{"title":"The skull of the Uropeltinae (Reptilia, Serpentes), with special reference to the otico-occipital region","authors":"O. Rieppel, H. Zaher","doi":"10.1017/S0968047002000146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0968047002000146","url":null,"abstract":"The skull anatomy of uropeltines is reviewed, and new data is presented on the highly derived otico-occipital region. A phylogenetic analysis of uropeltine interrelationships using parsimony is performed using characters derived from skull structure. The basal position of the genus Melanophidium is confirmed; Pseudotyphlops is a relatively derived uropeltine, in spite of its relatively large size. The monophyly of the genera Melanophidium and Rhinophis requires further testing.","PeriodicalId":342456,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Zoology Series","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134129152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Garth Underwood – Dedication","authors":"B. Clarke, M. Wilkinson","doi":"10.1017/S0968047002000183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0968047002000183","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":342456,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Zoology Series","volume":"438 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124452493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Holaspis, a lizard that glided by accident: mosaics of cooption and adaptation in a tropical forest lacertid (Reptilia, Lacertidae)","authors":"E. N. Arnold","doi":"10.1017/S0968047002000171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0968047002000171","url":null,"abstract":"SYNOPSIS. Holaspis is the most morphologically apomorphic lacertid taxon with 42 or more derived morphological features arising on its exclusive lineage. Nearly all of these confer advantages in three specialised activities, or ameliorate problems resulting from them. The activities are: climbing on the often vertical open surfaces on tree boles and branches, utilising ver y narrow crevices in wood and beneath bark, and the ability, unique among lacertids, to glide from tree to tree. Although many of the features related to these activities are likely to result from direct adaptation to the situations concerned, exaptation ha s been critical in the development of gliding. Two behaviours present in the earliest lacertids have been coopted to this activity: ri b spreading associated with basking contributes to an effective aerofoil, and balance control associated with running helps maint ain appropriate posture in the air. Features originally developed in the context of crevice use also contribute to the aerofoil and a high surface: weight ratio. So, while natural selection has moulded Holaspis for its present activities, multiple accidents of history have also been important, as they also have in the evolution of bird flight.","PeriodicalId":342456,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Zoology Series","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130264121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Another variation on the gymnure theme: description of a new species of Hylomys (Lipotyphla, Erinaceidae, Galericinae).","authors":"P. Jenkins, M. Robinson","doi":"10.1017/S0968047002000018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0968047002000018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":342456,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Zoology Series","volume":"16 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120925947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two new species of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Pseudoplesiops (Perciformes, Pseudochromidae, Pseudoplesiopinae)","authors":"A. C. Gill, A. Edwards","doi":"10.1017/S0968047002000031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0968047002000031","url":null,"abstract":"Pseudoplesiops immaculatus is described from 72 specimens from throughout the West Pacific and the eastern and central Indian Ocean. It is distinguished from congeners in having, in combination, a prominent intermandibular flap and an unspotted operculum. Pseudoplesiops occidentalis is described from five specimens from the Maldive Islands, central Indian Ocean. It is distinguished from congeners in having, in combination, II,23 dorsal-fin rays, 26–28 scales in lateral series, and scales with distinct centres and radii in all fields.","PeriodicalId":342456,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Zoology Series","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131070364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new species of freshwater crab (Brachyura, Potamoidea, Potamonautidae) from Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea, Central Africa","authors":"N. Cumberlidge, P. Clark, J. Baillie","doi":"10.1017/S096804700200002X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S096804700200002X","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Systematic Account P. principe sp. nov. Ecological Notes Acknowledgements References A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Potamonautes Macleay, 1838 is described from Principe (Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe), an island in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Central Africa. The specimens were collected during a recent zoological expedition by the Zoological Society of London. This is also the first record of a freshwater crab on the island of Principe.","PeriodicalId":342456,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Zoology Series","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132191567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A redescription of Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) (Mammalia, Delphinidae) and designation of a neotype","authors":"L. Porter","doi":"10.1017/S0968047002000043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0968047002000043","url":null,"abstract":"The holotype of the delphinid Sousa chinensis , held in the collection of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, was destroyed during the Second World War. The neotype is described herein from a male specimen obtained from the waters of Hong Kong (the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China since 1 July 1997). This dolphin was found newly dead in May 1996 and death determined as heart failure brought about by entanglement with fishing gear. There is currently debate over divisions within the genus Sousa although recent reviews suggest that the five nominal species currently designated likely comprise but one. A description of the neotype's external appearance and skeletal elements is given and compared with the information that remains for the holotype and for other specimens obtained from Hong Kong waters.","PeriodicalId":342456,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Zoology Series","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116009207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new genus of groundwater Ameiridae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from boreholes in Western Australia and the artificial status of Stygonitocrella Petkovski, 1976","authors":"Wonchoel Lee, R. Huys","doi":"10.1017/S0968047002000055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0968047002000055","url":null,"abstract":"Examination of the copepod fauna inhabiting 50m deep production bores on Barrow Island (northwestern Australia), resulted in the discovery of an unusual ameirid which cannot be placed in any extant genus. Both sexes are characterized by a unisetose antennary exopod and extreme reduction in the swimming legs (particularly the endopods) and P5. Males lack a defined P6 closing off the single genital aperture and have an extraordinarily large spermatophore. Females similarly display a highly reduced genital field. The new species shows superficial similarities to both Psammonitocrella Rouch and Stygonitocrella Reid, Hunt & Stanley, however the combined presence of a sexually dimorphic inner basal spine on P1, a completely fused genital double-somite, reduced antennary exopod and vestigial P5 excludes it from either genus. Some problems in the current classification of freshwater Ameiridae are highlighted, with particular reference to the genus Stygonitocrella . A new genus Neonitocrella is proposed for Stygonitocrella insularis (Miura, 1962).","PeriodicalId":342456,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Zoology Series","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126957004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}