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LATEST UPDATES TO THE FAUNA PARAGUAY SITE
Here you will find details of the additions to FAUNA Paraguay in the last year arranged by date so that you can keep up-to-date with what is new on our rapidly changing website! This page changes daily so check regularly if you don´t want to miss anything! Details of updates prior to those included on this page are available on request
Week beginning 15 January 19
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of amphibian (new total 68 species, 80% of total!) - Rhinella fernandezae
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 135 species, 75% of total!) - Rena unguirostris
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 8 species of amphibians - Ceratophrys cranwelli, Leptodactylus bufonius, Lepidobatrachus llanensis, Lysapsus limellum, Melanophryniscus fulvoguttatus, Melanophryniscus klappenbachi, Phyllomedusa sauvagii, Physalaemus santafecinus
º 7 species of reptiles - Chelonoidis chilensis, Erythrolamprus aesculapii, Leptodeira annulata, Micrurus pyrrhocryptus, Philodryas psammophidea, Salvator rufescens, Xenodon pulcher
Week beginning 7 May 18
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 640 species, 89.13% of total!) - Coccycua minuta
Week beginning 9 January 18
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of bird (new total 639 species, 89.00% of total!) - Cyanocorax caeruleus, Knipolegus poecilurus
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 134 species, 74.44% of total!) - Liotyphlops ternetzii
Week beginning 28 February 17
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 5 new species of bird (new total 637 species, 88.97% of total!) - Anas discors, Empidonax alnorum, Lepidocolaptes squamatus, Spizaetus ornatus and Sporophila iberanesis (Thanks to Arne Lesterhuis, Herve Jacob, Nelson Pérez and Oscar Bordón)
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of bird - Calidris canutus (Thanks to Oscar Bordón)
Week beginning 21 February 17
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 3 new species of bird (new total 632 species, 88.64% of total!) - Heliornis fulica, Leucochloris albicollis and Thamnophilus torquatus (Thanks to Sergio Rios)
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 7 species of birds - Buteogallus urubitinga, Camptostoma obsoletum, Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea, Eudromia formosa, Megascops choliba, Phimosus infuscatus and Turdus albicollis (Thanks to Arne Lesterhuis and Anders Haeglund)
Week beginning 21 November 16
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of bird (new total 629 species, 88.22% of total!) - Elaenia obscura sordida and Streptoprocne zonaris (Thanks to Kevin Guest and Sergio Rios)
Week beginning 24 October 16
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of amphibian (new total 67 species, 76.14% of total!) - Lepidobatrachus llanensis (Thanks to Hugo Cabral)
Week beginning 2 October 16
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 627 species, 87.38% of total!) - Pyrrhura devillei (Thanks to Juan Jose Resquín)
Week beginning 12 September 16
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 134 species, 74.44% of total!) - Phrynops williamsi
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of bird - Coryphaspiza melanotis (Thanks to Angie Price)
º 1 species of reptile - Phrynops hilarii
A link to the newly published Catalogue of the Paraguayan reptiles has been added to the reptile list and image galleries.
Week beginning 3 July 16
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 626 species, 87.59% of total!) - Tiaris obscurus (Thanks to Jeremy Dickens and Para La Tierra)
º 1 new species of mammal (new total 148 species, 80.87% of total!) - Oligoryzomys mattogrossae
Week beginning 21 February 16
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
Three new species of Paraguayan Tropidurus were described this month, two of which we have images of. The publication by Carvalho (2016) can be downloaded following the links in the species galleries.
º 2 new species of reptile (new total 133 species, 73.89% of total!) - Tropidurus lagunablanca and Tropidurus tarara
Week beginning 5 October 15
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 3 new species of reptile (new total 132 species, 74.16% of total!) - Dipsas cisticeps, Phimophis guerini and Sibynomorphus mikanii (Thanks to Alex Matthews and Para La Tierra).
Week beginning 22 June 15
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 5 species of reptiles - Apostolepis dimidiata, Apostolepis intermedia, Helicops leopardinus, Musurrana bicolor and Oxyrhophus rhombifer rhombifer (Thanks to Ted Armstrong, Joe Sarvary and Para La Tierra).
Week beginning 4 May 15
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of reptile (new total 129 species, 72.47% of total!) - Tantilla melanocephala and Phalotris normanscotti(Thanks to Oliver Schneider and Hugo Cabral).
Week beginning 6 April 15
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 625 species, 87.66% of total!) - Spizaetus melanoleucus (Thanks to Hans Hostettler).
