Some Native Legends from Central Australia

The first native Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from Australia

Three new genera and six new species of Pyrgodesmidae are described from Queensland: Asticopyrgodesmusgen. n., containing Asticopyrgodesmus lamingtonensissp. n. and Asticopyrgodesmus maialasp. n. (type species); Nephopyrgodesmusgen. n., with Nephopyrgodesmus eungellasp. n. (type and only species); and Notopyrgodesmusgen. n., with Notopyrgodesmus kullasp. n. (type species), Notopyrgodesmus lanos...

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A new species of Anilios (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from Central Australia.

Anilios fossor sp. nov. is described from a single specimen collected in 1989 from Ruby Gap Nature Park, Northern Territory. The species differs from all other Anilios species in the combination of 20 midbody scales, 514 dorsal scales, a rounded, non-angulate snout in lateral and dorsal profile, a nasal cleft contacting the second supralabial and not extending to the head dorsum, and a large ro...

Motivations for second position: Evidence from North-Central Australia

It has long been observed that many languages from all over the world require that certain grammatical categories (e.g., person, number, tense, modality) occur in the “second position” of a clause. Much of the research into second position has developed formal explanations for this recurring pattern, based on interactions between morphosyntax and phonology. In this article I explore how pragmat...

A new species of taipan (Elapidae: Oxyuranus) from central Australia

Snakes in the Australo-Papuan elapid genus Oxyuranus are considered to be the most venomous species in the world. A recent expedition to the central ranges of Western Australia discovered a third species, which is described here from the only known specimen. Molecular genetic analyses using mitochondrial nucleotide sequences places the new species as the sister lineage of the two described Oxyu...