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 Key Research and Development Projects of Science and Technology Program of Xizang Autonomous Region(XZ202301ZY0036G);Doctoral Research Starting Foundation of Anhui Normal University(752017);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31471968;32470458)。
Lycodon(Boie,1826)is a genus of colubrid snakes widely distributed in south,south-east and east Asia comprising 84 species with 22 reported in China.In this study,we identify a unique Lycodon specimen(voucher No.ANU20...
supported by the Slovak Research and Development Agency under the contract APVV-19-0076 and by the grant VEGA 1/0242/21 of the Scientific Grant Agency of the Slovak Republic;SH was supported by the German Research Foundation(DFG,grant no.HO 3792/8-1);The work of OK was carried out within the framework of research topics of the state assignments nos.121032300023-7 and 122031100282-2.The research of DJ in Afghanistan has been approved by the National Environmental Protection Agency of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan(permits for access to genetic resources nos.12429 and 12455).
Influenced by rapid changes in climate and landscape features since the Miocene,widely distributed species provide suitable models to study the environmental impact on their evolution and current genetic diversity.The...
supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP, 2019QZKK05010503);the China Biodiversity Observation Networks (Sino BON);the support of CIB Herpetological Museum
A new keelback snake of the genus Hebius,H.jingdongensis sp.nov.,is reported from Jingdong in Yunnan,China based on a combination of molecular and morphological evidence.Although closest to H.khasiensis and H.boulenge...
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 ...
The taxonomic identification of Quaternary remains requires a comparison of fossil bones with the skeletons of existing taxa based on the morphological criteria. However, the osteology of most modern snake species has...
funded by the Postdoctoral Research Program of the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Anhui Province(2020B422);Doctoral Research Starting Foundation of Anhui Normal University(752017);Open Foundation of Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands(HNSF-OP-202001);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31471968)。
A new species of the genus Gonyosoma Wagler,1828 is described herein based on six specimens from the Diaoluoshan Mountains,Hainan Island,Hainan Province,China.The new species,Gonyosoma hainanense sp.nov.,is most simil...
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....
supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA20050201,XDA19050303);National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC31372152);Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(Y4ZK111B01:2017CASSEABRIQG002);International Partnership Program of CAS(152453KYSB20170033);Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species,CAS(Large Research Infrastructure Funding)。
DEAR EDITOR,A new species of Sinomicrurus Slowinski,Boundy,and Lawson,2001 is described herein based on a series of specimens.The new species,Sinomicrurus peinani sp.nov.,occurs in southern China and northern Vietnam....