Re: UAE - a week of herping, a week of sightseeing
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:48 am
great series of one of the best pictures i ever saw - especially the Varanus picture is stunning
...and the genus name of the Arabian toad was changed again: Amietophrynus arabicus.
See Portik & Papenfuss, 2015: Historical biogeography resolves the origins of endemic Arabian toad lineages (Anura: Bufonidae): Evidence for ancient vicariance and dispersal events with the Horn of Africa and South Asia. òpen access or Pdf-8092 in DB
MLario
Jürgen Gebhart wrote: Some names changed:
Pseudotrapelus sinaitus – Pseudotrapelus jensvindumi
Bufo arabicus – Duttaphrynus arabicus
Ptyodactylus hasselquistii – Ptyodactylus orlovi
...and the genus name of the Arabian toad was changed again: Amietophrynus arabicus.
See Portik & Papenfuss, 2015: Historical biogeography resolves the origins of endemic Arabian toad lineages (Anura: Bufonidae): Evidence for ancient vicariance and dispersal events with the Horn of Africa and South Asia. òpen access or Pdf-8092 in DB
MLario