Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 1(2):8720 (18 pp). A new lizard species (Scincidae: Ctenotus) highlights persistent knowledge gaps on the biodiversity of Australia’s central deserts. Prates, I., Hutchinson, M.N., Huey, J.A., Hillyer, M.J. kutjupa, is know from very few specimens yet has a large distribution in the arid zone. (2022) on Ctenotus schomburgkii revealed a cryptic, sympatric species within it. Records of the Western Australian Museum 37: 22–25. Synonymy of two west coast Lerista (Reptilia: Scincidae) species. This short paper formally synonymises these two species.Īplin, K.P., Cowan, M.A. talpina, the paper that checklist referred to was never published. Despite most of herpetology following a 2000 checklist that mentioned synonymy of Lerista maculosa and L. įormal synonymy of two Lerista species published by Storr in 1991. Landscape genomics and sexual signals support reproductive character displacement in Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae). Jaya, F.R.Tanner, J.C., Whitehead, M.R., Doughty, P., Keogh, J.S., Moritz, C.C. crassa to reflect the lack of morphological and molecular differentiation. Uperoleia inundata was synynomised with U. borealis is also present, hence the evolution of fewer pulses to avoid mis-mating. crassa in the Kimberley have diverged from the Top End because in the Kimberley U. The findings suggest that the calls of U. inundata from the Top End of the Northern Territory. crassa in the Kimberley region is a relatively recent invasion from populations of U. A molecular and morphological analysis on the U. A new genus for four myobatrachid frogs from the South Western Australian Ecoregion. leai (with two species in south-eastern Australia). The only member of Geocrinia in WA is now G. was proposed for the four former Geocrinia species that occur in the southwest now – A. Please contact the relevant author of the specific list if you have any questions or comments.Ĭhanges to the WA Museum Checklist from May 2022 (updated November 2022)Ĭhange of generic name to four nest-brooding Geocrinia species. In the future, we will try to update the list as new taxonomic changes occur.īookmark this page, and keep visiting for the latest updated version.This page is updated twice a year, in April and October. The taxonomic changes are based on the work of the WA Museum's Terrestrial Zoology staff, and their many colleagues from around Australia and beyond. The WA checklist (2022) contains revisions of the terrestrial vertebrate species of Western Australia and additional information on the conservation status of the WA fauna (provided by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions). Previous changes to the checklist (2012-2020) can be found in the documents at the bottom of the page.Ī comprehensive update of the WA Checklist is released by the WA Museum every year or as necessary. The changes from the 2022 November checklist are documented below and can also be downloaded in pdf format. The file is a single Excel workbook, with separate sheets for amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Use the 'SORT' column to restore the list into taxonomic order. This handy Excel sheet can be modified to suit your needs or imported into other applications. Taxonomic checklist of the terrestrial vertebrate fauna for Western Australia.ĭownload the latest version of the WA Checklist (2022) (updated November 2022) for the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of Western Australia. Checklist of the Terrestrial Vertebrate Fauna of Western Australiaĭepartmental resources | Updated 4 months ago
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