supported by the National Key Program of Research and Development, Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2023YFF1304800);National Natural Science Foundation of China (32400361, 32200363, 32370498);Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2024NSFSC1180, 2023NSFSC1155);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) (2019QZKK0501);Taxonomist Position, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS-TAX-24-052, CAS-TAX-24-051),Biological Resources Programme, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KFJ-BRP-017-086, KFJ-BRP-017-65)。
Comprehensive surveys on the distribution of the endangered Chinting alpine toad(Scutiger chintingensis) were recently conducted, revealing important findings regarding its population characteristics. This study integ...
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(42130209;42002015);Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS(2021070);General Project of Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department(202101BA070001-076);Project of Young and Middle-aged Academic and Technical Talents(202405AC350098);Meemann Chang Academician Workstation in Yunnan Province(202205AF150002)。
A new species of Bothriolepis(Placodermi,Antiarcha),B.zhujiangyuanensis sp.nov.,is described from the Eifelian(Middle Devonian)Shangshuanghe Formation at the Pearl River Source Scenic Area,Qujing,Yunnan Province,south...
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...
supported by DFGP Project of Fauna of Guangdong-202115;Research and Monitoring Service Project of Hengqin National Wetland Park, Urban Planning and Construction Bureau of Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin。
In this work, we described a new species of the Asian horned toad, Boulenophrys gaolanensis sp. nov., based on the type series collected from Gaolan Island, Jinwan District, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China. Thi...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42293280);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Liaoning Universities and Shenyang Normal University(BS202209).
The Curvicubitidae is a Triassic cicada family with some taxa systematically debatable.Here a new curvicubitid species,Beaconiella tongchuanensis sp.nov.,is established from the Middle Triassic Tongchuan Entomofauna i...
[Background]Hygrophorus,belonging to Basidiomycota,Agaricomycetes,Agaricales,Hygrophoraceae,is widely distributed all around the world.[Objective]To investigate the species of Hygrophorus and enrich the knowledge abou...
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...
A new unstriped Ichthyophis is found in Yunnan, China, it is distinguished from its unstriped congeners in morphology by a combination of characters including HL(head length), the number of annuli(369–372), vertebrae...