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 127 species, 71.35% of total!) - Philodryas agassizii
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 8 species of bird - Anas bahamensis, Chloroceryle amazona, Egretta thula, Mycteria americana, Sturnella superciliaris, Sublegatus modestus, Tigrisoma lineatum, Xolmis cinereus
º 1 species of amphibian - Pseudis paradoxus
º 2 species of reptile - Acanthochelys macrocephala, Ophioides intermedius
Week beginning 9 March 15
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of amphibian (new total 66 species, 75% of total!) - Elachistocleis haroi and Leptodactylus latinasus
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal - Catagonus wagneri
º 12 species of bird - Amazonetta brasiliensis, Campyloramphus trochilirostris, Coccyzus americanus, Dendrocygna viduata, Guira guira, Herpetotheres cachinnans, Mimus saturninus, Nothoprocta cinerascens, Pheucticus aureoventris, Platalea ajaja, Saltator aurantiirostris, Syrigma sibilatrix
º 2 species of amphibian - Leptodactylus chaquensis, Pseudis paradoxus
º 3 species of reptile - Boa constrictor, Bothrops diporus, Xenodon pulcher
Week beginning 15 February 15
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 4 species of bird - Aramides ypecaha, Chunga burmeisteri, Gallinula galeata and Patagioenas picazuro
º 1 species of reptile - Philodryas mattogrossensis
º 1 species of amphibian - Dermatonotus muelleri
º 18 species of blister beetle added to the Meloidae gallery
Week beginning 3 November 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 624 species, 87.52% of total!) - Gelochelidon nilotica (Thanks to Arne Lesterhuis)
Week beginning 6 October 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 4 new species of bird (new total 623 species, 87.38% of total!) - Actitis macularia, Calidris minutilla, Coccyzus euleri and Macropsalis forcipata This is a new species for Paraguay. (Thanks to Chris Englehardt)
º 1 new species of amphibian (new total 62 species, 70.45% of total!) - Physalaemus santafecinus (Thanks to Sergio Rios)
º 5 species of Moon Moths (Uraniidae)
º 4 new species of scorpion (new total 4 species, 33.33% of total!) - Timogenes elegans, Tityus confluens, Tityus matogrossensis, Tityus trivirgattus (Thanks to Arne Lesterhuis and John Kochalka)
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal - Dasypus novemcinctus
º 10 species of bird - Amazona vinacea, Callonetta leucophrys, Dacnis cayana, Drymornis bridgesii, Euphonia violacea, Fulica leucoptera, Knipolegus hudsoni, Oxyruncus cristatus, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis and Tachycineta albiventer
º 1 species of bird - Bothrops diporus
º 2 species of Giant Butterfly Moths (Castniidae) - Gazera heliconoides and Synpalamides rubrophalaris
Week beginning 1 September 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of reptile (new total 126 species, 71.19% of total!) - Boiruna maculata and Philodryas baroni (Thanks to Chris Englehardt)
Week beginning 18 August 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 124 species, 70.06% of total!) - Erythrolamprus jaegeri
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal - Platyrrhinus lineatus.
º 2 species of bird - Laterallus leucopyrrhus and Tinamus solitarius.
º 1 species of amphibian - Leptodactylus labyrinthicus.
Week beginning 28 July 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 619 species, 86.94% of total!) - Xenops rutilans
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of bird - Picumnus albosquammatus (Thanks to Nelson Pérez).
BOLETIN MNHNP VOL 18 DOWNLOADABLE
The latest volume of the Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay can now be downloaded through the journal page. Thanks to Bolivar Garcete and Sergio Rios for making it available.
Week beginning 16 June 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 618 species, 86.80% of total!) - Laterallus exilis (Thanks to Rob Clay and Guyra Paraguay)
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 2 species of amphibian - Proceratophrys avelinoi and Scinax squalirostris
Week beginning 25 May 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 4 new species of bird (new total 617 species, 86.66% of total!) - Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides, Hylopezus nattereri, Phylloscartes paulista and Ramphotrigon megacephala (Thanks to Rob Clay and Guyra Paraguay)
Week beginning 18 May 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 3 new species of bird (new total 613 species, 86.09% of total!) - Attila phoenicurus, Poliolimnas flaviventer and Sporophila falcirostris (Thanks to Leandro Castillo, Lourdes Palacios and Guyra Paraguay)
PODTIAGUIN BIRD CATALOGUE DOWNLOADABLE
The Catalogo Sistematico of the birds of Paraguay by Podtiaguin published between 1941-1945 can now be downloaded through the library page dedicated to the Revista de la Sociedad Cientifica del Paraguay. This rare publication has previously been extremely difficult to access. Thanks to Floyd Hayes and Jevgeni Shergalin for making it available.
Week beginning 28 April 14
DOWNLOADABLE LIST OF ONLINE OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS
A downloadable pdf document with links to over 250 biology and zoology journals from across the world available as open access is now available in the Library section of the page. This document will be added to regularly and will provide a comprehensive guide to free literature available online.
Week beginning 21 April 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 123 species, 69.49% of total!) - Liolaemus chacoensis (Thanks to Hugo Cabral)
º 1 new species of fish - Gymnogeophagus caaguazuensis
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal - Holochilus chacarius
º 1 species of bird - Micrastur ruficollis (Thanks to Kevin Guest and Para La Tierra)
º 1 species of reptile - Lygophis meridionalis (Thanks to Rebecca Smith and Para La Tierra)
Week beginning 27 January 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 122 species, 68.93% of total!) - Amphisbaena alba (Thanks to JP Brouard and Para La Tierra)
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of reptile - Pseudoboa nigra (Thanks to JP Brouard and Para La Tierra)
Week beginning 25 November 13
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 3 species of bird - Colaptes melanochloros, Emberizoides herbicola and Sicalis luteola
º 1 species of reptile - Philodryas patagoniensis
Week beginning 4 November 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 610 species, 85.55% of total!) - Laterallus melanophaius
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of reptile (new total 121 species, 68.36% of total!) - Amphisbaena darwinii and Amphisbaena roberti (Thanks to JP Brouard and Para La Tierra)
º 2 new species of amphibian (new total 61 species, 70.11% of total!) - Crossodactylus schmidti and Pseudopaludicola boliviana (Thanks to JP Brouard)
Week beginning 21 October 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 4 new species of reptile (new total 119 species, 67.61% of total!) - Apostolepis intermedia, Chironius maculoventris, Manciola guaporicola and Philodryas livida (Thanks to JP Brouard and Para La Tierra)
Reptile taxonomy has been completely updated in the Reptile Checklist.
