supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32300370, 32200363);International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (071GJHZ2023041MI),Biological Resources Programme, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KFJ-BRP-017-65, KFJ-BRP017-086, CAS-TAX-24-051, CAS-TAX-24-052);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2023M743416);Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province (No. 2023NSFSC1155);partially supported by the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (CT0000.03/25-27) to NTT。
The Tien's Mountain Stream Snake,Opisthotropis daovantieni Orlov, Darevsky, and Murphy, 1998, has been represented solely by its type series, with no additional specimens reported in the past two decades. As a result,...
provided by“Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program”awarded to Fang YAN;the Yunnan Fundamental Research Project(202201AW070018);the Thailand Science Research and Innovation Fund;the University of Phayao,Unit of Excellence 2025 on Aquatic Animals Biodiversity Assessment(PhaseⅠ)。
Here,we described Gekko(Japonigekko)ichangensis sp.nov.,a new member of the genus Gekko Laurenti,1768,based on specimens collected from Changyang Tujia Autonomous County,Yichang City,Hubei Province,China.Morphological...
supported by the Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development(NAFOSTED)under grant number 106.05-2021.69;partly by PIFI Visiting Scientist program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(2024VBB0017);Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute,CAS,the Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species,CAS(the Large Research Infrastructure Funding);the State Themes of ZISP 122031100282-2。
Rat snakes(genus Ptyas)include 13 large Asian species with sizes reaching 3.8 m.For more than 100 years,no new species have been discovered in this genus.Here,we describe a new Ptyas from central Vietnam based on morp...
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 the Russian Science Foundation(22-14-00037)to N.A.P.(phylogenetic analyses);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32130015)to K.W.(data collection);partially by Rufford Foundation(39897-1) to N.T.V.(data collection)。
We describe a unique new species and genus of agamid lizard from the karstic massifs of Khammouan Province,central Laos.Laodracon carsticola Gen.et sp.nov.is an elusive medium-sized lizard(maximum snout-vent length101...
This research was funded partly by Chulalongkorn University:CU_GR_63_66_23_10;also partly financially supported by the Sci-Super Ⅵ fund from Faculty of Science,Chulalongkorn University.
During the months of April through July 2020 we studied aspects of the natural history of Leiolepis rubritaeniata,a species of butterfly lizard that occurs on the Khorat Plateau in Thailand and adjacent regions of Lao...
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...
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...
study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant number:U20A2080,31622015);Sichuan University(Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,SCU2021D006,SCU2020D003).
Elevation plays a crucial factor in the distribution of plants,as environmental conditions become increasingly harsh at higher elevations.Previous studies have mainly focused on the effects of large-scale elevational ...