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• Summer presence of Greater Noctule bat Nyctalus lasiopterus (Schreber 1780) in NW Italy (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

  Roberto Toffoli, Marco Cucco, Laura Martinelli, Marco Rastelli, Denise Trombin

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2026.1010

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• First observation of a reddish-coated Italian Wolf Canis lupus italicus Altobello 1921 in Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park (Carnivora: Canidae)

  Tania Bascucci, Alice Veronese, Paolo Iannicca, Davide Magnaghi, Samuele Romagnoli

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2026.857

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• New additions to the alien flora of Italy: Paspalum flavescens (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) P.R.Speranza & G.H.Rua and Paspalum inconstans Chase (Poaceae: Panicoideae)

  Enrico Banfi, Adriano Soldano

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2026.940

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• Phaiogramma faustinata (Millière 1868) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and Mythimna umbrigera (Saalmüller 1891) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): first records for mainland Italy

  Giada Zucco, Domenico Bonelli, Stefano Scalercio

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2026.920

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• Just found and already in danger: first observations of the Italian endemic Coenagrion castellani Roberts 1948 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in Lunigiana, northern Tuscany, with a new altitudinal record

  Giacomo Bruni, Alex Borrini

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2026.974

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• Patrinia villosa (Thunb.) Dufr. (Valerianaceae) new to the European alien flora: report and taxonomic treatment

  Gabriele Galasso, Enrico Banfi

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2026.1002

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• Documenting mating behavior in a rare dwarf gecko: first field data on Lygodactylus wetzeli (Smith, Martin & Swain 1977) (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

  Pier Cacciali, Lorena Sforza, Pamela Reyes, Pamela Marchi

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2026.881

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• Albinism in a juvenile rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann 1780) from the Brahmaputra Valley of Assam, India (Primates: Cercopithecidae)

  Neeraj Bora, Sanghamitra Buragohain, Deep Jyoti Borah, Chiranjib Bora, Sandip Choudhury, Jyotismita Das

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2026.879

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• Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur 1842) in Sicily with first evidence of reproduction (Odonata: Libellulidae)

  Andrea Cusmano, Andrea Corso, Salvatore Surdo

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2025.820

  448

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• First record of Petrorhagia dubia (Raf.) G.López & Romo (Caryophyllaceae) in Lombardy

  Lara A. Quaglini, Gabriele Galasso

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2025.927

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• Living near humans: new diet items for the Big-headed Treefrog Polypedates megacephalus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) and its tadpoles in Vietnam

  Tran Gia Thinh

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2025.869

  594

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• Monitoring without being monitored: how the Pallas’s cat Otocolobus manul (Pallas 1776) avails of rocks

  Tiziano Londei

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2025.840

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• New reproductive locations for the common spadefoot toad Pelobates fuscus (Anura: Pelobatidae) in Como province, Italy

  Nicola Larroux, Daniele Seglie, Alberto Ferrario, Paolo Eusebio Bergò, Riccardo Cavalcante, Andrea Mologni, Giovanni Soldato

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2025.902

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• First evidence of Sette Fratelli cave salamander Speleomantes sarrabusensis (Urodela: Plethodontidae) consumption by the Sardinian grass snake Natrix helvetica cetti (Squamata: Natricidae)

  Matteo Riccardo Di Nicola, Sergio Mezzadri, Anna Cerullo

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2024.808

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• First record of Pancratium maritimum L. (Amaryllidaceae) for the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, Italy

  Manuela Davanzo, Giosuè Cuccurullo, Elena Zwirner, Davide Scridel

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2024.768

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• Observations about Neomys milleri (Mammalia: Soricidae) predation on Austropotamobius pallipes (Crustacea: Astacidae)

  Fabio Ballanti, Armando Nappi

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2024.794

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• Observations on the breeding biology of the Luzon flameback Chrysocolaptes haematribon (Wagler 1827) (Piciformes: Picidae) with notes on active nest defense against dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis (Linnaeus 1766) (Coraciiformes: Coraciidae)

  Vince Angelo G. Gicaraya, Carmela P. Española

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2024.748

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• Demographic explosion of the brown shrimp Penaeus aztecus Ives 1891 (Decapoda: Penaeidae) in the central and northern Adriatic: implications for ecosystems and fisheries

  Francesco Tiralongo, Homa Nik Zad, Alberto Felici

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2025.841

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