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v9i1.226ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v9i1.226
Submitted date: 29 July 2020
Accepted date: 30 August 2020
Published date: 03 September 2020
Pp. 121–132, pls. 43–45.
A REASSESSMENT OF THE SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF THE ASIAN RANID FROG Hylorana nicobariensis STOLICZKA, 1870 (AMPHIBIA : ANURA) WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS
S.R. Chandramouli*, Amir Hamidy & A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe
*Corresponding author. E-mail: findthesnakeman@gmail.com
Abstract
We reassessed the systematic position of the ranid frog Hylorana (=Hylarana) nicobariensis that, owing to its uncertain phylogenetic position and lack of clear morphological characterisation, has lately been allocated to various Asian and African frog genera such as Rana, Sylvirana, Hylarana, Amnirana, and most recently to Indosylvirana. Based on an integrative approach of both phylogenetic and morphological affinities, we describe a new genus to accommodate Hylorana (=Hylarana) nicobariensis and redescribe the species based on new topotypic material from the Nicobar Islands.
Key words : Amnirana, Indosylvirana, phylogeny, Southeast Asia, Sundaland, taxonomy
Section Editor: Enrique La Marca
LSID:urn:lsid:zoobank.org
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v9i1.226
Submitted date: 29 July 2020
Accepted date: 30 August 2020
Published date: 03 September 2020
Pp. 121–132, pls. 43–45.
A REASSESSMENT OF THE SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF THE ASIAN RANID FROG Hylorana nicobariensis STOLICZKA, 1870 (AMPHIBIA : ANURA) WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS
S.R. Chandramouli*, Amir Hamidy & A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe
*Corresponding author. E-mail: findthesnakeman@gmail.com
Abstract
We reassessed the systematic position of the ranid frog Hylorana (=Hylarana) nicobariensis that, owing to its uncertain phylogenetic position and lack of clear morphological characterisation, has lately been allocated to various Asian and African frog genera such as Rana, Sylvirana, Hylarana, Amnirana, and most recently to Indosylvirana. Based on an integrative approach of both phylogenetic and morphological affinities, we describe a new genus to accommodate Hylorana (=Hylarana) nicobariensis and redescribe the species based on new topotypic material from the Nicobar Islands.
Key words : Amnirana, Indosylvirana, phylogeny, Southeast Asia, Sundaland, taxonomy
Section Editor: Enrique La Marca
LSID:urn:lsid:zoobank.org
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v5i1.83ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v5i1.83
Published date: 15 June 2013
Pp. 1–5
EDITORIAL : Wildlife Poaching Increasing
Lee E. Harding*
*Section Editor: Taprobanica, the journal of Asian Biodiversity
After decades of endangered species protection and conservation success, poachers are staging a come–back. Most people in Europe and North America just don’t believe that rhinoceros horn, monkey meat, tiger penis or bear bile have any curative or health properties, but millions of people in East Asia and Southeast Asia believe otherwise. This cultural predilection is driving extinction. As repugnant as it is to those living outside the range of non–human primates, monkey meat provides a much–needed source of protein in some circumstances—but not enough to justify their extinction. There is no such nutritional excuse for poaching tigers, bears or rhinoceros. Since the start of 2008, at least 1800 white rhinoceroses and a few of the rarer black rhinoceroses have been killed in South Africa for their horns, most smuggled into Vietnam and China.
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v5i1.83
Published date: 15 June 2013
Pp. 1–5
EDITORIAL : Wildlife Poaching Increasing
Lee E. Harding*
*Section Editor: Taprobanica, the journal of Asian Biodiversity
After decades of endangered species protection and conservation success, poachers are staging a come–back. Most people in Europe and North America just don’t believe that rhinoceros horn, monkey meat, tiger penis or bear bile have any curative or health properties, but millions of people in East Asia and Southeast Asia believe otherwise. This cultural predilection is driving extinction. As repugnant as it is to those living outside the range of non–human primates, monkey meat provides a much–needed source of protein in some circumstances—but not enough to justify their extinction. There is no such nutritional excuse for poaching tigers, bears or rhinoceros. Since the start of 2008, at least 1800 white rhinoceroses and a few of the rarer black rhinoceroses have been killed in South Africa for their horns, most smuggled into Vietnam and China.
v1i2.15ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v1i2.15
Submitted date: 30 October 2009
Accepted date: 22 November 2009
Published date: 22 November 2009
Pp. 83–106, pls. 1–4.
THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF SRI LANKAN GEKKONID LIZARDS (SQUAMATA : GEKKONIDAE OF THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe*, Aaron M. Bauer, Ivan Ineich, John Rudge, Mohomed M. Bahir & Dinesh E. Gabadage
*Corresponding author. E-mail: thasun.taprobanica@gmail.com
Abstract
Forty-two species/subspecies belonging to eight genera of geckos, family geckonidae, are recognized from Sri Lanka. Twenty of these were described in the period from Linnaeu’s 10th edition of Systema Nature 1758 to 1953. We provide the original text of the descriptions, images of the type specimens, and translations to English of eight descriptions that were written in Dutch, French, German, and Latin.
Key words : English translation, taxonomy, type specimen, Sri Lanka
Section Editor: Richard Wahlgren
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v1i2.15
Submitted date: 30 October 2009
Accepted date: 22 November 2009
Published date: 22 November 2009
Pp. 83–106, pls. 1–4.
THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF SRI LANKAN GEKKONID LIZARDS (SQUAMATA : GEKKONIDAE OF THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe*, Aaron M. Bauer, Ivan Ineich, John Rudge, Mohomed M. Bahir & Dinesh E. Gabadage
*Corresponding author. E-mail: thasun.taprobanica@gmail.com
Abstract
Forty-two species/subspecies belonging to eight genera of geckos, family geckonidae, are recognized from Sri Lanka. Twenty of these were described in the period from Linnaeu’s 10th edition of Systema Nature 1758 to 1953. We provide the original text of the descriptions, images of the type specimens, and translations to English of eight descriptions that were written in Dutch, French, German, and Latin.
Key words : English translation, taxonomy, type specimen, Sri Lanka
Section Editor: Richard Wahlgren
v1i1.1ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v1i1.1
Published date: 06 April 2009
Pp. 1
EDITORIAL : An Introduction to TAPROBANICA
A. A. Thasun Amarasinghe
Editor-in-chief: Taprobanica, the journal of Asian Biodiversity
Greek astronomer Ptolemy compiled a map in the 2nd century labeled the Island “Taprobane”. Arab seafarers called it “Serendib”. From the 1400s, Europeans identified that island as “Seylan”, which was later anglicized to “Ceylon”. In the 1500s Portugal and Spain established their dominance in the maritime trade of South and Southeast Asia. In the 1600s the Dutch emerged as the dominant colonial power in the region, followed in the 1700s by the British, then Independence Island after 1948 “Sri Lanka”. The island is situated in the Indian Ocean, south west of the Indian peninsula, between 79o 39’ and 81o 53’ Eastern longitudes and 5o 54’ and 9o 52’ Northern latitudes, and has a total land area of 65,610 km2. “Taprobane” was a historical name for Sri Lanka and we use the name “Taprobanica” for our society as well as for our journal. Taprobanica Nature Conservation Society (TNCS) is an independent, non-governmental, nonprofit oriented voluntary organization dedicated to promote research, public awareness and nature conservation and it was established in 2007.
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v1i1.1
Published date: 06 April 2009
Pp. 1
EDITORIAL : An Introduction to TAPROBANICA
A. A. Thasun Amarasinghe
Editor-in-chief: Taprobanica, the journal of Asian Biodiversity
Greek astronomer Ptolemy compiled a map in the 2nd century labeled the Island “Taprobane”. Arab seafarers called it “Serendib”. From the 1400s, Europeans identified that island as “Seylan”, which was later anglicized to “Ceylon”. In the 1500s Portugal and Spain established their dominance in the maritime trade of South and Southeast Asia. In the 1600s the Dutch emerged as the dominant colonial power in the region, followed in the 1700s by the British, then Independence Island after 1948 “Sri Lanka”. The island is situated in the Indian Ocean, south west of the Indian peninsula, between 79o 39’ and 81o 53’ Eastern longitudes and 5o 54’ and 9o 52’ Northern latitudes, and has a total land area of 65,610 km2. “Taprobane” was a historical name for Sri Lanka and we use the name “Taprobanica” for our society as well as for our journal. Taprobanica Nature Conservation Society (TNCS) is an independent, non-governmental, nonprofit oriented voluntary organization dedicated to promote research, public awareness and nature conservation and it was established in 2007.
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