funded by the Biology Major of the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México(UNAM);Scientific collecting permit issued by Semarnat(SGPA/DGVS 12013/12)。
We studied the cycles of reproduction and fat bodies of a blue-tailed skink population of an undescribed species of the Plestiodon brevirostris group.Sexual maturity is attained by females and males as they both reach...
funded by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(STEP)(2019QZKK0501);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32300370,32200363);Sichuan Province Innovative Talent Funding Project for Postdoctoral Fellows(BX202323);Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF(GZC20232575);Biological Resources Programme,Chinese Academy of Sciences(KFJ-BRP-017-65).
The genus Scincella Mittleman,1950,within the family Scincidae,is a diverse group comprising 39 described species.The taxonomy of the genus is complex due to morphological similarities among species,which often obscur...
supported by grants from the Special Foundation for Basic Work of the Science and Technology Ministry of China (2022FY100500-2);National Natural Science Foundation of China (31470471);Hainan Key Program of Science and Technology (ZDXM20110008);Hainan Specially Supporting Discipline of Zoology;Wenzhou Ecological Park Research Project。
We studied sexual dimorphism in body size and shape and female reproductive characteristics in the Hainan Water Skink(Tropidophorus hainanus)from Hainan,South China.In our sample the largest female and male were 61.1 ...
This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32171495 and 31971414);the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD).
The genes of the major histocompatibility complex(MHC) encode cell surface proteins that are essential for adaptive immunity. MHC genes show the most prominent genetic diversity in vertebrates,reflecting the adaptatio...
This work was supported by grants from the Special Foundation for Basic Work of the Science and Technology Ministry of China(2022FY100500-2);Hainan Key Program of Science and Technology(ZDXM20110008);Hainan Specially Supporting Discipline of Zoology。
We collected 75 adult Tonkin forest skinks(Sphenomorphus tonkinensis) from Hainan, South China and incubated eggs at four constant temperatures ranging from 22 ℃ to 28 ℃ to study sexual dimorphism, female reproducti...
funded by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(STEP)(2019QZKK0501);the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(2021JDJQ0002);Biological Resources Programme,Chinese Academy of Sciences(KFJ-BRP-017-65)。
The genus Scincella Mittleman,1950 of the family Scincidae currently includes 38 species."To date,however,taxonomic assessment remains challenging.Here,phylogenetic analyses based on DNA sequences of four mitochondria...
The genus Tropidophorus consists of small semi-aquatic lizards that dwell in lowland forest steams(Barbour,1921;Bauer&Jackman,2008).Here,we designate the neotype and re-describe T.guangxiensis Wen,1992 based on newly ...
supported by the Russian Science Foundation(19-14-00050) to N.A.P.;partially supported by the Unit of Excellence 2019 on Biodiversity and Natural Resources Management,University of Phayao(Uo E62005) to C.S
We provide an integrative taxonomic analysis of the Lipinia vittigera species complex from mainland Southeast Asia. Based on examination of external morphology, color pattern, and 681 base pairs of the cytochrome oxid...
the Russian Foundation of Basic Research(RFBR 15-04-08393;RFBR 15-29-02771)for partial support of this project;molecular analysis was carried out with financial support from the Russian Science Foundation(RSF 14-50-00029);supported by a grant from the Margaret A.Cargill Foundation
Based on morphological and genetic evidence we evaluated the taxonomic status of a newly discovered forest-dwelling population of skink (genus Scincella) from the Keo Selma Wildlife Sanctuary, Mondulkiri Province, C...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31470471);the Priority Academic Development Program of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions and the Innovation of Graduate Student Training Project of Jiangsu Province (KYLX15_0737)
We studied sexual dimorphism and female reproduction in an oviparous forest skink (Sphenomorphus incognitus) from South China. We incubated eggs under five thermal regimes (22, 25, 28, 25 ± 3 and 27± 5℃) to exa...