A preliminary analysis of phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the dangerously venomous Carpet Vipers, Echis (Squamata, Serpentes, Viperidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences.

Amphibia-Reptilia 30(2):273-282. DOI: 10.1163/156853809788201090.

Abstract:

Phylogenetic analysis of 1117 bp of mitochondrial DNA sequences (731 bp of cytochrome b and 386 bp of 16S rRNA) indicate that Echis consists of four main clades: E. ocellatus, and the E. coloratus, E. pyramidum, and E. carinatus groups. In the E. coloratus group, E. coloratus itself shows substantial genetic divergence from E. omanensis, corroborating their separate species status. In the E. pyramidum clade, E. pyramidum from Egypt and E. leucogaster from West Africa are genetically very similar, even though samples are separated by 4000 km. South Arabian populations of the E. pyramidum group are much better differentiated from these and two species may be present, animals from Dhofar, southern Oman probably being referable to E. khosatzkii. In the E. carinatus group, specimens of E. carinatus sochureki and E. multisquamatus are very similar in their DNA. The phylogeny indicates that the split between the main groups of Echis was followed by separation of African and Arabian members of the E. pyramidum group, and of E. coloratus and E. omanensis. The last disjunction probably took place at the lowlands that run southwest of the North Oman mountains, which are likely to have been intermittently covered by marine incursions; they also separate the E. pyramidum and E. carinatus groups and several sister taxa of other reptiles. The E. carinatus group may have spread quite recently from North Oman into its very extensive southwest Asian range, and there appears to have been similar expansion of E. pyramidum (including E. leucogaster) in North Africa. Both these events are likely to be associated with the marked climatic changes of the Pleistocene or late Pliocene. Similar dramatic expansions have also recently occurred in three snake species in Iberia.

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A Contribution to the Herpetology of West Pakistan.

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 134 (Article 2): 27-184.

Inhalt:

The present paper is a report on a collection of approximately 1500 amphibians and reptiles from West Pakistan and an account of natural historyo bservations made on the herpetofauna during a period of aboutfour years.A definitive herpetology of the province must await more complete zoologicale xploration and the examination of larger and more representative collections.

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Eine neue Art der Gattung Bitis (SERPENTES VIPERIDAE) aus Äthiopien.

Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento, 9:1,59-68, DOI: 10.1080/03749444.1977.10736843.

Zusammenfassung:

Aus dem bewaldeten Bergland SW-Athiopiens wird Bitis parviocula n.sp. beschrieben, eine große, B. nasicornis (Schaw, 1802), B. gabonica (Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854) und B. arietans (Merrem, 1820) nahestehende Art. Ihre Merkmale werden hinsichtlich ihrer phylogenetischen Beziehungen und einer wahrscheinlich unterirdischen Lebensweise diskutiert.

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The snakes of the genus Spalerosophis Jan, 1865 in Indo-Pakistan and Iran.

Herpetozoa 20:109-115

Abstract:

The present studies aimed to resolve some systematic issues related to species of the colubrid snake genus Spalerosophis JAN, 1865. The studies were carried out with particular reference to Spalerosophis atriceps FISCHER, 1885 that has been rated controversially since long among other things because of the incorrect identification of the type locality of Spalerosophis diadema (SCHLEGEL, 1837). The studies conclude that atriceps is an independent species and schirazianus is a junior synonym of Spalerosophis diadema.

baig-biblio

Ordnung: Papageienvögel (Psittaciformes)
Familie: Echte Papageien (Psittacidae)
Unterfamilie: Eigentliche Papageien (Psittacinae)
Tribus: Plattschweifsittiche (Platycercini)

Rotflügelsittich

Aprosmictus erythropterus • The Red-winged Parrot • La perruche érythroptère

• Körperbau und Körperfunktionen
• Verbreitung
• Lebensraum und Lebensweise
• Gefährdung und Schutz
• Bedeutung für den Menschen
• Haltung
• Taxonomie und Nomenklatur
• Literatur und Internetquellen

Literatur und Internetquellen

1. ASMUS, J. & LANTERMANN, W. (2012)
2. BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL (2016). Aprosmictus erythropterus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22685069A93057458. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22685069A93057458.en . Downloaded on 17 April 2020.
3. BROUWER, K., JONES, M. L., KING, C. E. und SCHIFTER, H. (2000)
4. CITES TRADE DATA BASE
5. DE GRAHL, W. (1982) 
   
6. DEL HOYO, J., ELLIOTT, A. et al. (eds., 1992-2013)
7. GRUMMT, W. & STREHLOW, H. (2009)
8. YOUNG, A. M., HOBSON, E. A., BINGAMAN LACKEY, L. & WRIGHT, T. F. (2012)

Zurück zu Papageienvögel (PSITTACIFORMES)

Weiter zu Edelpapagei (Eclectus roratus)

Zoologische Beyträge zur XIII. Ausgabe des Linnéischen Natursystems.
Erster Band: Die Säugethiere.