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 6 species of amphibian - Ceratophrys cranwelli, Chacophrys pierotii, Lepidobatrachus laevis, Leptodactylus fuscus, Physalaemus biligonijerus, Pseudis platensis
Week beginning 24 June 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 609 species, 85.41% of total!) - Penelope obscura (Thanks to Roberto Derna)
Week beginning 10 June 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of bird (new total 608 species, 85.27% of total!) - Amazona amazonica and Myiozetetes cayanensis (Thanks to Roberto Derna)
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 6 species of birds - Alipiopsitta xanthops, Aratinga aurea, Gampsonyx swainsonii, Glaucidium brasilianum and Nystalus striatipectus and Tyto alba
º 4 species of amphibian - Elachistocleis bicolor, Leptodactylus mystacinus, Melanophryniscus paraguayensis and Physalaemus albonotatus (Thanks to JP Brouard and Mateo Lesterhuis)
Week beginning 3 June 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of mammal (new total 146 species, 84.39% of total!) - Coendou prehensilis
º 1 new species of bird (new total 606 species, 85.23% of total!) - Alipiopsitta xanthops (Thanks to Andres Álvarez)
º 3 new species of reptile (new total 115 species, 68.45% of total!) - Homonota rupicola, Phrynops hilarii and Phrynops geoffroanus (Thanks to Pier Cacciali)
Week beginning 13 May 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 113 species, 67.26% of total!) - Psomophis obtusus (Thanks to Arnbjørn Hågensen and Henrik Bringsøe)
Week beginning 6 May 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 605 species, 85.25% of total!) - Euphonia chalybea
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 4 species of mammal - Artibeus fimbriatus, Artibeus lituratus, Myotis riparius and Platyrrhinus lineatus (Thanks to Jon Smit and Para La Tierra)
º 33 species of bird - Amaurospiza moesta, Basileuterus leucoblepharus, Buteogallus urubitinga, Campephilus leucopogon, Casiornis rufus, Chiroxiphia caudata, Elaenia flavogaster, Eleotreptus candicans, Euphonia chlorotica, Falco sparverius, Haplospiza unicolor, Hydropsalis torquata, Hylocharis chrysura, Hylophila poicilotis, Ictinia plumbea, Mimus saturninus, Mionectes rufiventris, Nyctidromus albicollis,Oxyruncus cristatus, Penelope superciliaris, Phaethornis pretrei, Piaya cayana, Polioptila lactea, Primolius auricollis, Progne tapera, Psarocolius decumanus, Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana, Ramphastos toco, Tangara cayana, Taraba major, Thalurania glaucopis, Thamnophilus ruficapillus and Veniliornis spilogaster (Thanks to Arne Lesterhuis, Karina Atkinson, Matt Denton, Hugo del Castillo, Jon Smit and Para La Tierra)
º 2 species of reptile - Liophis reginae and Spillotes pullatus (Thanks to Helen Pheasey, Para La Tierra and Hugo del Castillo)
º 2 species of amphibian - Hypsiboas rubrolineatus and Rhinella schneideri (Thanks to Jon Smit and Para La Tierra)
SNAIL IMAGES IDENTIFIED
Expert on snails Dr Wolfgang Gibb has very kindly identified the snail images in the Gastropoda gallery, with a total of 3 species being represented.
Week beginning 15 April 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of bird (new total 604 species, 85.11% of total!) - Schistochlamys melanopis and Schistochlamys ruficapillus (Thanks to Kevin Guest and Luis Pagano)
º 2 new species of Castniidae (new total 9 species, 69.23% of total!) - Ceretes marcelserres, Geyeria uruguayana
PUBLICATIONS PAGES FOR PARAGUAYAN RESEARCHERS
Publications of researchers currently active in Paraguay can now be downloaded from their personal publications page by following the links on the FAUNA Paraguay Library page. Currently represented are Pier Cacialli (herpetologist), Hugo del Castillo (ornithologist), Silvia Centrón (ornithologist), Bolivar Garcete (entomologist), Arne Lesterhuis (ornithologist), Robert Owen (mammalogist) and Paul Smith (natural historian). Complete bibliographies are available for all and with a very few exceptions all their publications are available for downloading.
Week beginning 19 November 12
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 602 species, 84.79% of total!) - Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis.
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 4 species of mammal - Chrotopterus auritus, Dolichotis salinicola, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, Nasua nasua
º 6 species of bird - Caracara plancus, Furnarius cristatus, Myiarchus swainsoni, Nyctibius griseus, Thamnophilus doliatus, Veniliornis mixtus
º 3 species of reptile - Chironius quadricarinatus, Liophis sagitiffer, Philodryas mattogrossensis
º 1 species of amphibian - Leptodactylus laticeps
NEST DESCRIPTIONS INCORPORATED INTO BIRD SPECIES GALLERIES
In the absence of a formal database of breeding data for birds in Paraguay we are now incorporating basic descriptions of nests into the species galleries where this information is available. Over the long term we hope to build a comprehensive online reference to build on the Paraguayan nest data presented in the book Nidos de las Aves del Paraguay (Lesterhuis & del Castillo 2010) which can be downloaded by clicking the link.
Week beginning 29 October 12
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 3 new species of bird (new total 601 species, 84.65% of total!) - Melanopareia torquata, Rhinocrypta lanceolata, Sporophila falcirostris.
