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Uncertain future for global sea turtle populations in face of sea level rise
(2023)
Sea level rise has accelerated during recent decades, exceeding rates recorded during the previous two millennia, and as a result many coastal habitats and species around the globe are being impacted. This situation is ...
New distributional records of the Samaná least gecko (Sphaerodactylus samanensis, Cochran, 1932) with comments on its morphological variation and conservation status
(2021)
We report here five new localities across the distribution of the lizard Sphaerodactylus samanensis, extending its current geographic range to the west, in the Cordillera Central of Hispaniola. We also report phenotypic ...
Origin of the green iguana (Iguana iguana) invasion in the greater Caribbean Region and Fiji
(2021)
Invasive populations of green iguanas (Iguanidae: Iguana iguana) are widely established beyond their native Central, South American, and Lesser Antillean range in various islands of the Pacific, Florida USA, and in the ...
Primer reporte de la especie exótica Puntigrus tetrazona (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) para República Dominicana
(2020)
[Español] Se reporta por primera vez para República Dominicana, isla Hispaniola, el pez de agua dulce, Puntigrus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855) en un tributario del río Haina, provincia San Cristóbal. Se colectaron varios ...
New records of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the Dominican Republic
(2023)
[English] The Hispaniolan fauna of Reduviidae is only partially known, as it has never been the subject of a comprehensive taxonomic or faunistic inventory. These species belong to Neotropical genera that have Caribbean, ...
Observations of unusual behavior in two invasive carnivores in the Dominican Republic: arboreal foraging in the Small Indian Mongoose (Urva auropunctata) and semi-aquatic hunting in the Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
(2023)
[English] We report unusual foraging events in two of the most invasive terrestrial predators in the world that are well established in the Caribbean islands: the Small Indian Mongoose (Urva auropunctata), locally known ...
A new species of Proctolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) from the Dominican Republic
(2023)
A new species, Proctolaelaps elcotoy Gómez-Moya & Martin, n. sp., is described from the Dominican Republic (in the Hispaniola Island), based on adult females and males collected from adults of Conotelus sp. (Coleoptera: ...
A new distribution record and a previously undocumented color pattern of the Hispaniolan Yellow Tree Frog, Osteopilus pulchrilineatus (Hylidae), in the Dominican Republic
(2021)
This study documents a new locality record for the Hispaniolan Yellow Treefrog (Osteopilus pulchrilineatus) at Rancho de la Guardia, Hondo Valle, Elías Piña, Dominican Republic. A previously unrecorded coloration pattern ...
Feeding strategies and diet variation in livebearing fishes of the genus Limia (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in the Greater Antilles
(2022)
Feeding specialisations are known to play an important role in the ecology and evolution of many organisms. In this study, we performed a comparative analysis based
on the data of the gut content of eight species of the ...
First record of Tomostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860) (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Streptaxidae) from the Dominican Republic and its current distribution in the Western Hemisphere
(2021)
The presence of alien mollusc species in an ecosystem has a negative impact on the endemic mollusc fauna and can result in economic losses. The West African land snail Tomostele musaecola (Morelet) was previously recorded ...