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 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...
a grant from the Chinese Natural Science Foundation to Fang ZHANG(NSFC grants 31872230;31640073);Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources(No.591601)。
Nonlinear phenomena are commonly shown in the vocalization of animals and exerts different adaptive functions.Although some studies have pointed out that nonlinear phenomena can enhance the individual identification o...
by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China to F.Zhang(NSFC grants 31640073,31872230)。
Male large odorous frogs(Odorrana graminea)have been shown to have a rich vocal repertoire and their calls contain harmonics that extend into the ultrasonic range,much like calls of male O.tormota,a sympatric species....
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 ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China to ZC (Grants U1404306 and 31601848), XHC (Grant 31572245, 31372164 and 31872220);the Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation to ZC (2016M600580);the Excellent Young Scholars Fund of HNNU to ZC (YQ201706);the Young Backbone Teachers Fund of HNNU to ZC
Acoustic communication is essential for anuran survival and reproduction, and masking background noise can affect the effective acoustic communication. The larger odorous frog(Odorrana graminea) inhabits noise montane...
supported by grants from the Jiangsu Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program(2017suda098);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31772455);Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20160336 and BK20171214);Natural Science Foundation of College in Jiangsu Province(16KJB350004);Suzhou Science and Technology Development Project(SYN201504 and SNG2017045)
Antimicrobial peptides(AMPs) are a group of gene-encoded small peptides that play pivotal roles in the host immune system of multicellular organisms.Cathelicidins are an important family of AMPs that exclusively exist...
Objective:Amphibian skin secretions are an abundant source of bioactive peptides,some of which could be developed as candidate drugs.Among these natural peptides,cytolytic peptides have attracted the most attention gi...