919 Seiten. Verlag der Weidmannschen Buchhandlung Leipzig.

Facsimile: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/44569#/summary

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The pigeon names Columba livia, 'C. domestica' and C. oenas and their type specimens.

Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 136(1):14-27.

Abstract:

The name Columba domestica Linnaeus, 1758, is senior to Columba livia J. F. Gmelin, 1789, but both names apply to the same biological species, Rock Dove or Feral Pigeon, which is widely known as C. livia. The type series of livia is mixed, including specimens of Stock Dove C. oenas, wild Rock Dove, various domestic pigeon breeds and two other pigeon species that are not congeners. In the absence of a plate unambiguously depicting a wild bird being cited in the original description, a neotype for livia is designated based on a Fair Isle (Scotland) specimen. The name domestica is based on specimens of the 'runt' breed, originally illustrated by Aldrovandi (1600) and copied by Willughby (1678) and a female domestic specimen studied but not illustrated by the latter. The name C. oenas Linnaeus, 1758, is also based on a mixed series, including at least one Feral Pigeon. The individual illustrated in one of Aldrovandi's (1600) oenas plates is designated as a lectotype, type locality Bologna, Italy. The names Columba gutturosa Linnaeus, 1758, and Columba cucullata Linnaeus, 1758, cannot be suppressed given their limited usage. The issue of priority between livia and domestica, and between both of them and gutturosa and cucullata, requires ICZN attention. Other names introduced by Linnaeus (1758) or Gmelin (1789) based on domestic breeds are considered invalid, subject to implicit first reviser actions or nomina oblita with respect to livia and domestica.

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Flagship but only locally: bongo Tragelaphus eurycerus taxonomic history and its effects on current conservation policy.

GAZELLA 44: 65-76.

Abstract:

A review of historical literature plus the examination of zoos and museum specimens and available photos from internet source revealed the hidden diversity of the bongo antelopes, presently Tragelaphus eurycerus. While the Kenya montane form isaaci has received most conservation support in recent years, the present review highlights the species status of the little-known Upper Guinean nominal taxon. Waiting for a through taxonomic revision of the whole complex especially in the central forest block, the Central-Eastern bongos are better considered as members of a distinct species Tragelaphus albovirgatus Du Chaillu, 1861, provisionally considered to include a number of ‘subspecies’. The conservation status of T. albovirgatus and especially of T. eurycerus need further investigations even considering that, excepted for the Kenyan taxon isaaci, their survival may depends exclusively on in situ conservation activities.

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Molecular diversity and phylogenetic analysis of domestic and wild Bactrian camel populations based on the mitochondrial ATP8 and ATP6 genes.

Livestock Science 199 (May 2017): 95-100.

Highlights:

• We analyzed the diversity of mitochondrial ATP8/6 gene in Bactrian camel populations.
• All domestic Bactrian camel populations were clustered as a single major group in the haplotype network.
• A single haplotype was identified in the wild Bactrian camel population, which formed a separate branch.
• The phylogenetic tree showed the same patterns as the haplotype network.
• Wild and domestic Bactrian camels evolved from two distinct ancestors.

yi-biblio

The Phylogenetic Relationships of the Shags and Cormorants: Can Sequence Data Resolve a Disagreement between Behavior and Morphology?

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17 (3): 345-359.

Abstract:

Taxonomic arrangements for the cormorants and shags (Phalacrocoracidae) had varied greatly until two quite similar arrangements, one based on behavior and the other on osteological characters, became the basis for current thought on the evolutionary relationships of these birds. The terms cormorant and shag, which had previously been haphazardly applied to members of the group, became the vernacular terms for the two major subdivisions within this family. The two taxonomies differ in places, however, with the behavioral taxonomy placing several species within the shags and the osteological taxonomy and phylogeny grouping those species (as the marine cormorants) and placing them within the cormorants. In an attempt to resolve the differences in the relationships hypothesized by behavior and morphology, we sequenced three mitochondrial genes (12S, ATPase 6, and ATPase 8). Initial equally weighted parsimony trees differed slightly from our two weighted parsimony trees, one of which was also our maximum-likelihood tree. Many of the branches within our trees were well supported, but some sections of the phylogeny proved difficult to resolve with confidence. Our sequence trees differ substantially from the morphological phylogeny and show that neither the shags nor the cormorants are monophyletic, but form an intermingled group. Some of the groups supported by both the behavioral and the morphological taxonomies (e.g., the cliff shags, Stictocarbo) appear to be polyphyletic. Conversely, the monophyly of the blue-eyed shags, a traditional group that the osteological analysis had found to be paraphyletic, was supported by the sequence data. Until more taxa are sampled and a fully robust phylogeny is obtained, a conservative approach accepting a single genus, Phalacrocorax, for the shags and cormorants is recommended.

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