supported by grants from Routine Survey of Terrestrial Wildlife Resources in Donggong-Jiufeng Mountain (Mc05-1) Zhejiang Survey Unit;the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC32170478, NSFC32370478);“Youth Top Talent Program of Chongqing” (CQYC 20220510893);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (SWU-KR22014) to Zhiyong YUAN;the Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Chinese Academy of Sciences (the Large Research Infrastructure Funding) to Jing CHE。
We described a new species of Rana(Anura: Ranidae) from Zhejiang, China, based on morphological and molecular analyses. The new species, Rana minuscula sp. nov. clusters with R.ulma, R. kobai and R. tsushimensis and c...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. U21A20192 and 31872220);the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China (Grant No. 2019HJ2096001006);China Biodiversity Observation Networks (Sino BON—Amphibian and Reptile);the National Key Protection Wildlife Projects Foundation of China。
The holotype of Rana chensinensis, as initially documented by David in 1875, is sourced from the Laoyu River in Yinjiapo, Hu County,Shaanxi Province, on the northern slopes of the Qinling Mountains. Long a contentious...
This work was supported by DFGP Project of Fauna of Guangdong-202115;Nanling National Park Construction Project(No.ZD22-ZC016AG);2022 Wildlife Monitoring Projects of the Guangdong Forestry Bureau,and the National Animal Collection Resource Center,China.
Taxonomic studies of the Odorrana versabilis group have been consistently disorganized,and they have often been incorrectly associated with an abandoned subgenus or genus Bamburana in existing literature.In this study...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31472021);the National Key Wildlife Subsidy Fund Project of Hunan Province(No.2021-326);the project for Endangered Wildlife Investigation,Supervision and Industry Regulation of the National Forestry and Grassland Bureau of China(No.202207-HN-001);the project for Endangered Wildlife Protection of Hunan Forestry Bureau of China(No.HNYB-202201)。
We described anew species of the Amolops mantzorum group(Anura:Ranidae) from northwestern Hunan Province,China based on morphological and molecular evidence.The new species differs from its congeners by a combination ...
supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(SWU 5330500880);grants from the Science and Technology Bureau of Yunnan(202001AW070016,202005AC160046);Young talent project of China Association for Science and Technology(2019-2021QNRC001);National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC 32170478,NSFC 32100371);the Digitalization,Development and Application of Biotic Resource(202002AA100007)in Yunnan Province,China’s Biodiversity Observation Network(Sino-BON);Program of Yunnan Forestry and Grassland Administration(2022GF258D-10)。
Dear Editor,e family Ranidae is one of the largest and most families of amphibians(Che et al.,2007),with 64 recognized genera and429 species(Frost,2022).However,the systematics and natural history of some ranid groups...
supported by the programs of the Guizhou Province Top Discipline Construction Program Project(Qianjiao Keyan Fa[2019]125);the Postgraduate Education Innovation Programme of Guizhou Province(Qianjiaohe YJSKYJJ[2021]091);the Strategic Priority Research Program B of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(XDB 31000000);the National Animal Collection Resource Center,China(2005DKA21402);the Application of Amphibian Natural Antioxidant Peptides as Cosmetic Raw Material Antioxidants(QKZYD[2020]4002).
The diversity of the brown frog genus Rana may be underestimated as the high similarity of morphological characters.In this study,a new species of Rana from Guizhou Province,China is described,namely Rana zhijinensis ...
supported by the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment,China(2019HJ2096001006);China Biodiversity Observation Networks(Sino BON);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872220,U21A20192 and 31572245);the Natural Science Founda tion of Henan Province(202300410222);the Second National Survey of Terrestrial Wildlife Resources Project of the National Forestry and Grassland Bureau of China.
The Rana chensinensis species group is widely distributed throughout North China.However,its taxonomy and composition remain controversial.In recent field investigations of the Taihang Mountains,a series of Rana speci...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32060116);Guangxi Natural Science Foundation,China (2020GXNSFDA238022).
A new music frog,Nidirana shiwandashanensis sp.nov.,is described from Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve,Shangsi County,Guangxi,China.Phylogenetic analysis based on mtDNA sequences indica tes tha t the new species i...
supported by programs of the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment,China(2019HJ2096001006);the Strategic Priority Research Program B of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(No.XDB31000000);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC 31460091);the National Animal Collection Resource Center,China(No.2005DKA21402);the Application of Amphibian Natural Antioxidant Peptides as Cosmetic Raw Material Antioxidants(No.QKZYD[2020]4002)。
We describe Odorrana liboensis sp.nov.,a new species from the Maolan National Nature Reserve,Libo County,Guizhou Province,China.Phylogenetic analyses based on DNA sequences of the mitochondrial 12 S rRNA,16 S rRNA,and...
supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC-31872220, 31572245, 31372164)。
The Odorrana schmackeri sensu la to is a group of cascade frogs that are widely distributed in southern China.However,their taxonomy has long been unresolved and several cryptic species have been reported in the past ...