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Display all details of Endocast morphology of the Letter-winged kite and other raptors The letter-winged kite is believed to be the only nocturnal hawk. This study will compare endocranial features of this species and related birds of prey. Weisbecker, Vera 91 31
Display all details of oVert TCN Project, Fishes (USNM) This is the official MorphoSource project for 3D and CT images of National Museum of Natural History, Division of Fishes specimens (acronym code: USNM), generated under the oVert TCN project. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes (USNM) 93 38
Display all details of Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections - Texas A&M University CT scans of vertebrate specimens from the Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University. 195 147
Display all details of Rollot et al. 2022. Lakotemys australodakotensis cranial CT data and 3D models This project contains the cranial CT data and derivative 3D models for the specimen OMNH 66106, Lakotemys australodakotensis, which were uploaded as supplements for the paper "New insights into the cranial osteology of the Early Cretaceous paracryptodiran turtle Lakotemys australodakotensis" by Yann Rollot, Serjoscha Evers, Richard Cifelli, Walter Joyce, to be published in PeerJ. Models and data are currently uploaded to facilitate review, please refrain from citing/using until paper is formerly published. 35 1
Display all details of Comparative studies of the bird ear Collection of microCT scans of bird heads focusing on the caudal head and ear region. CL.I.M.E Lab 123 123
Display all details of Deformation Quantification Benito, Juan 34 4
Display all details of Morphological and ecological convergence at the lower size limit for vertebrates highlighted by five new miniaturised microhylid frog species from three different Madagascan genera Miniaturised frogs form a fascinating but poorly understood amphibian ecomorph and have been exceptionally prone to taxonomic underestimation. The subfamily Cophylinae (family Microhylidae), endemic to Madagascar, has a particularly large diversity of miniaturised species which have historically been attributed to the single genus Stumpffia largely based on their small size. Recent phylogenetic work has revealed that several independent lineages of cophyline microhylids evolved towards highly miniaturised body sizes, achieving adult snout-vent lengths under 16 mm. Here, we describe five new species belonging to three clades that independently miniaturised and that are all genetically highly divergent from their relatives: (i) a new genus (Mini gen. nov.) with three new species from southern Madagascar, (ii) one species of Rhombophryne, and (iii) one species of Anodonthyla. Mini mum sp. nov. from Manombo in eastern Madagascar is one of the smallest frogs in the world, reaching an adult body size of 9.7 mm in males and 11.3 mm in females. Mini scule sp. nov. from Sainte Luce in southeastern Madagascar is slightly larger and has maxillary teeth. Mini ature sp. nov. from Andohahela in southeast Madagascar is larger than its congeners but is similar in build. Rhombophryne proportionalis sp. nov. from Tsaratanana in northern Madagascar is unique among Madagascar’s miniaturised frogs in being a proportional dwarf, exhibiting far less advanced signs of paedomorphism than other species of similar size. Anodonthyla eximia sp. nov. from Ranomafana in eastern Madagascar is distinctly smaller than any of its congeners and is secondarily terrestrial, providing further evidence that miniaturisation and terrestriality are evolutionarily linked. The evolution of body size in Madagascar’s microhylids has been more dynamic than previously understood, and future studies will hopefully shed light on the interplay between ecology and evolution of these remarkably diverse frogs. Evolutionary and Systematic Herpetology 10 10
Display all details of Diamond in the rough: a new species of fossorial diamond frog (Rhombophryne) from Ranomafana National Park, eastern Madagascar We describe a new species from the cophyline microhylid genus Rhombophryne, a group of fossorial and terrestrial frogs endemic to Madagascar. Found during herpetofaunal sur- veys of moist montane forest in the remote north of Ranomafana National Park, Rhom- bophryne nilevina sp. n. exemplifies two difficulties that hinder taxonomic progress in Malagasy cophyline frogs: micro-endemicity and highly secretive habits. Known from only two adult male specimens, this new species is nonetheless easily distinguishable from all other known Rhombophryne using morphological data, and osteological data collected here via X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography, or “micro-CT”. This species is now the largest known Rhombophryne, and the only one known from Ranomafana Na- tional Park, which will make it the southern-most member of the genus pending a forth- coming taxonomic revision involving Plethodontohyla and Rhombophryne. Pairwise distances of the mitochondrial 16s rRNA marker show a minimum genetic distance of 4.9% from other nominal Rhombophryne. We also describe recordings of an advertise- ment call, emitted from a burrow by the holotype. Rhombophryne nilevina sp. n. is not known to be found syntopically with other Rhombophryne, nor to be present elsewhere in Ranomafana National Park, but it probably does co-occur with a few ecologically similar Plethodontohyla species. Although the type locality is within a protected area, we suggest an IUCN listing of Data Deficient for R. nilevina sp. n., as its area of occupancy is largely undetermined within the park. Evolutionary and Systematic Herpetology 2 1
Display all details of Into the Chamber of Horrors: A proposal for the resolution of nomenclatural chaos in the Scaphiophryne calcarata complex (Anura: Microhylidae: Scaphiophryninae) Evolutionary and Systematic Herpetology 5 5
Display all details of AUMNH-oVert Project This is a collection of specimens located at the Andrews University Museum of Natural History (AUMNH) and scanned for the oVert (openVertebrate) Thematic Collections Network funded by the US National Science Foundation. 4 1
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