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...
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 ...
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...
Based on four specimens discovered in the collection of the natural History Museum, London, United kingdom, we present a new distribution record for the skink Sphenomorphus oligolepis for seram island, Maluku Province...
Vietnam was partially funded by IEBR(Vietnam);;the Nagao Natural Environment Foundation(Japan);;the German Academic Exchange Service(DAAD);;Research of T.Q.Nguyen in Germany is funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation(VIE 1143441 STP)
Sphenomorphus incognitus is recorded for the first time outside of China. The new locality record is from the Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve in Bac Giang Province, northeastern Vietnam at elevations between 200–450 m. Bas...