This work was funded through a standalone grant(FWF P 31518)from the Austrian Science Fund(FWF);MR was supported by an Erwin Schrodinger Grant(FWF J 3868);a standalone grant(FWF P 33728)from the Austrian Science Fund(FWF).
Animals constantly need to evaluate available external and internal information to make appropriate decisions.Identifying,assessing,and acting on relevant cues in contexts such as mate choice,intra-sexual competition,...
supported by grants from the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2022YFC2602500);Biological Resources Programme,Chinese Academy of Sciences(KFJ-BRP-017-086)。
Dear Editor,The genus Liuixalus Li,Che,Bain,Zhao,and Zhang,2008 is a group of small-bodied Asian rhacophorid tree frogs and currently includes six species distributed in southern China and northern Vietnam(AmphibiaChi...
supported by the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment,China(2019HJ2096001006);China Biodiversity Observation Networks(Sino BON);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872220,U21A20192 and 31572245);the Natural Science Founda tion of Henan Province(202300410222);the Second National Survey of Terrestrial Wildlife Resources Project of the National Forestry and Grassland Bureau of China.
The Rana chensinensis species group is widely distributed throughout North China.However,its taxonomy and composition remain controversial.In recent field investigations of the Taihang Mountains,a series of Rana speci...
SISBIO provided collecting permit(#63297-1);This study was funded in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil(CAPES)–Finance Code 001.CESF received a grant from the Fundação de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento do Ensino,Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul(#71/700.136);has been continuously supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico(grant#310058/2020-1);C.O.has been continuously supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico(grant#304552/2019-4).
Hematological parameters can provide key information to an animal health status.However,this information is usually hard to obtain.Here,we described the hematological parameters of Leptodactylus podicipinus in the Bra...
supported by programs of the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment,China(2019HJ2096001006);the Strategic Priority Research Program B of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(No.XDB31000000);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC 31460091);the National Animal Collection Resource Center,China(No.2005DKA21402);the Application of Amphibian Natural Antioxidant Peptides as Cosmetic Raw Material Antioxidants(No.QKZYD[2020]4002)。
We describe Odorrana liboensis sp.nov.,a new species from the Maolan National Nature Reserve,Libo County,Guizhou Province,China.Phylogenetic analyses based on DNA sequences of the mitochondrial 12 S rRNA,16 S rRNA,and...
supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)(XDB31000000);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31722049,31900322,31401983);the CAS "Light of West China" Program (2018XBZG_JCTD_001);Talent Program from Organization Department of Sichuan Provincial Committee;Biological Resources Programme,Chinese Academy of Sciences (KFJ-BRP-017-14);the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (151751KYSB20190024);Biodiversity Survey, Observation and Assessment Program of Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China and Honghe University (14bs10,2015HB0302) to WJ。
Raorchestes is a group of Bush frogs mainly distributed in South and Southeast Asia that are poorly recognized by morphological criteria.We recognize the true R.menglaensis(Kou) based on 10 specimens newly collected f...
supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2014FY210200);The Second National Survey of Terrestrial Wildlife Resources in China;The Second National Survey of Terrestrial Wildlife Resources in Tibet of China
A new species,Amolops pallasitatus sp.nov.is described based on specimens collected from Chentang Town,Dinggyê County,southern Tibet,China.The new species can be distinguished from other known congeners by mitochondr...
supported by National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFC1200705);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB31000000);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31722049, 31772434);Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS (QYZDBSSW-SMC058);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS;Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute (Y4ZK111B01);the CAS "Light of West China" Program (2018XBZG_JCTD_001)
Genus Rhacophorus Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1 822 is one of the most diverse genera of the family Rhacophoridae, and its taxonomy of genus Rhacophorus faces major challenges because of rapidly described new species and co...
supported by The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund;the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Endangered Species Fund
The genus Euphlyctis is widely distributed across Southwestern Arabian Peninsula into parts of Southeast Asia. Five of the seven known Euphlyctis species are found within the Indian subcontinent. Here, we describe a n...
National Parks Board Permit Number NP/RP12-057A;supported by National University of Singapore Undergraduate Science Research Programme funding
Amphibians require specific habitats for breeding and loss or degradation of such habitats can negatively affect reproductive success. Oviposition site selection within a habitat is also important as site quality is l...