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Contextualising the last survivors : population structure of marine turtles in the Dominican Republic
(2013)
Nesting by three species of marine turtles persists in the Dominican Republic, despite historic threats and long-term population decline. We conducted a genetic survey of marine turtles in the Dominican Republic in order ...
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: ...
Preliminary report on the distribution and status of Cyclura ricordii along the southern shore of Lago Enriquillo
(2007)
Ricord’s Iguana (Cyclura ricordii) is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is one of two species of Rock Iguanas on the island. Ricord’s Iguana is critically endangered according to the current IUCN Red List. The population is ...
Conserving Cyclura ricordii 2007
(2008)
The recovery of C. ricordii is part of Grupo Jaragua’s program to conserve biodiversity in the biosphere reserve in the southwestern part of the Dominican Republic, thought to be one of the most diverse sites in the insular ...
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 ...
A revision of the green Anoles of Hispaniola with description of eight new species (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae)
(2016)
[English] We revise the species of green anoles (i.e., the species related to Anolis aliniger, A. chlorocyanus, and A. coelestinus) occuring on Hispaniola.
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 ...