Macroprotodon abubakeri was described by Wade (2001), who partitioned this species from M. brevis based on morphological analyses of museum specimens. Due to the fact that most of these specimens were collected in the late 19th- early 20th century, much remains unknown about M. abubakeri. While the general taxonomic situation of North African Macroprotodon species currently remains ambiguous, the distinct identity of M. abubakeri was confirmed by Carranza et al. (2004) on the basis of mtDNA data. According to these analyses, the clade currently assigned to M. abubakeri is well-separated from the clade containing all other Macroprotodon species. Conclusively, both on morphological and mtDNA level M. abubakeri is a well-defined, but poorly known species. Leer más.
Las lagartijas colirrojas (Acanthodactylus erythrurus s.l.) han estado representadas históricamente en Marruecos por dos especies: Acanthodactylus lineomaculatus Dumeril & Bibron, 1839 y Acanthodactylus erythrurus (Schinz, 1833). Dentro de esta última se han reconocido dos especies para Marruecos: ssp. atlanticus Boulenger 1918 y ssp. belli Gray 1845 (Bons & Geniez 1995; Bons & Geniez, 1996; Sindaco & Jeremcenko, 2008). Leer más.
Recently we posted the Poe lab’s guide to the hyperdiverse anole community of El Cope, Panama, which harbors 12 anole species. Only slightly less diverse is the community of anoles at Rio Palenque, Ecuador, which has 11 species, and the Poe team has put together a guide for this locality as well. Leer más.
In moist, mossy rooms, rows of glass aquariums bathed in eerie light shelter the last of the last of the frogs. It is a secure facility, for here reside the sole survivors of their species, rescued from the wild before a modern plague swept through their forests and streams in a ferocious doomsday event that threatens the planet’s amphibians with extinction. Leer más.
Sobrevive asediada por la contaminación de aguas residuales, naves turísticas que dañan su hábitat, especies invasoras que devoran sus huevos, además de su consumo en platos ‘típicos’ y hasta en extractos afrodisíacos (viagra andino). Leer más.
