Tsingy de Namoroka, Madagascar (Squamata: Scincidae)

Aurélien Miralles, Mark D. Scherz, Sam Hyde Roberts, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences

10.3897/vz.76.e176241

06-03-2026

Unique: 2202 | Total: 2977

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135-156

Corrigendum: Pinion AK, Kim D, Dolan EP, Portnoy DS, Voelker G, Conway KW (2025) Revision Notropis stramineus (Cope, 1865), descriptions of three new species and comments on the monophyly of Miniellus Jordan, 1882 (Pisces: Cypriniformes: Leuciscidae). Vertebrate Zoology 75: 699–755. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.75.e156077

Corrigenda

Amanda K. Pinion, Daemin Kim, Elizabeth P. Dolan, David S. Portnoy, Gary Voelker, Kevin W. Conway

10.3897/vz.76.e189837

11-03-2026

Unique: 1278 | Total: 1905

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157-158

Research Article

Phenotype diversity and extinction dynamics of the European narrow-headed vole, Stenocranius anglicus (Hinton, 1910), in Central Europe (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Arvicolinae)

Nikoleta Dubjelová, Tereza Hadravová, Martin Ivanov, Ivan Horáček

10.3897/vz.76.e180962

01-04-2026

Unique: 1707 | Total: 2408

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159-180

Corrigendum: Alvarado-Larios R, Teta P, Cuello P, Jayat JP, Tarquino-Carbonell AP, D’Elía G, Cornejo P, Ojeda AA (2024) A new living species of the genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from central-western Argentina. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 193–207. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.74.e115242

Corrigenda

Raquel Alvarado-Larios, Pablo Teta, Pablo Cuello, J. Pablo Jayat, Andrea P. Tarquino-Carbonell, Guillermo D'Elia, Paula Cornejo, Agustina A. Ojeda

10.3897/vz.76.e194570

17-04-2026

Unique: 1007 | Total: 1523

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181-181

Editorial

Editor’s note for the research article

Uwe Fritz

10.3897/vz.76.e194750

17-04-2026

Unique: 1011 | Total: 1496

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183-183

Editorial

Rescinded: Editorial expression of concern

Uwe Fritz

10.3897/vz.76.e194752

17-04-2026

Unique: 1049 | Total: 1534

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