ORCID Profile
0000-0002-0743-4755
Current Organisation
Murdoch University
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Publisher: Magnolia Press
Date: 16-07-2018
DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4446.1.1
Abstract: Bandy-bandies (genus Vermicella) are small (50–100cm) black and white burrowing elapids with a highly specialised diet of blindsnakes (Typhlopidae). There are currently 5 recognized species in the genus, all located in Australia, with Vermicella annulata the most encountered species with the largest distribution. Morphological and mitochondrial analyses of specimens collected from the Weipa area, Cape York, Queensland reveal the existence of a new species, which we describe as Vermicella parscauda sp. nov. Mitochondrial DNA analysis (16S and ND4) and external morphological characteristics indicate that the closest relatives of the new species are not V. annulata, which also occurs on Cape York, but rather species from Western Australia and the Northern Territory (V. intermedia and V. multifasciata) which, like V. parscauda, occupy monsoon habitats. Internasal scales are present in V. parscauda sp. nov., similar to V. annulata, but V. intermedia and V. multifasciata do not have nasal scales. V. parscauda sp. nov. has 55–94 black dorsal bands and mottled or black ventral scales terminating approximately 2/3rds of the body into formed black rings, suggesting that hyper-banding is a characteristic of the tropical monsoon snakes (V. intermedia, V. multifasciata and V. parscauda). The confined locality, potential habitat disruption due to mining activities, and scarcity of specimens indicates an urgent conservation concern for this species.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 1990
DOI: 10.1007/BF02620496
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 23-12-2013
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-1996
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-03-2017
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-06-2015
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 15-10-2015
DOI: 10.1111/JCAL.12112
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2003
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-10-2011
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-2005
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 2000
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 27-02-2020
Abstract: Hospitalized adolescents experience significant needs beyond medical treatment. They require emotional support for anxiety and stress, educational support for learning, and social support to reduce isolation. This qualitative study explored the use of mobile technologies to connect students to their schools, classmates, and families in an effort to reduce their isolation and disrupted schooling experiences. We conducted in-depth interviews with 18 hospitalized adolescents aged 12 to 18, 29 teachers, and four parents about the affordances of mobile technologies. We found that mobile technology use in a hospital school was critical to engage adolescents in learning and keep them up-to-date with schoolwork. Mobile technologies should be available and accessible in hospital for adolescent patients for the purpose of meeting their learning, communication, and well-being needs. In particular, mobile technology should be used as a therapeutic tool to overcome hospitalized adolescents’ social isolation and improve their well-being.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-05-2016
DOI: 10.1111/BJET.12460
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 24-03-2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2006
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-12-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-2003
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-03-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-03-2022
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 14-09-2014
DOI: 10.1002/SCE.21135
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 10-1995
Publisher: Ubiquity Press, Ltd.
Date: 2020
DOI: 10.5334/CIE.6
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 30-05-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 27-06-2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-2011
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