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El pasado 25 de abril realizamos un muestreo de ranita meridional en Murcia, en el marco de una serie llevados a cabo también en Almería coordinados por Mariano Paracuellos, biólogo de la Estación Ornitológica Lorenzo García. Como nos temíamos, el resultado de los mismos ha sido negativo, y viene a confirmar, casi de manera definitiva, la extinción de la especie en la Región de Murcia. Leer más.

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he Near and Middle East is a hotspot of biodiversity, but the region remains underexplored at the level of genetic biodiversity. Here, we present an extensive molecular phylogeny of the viperid snake genus Montivipera, including all known taxa. Based on nuclear and mitochondrial data, we present novel insights into the phylogeny of the genus and review the status of its constituent species. Leer más.

We describe two new species of frogs of the genus Pristimantis from the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes, at Parque Nacional Llanganates. The new species are characterized by the spiny appearance typical of several species inhabiting montane forests. Pristimantis yanezi sp. n. is most similar to P. colonensis and P. incanus but differs from both in groin coloration and by having smaller tubercles on the upper eyelids, heels, and tarsus. Leer más.