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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMK" data-source="post: 3213749" data-attributes="member: 85596">Sadly, the first author of the original paper being discussed (and heavily challenged), Omar Al-Sheikhly, is known to have fabricated data before now:"Omar Fadhil Al-Sheikhly, Iyad A. Nader, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani & Robert K. Browne. New localities of the Kurdistan newt Neurergus microspilotus and Lake Urmia newt Neurergus crocatus (Caudata: Salamandridae) in Iraq Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 6(4): 42–49. SPECIAL NOTE: Paper "retracted" from publication [Date: August 2013]."See <a href="http://amphibian-reptile-conservation.org/pdfs/Volume/Vol_6_no_4/ARC_6_4_42-49_e68_retracted.pdf" target="_blank">http://amphibian-reptile-conservation.org/pdfs/Volume/Vol_6_no_4/ARC_6_4_42-49_e68_retracted.pdf</a> See also:  <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/2015/05/05/two-oa-journals-share-the-same-title-and-each-claims-the-other-is-not-legitimate/" target="_blank">http://scholarlyoa.com/2015/05/05/two-oa-journals-share-the-same-title-and-each-claims-the-other-is-not-legitimate/</a>  (you need to scroll well down the page)Unfortunately, those responsible for the publication of the Basra Reed Warbler paper appear to value truth in science less than some other journal publishers.You can also see another challenge to the fanciful claims made in the Basra Reed Warber paper here: <a href="https://pubpeer.com/publications/CBDA623DED06FB48B659B631BA69E7#fb28443" target="_blank">https://pubpeer.com/publications/CBDA623DED06FB48B659B631BA69E7#fb28443</a></blockquote>

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