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 4 species of mammal - Alouatta caraya, Cavia aperea, Dasyprocta azarae, Tolypeutes matacus
º 31 species of bird - Anthus nattereri, Aramus guarauna, Archiplanus chrysopterus, Celeus flavescens, Claravis pretiosa, Colaptes campestris, Columbina talpacoti, Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus, Falco femoralis, Formicivora rufa, Geotrygon montana, Hymenops perspicillatus, Icterus pyrrhopterus, Megarynchus pitangua, Megascops atricapillus, Megascops choliba, Milvago chimango, Myiornis auricularis, Nemosia pileata, Notharchus swainsoni, Nyctidromus albicollis, Oxyruncus cristatus, Pachyramphus validus, Pheucticus aureoventris, Picumnus temminckii, Sporophila pileata, Sporophila ruficollis, Strix chacoensis, Tangara cayana, Troglodytes aedon, Zonotrichia capensis (Thanks to Hugo del Castillo, Jonny Miller and Para La Tierra)
º 4 species of reptile - Boa constrictor, Drymarchon corais, Tropidurus torquatus, Tupinambis merianae
º 1 species of amphibian - Trachycephalus venulosus
Week beginning 7 October 12
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 598 species, 84.23% of total!) - Mesembrinibis cayennensis (Thanks to Hugo del Castillo).
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 112 species, 66.67% of total!) - Lygodactylus wetzeli.
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 7 species of mammal - Blastoceros dichotomus, Dolichotis salinicola, Galictis cuja, Lycalopex gymnocercus, Mazama gouazoupira, Ozotoceros bezoarcticus, Tayassu peccari (Thanks to Aldo Fretes and Hugo del Castillo).
º 6 species of bird - Amblyramphus holosericeus, Chunga burmeisteri, Dendrocygna autumnalis, Oryzoborus angolensis, Phaetusa simplex, Veniliornis passerinus
º 2 species of reptile - Liophis poecilogyrus, Phyllopezus pollicaris
º 3 species of amphibian - Hypsiboas raniceps, Leptodactylus laticeps, Scinax acuminatus
Week beginning 13 August 12
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 2 species of mammal - Alouatta caraya, Didelphis albiventris
º 17 species of bird - Amazilia versicolor, Cathartes aura, Claravis pretiosa, Dryocopus lineatus, Gnorimopsar chopi, Habia rubica, Leptopogon amaurocephalus, Machetornis rixosa, Milvago chimango, Molothrus rufoaxillaris, Myiarchus ferox, Paroaria capitata, Paroaria coronata, Phaethornis eurynome, Pygochelidon cyanoleuca, Ramphocelus carbo, Thalurania glaucopis (Thanks to Sergio Rios)
º 4 species of amphibian - Leptodactylus chaquensis, Physalaemus biligonijerus, Scinax nasicus, Scinax squalirostris
Week beginning 23 August 12
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of mammal (new total 145 species, 83.82% of total!) - Peropteryx macrotis and Promops nasutus (Thanks to Jonny Miller and Para La Tierra, and Mirtha Ruiz Diaz).
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal - Myrmecophaga tridactyla
º 10 species of bird - Ardea cocoi, Busarellus nigricollis, Buteogallus meridionalis, Caprimulgus longirostris, Celeus lugubris, Coragyps atratus, Crypturellus undulatus, Eupetomena macroura, Ortalis canicollis, Pseudoseisura lophotes
º 5 species of reptile - Caiman yacare, Iguana, iguana, Thamnodynastes hypoconia, Xenodon merremi, Xenodon pulcher
Week beginning 16 July 12
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 2 species of bird - Dryocopus galeatus, Megascops choliba
Week beginning 18 June 12
MUTILLIDAE IMAGES IDENTIFIED
Regional expert on velvet ants Kevin Williams has very kindly identified the images in the Mutillidae gallery, with a total of 5 species being represented.
Week beginning 14 May 12
NEW MAMMAL HANDBOOK ACCOUNT PUBLISHED
Number 42 in the Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay is now online available for download, and covers the Brazilian Gracile Opossum Gracilinanus microtarsus a species recently documented in Paraguay.
Week beginning 7 May 12
NEW MAMMAL HANDBOOK ACCOUNT PUBLISHED
Number 43 in the Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay is now online available for download, and covers the rarely-recorded Lesser Tailless Bat Anoura caudifer.
Week beginning 21 April 12
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 109 species, 65.66% of total!) - Lygophis paucidens (Thanks to Anna Kallberg and Para La Tierra). This is a new species for Paraguay.
NEW MAMMAL HANDBOOK ACCOUNT PUBLISHED
Number 49 in the Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay is now online available for download, and covers the little known Brazilian Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma doriae.
Week beginning 16 April 12
NEW MAMMAL HANDBOOK ACCOUNT PUBLISHED
Number 53 in the Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay is now online available for download, and covers the little known Southern Yellow-eared Bat Vampyressa pusilla.
Week beginning 11 March 12
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 597 species, 84.08% of total!) - Heliornis fulica (Thanks to Nelson Pérez).
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 108 species, 65.45% of total!) - Ophiodes intermedius (Thanks to Helen Pheasey and Para La Tierra).
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 3 species of bird - Anhima cornuta, Cathartes aura and Myiozetetes similis (Thanks to Nelson Pérez)
º 1 species of reptile - Ameiva ameiva (Thanks to Agatha Boveda)
KEYS TO ONE REPTILE FAMILY ADDED TO FAMILY ACCOUNT
Keys to the identification of adults of Paraguayan species of the worm lizards Anguinidae have now been added to the family description.
