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Population history of the Hispaniolan hutia Plagiodontia aedium (Rodentia: Capromyidae) : testing the model of ancient differentiation on a geotectonically complex Caribbean island
(2012)
Hispaniola is a geotectonically complex island consisting of two palaeo-islands that docked c. 10 Ma, with a further geological boundary subdividing the southern palaeo-island into eastern and western regions. All three ...
A new subspecies of hutia (Plagiodontia, Capromyidae, Rodentia) from southern Hispaniola
(2015)
Continued uncertainty persists over the taxonomic status of many threatened Caribbean mammal populations. Recent molecular analysis has identified three genetically isolated allopatric hutia populations on Hispaniola that ...
Rodents of the Caribbean : origin and diversification of hutias unravelled by next-generation museomics
(2014)
The Capromyidae (hutias) are endemic rodents of the Caribbean and represent a model of dispersal for non-flying mammals in the Greater Antilles. This family has experienced severe extinctions during the Holocene and its ...
Anfibios y reptiles asociados a humedales de República Dominicana
(2018)
Los humedales se consideran parte de la riqueza natural de cualquier nación, país o región planetaria debido a que estos ambientes tan singulares ofrecen protección y servicios ecosistémicos que son imprescindibles para ...
Humedales y jicoteas : tortugas de agua dulce de La Española
(2018)
Un componente muy importante de los humedales del Caribe insular, pocas veces reconocido, son las tortugas de agua dulce. Se encuentran entre los vertebrados acuáticos de mayor importancia, entre otras cosas por los servicios ...
The tadpoles of the hylid frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Hypsiboas and Osteopilus) of Hispaniola
(2015)
Abstract: Hispaniolan hylid frogs are represented by four endemic species: Hypsiboas heilprini, Osteopilus dominicensis, O. pulchrilineatus and O. vastus. There are two tadpole ecomorphs represented in the hylid frogs of ...
A new frog of the Eleutherodactylus abbotti species group (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from Hispaniola, with bioacoustic and taxonomic comments on other species
(2018)
Abstract: A new species of frog, Eleutherodactylus geitonos sp. nov., is described from the southeastern slope of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. The new frog is closely related to E. haitianus and both species ...
Horas de éxodo y estacionalidad de los murciélagos en cuatro cuevas de República Dominicana
(2014)
Se estudiaron los patrones de emergencia y estados reproductivos de las poblaciones de murciélagos en cuatro cuevas de la República Dominicana. Se capturó un total de 12 especies: Mormoops blainvillei, Pteronotus parnellii, ...
The tadpoles of the Southern Crested Toad, Peltophryne guentheri (Anura: Bufonidae), from Hispaniola
(2014)
We collected 45 tadpoles of P. guentheri on 7 June 2012 in the Río Gurabo, Santiago Rodríguez Province. Some larvae were reared until metamorphosis to confirm species identity. Herein we describe the tadpoles from this ...
Hispaniolan giant Diploglossus (Sauria: Anguidae): description of a new species and notes on the ecology of D. warreni
(1985)
A third giant species of Diploglossus,D. carraui, is described from north-central República Dominicana. Comparisons between this species and D. warrenifrom Haiti and D. anelpistusfrom south-central República Dominicana are ...