Scientists slam Bush record

Second record of the West African hairy bush viper Atheris hirsuta Ernst & Rödel, 2002 (Serpentes: Viperidae).

The African bush vipers of the genus Atheris Cope, 1862 currently comprises 15 species, this includes A. barbouri Loveridge, 1930 (often assigned to the genus Adenorhinos; but see Lenk et al. 2001). All species occur exclusively on the African continent with most species occurring in East and Central Africa. West Africa, defined as the eco-region including Nigeria and all countries westwards, e...

First camera trap record of bush dogs in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

A picture of a bush dog Speothos venaticus was obtained with a minimum sampling effort of 4,818 camera days, using seven to ten era traps during 922 days at Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho, an Atlantic forest site. This picture confirms the presence of the species the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

New record of the bush cricket, Zvenella yunnana Gorochov (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Podoscirtinae) from India.

The first record of a known species of bush cricket, Zvenella yunnana (Gryllidae: Podoscirtinae), collected from the North-eastern province, Meghalaya (India) is reported. Previously, the species was reported from Thailand and the Indo-China region (Gorochov, 1985, 1988). The other congeneric species reported is Zvenella geniculata (Chopard) from Thailand. The morphological characterization of ...

Is a bird in the hand worth two in the bush? Or, whether scientists should publish intermediate results

A part of the scientific literature consists of intermediate results within a longer project. Scientists often publish a first result in the course of their work, while aware that they should soon achieve a more advanced result from this preliminary result. Should they follow the proverb “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”, and publish any intermediate result they get? This is the nor...

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