Week beginning 15 January 19
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of amphibian (new total 68 species, 80% of total!) - Rhinella fernandezae
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 135 species, 75% of total!) - Rena unguirostris
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 8 species of amphibians - Ceratophrys cranwelli, Leptodactylus bufonius, Lepidobatrachus llanensis, Lysapsus limellum, Melanophryniscus fulvoguttatus, Melanophryniscus klappenbachi, Phyllomedusa sauvagii, Physalaemus santafecinus
º 7 species of reptiles - Chelonoidis chilensis, Erythrolamprus aesculapii, Leptodeira annulata, Micrurus pyrrhocryptus, Philodryas psammophidea, Salvator rufescens, Xenodon pulcher
Week beginning 7 May 18
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 640 species, 89.13% of total!) - Coccycua minuta
Week beginning 9 January 18
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of bird (new total 639 species, 89.00% of total!) - Cyanocorax caeruleus, Knipolegus poecilurus
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 134 species, 74.44% of total!) - Liotyphlops ternetzii
Week beginning 28 February 17
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 5 new species of bird (new total 637 species, 88.97% of total!) - Anas discors, Empidonax alnorum, Lepidocolaptes squamatus, Spizaetus ornatus and Sporophila iberanesis (Thanks to Arne Lesterhuis, Herve Jacob, Nelson Pérez and Oscar Bordón)
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of bird - Calidris canutus (Thanks to Oscar Bordón)
Week beginning 21 February 17
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 3 new species of bird (new total 632 species, 88.64% of total!) - Heliornis fulica, Leucochloris albicollis and Thamnophilus torquatus (Thanks to Sergio Rios)
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 7 species of birds - Buteogallus urubitinga, Camptostoma obsoletum, Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea, Eudromia formosa, Megascops choliba, Phimosus infuscatus and Turdus albicollis (Thanks to Arne Lesterhuis and Anders Haeglund)
Week beginning 21 November 16
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of bird (new total 629 species, 88.22% of total!) - Elaenia obscura sordida and Streptoprocne zonaris (Thanks to Kevin Guest and Sergio Rios)
Week beginning 24 October 16
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of amphibian (new total 67 species, 76.14% of total!) - Lepidobatrachus llanensis (Thanks to Hugo Cabral)
Week beginning 2 October 16
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 627 species, 87.38% of total!) - Pyrrhura devillei (Thanks to Juan Jose Resquín)
Week beginning 12 September 16
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 134 species, 74.44% of total!) - Phrynops williamsi
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of bird - Coryphaspiza melanotis (Thanks to Angie Price)
º 1 species of reptile - Phrynops hilarii
A link to the newly published Catalogue of the Paraguayan reptiles has been added to the reptile list and image galleries.
Week beginning 3 July 16
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 626 species, 87.59% of total!) - Tiaris obscurus (Thanks to Jeremy Dickens and Para La Tierra)
º 1 new species of mammal (new total 148 species, 80.87% of total!) - Oligoryzomys mattogrossae
Week beginning 21 February 16
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
Three new species of Paraguayan Tropidurus were described this month, two of which we have images of. The publication by Carvalho (2016) can be downloaded following the links in the species galleries.
º 2 new species of reptile (new total 133 species, 73.89% of total!) - Tropidurus lagunablanca and Tropidurus tarara
Week beginning 5 October 15
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 3 new species of reptile (new total 132 species, 74.16% of total!) - Dipsas cisticeps, Phimophis guerini and Sibynomorphus mikanii (Thanks to Alex Matthews and Para La Tierra).
Week beginning 22 June 15
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 5 species of reptiles - Apostolepis dimidiata, Apostolepis intermedia, Helicops leopardinus, Musurrana bicolor and Oxyrhophus rhombifer rhombifer (Thanks to Ted Armstrong, Joe Sarvary and Para La Tierra).
Week beginning 4 May 15
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of reptile (new total 129 species, 72.47% of total!) - Tantilla melanocephala and Phalotris normanscotti(Thanks to Oliver Schneider and Hugo Cabral).
Week beginning 6 April 15
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 625 species, 87.66% of total!) - Spizaetus melanoleucus (Thanks to Hans Hostettler).
