Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Tracking the first sheep breed in Southwest Asia: a 3D morphometric geometrics investigation on astragalus (EVOSHEEP project)
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CADRER LA BIODIVERSITÉ DANS UNE APPROCHE HOLISTIQUE DE RÉSILIENCE SOCIO-ÉCOLOGIQUE
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CEBioS capacity building programme in the Congo Basin
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LA PRATIQUE DU FEU PRÉCOCE ET BIODIVERSITÉ DANS LA RÉSERVE DE BIOSPHÈRE DE LA PENDJARI
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AFRICAN MAN AND BIOSPHERE RESERVES: GUIDANCE TO ASSESS ECOSYSTEM SERVICES. AMANUAL FOR AFRICAN BR MANAGERS
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Systematic Design of a Natural Sciences Collections Digitisation Dashboard
- This paper describes the design and build of a pilot Natural Sciences Collections Digitisation Dashboard (CDD). The CDD will become a key service for the Distributed System of Scientific Collections Research Infrastructure (DiSSCo) and aims to improve the discoverability of natural science collections (NSCs) held in European institutions, both digitised and undigitised. Furthermore, it will serve as a dynamic visual assessment tool for strategic decision-making, including the prioritisation of digitisation. The CDD pilot includes high-level information from nine European NSCs, covering the number of objects, taxonomic scope, storage type, chronostratigraphy (Earth Science Collections), geographical region and level of detail in digitisation. This information is structured through a standardised Collection Classification Scheme, which uses high-level categorisation to describe physical natural science collections.
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Lygosoma megalops Annandale, 1906 (Squamata, Scincidae): a junior synonym of Lankascincus fallax (Peters, 1860)
- Annandale (1906) described Lygosoma megalops, now in the genus Lankascincus, based on two syntypes collected from Kitulgala and Puttalam in Sri Lanka. These syntypes have not been recognized since the original description. In 2019, Batuwita designated a neotype, WHT 6545, for Ly. megalops from Kitulgala. The number WHT ‘6545’ does not exist in the registers of either WHT or NMSL. The neotype designation also fails to conform to several Articles of the Code: 75.3.1, 75.3.3, 75.3.5 and 75.3.7. Given that it does not appear to exist, it makes the designation of ‘WHT 6545’ as the neotype of Ly. megalops void ab initio. Further, based on the description provided in Batuwita (2019), it is clear that the species he conceived as Ly. megalops was in fact morphologically similar to several other Lankascincus species. We show that, as characterized by Annandale (1906), Ly. megalops cannot be assigned to any scincid species in Sri Lanka. The locality data Annandale disclosed for Ly. megalops—Puttalam and Kitulagala—make it almost certain that the two syntypes belonged to different species or to La. fallax. Therefore, unless resolved, the nomen La. megalops will continue to threaten the nomenclatural stability in the genus Lankascincus, as well as in the genus Eutropis. In order to address this problem, we invalidate the neotype designated by Batuwita (2019) and show that Ly. megalops is a synonym of La. fallax.
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Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica XIX
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Biofluorescence of the Mottled shovel-nosed frog, Hemisus marmoratus: first report for Hemisotidae.
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Reptile fauna of Kungulu and Mbiye islands, upper Congo River: current knowledge and new records.
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Rediscovery and redescription of Dixonius siamensis (Boulenger, 1899) (Squamata: Gekkonidae), type species of the genus, with lectotype designation
- We redescribe the type material of Phyllodactylus siamensis Boulenger, 1899, type species of the Southeast Asian gekkonid genus Dixonius Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997, using external morphology and cranial osteology (by Micro-Computed Tomography, µ-CT). There is some evidence that the type series contains more than one species; we hence designate a lectotype in order to stabilize nomenclature and provide more precision on the geographical location of the type locality. Because the current concept of Dixonius siamensis auctorum is incomplete and composite, we provide a revised diagnosis based on the presently designated lectotype and a paralectotype from the same locality, as well as observations on new material from the type locality and the first photographs of live topotypical individuals. We regard Dixonius siamensis as probably geographically restricted to the Dong Phaya Yen mountain range in central Thailand, and the numerous published mentions of this species from outside this range likely refer to other or undescribed taxa. We treat Phyllodactylus burmanicus Annandale, 1905 from Tavoy, southern Myanmar, as a valid species, as Dixonius burmanicus comb. nov.
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Taxinomie et évolution : permanence et actualité. Textes de Claude Dupuis (1927-2020)
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Integrative taxonomy resuscitates two species in the Lasioglossum villosulum complex (Kirby, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae)
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First mitochondrial genomes of five hoverfly species of the genus Eristalinus (Diptera: Syrphidae)
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The origin and population structure of introduced Nile tilapia populations in Central Africa
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A Miocene leatherback turtle from the Westerschelde (The Netherlands) with possible cetacean bite marks: identification, taphonomy and cladistics
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First record of Calliostoma caroli Dautzenberg, 1927 (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae) alive in Icelandic waters
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Monstrotyphis anapaulae n. sp. a remarkable new Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Mozambique
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Première signalisation de Pelseneeria Kehler & Vaney, 1908 (Gastropoda: Eulimidae) sur Psammechinus microtuberculatus (Blainville, 1825) (Echinoidea: Parechinidae) à Sesimbra (Península de Setúbal - Portugal)
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Description of Two New Species of Dermomurex (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with a Review of Dermomurex (Takia) in the Indo-West Pacific
