supported by the National Key Program of Research and Development, Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2023YFF1304800);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) (2019QZKK0501);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32325011, 32220103004, 32300370, 32200363);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2023M743416, 2023M743417);Biological Resources Programme, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KF-BRP-01765, KFJ-BRP-017-086),Taxonomist Position, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS-TAX-24-051, CAS-TAX-24-052)。
The Hengduan Mountains Region(HMR)in China, a globally significant biodiversity hotspot,has garnered attention for its potential to harbor cryptic species within the Asian pit viper genus Gloydius Hoge & Romano-Hoge, ...
supported by grants from National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2022YFC2602500);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) (2019QZKK0501);National Natural Science Foundation of China (32200363, 32325011, 32220103004, 32300370, 32400361);International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (071GJHZ2023041MI);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2023M743416);Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2023NSFSC1155, 2024NSFSC1180);Taxonomist Position, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS-TAX-24-051, CAS-TAX-24-052),Biological Resources Programme, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KFJ-BRP-017-086, KFJ-BRP-017-065)。
A new species of the Kukri snake genus Oligodon is described from Medog County in the eastern Himalayas of China. The species, named Oligodon zhangfujii sp. nov., can be distinguished from all known congeners by a com...
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,...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC 31372152);the Scientific Research Fund of Sichuan Provincial Education Department(13TD 0027)to PG;the Fanjing Mt.National Nature Conservation Area
Three Asian green pit vipers were collected in August 2013 during a field trip in Fanjin Mt. National Conservation Area, Guizhou. These specimens were identified as Sinovipera sichuanensis, based on subsequent examina...
supported by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) Discovery Grant A3148 to RWM;supported by NSERC, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) Foundation;the ROM Members Volunteer Committee
The South and Southeast Asian snake genus Oligodon, known for its egg-eating feeding behavior, has been a taxonomically and systematically challenging group. This work provides the first phylogenetic hypothesis for th...