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 127 species, 71.35% of total!) - Philodryas agassizii
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 8 species of bird - Anas bahamensis, Chloroceryle amazona, Egretta thula, Mycteria americana, Sturnella superciliaris, Sublegatus modestus, Tigrisoma lineatum, Xolmis cinereus
º 1 species of amphibian - Pseudis paradoxus
º 2 species of reptile - Acanthochelys macrocephala, Ophioides intermedius
Week beginning 9 March 15
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of amphibian (new total 66 species, 75% of total!) - Elachistocleis haroi and Leptodactylus latinasus
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal - Catagonus wagneri
º 12 species of bird - Amazonetta brasiliensis, Campyloramphus trochilirostris, Coccyzus americanus, Dendrocygna viduata, Guira guira, Herpetotheres cachinnans, Mimus saturninus, Nothoprocta cinerascens, Pheucticus aureoventris, Platalea ajaja, Saltator aurantiirostris, Syrigma sibilatrix
º 2 species of amphibian - Leptodactylus chaquensis, Pseudis paradoxus
º 3 species of reptile - Boa constrictor, Bothrops diporus, Xenodon pulcher
Week beginning 15 February 15
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 4 species of bird - Aramides ypecaha, Chunga burmeisteri, Gallinula galeata and Patagioenas picazuro
º 1 species of reptile - Philodryas mattogrossensis
º 1 species of amphibian - Dermatonotus muelleri
º 18 species of blister beetle added to the Meloidae gallery
Week beginning 3 November 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 624 species, 87.52% of total!) - Gelochelidon nilotica (Thanks to Arne Lesterhuis)
Week beginning 6 October 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 4 new species of bird (new total 623 species, 87.38% of total!) - Actitis macularia, Calidris minutilla, Coccyzus euleri and Macropsalis forcipata This is a new species for Paraguay. (Thanks to Chris Englehardt)
º 1 new species of amphibian (new total 62 species, 70.45% of total!) - Physalaemus santafecinus (Thanks to Sergio Rios)
º 5 species of Moon Moths (Uraniidae)
º 4 new species of scorpion (new total 4 species, 33.33% of total!) - Timogenes elegans, Tityus confluens, Tityus matogrossensis, Tityus trivirgattus (Thanks to Arne Lesterhuis and John Kochalka)
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal - Dasypus novemcinctus
º 10 species of bird - Amazona vinacea, Callonetta leucophrys, Dacnis cayana, Drymornis bridgesii, Euphonia violacea, Fulica leucoptera, Knipolegus hudsoni, Oxyruncus cristatus, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis and Tachycineta albiventer
º 1 species of bird - Bothrops diporus
º 2 species of Giant Butterfly Moths (Castniidae) - Gazera heliconoides and Synpalamides rubrophalaris
Week beginning 1 September 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of reptile (new total 126 species, 71.19% of total!) - Boiruna maculata and Philodryas baroni (Thanks to Chris Englehardt)
Week beginning 18 August 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 124 species, 70.06% of total!) - Erythrolamprus jaegeri
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal - Platyrrhinus lineatus.
º 2 species of bird - Laterallus leucopyrrhus and Tinamus solitarius.
º 1 species of amphibian - Leptodactylus labyrinthicus.
Week beginning 28 July 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 619 species, 86.94% of total!) - Xenops rutilans
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of bird - Picumnus albosquammatus (Thanks to Nelson Pérez).
BOLETIN MNHNP VOL 18 DOWNLOADABLE
The latest volume of the Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay can now be downloaded through the journal page. Thanks to Bolivar Garcete and Sergio Rios for making it available.
Week beginning 16 June 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 618 species, 86.80% of total!) - Laterallus exilis (Thanks to Rob Clay and Guyra Paraguay)
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 2 species of amphibian - Proceratophrys avelinoi and Scinax squalirostris
Week beginning 25 May 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 4 new species of bird (new total 617 species, 86.66% of total!) - Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides, Hylopezus nattereri, Phylloscartes paulista and Ramphotrigon megacephala (Thanks to Rob Clay and Guyra Paraguay)
Week beginning 18 May 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 3 new species of bird (new total 613 species, 86.09% of total!) - Attila phoenicurus, Poliolimnas flaviventer and Sporophila falcirostris (Thanks to Leandro Castillo, Lourdes Palacios and Guyra Paraguay)
PODTIAGUIN BIRD CATALOGUE DOWNLOADABLE
The Catalogo Sistematico of the birds of Paraguay by Podtiaguin published between 1941-1945 can now be downloaded through the library page dedicated to the Revista de la Sociedad Cientifica del Paraguay. This rare publication has previously been extremely difficult to access. Thanks to Floyd Hayes and Jevgeni Shergalin for making it available.
Week beginning 28 April 14
DOWNLOADABLE LIST OF ONLINE OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS
A downloadable pdf document with links to over 250 biology and zoology journals from across the world available as open access is now available in the Library section of the page. This document will be added to regularly and will provide a comprehensive guide to free literature available online.
Week beginning 21 April 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 123 species, 69.49% of total!) - Liolaemus chacoensis (Thanks to Hugo Cabral)
º 1 new species of fish - Gymnogeophagus caaguazuensis
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal - Holochilus chacarius
º 1 species of bird - Micrastur ruficollis (Thanks to Kevin Guest and Para La Tierra)
º 1 species of reptile - Lygophis meridionalis (Thanks to Rebecca Smith and Para La Tierra)
Week beginning 27 January 14
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 122 species, 68.93% of total!) - Amphisbaena alba (Thanks to JP Brouard and Para La Tierra)
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of reptile - Pseudoboa nigra (Thanks to JP Brouard and Para La Tierra)
Week beginning 25 November 13
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 3 species of bird - Colaptes melanochloros, Emberizoides herbicola and Sicalis luteola
º 1 species of reptile - Philodryas patagoniensis
Week beginning 4 November 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 610 species, 85.55% of total!) - Laterallus melanophaius
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of reptile (new total 121 species, 68.36% of total!) - Amphisbaena darwinii and Amphisbaena roberti (Thanks to JP Brouard and Para La Tierra)
º 2 new species of amphibian (new total 61 species, 70.11% of total!) - Crossodactylus schmidti and Pseudopaludicola boliviana (Thanks to JP Brouard)
Week beginning 21 October 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 4 new species of reptile (new total 119 species, 67.61% of total!) - Apostolepis intermedia, Chironius maculoventris, Manciola guaporicola and Philodryas livida (Thanks to JP Brouard and Para La Tierra)
Reptile taxonomy has been completely updated in the Reptile Checklist.
