Check ListPub Date : 2024-04-26DOI: 10.15560/20.2.559
L. Rivas, Arturo Muñoz, Cord B. Eversole, Randy L. Powell, Federico Moreno-Aulo
{"title":"First confirmed records of Teratohyla midas (Lynch & Duellman, 1973) (Anura, Centrolenidae) from Bolivia","authors":"L. Rivas, Arturo Muñoz, Cord B. Eversole, Randy L. Powell, Federico Moreno-Aulo","doi":"10.15560/20.2.559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.559","url":null,"abstract":"Different sources of information indicate the possible presence of Teratohyla midas (Lynch & Duellman, 1973) in Bolivia; however, none of them confirm this scenario. Here we confirm the presence of T. midas in the northern Bolivian Amazon (Pando Department) and extend the geographical distribution of the species to include Bolivia. Likewise, we contribute information on some aspects of this species’ behavior and natural history.","PeriodicalId":502581,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140652016","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}
Check ListPub Date : 2024-04-18DOI: 10.15560/20.2.544
H. Khamar, Y. Dallahi, A. Homrani Bakali
{"title":"New records of three alien Solanum species in Morocco","authors":"H. Khamar, Y. Dallahi, A. Homrani Bakali","doi":"10.15560/20.2.544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.544","url":null,"abstract":"Recent floristic surveys conducted in various regions of Morocco have revealed three new records of non-native vascular plants of the genus Solanum, namely, S. abutiloides Bitter & Lillo, S. bonariense L., and S. nitidibaccatum Bitter. The occurrence of these alien species in Morocco is documented here for the first time. For each species, information on its national habitat and distribution are given. More-over, the distinguishing morphological features of these three species are compared with the most similar species (including Moroccan Solanum species).","PeriodicalId":502581,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140687502","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}
Check ListPub Date : 2024-04-18DOI: 10.15560/20.2.553
I. P. Husaini, A. H. Widjaya, Saripudin Saripudin, Ponco Yuliyanto, Dian Latifah, A. S. D. Irsyam, Dian Rosleine, Muhammad Rifqi Hariri
{"title":"Melothria pendula L. (Cucurbitaceae): first report from Java and range extension in Sumatra, Indonesia","authors":"I. P. Husaini, A. H. Widjaya, Saripudin Saripudin, Ponco Yuliyanto, Dian Latifah, A. S. D. Irsyam, Dian Rosleine, Muhammad Rifqi Hariri","doi":"10.15560/20.2.553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.553","url":null,"abstract":"Melothria L. (Cucurbitaceae) is a Neotropical genus of wild cucumber comprising 12 species. The only species that occurs in Malesia is M. pendula L., which has been recorded in Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, mainland Sumatra, the Philippines, Sulawesi, and Bali. During our botanical excursions in Bangka and West Java from 2020 to 2022, we discovered naturalized populations of M. pendula. Our findings reveal that M. pendula has an extensive distribution in Sumatra and is a newly recorded wild cucumber in Java. We present a morphological description, photographs, and a brief discussion.","PeriodicalId":502581,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140687096","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}
Check ListPub Date : 2024-04-15DOI: 10.15560/20.2.536
Abdelwahab Chedad, Idriss Bouam, Mayssara El Bouhissi, W. Dahmani, M. Ait Hammou, Mohammed Tahar Mebarki, Mahmoud Mezzi, Salah Eddine Sadine
{"title":"Moorish Viper, Daboia mauritanica (Gray, 1849) (Squamata, Viperidae), in Algeria: new provincial records, range extension, and an update on its distribution","authors":"Abdelwahab Chedad, Idriss Bouam, Mayssara El Bouhissi, W. Dahmani, M. Ait Hammou, Mohammed Tahar Mebarki, Mahmoud Mezzi, Salah Eddine Sadine","doi":"10.15560/20.2.536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.536","url":null,"abstract":" Daboia mauritanica (Gray, 1849), Moorish Viper, is native to North Africa. We update the distribution map for this species in Algeria, providing 19 new locality records, filling distribution gaps and significantly expanding the species’ known range. Our updated distribution map reveals a widespread presence of the species in northern Algeria, extending south into the northern Sahara. We note that some historical records in certain provinces remain unconfirmed and/or questionable, indicating the need for further investigation. Our findings underscore the importance of collaboration between researchers and citizen scientists in Algeria.","PeriodicalId":502581,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140702426","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}
Check ListPub Date : 2024-03-28DOI: 10.15560/20.2.530
L. Rivas, Gabriel Callapa, Patricia Mendoza-Miranda, Arturo Muñoz, Cord B. Eversole, Randy L. Powell
{"title":"Dryophylax chaquensis (Bergna & Álvarez, 1993) (Serpentes, Colubridae): first record from Cochabamba Department and a geographic range extension in Bolivia","authors":"L. Rivas, Gabriel Callapa, Patricia Mendoza-Miranda, Arturo Muñoz, Cord B. Eversole, Randy L. Powell","doi":"10.15560/20.2.530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.530","url":null,"abstract":"We present novel distributional information on the little-known snake species Dryophylax chaquensis (Bergna & Álvarez, 1993) in Bolivia, including the first record from Cochabamba Department. Our record extends the distribution of this species towards the Bolivian Inter-Andean Dry Forests by approximately 63 km to the west (in a straight line) from the nearest known locality in Vallegrande, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. We comment on the biogeographic distribution, altitude of occurrence, and aspects behavior and natural history of D. chaquensis in Bolivia.","PeriodicalId":502581,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140373259","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}
Check ListPub Date : 2024-03-28DOI: 10.15560/20.2.524
Veryl Hasan, J. South, F. S. Valen, S. Andriyono, L. O. Vieira, Abu B. Sambah, F. Ottoni
