This paper reports on some interesting taxa recently found in the Arabian Peninsula and the island of Socotra. Among them is a new species of brachypterous grasshopper Sphodromerus carapezzanussp. n. (Acrididae: Calliptaminae), described from an isolated area in Dhofar (Oman). A female Heteracris hemiptera (Uvarov, 1935) (Acrididae: Eyprepocnemidinae) is reported, with morphological characters ...

New data on life coloration, morphology and distribution of the poorly known batagurid turtle Cyclemys tcheponensis (Bourret, 1939) are presented, obtained during recent field studies in the southern part of North Vietnam. Further, the distribution of the different Cyclemys species in the Indochinese region is discussed, based on a review of several museum collections, and comments on their tax...

Standard incandescent brake lamps have a relatively slow rise time. It takes approximately a quarter of a second for them to reach 90% of asymptotic light output, causing potential delays in responses by following drivers. The present study evaluated reaction times to brake signals from standard incandescent brake lamps and from three alternative brake lamps with substantially faster rise times...