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 6 species of amphibian - Ceratophrys cranwelli, Chacophrys pierotii, Lepidobatrachus laevis, Leptodactylus fuscus, Physalaemus biligonijerus, Pseudis platensis
Week beginning 24 June 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 609 species, 85.41% of total!) - Penelope obscura (Thanks to Roberto Derna)
Week beginning 10 June 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of bird (new total 608 species, 85.27% of total!) - Amazona amazonica and Myiozetetes cayanensis (Thanks to Roberto Derna)
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 6 species of birds - Alipiopsitta xanthops, Aratinga aurea, Gampsonyx swainsonii, Glaucidium brasilianum and Nystalus striatipectus and Tyto alba
º 4 species of amphibian - Elachistocleis bicolor, Leptodactylus mystacinus, Melanophryniscus paraguayensis and Physalaemus albonotatus (Thanks to JP Brouard and Mateo Lesterhuis)
Week beginning 3 June 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of mammal (new total 146 species, 84.39% of total!) - Coendou prehensilis
º 1 new species of bird (new total 606 species, 85.23% of total!) - Alipiopsitta xanthops (Thanks to Andres Álvarez)
º 3 new species of reptile (new total 115 species, 68.45% of total!) - Homonota rupicola, Phrynops hilarii and Phrynops geoffroanus (Thanks to Pier Cacciali)
Week beginning 13 May 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 113 species, 67.26% of total!) - Psomophis obtusus (Thanks to Arnbjørn Hågensen and Henrik Bringsøe)
Week beginning 6 May 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 605 species, 85.25% of total!) - Euphonia chalybea
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 4 species of mammal - Artibeus fimbriatus, Artibeus lituratus, Myotis riparius and Platyrrhinus lineatus (Thanks to Jon Smit and Para La Tierra)
º 33 species of bird - Amaurospiza moesta, Basileuterus leucoblepharus, Buteogallus urubitinga, Campephilus leucopogon, Casiornis rufus, Chiroxiphia caudata, Elaenia flavogaster, Eleotreptus candicans, Euphonia chlorotica, Falco sparverius, Haplospiza unicolor, Hydropsalis torquata, Hylocharis chrysura, Hylophila poicilotis, Ictinia plumbea, Mimus saturninus, Mionectes rufiventris, Nyctidromus albicollis,Oxyruncus cristatus, Penelope superciliaris, Phaethornis pretrei, Piaya cayana, Polioptila lactea, Primolius auricollis, Progne tapera, Psarocolius decumanus, Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana, Ramphastos toco, Tangara cayana, Taraba major, Thalurania glaucopis, Thamnophilus ruficapillus and Veniliornis spilogaster (Thanks to Arne Lesterhuis, Karina Atkinson, Matt Denton, Hugo del Castillo, Jon Smit and Para La Tierra)
º 2 species of reptile - Liophis reginae and Spillotes pullatus (Thanks to Helen Pheasey, Para La Tierra and Hugo del Castillo)
º 2 species of amphibian - Hypsiboas rubrolineatus and Rhinella schneideri (Thanks to Jon Smit and Para La Tierra)
SNAIL IMAGES IDENTIFIED
Expert on snails Dr Wolfgang Gibb has very kindly identified the snail images in the Gastropoda gallery, with a total of 3 species being represented.
Week beginning 15 April 13
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of bird (new total 604 species, 85.11% of total!) - Schistochlamys melanopis and Schistochlamys ruficapillus (Thanks to Kevin Guest and Luis Pagano)
º 2 new species of Castniidae (new total 9 species, 69.23% of total!) - Ceretes marcelserres, Geyeria uruguayana
PUBLICATIONS PAGES FOR PARAGUAYAN RESEARCHERS
Publications of researchers currently active in Paraguay can now be downloaded from their personal publications page by following the links on the FAUNA Paraguay Library page. Currently represented are Pier Cacialli (herpetologist), Hugo del Castillo (ornithologist), Silvia Centrón (ornithologist), Bolivar Garcete (entomologist), Arne Lesterhuis (ornithologist), Robert Owen (mammalogist) and Paul Smith (natural historian). Complete bibliographies are available for all and with a very few exceptions all their publications are available for downloading.
Week beginning 19 November 12
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 602 species, 84.79% of total!) - Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis.
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 4 species of mammal - Chrotopterus auritus, Dolichotis salinicola, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, Nasua nasua
º 6 species of bird - Caracara plancus, Furnarius cristatus, Myiarchus swainsoni, Nyctibius griseus, Thamnophilus doliatus, Veniliornis mixtus
º 3 species of reptile - Chironius quadricarinatus, Liophis sagitiffer, Philodryas mattogrossensis
º 1 species of amphibian - Leptodactylus laticeps
NEST DESCRIPTIONS INCORPORATED INTO BIRD SPECIES GALLERIES
In the absence of a formal database of breeding data for birds in Paraguay we are now incorporating basic descriptions of nests into the species galleries where this information is available. Over the long term we hope to build a comprehensive online reference to build on the Paraguayan nest data presented in the book Nidos de las Aves del Paraguay (Lesterhuis & del Castillo 2010) which can be downloaded by clicking the link.
Week beginning 29 October 12
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 3 new species of bird (new total 601 species, 84.65% of total!) - Melanopareia torquata, Rhinocrypta lanceolata, Sporophila falcirostris.