{"title":"First record of Saddle Barb, Barbodes sellifer Kottelat & Lim 2021 (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), on Belitung, Indonesia, with an update of its geographic distribution","authors":"Veryl Hasan, J. South, F. S. Valen, S. Andriyono, L. O. Vieira, Abu B. Sambah, F. Ottoni","doi":"10.15560/20.2.524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.524","url":null,"abstract":"Saddle Barb, Barbodes sellifer, is a freshwater fish endemic to Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian archipelago and is here recorded for the first time from Belitung Island, Indonesia. This is a range extension of about 300 km to the southeast from the closest previously known locality on Bangka Island, and, in addition to reporting its occurrence on another island of the Indonesian archipelago, this is the southernmost known locality for the species. We also provide an updated map showing the species’ distribution. ","PeriodicalId":502581,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140371494","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}
Check ListPub Date : 2024-03-27DOI: 10.15560/20.2.518
A. Ampeng, Hamden Mohammad, J. Liam, Madeline George-Pau, S. Osman, Emy Ritta Jinggong, R. Borhan, Ishak Hassim, Mohammad Fardy Abdul-Rahman, S. Md-Nor, C. Traeholt, Badrul Munir Md-Zain
{"title":"First recorded sighting of the Critically Endangered Tricolour Langur, Presbytis chrysomelas cruciger (Thomas, 1892) (Primates, Cercopithecidae), in Jemoreng Protected Forest, Sarawak, Malaysia","authors":"A. Ampeng, Hamden Mohammad, J. Liam, Madeline George-Pau, S. Osman, Emy Ritta Jinggong, R. Borhan, Ishak Hassim, Mohammad Fardy Abdul-Rahman, S. Md-Nor, C. Traeholt, Badrul Munir Md-Zain","doi":"10.15560/20.2.518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.518","url":null,"abstract":"Presbytis chrysomelas cruciger (Thomas, 1892) is a Critically Endangered langur subspecies that has rarely been studied due to the difficulty of encountering it in the wild. Previously, this subspecies was sighted in Maludam National Park, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Here, we provide the first sighting record of P. c. cruciger in Jemoreng Protected Forest in Sarawak, where a total of eight groups were observed. We urge for further comprehensive studies and immediate conservation action.","PeriodicalId":502581,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140374802","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}
Check ListPub Date : 2024-03-25DOI: 10.15560/20.2.510
Fatima Zahra Sliman, R. Disney, K. Kettani
{"title":"The first records of eleven species of the genus Megaselia Rondani, 1856 from Morocco (Diptera, Phoridae)","authors":"Fatima Zahra Sliman, R. Disney, K. Kettani","doi":"10.15560/20.2.510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.510","url":null,"abstract":"We provide new records of scuttle flies, family Phoridae (Diptera), from Morocco, which has been very little studied. Eleven phorid species belonging to the immense genus Megaselia Rondani, 1856 are newly reported from the country, increasing the number of known species in Morocco to 12, and the number of Phoridae to 14. Information on the distribution and ecology of each species is provided.","PeriodicalId":502581,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140382718","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}
Check ListPub Date : 2024-03-07DOI: 10.15560/20.2.444
Pier Cacciali, Nicolás Cantero, Lucas Cañete, Davi Teles
{"title":"New data on the distribution of Homonota rupicola Cacciali, Ávila & Bauer, 2007 (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) in Paraguay","authors":"Pier Cacciali, Nicolás Cantero, Lucas Cañete, Davi Teles","doi":"10.15560/20.2.444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.444","url":null,"abstract":"Of the few endemic vertebrates found in Paraguay, Homonota rupicola Cacciali, Ávila & Bauer, 2007 is considered micro-endemic, globally threatened, absent in conservation units, and restricted to rocky outcrops in a small mountain range, a priority hotspot, known as Cordillera de los Altos. Through sampling efforts in areas surrounding the type locality, we recorded H. rupicola at other sites. Together the current geographic range of this species is approximately 13 km along a segment of the Cordillera de los Altos. Nonetheless, H. rupicola is currently unknown from any protected areas, and non-governmental organizations are working towards establishing conservation units within the geographic range of the species.","PeriodicalId":502581,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140076986","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}
Check ListPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.15560/20.2.268
A. C. da Mota, Lander de Jesus Alves, Denise Morais Loureiro, Eduardo Saar Santos, Jefferson Carvalho-Sobrinho
{"title":"New records and conservation status of tree species from environmental licensing studies in highly human-modified areas in Bahia, northeastern Brazil","authors":"A. C. da Mota, Lander de Jesus Alves, Denise Morais Loureiro, Eduardo Saar Santos, Jefferson Carvalho-Sobrinho","doi":"10.15560/20.2.268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.268","url":null,"abstract":"Based on fieldwork for licensing environmental impact studies in Bahia, northeastern Brazil, we present new records of five tree species, including two species known only from their type locality. The records mostly originate from highly human-modified areas in Atlantic Forest, which we argue that should not be underestimated by environmental licensing studies. We assess the conservation status of the five species and highlight the importance of using trained botanists for recording species of conservation concern. Our data demonstrate that studies for environmental licensing can contribute knowledge and aid in biodiversity conservation.","PeriodicalId":502581,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140090339","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}