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v9i1.216ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v9i1.216
Submitted date: 01 December 2019
Accepted date: 04 February 2020
Published date: 21 May 2020
Pp. 3–11, pls. 1–3.
REDISCOVERY OF MODIGLIANI’S NOSE-HORNED LIZARD, Harpesaurus modiglianii VINCIGUERRA, 1933 (REPTILIA : AGAMIDAE) AFTER 129 YEARS WITHOUT ANY OBSERVATION
Chairunas A. Putra, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe*, Desy Hikmatullah, Stefano Scali, JanJaap Brinkman, Ulrich Manthey & Ivan Ineich
*Corresponding author. E-mail: thasun@rccc.ui.ac.id
Abstract
The Modigliani’s nose-horned lizard, Harpesaurus modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1933, is one of the rarest lizards in the world, known only from its single type specimen collected in 1891, from North Sumatra, Indonesia. During explorations of the forests surrounding Lake Toba and its caldera, we discovered a population of H. modiglianii at an elevation of 1,675 m a.s.l., and provide the first data on its habitat. We here re-describe the species based on an examination of its type and new material, and provide an English translation of the complete original description which was originally written in Italian.
Key words : Living population, Toba Caldera, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, elevation forest
Section Editor: Philip Bowles
LSID:urn:lsid:zoobank.org
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v9i1.216
Submitted date: 01 December 2019
Accepted date: 04 February 2020
Published date: 21 May 2020
Pp. 3–11, pls. 1–3.
REDISCOVERY OF MODIGLIANI’S NOSE-HORNED LIZARD, Harpesaurus modiglianii VINCIGUERRA, 1933 (REPTILIA : AGAMIDAE) AFTER 129 YEARS WITHOUT ANY OBSERVATION
Chairunas A. Putra, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe*, Desy Hikmatullah, Stefano Scali, JanJaap Brinkman, Ulrich Manthey & Ivan Ineich
*Corresponding author. E-mail: thasun@rccc.ui.ac.id
Abstract
The Modigliani’s nose-horned lizard, Harpesaurus modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1933, is one of the rarest lizards in the world, known only from its single type specimen collected in 1891, from North Sumatra, Indonesia. During explorations of the forests surrounding Lake Toba and its caldera, we discovered a population of H. modiglianii at an elevation of 1,675 m a.s.l., and provide the first data on its habitat. We here re-describe the species based on an examination of its type and new material, and provide an English translation of the complete original description which was originally written in Italian.
Key words : Living population, Toba Caldera, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, elevation forest
Section Editor: Philip Bowles
LSID:urn:lsid:zoobank.org
v9i1.215ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v9i1.215
Published date: 21 May 2020
Pp. 1–2
EDITORIAL : The IUCN Red List and its role in data-driven conservation
Philip Bowles
Deputy Editor: Taprobanica, the journal of Asian Biodiversity
“When in America hundreds of thousands of acres of primeval forest are annually destroyed the conditions of life of a numerous fauna and flora must be thereby suddenly changed, leaving no choice but extermination” – Weissmann 1882
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v9i1.215
Published date: 21 May 2020
Pp. 1–2
EDITORIAL : The IUCN Red List and its role in data-driven conservation
Philip Bowles
Deputy Editor: Taprobanica, the journal of Asian Biodiversity
“When in America hundreds of thousands of acres of primeval forest are annually destroyed the conditions of life of a numerous fauna and flora must be thereby suddenly changed, leaving no choice but extermination” – Weissmann 1882
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
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