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 4 species of mammal - Alouatta caraya, Cavia aperea, Dasyprocta azarae, Tolypeutes matacus
º 31 species of bird - Anthus nattereri, Aramus guarauna, Archiplanus chrysopterus, Celeus flavescens, Claravis pretiosa, Colaptes campestris, Columbina talpacoti, Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus, Falco femoralis, Formicivora rufa, Geotrygon montana, Hymenops perspicillatus, Icterus pyrrhopterus, Megarynchus pitangua, Megascops atricapillus, Megascops choliba, Milvago chimango, Myiornis auricularis, Nemosia pileata, Notharchus swainsoni, Nyctidromus albicollis, Oxyruncus cristatus, Pachyramphus validus, Pheucticus aureoventris, Picumnus temminckii, Sporophila pileata, Sporophila ruficollis, Strix chacoensis, Tangara cayana, Troglodytes aedon, Zonotrichia capensis (Thanks to Hugo del Castillo, Jonny Miller and Para La Tierra)
º 4 species of reptile - Boa constrictor, Drymarchon corais, Tropidurus torquatus, Tupinambis merianae
º 1 species of amphibian - Trachycephalus venulosus
Week beginning 7 October 12
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 598 species, 84.23% of total!) - Mesembrinibis cayennensis (Thanks to Hugo del Castillo).
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 112 species, 66.67% of total!) - Lygodactylus wetzeli.
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 7 species of mammal - Blastoceros dichotomus, Dolichotis salinicola, Galictis cuja, Lycalopex gymnocercus, Mazama gouazoupira, Ozotoceros bezoarcticus, Tayassu peccari (Thanks to Aldo Fretes and Hugo del Castillo).
º 6 species of bird - Amblyramphus holosericeus, Chunga burmeisteri, Dendrocygna autumnalis, Oryzoborus angolensis, Phaetusa simplex, Veniliornis passerinus
º 2 species of reptile - Liophis poecilogyrus, Phyllopezus pollicaris
º 3 species of amphibian - Hypsiboas raniceps, Leptodactylus laticeps, Scinax acuminatus
Week beginning 13 August 12
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 2 species of mammal - Alouatta caraya, Didelphis albiventris
º 17 species of bird - Amazilia versicolor, Cathartes aura, Claravis pretiosa, Dryocopus lineatus, Gnorimopsar chopi, Habia rubica, Leptopogon amaurocephalus, Machetornis rixosa, Milvago chimango, Molothrus rufoaxillaris, Myiarchus ferox, Paroaria capitata, Paroaria coronata, Phaethornis eurynome, Pygochelidon cyanoleuca, Ramphocelus carbo, Thalurania glaucopis (Thanks to Sergio Rios)
º 4 species of amphibian - Leptodactylus chaquensis, Physalaemus biligonijerus, Scinax nasicus, Scinax squalirostris
Week beginning 23 August 12
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of mammal (new total 145 species, 83.82% of total!) - Peropteryx macrotis and Promops nasutus (Thanks to Jonny Miller and Para La Tierra, and Mirtha Ruiz Diaz).
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal - Myrmecophaga tridactyla
º 10 species of bird - Ardea cocoi, Busarellus nigricollis, Buteogallus meridionalis, Caprimulgus longirostris, Celeus lugubris, Coragyps atratus, Crypturellus undulatus, Eupetomena macroura, Ortalis canicollis, Pseudoseisura lophotes
º 5 species of reptile - Caiman yacare, Iguana, iguana, Thamnodynastes hypoconia, Xenodon merremi, Xenodon pulcher
Week beginning 16 July 12
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 2 species of bird - Dryocopus galeatus, Megascops choliba
Week beginning 18 June 12
MUTILLIDAE IMAGES IDENTIFIED
Regional expert on velvet ants Kevin Williams has very kindly identified the images in the Mutillidae gallery, with a total of 5 species being represented.
Week beginning 14 May 12
NEW MAMMAL HANDBOOK ACCOUNT PUBLISHED
Number 42 in the Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay is now online available for download, and covers the Brazilian Gracile Opossum Gracilinanus microtarsus a species recently documented in Paraguay.
Week beginning 7 May 12
NEW MAMMAL HANDBOOK ACCOUNT PUBLISHED
Number 43 in the Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay is now online available for download, and covers the rarely-recorded Lesser Tailless Bat Anoura caudifer.
Week beginning 21 April 12
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 109 species, 65.66% of total!) - Lygophis paucidens (Thanks to Anna Kallberg and Para La Tierra). This is a new species for Paraguay.
NEW MAMMAL HANDBOOK ACCOUNT PUBLISHED
Number 49 in the Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay is now online available for download, and covers the little known Brazilian Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma doriae.
Week beginning 16 April 12
NEW MAMMAL HANDBOOK ACCOUNT PUBLISHED
Number 53 in the Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay is now online available for download, and covers the little known Southern Yellow-eared Bat Vampyressa pusilla.
Week beginning 11 March 12
NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 597 species, 84.08% of total!) - Heliornis fulica (Thanks to Nelson Pérez).
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 108 species, 65.45% of total!) - Ophiodes intermedius (Thanks to Helen Pheasey and Para La Tierra).
NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 3 species of bird - Anhima cornuta, Cathartes aura and Myiozetetes similis (Thanks to Nelson Pérez)
º 1 species of reptile - Ameiva ameiva (Thanks to Agatha Boveda)
KEYS TO ONE REPTILE FAMILY ADDED TO FAMILY ACCOUNT
Keys to the identification of adults of Paraguayan species of the worm lizards Anguinidae have now been added to the family description.
