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FIGURE 5 in Two new species of leaf-tailed geckos (Uroplatus) from the Tsaratanana mountain massif in northern Madagascar

FIGURE 5. Dorsal views of preserved holotypes of (a) Uroplatus fotsivava sp. nov. and (c) U. kelirambo sp. nov., as well as (b, d) sulcal views of the everted hemipenes of the two species. Scale bars refer to the photos of the two specimens; hemipenis photos not to scale.

FIGURE 4 in Two new species of leaf-tailed geckos (Uroplatus) from the Tsaratanana mountain massif in northern Madagascar

FIGURE 4. Photographs of specimens of Uroplatus fotsivava sp. nov. in life. (a) Male holotype ZSM 1830/2010 (ZCMV 12279) from Analabe; (b) male paratype, ZSM 639/2014 (DRV 6067) from Analabe; (c-d) female paratype, ZSM 647/2014 from Bemanevika; (e) showing unpigmented oral mucosa as typical for the species; (f) female paratype ZSM 54/2016 (MSZC 81) from Ampotsidy; (g) female paratype ZSM 51/2016 (MSZC 57) from Ampotsidy; (h) female paratype MSZC 118 (to be catalogued in UADBA) from Ampotsidy.

FIGURE 3 in Two new species of leaf-tailed geckos (Uroplatus) from the Tsaratanana mountain massif in northern Madagascar

FIGURE 3. Map of northern Madagascar, showing locality records of species of the Uroplatus ebenaui group for which locality records have been unambiguously confirmed with molecular evidence, based on data herein and in Ratsoavina et al. (2013) (which includes locality records verified from DNA sequences published by Raxworthy et al. 2008b). Note that the distribution of several species (U. fiera, U. malama, U. phantasticus) lies outside the range of the main map and is shown in the small inset map (upper right). See Ratsoavina et al. (2011) for detailed locality names. Colors do not correspond to those used in the phylogenetic tree (Fig. 1).

FIGURE 6 in Two new species of leaf-tailed geckos (Uroplatus) from the Tsaratanana mountain massif in northern Madagascar

FIGURE 6. Photographs of specimens of Uroplatus kelirambo sp. nov. in life. (a) Male holotype ZSM 641/2014 (DRV 6192) from Matsaborimaiky; (b) female specimen from Matsaborimaiky, probably corresponding to one of the paratypes in the UADBA collection; (c-e) female paratype, ZSM 1832/2010 (ZCMV 12388) from Matsaborimaiky.

Supplementary material 6 from: Scherz MD, Vences M, Borrell J, Ball L, Herizo Nomenjanahary D, Parker D, Rakotondratsima M, Razafimandimby E, Starnes T, Rabearivony J, Glaw F (2017) A new frog species of the subgenus Asperomantis (Anura, Mantellidae, Gephyromantis) from the Bealanana District of northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 451-466. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.93.14906

Table S1 : Explanation note: Average uncorrected pairwise-distances in a fragment of the 16S rRNA gene among Gephyromantis species.

Supplementary material 2 from: Scherz MD, Vences M, Borrell J, Ball L, Herizo Nomenjanahary D, Parker D, Rakotondratsima M, Razafimandimby E, Starnes T, Rabearivony J, Glaw F (2017) A new frog species of the subgenus Asperomantis (Anura, Mantellidae, Gephyromantis) from the Bealanana District of northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 451-466. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.93.14906

Recording 2 : Explanation note: Call recordings of Gephyromantis angano sp. n. uncollected specimens. Call recorded at ca. 03h30 on the 8th of January, 2016 near a muddy spring in primary rainforest, at 14.41949°S, 48.71938°E, 1340 m a.s.l. Animal Sound Archive: http://www.tierstimmenarchiv.de/webinterface/contents/showdetails.php?edit=-1&unique_id=TSA:Gephyromantis_angano_Scherz_1_2_0

Supplementary material 5 from: Scherz MD, Vences M, Borrell J, Ball L, Herizo Nomenjanahary D, Parker D, Rakotondratsima M, Razafimandimby E, Starnes T, Rabearivony J, Glaw F (2017) A new frog species of the subgenus Asperomantis (Anura, Mantellidae, Gephyromantis) from the Bealanana District of northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 451-466. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.93.14906

Figure S1 : Explanation note: Phylogeny of Gephyromantis based on the BI consensus tree reconstructed by Bayesian Inference analysis of a fragment of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene. Numbers above nodes denote Bayesian Posterior Probability (PP); numbers below nodes indicate bootstrap support (%). PP lower than 0.9 and bootstrap support lower than 70% are not shown. Numbers before taxon names are GenBank numbers; numbers after taxon names are field numbers.

