Reptiles from New Guinea

New country records of reptiles from Laos

FOUR SPECIES OF REPTILES, OF WHICH ONE IS REPRESENTED BY ONE OF ITS SUBSPECIES, ARE RECORDED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM LAOS: Cyrtodactylusphongnhakebangensis, Lycodonfutsingensis, and Lycodonruhstrati, as Lycodonruhstratiabditus, from limestone forests in Khammouane Province and Cyrtodactyluspseudoquadrivirgatus from hill evergreen forest in Salavan Province. These discoveries of lizards and snak...

Commentary: Contrary findings from Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea.

Five new species of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae, Myrteae) from New Guinea

Five new species of Rhodamnia are proposed for New Guinea, including Rhodamnia asekiensis, Rhodamnia daymanensis, Rhodamnia makumak, Rhodamnia taratot, and Rhodamnia waigeoensis. Rhodamnia sharpeana, known previously only in Australia, is reported for the first time for Papua New Guinea. Detailed species descriptions and associated taxonomic data are provided for all species. A key is provided ...

New Guinea

139 children with bacteriological or histological proof of active tuberculosis were given the Mantoux tuberculin test while they were inpatients at Port Moresby General Hospital. Only half (70) of the children had positive results (induration of at least 5 mm). Of the 35 children under 2 years, 25 (71 %) showed no reaction whatsoever. Malnutrition, assessed by weight for age, did not appear to ...

New Guinea challenge

filled in later by what he hoped would be a more cooperative, post-Bush US government. Some diplomats mistakenly thought Gore was telling them to give up their tough stance at Bali. The biggest bit of theater wasn't generally reported as theater at all. And that was a European push to include non-binding language in the preamble of the Bali Roadmap. That language called on developed nations to ...