partially carried out within the state assignment of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (124012200182-1)。
The distribution of exposure to Hg in amphibians remains unknown on most continents.The Ussuri broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion is a region of high biodiversity, the nine species of amphibia living on its territo...
supported by DFGP Project of Fauna of Guangdong-202115;Research and Monitoring Service Project of Hengqin National Wetland Park, Urban Planning and Construction Bureau of Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin。
In this work, we described a new species of the Asian horned toad, Boulenophrys gaolanensis sp. nov., based on the type series collected from Gaolan Island, Jinwan District, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China. Thi...
supported by Fundamental Research Fund for Central Universities (SWUKR22014);National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 32170478, 32370478);“Special Fund for Youth Team of Southwest University” (SWU-XJPY202302);Youth Top Talent Program of Chongqing (CQYC 20220510893) to Zhiyong YUAN;National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 31900323) to Jinmin CHEN。
A new species of the genus Brachytarsophrys,named Brachytarsophrys wenshanensis sp.nov.,has been identified in southeastern Yunnan,China.This new species can be readily distinguished from other known congeners by both...
The study has been funded by CNRS Project PEPS POLLUX TROPIC.
Artificial light at night(ALAN)is expanding worldwide.Many physiological effects have been reported in animals,but we still know little about the consequences for the visual system.The pupil contributes to control inc...
supported by DFGP Project of Fauna of Guangdong-202115, Nanling National Park Construction Project (ZD22-ZC016AG);the National Animal Collection Resource Center,China。
The subfamily Megophryinae,as a representative batrachian group of the Oriental Realm and one of the most diverse groups of amphibians,has attracted considerable attention due to continued conjecture regarding its gen...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,31270457,30800129 to Z.X.),NSFC(31971413);the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(NSFHB,C2020205038 to D.L).
Hibernation is one of the fundamental strategies in response to cold environmental temperatures.During hibernation,the endocrine and circadian systems ensure minimal expenditure of energy for survival.The circadian rh...
financially supported by grants for the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China (2019HJ2096001006) to J. F. CHEN;the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31370431) to,the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31729003) to J. F. CHEN;the Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Department (2018JY0617) to J. F. CHEN。
The pace-of-life syndrome(POLS) hypothesis predicts that most variation in life history, physiology,and behavior among individuals, popula tions, and species falls along a continuum from slow to fast pace of life. Whi...
Most of the data combined in this paper was originally published by Dufresnes et al.(2018,2019b);who made it available on dryad(doi:10.5061/dryad.6qv8666);NCBI SRA(BioProject PRJNA542138),respectively。
The dynamic biogeography of glacial refugia may cause complex patterns of genetic admixture between parapatric taxa,which in turn can mislead their systematics,diversity,and distributions.We investigated this issue fo...
Toads and lizards have been a part of our ecosystems for millions of years and they are good indicators of environmental health. Toads and lizards can be infected by different types of parasites; blood parasites are o...