Supplementary material 4 from: Scherz MD, Vences M, Borrell J, Ball L, Herizo Nomenjanahary D, Parker D, Rakotondratsima M, Razafimandimby E, Starnes T, Rabearivony J, Glaw F (2017) A new frog species of the subgenus Asperomantis (Anura, Mantellidae, Gephyromantis) from the Bealanana District of northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 451-466. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.93.14906

Recording 4 : Explanation note: Call recording of Gephyromantis sp. Ca29 ZSM 59/2016. Call recorded at 18h25 on the 14th of January, 2016 on a leaf 50 cm above ground several metres from a slow stream in degraded primary rainforest, calling as part of a large chorus, at 14.73600°S, 48.54831°E, 1180 m a.s.l., at an estimated air temperature of 17–23°C. Animal Sound Archive: http://www.tierstimmenarchiv.de/webinterface/contents/showdetails.php?edit=-1&unique_id=TSA:Gephyromantis_sp_Ca_29_Scherz_1_4_0

Supplementary material 1 from: Scherz MD, Vences M, Borrell J, Ball L, Herizo Nomenjanahary D, Parker D, Rakotondratsima M, Razafimandimby E, Starnes T, Rabearivony J, Glaw F (2017) A new frog species of the subgenus Asperomantis (Anura, Mantellidae, Gephyromantis) from the Bealanana District of northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 451-466. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.93.14906

Recording 1 : Explanation note: Call recording of Gephyromantis angano sp. n. ZSM 68/2016. Call recorded at 22h40 on the 8th of January, 2016, 50 cm above the ground on a fern above a muddy spring in primary rainforest, calling as part of a small chorus, at 14.41949°S, 48.71938°E, 1340 m a.s.l., at an estimated air temperature between 15 and 20°C. Animal Sound Archive: http://www.tierstimmenarchiv.de/webinterface/contents/showdetails.php?edit=-1&unique_id=TSA:Gephyromantis_angano_Scherz_1_1_0

Supplementary material 3 from: Scherz MD, Vences M, Borrell J, Ball L, Herizo Nomenjanahary D, Parker D, Rakotondratsima M, Razafimandimby E, Starnes T, Rabearivony J, Glaw F (2017) A new frog species of the subgenus Asperomantis (Anura, Mantellidae, Gephyromantis) from the Bealanana District of northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 451-466. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.93.14906

Recording 3 : Explanation note: Call recording of Gephyromantis sp. Ca29 ZSM 58/2016. Call recorded at 18h40 on the 14th of January, 2016 on a broad fleshy leaf 4 m from a slow stream in degraded primary rainforest, calling as part of a large chorus, at 14.73600°S, 48.54831°E, 1180 m a.s.l., at an estimated air temperature of 17–23°C. Animal Sound Archive: http://www.tierstimmenarchiv.de/webinterface/contents/showdetails.php?edit=-1&unique_id=TSA:Gephyromantis_sp_Ca_29_Scherz_1_3_0

Interactions between bat species and agricultural pests and disease vectors in northern Madagascar

Faecal samples analysed per bat species for each location, season and habitat type in northern Madagascar

This table is part of the PhD thesis of Carme Tuneu-Corral, entitled 'Bats and rice: promoting Integrated Pest Management to enhance biodiversity conservation'. It is the Table A4.1 of the supplementary material of the Chapter 5 'Beyond borders: evaluating the role of protected areas in promoting bat-mediated pest suppression in rural areas of northern Madagascar', and compiles the information on the number of samples analysed per bat species for each location, season and habitat type. Buildings were all located in rural villages outside protected areas, and caves and forest were all located inside protected areas. Methodology:  Due to the subtropical climate of this country, we sampled bats in two periods representing the two main seasons for both Amber Mountain and Ankarana. Dry and wet season vary slightly in timing and extent, and we adjusted the field periods to cover the end of the dry season (October – November 2022), and the end of the wet season (May 2023, as in April one of the protected areas was inaccessible due to the poor state of the road caused by heavy rains). French Mountain was visited only in the dry season (October – November  2022) due to logistic limitations. We used mist-nets and harp traps to sample insectivorous bats in protected areas and rural villages. Bat captures were conducted for 7-10 consecutive nights in each protected area, changing sampling points daily to cover a wider area. We sampled bats in a total of six caves and four forest points in Ankarana; six caves and two forest points in French Mountain; and 10 forest points in Amber Mountain (there are no known caves in this protected area). Three school buildings were visited at 16 km from Ankarana borders, two public buildings at 3 km from Amber Mountain borders, and two school buildings at 1 km from French Mountain borders. When sampling forest habitats, mist-nets and harp traps were installed 30 minutes before sunset and remained open for at least four hours. When sampling bats at roost entrances (caves inside protected areas and buildings in rural villages), bats were captured before sunrise when returning to the colony after feeding. In these cases, we used mist-nets and harp traps set up four hours before dawn, which remained in place until 30 minutes after sunrise. All insectivorous bats captured were measured, weighed and identified using different bibliographic references. Bat captures and handling were conducted following guidelines approved by the American Society of Mammalogists (Sikes and Gannon, 2011). Bats were kept in clean cloth bags until they defecated, generally for a maximum of one hour. In case the bat individuals had not defecated within that time interval, they were released after being measured, weighted and identified. Faecal pellets of each individual were immediately collected and stored in 2 ml tubes with 95% ethanol and labelled accordingly. All bats were released at the same site where they were captured. We gathered a total of 500 samples to assess bat diet: 250 samples collected in the dry season and 250 samples in the wet season. The number of samples collected per species varied according to their rate of capture at the different sampling points. We were able to trap 15 different insectivorous bat species, 11 Madagascar endemics, and four regional endemics also occurring on nearby islands. Twelve bat species were captured exclusively inside the protected areas and those considered largely forest dependent are highlighted in bold (Chaerephon jobimena, Laephotis matroka, Macronycteris commersoni, Miniopterus aelleni, M. ambohitrensis, M. gleni, M. griveaudi, Myotis goudoti, Otomops madagascariensis, Paratriaenops auritus, Paremballonura tiavato, Triaenops menamena), and two were captured exclusively outside the protected areas (Chaerephon leucogaster, Mops leucostigma). Mormopterus jugularis was the only species found roosting both in caves and buildings, although it was primarily captured in natural roosts in this study. We collected faecal samples for all these species, obtaining operational genetic material (i.e. OTUs representing more than 1% of the total dietary reads of each sample) from 454 of the 500 faecal samples analysed (Table A4.1).

