supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP 2019QZKK05010503 and 2019QZKK04020202);the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (2019H J2096001006);China Biodiversity Observation Networks (Sino BON);Survey of wild vertebrates in Ganzi Prefecture (20yyjs00030)
In recent years,taxonomic research of the genus Diploderma has made great progress,but there are still areas lacking relevant investigations.During 2020-2021,we carried out survey of reptile diversity in and around th...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1602265,Mapping Karst Biodiversity in Yunnan);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)(XDA20050202);High-End Foreign Experts Program of Yunnan Province (Y9YN021B01,Yunnan Bioacoustic Monitoring Program);CAS 135 Program (2017XTBG-T03);Chinese Academy of Sciences Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center Fund (Y4ZK111B01)。
Karst habitats are hotspots of diversity and endemism. Their naturally fragmented distributions across broad geographic landscapes have led to the complex array of smaller evolutionary ecosystems that present unique c...
Walterinnesia aegyptia is one of the most venomous snakes belonging to the family Elapidae found in the Middle East and Africa. In addition to its ecological importance, it is accused of millions of deaths due to snak...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32220103004 and 32200363);the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(151751KYSB20190024);the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(2020YFH0005);the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS(QYZDB-SSWSMC058);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS(2021370);CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative(2021VBA0003)(Hussam El Dine ZAHER)。
Pareidae and Dipsadidae,two independently evolved taxa in the Serpentes lineage,both feed exclusively on terrestrial mollusks(snails and slugs).Dipsadid snakes developed hypertrophic infralabial glands in their lower ...
This study was supported by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund(Western Ghats);DBT-IISc Partnership Programme and Ministry of Environment,Forests,and Climate Change(MoEFCC);Singinawa Conservation Foundation,and Rufford Small Grant。
The highly speciose gekkonid genus Cnemaspis Strauch,1887 is polyphyletic,with three distantly related and geographically isolated clades from Africa,South Asia(SA),and Southeast Asia.At present,there are 85 known spe...
The present study aims to determine,by histological examination,the female reproductive cycle of specimens of Kulzer’s rock lizards collected in a mountainous region in Lebanon.Females of Phoenicolacerta kulzeri foll...
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...
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....
The anurognathids are an enigmatic and distinctive clade of small,non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs with an unusual combination of anatomical traits in the head,neck,wings and tail.They are known from very limited remains...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31472021);the Project for Endangered Wildlife Investigation,Supervision and Industry Regulation of the National Forestry and Grassland Bureau of China(No.2019072-HN-001)。
A new species of gekkonid,Hemiphyllodactylus dupanglingensis sp.nov.,is described based on six specimens from Hunan Province,China.The new species is phylogenetically close to H.zugi,H.hongkongensis,H.dushanensis,and ...