supported by grants from National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2022YFC2602500);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) (2019QZKK0501);National Natural Science Foundation of China (32200363, 32325011, 32220103004, 32300370, 32400361);International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (071GJHZ2023041MI);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2023M743416);Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2023NSFSC1155, 2024NSFSC1180);Taxonomist Position, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS-TAX-24-051, CAS-TAX-24-052),Biological Resources Programme, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KFJ-BRP-017-086, KFJ-BRP-017-065)。
A new species of the Kukri snake genus Oligodon is described from Medog County in the eastern Himalayas of China. The species, named Oligodon zhangfujii sp. nov., can be distinguished from all known congeners by a com...
supported by the Key Research and Development Projects of Science and Technology Program of Xizang Autonomous Region(XZ202301ZY0036G);Doctoral Research Starting Foundation of Anhui Normal University(752017);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31471968;32470458)。
Lycodon(Boie,1826)is a genus of colubrid snakes widely distributed in south,south-east and east Asia comprising 84 species with 22 reported in China.In this study,we identify a unique Lycodon specimen(voucher No.ANU20...
supported by the Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development(NAFOSTED)under grant number 106.05-2021.69;partly by PIFI Visiting Scientist program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(2024VBB0017);Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute,CAS,the Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species,CAS(the Large Research Infrastructure Funding);the State Themes of ZISP 122031100282-2。
Rat snakes(genus Ptyas)include 13 large Asian species with sizes reaching 3.8 m.For more than 100 years,no new species have been discovered in this genus.Here,we describe a new Ptyas from central Vietnam based on morp...
The taxonomic identification of Quaternary remains requires a comparison of fossil bones with the skeletons of existing taxa based on the morphological criteria. However, the osteology of most modern snake species has...
supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP)Program(2019QZKK0501);Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment,China(2019HJ2096001006);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(XDA20050201);Digitalization,Development and Application of Biotic Resource(202002AA100007);Sciences and Technology Department of Sichuan Province(2020YFSY0033);State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution,Kunming Institute of Zoology,CAS(GREKF 19-02);Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species,CAS(Large Research Infrastructure Funding)。
We describe a new species of the genus Hebius and provide evidence for the validity of H.septemlineatus comb.nov..Morphological and molecular analyses of Hebius specimens collected in Yunnan Province,China,revealed th...
funded by the Postdoctoral Research Program of the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Anhui Province(2020B422);Doctoral Research Starting Foundation of Anhui Normal University(752017);Open Foundation of Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands(HNSF-OP-202001);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31471968)。
A new species of the genus Gonyosoma Wagler,1828 is described herein based on six specimens from the Diaoluoshan Mountains,Hainan Island,Hainan Province,China.The new species,Gonyosoma hainanense sp.nov.,is most simil...
This research is supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP)program(2019QZKK0501);Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment(2019HJ2096001006);China's Biodiversity Observation Network(Sino-BON),Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute,CAS(Y4ZK111B01:2017CASSEABRIQG002);the Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species,CAS(Large Research Infrastructure Funding)to J.C.and NSF GRFP 2017216966 to K.W;We thank Mr.Di-Hao Wu for providing locality information of the new species;Mr.Ben-Fu Miao,Mr.Hui-Ming Xu(Yunlong National Nature Reserve),and Mr.Wen-Jie Dong(KIZ)for their assistances in the field;and Mr.Chao Wu,Mr.Wei-Liang Xie,Mr.Shao-Bing Hou(KIZ),Mr.Jin-Long Ren(CIB)and Mr.Franco Leung Ka Wah(CIB)for providing photos of Lycodon species.
While considerable progress has been made in the taxonomic studies of the genus Lycodon in Asia,questions remain to be clarified regarding the taxonomy of certain groups,particularly those containing species in China....
supported by the Biodiversity Survey,Observation and Assessment Programme(2019–2023)of Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China to Li DING and Yanqing WU;grants of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31301882,No.31970423)to Qin Chen;Science and Technology Foundation of Sichuan(No.2018SZ0335)to Qin CHEN.;Japan-China Joint Research Project(2014–2016)between the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS)and National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,31411140033)to Yezhong TANG and Akira MORI;JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP26440213,JP17H03719,and JP18KK0205 to Akira MORI。
The genus Rhabdophis is a group of widely distributed snakes with more than 20 species.Recent field surveys uncovered a species in southwestern China,which has long been considered as R.pentasupralabialis.Combined mol...
supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA20050201);National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC31372152)
DEAR EDITOR, In this study, a total of 106 individuals of Oreocryptophis porphyraceus from China's Mainland were morphologically examined and recorded. Differences between populations were compared by combining data f...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC0505202);Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB31000000);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31722049, 31772434);Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS (QYZDB-SSW-SMC058);the Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science (Y4ZK111B01);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS;the CAS “Light of West China” Program (2018XBZG_JCTD_001);Talent Program from Organization Department of Sichuan Provincial Committee;partially supported by project BSTMV.08/16-19 to NTT
The single prefrontal configuration has historically been used as an important diagnostic character for many natricine taxa. For example, the genus Trimerodytes Cope, 1895 was long been regarded as a junior synonym of...