Seasonal weighted percentage of occurrence (wPOO) of different arthropod orders in the diet of bats of northern Madagascar

This table (updated from previous version) is part of the PhD thesis of Carme Tuneu-Corral, entitled 'Bats and rice: promoting Integrated Pest Management to enhance biodiversity conservation'. It is the Table A4.2 of the supplementary material of the Chapter 5 'Beyond borders: evaluating the role of protected areas in promoting bat-mediated pest suppression in rural areas of northern Madagascar', and illustrates the weighted percentage of occurrence (wPOO) of each arthropod order in the diet of the different bat species for each season (dry and wet). The values in brackets next to each species name are the total samples collected for that species. Methodology:  When focusing on the different bat species, bat diet was assessed using the weighted percentage of occurrence data (wPOO), which is similar to POO, but it weights each occurrence according to the number of food items in the sample, since it may be more biologically realistic than using POO or FOO. As discussed by Deagle et al. (2019), POO data is useful because it shows each food taxon's percentage of the total diet (unlike FOO, which does not sum to 100%). However, wPOO may be more accurate because it weights each sample equally, preventing samples with many food taxa from having stronger influence. wPOO values were also calculated for each season (dry/wet) independently, in order to perceive changes in prey preferences depending on the season.

List of agricultural pests and disease vectors detected in the diet of insectivorous bats in northern Madagascar

Fig. 8 in Systematics of limbless scincid lizards from northern Madagascar: morphology, phylogenetic relationships and implications for classification (Squamata: Scincidae)

Fig. 8 Partitioned Bayesian tree based on 3693 bp of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA gene sequences (modified after Crottini et al. 2009). The clade shown is clade A of Crottini et al. (2009) which in the analyses is sister to a clade containing the genera Amphiglossus, Voeltzkowia and Pygomeles (not shown). Eumeces, Tiliqua, and Cordylus were used as outgroups (not shown). Bayesian posterior probabilities indicated by asterisks above branches: (*)= 0.90–0.94;

Fig. 4 in Systematics of limbless scincid lizards from northern Madagascar: morphology, phylogenetic relationships and implications for classification (Squamata: Scincidae)

Fig. 4 Paracontias rothschildi in life. a Dorsolateral view. b Head, lateral view (bluish grey tint most probably indicates stage shortly before moulting)

Fig. 7 in Systematics of limbless scincid lizards from northern Madagascar: morphology, phylogenetic relationships and implications for classification (Squamata: Scincidae)

Fig. 7 Phylogenetic tree of Paracontias species reconstructed using Bayesian inference (20 Mio. generations; trees sampled every 500 generations; burn-in 10,000), based on 539 bp DNA sequences of 16S rRNA gene. Madascincus igneocaudatus used as outgroup (not shown). Bayesian posterior probabilities of 1 indicated by asterisks

Fig. 5 Paracontias fasika n in Systematics of limbless scincid lizards from northern Madagascar: morphology, phylogenetic relationships and implications for classification (Squamata: Scincidae)

Fig. 5 Paracontias fasika n. sp. (holotype, ZSM 2256/2007), head. a Dorsal view. b Lateral view. c Ventral view. Scale bar = 1 mm

Fig. 1 in Systematics of limbless scincid lizards from northern Madagascar: morphology, phylogenetic relationships and implications for classification (Squamata: Scincidae)

Fig. 1 Paracontias minimus (ZSM 2248/2007), head. a Dorsal view. b Lateral view. c Ventral view. Scale bar = 1 mm