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Huang Y, Li H, Wang Y, Li M, Hou M, Cai B. Taxonomic review of the Calotesversicolor complex (Agamidae, Sauria, Squamata) in China, with description of a new species and subspecies. Zookeys 2023; 1187:63-89. [PMID: 38161713 PMCID: PMC10755893 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1187.110704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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Caloteswangisp. nov., a new species of the agamid genus Calotes Cuvier, 1817, from southern China and northern Vietnam, is described. This species can be distinguished from all known congeners by a combination of morphological characteristics and genetic divergence in the mitochondrial tRNA, ND2, and CO1 genes. Molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed that the new species was formed as a monophyletic group and that considerable genetic divergence existed between its congeners (minimum p-distance, 4.6%). Caloteswangisp. nov. is distinguished by a combination of the following characteristics: average SVL < 90 mm for adult males; 10-14 dorsal eyelid scales; scales on side of neck and adjacent shoulder area pointing obliquely upward; keels on neck scales weakly to strongly developed; fold in front of the shoulder absent; pair of dark triangular patches extending from the front of the shoulder to the jaw angles; and orange coloration of the tongue. Caloteswangisp. nov. is similar to C.irawadi but differs in having scales between the nasal shield and the orbit and a fourth toe with a claw that can reach between the eyes and tympanum (even to the snout when hind the limbs are adpressed forward). Phylogenetic analyses revealed two well-supported subspecies, Lineages A and B in C.wangisp. nov., with mean uncorrected p-distances between them of 2%. We propose that Lineage A, which is mainly from the central and southern Wuzhi Mountains on Hainan Island, is a subspecies, C.w.hainanensisssp. nov. Lineage B mainly comprises individuals from other sites on the island plus the adjacent mainland, and is described as subspecies, C.w.wangissp. nov. A diagnostic key to all Calotes species of China is also provided.
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- Yong Huang
- Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, Guangxi, ChinaGuangxi University of Chinese MedicineNanningChina
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, ChinaKey Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ethnic Medicine Resources, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous RegionNanningChina
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- Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, Guangxi, ChinaGuangxi University of Chinese MedicineNanningChina
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- Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, Guangxi, ChinaGuangxi University of Chinese MedicineNanningChina
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- Hainan Forestry Group Co., Ltd, Haikou 570203, Hainan, ChinaHainan Forestry Group Co., LtdHaikouChina
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- College of Continuing (Online) Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, Sichuan, ChinaSichuan Normal UniversityChengduChina
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- Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ethnic Medicine Resources, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530200, Guangxi, ChinaChengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesChengduChina
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Batabyal A, Zambre A, Mclaren T, Rankin KJ, Somaweera R, Stuart‐Fox D, Thaker M. The extent of rapid colour change in male agamid lizards is unrelated to overall sexual dichromatism. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e10293. [PMID: 37435020 PMCID: PMC10329938 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
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Dynamic colour change is widespread in ectothermic animals, but has primarily been studied in the context of background matching. For most species, we lack quantitative data on the extent of colour change across different contexts. It is also unclear whether and how colour change varies across body regions, and how overall sexual dichromatism relates to the extent of individual colour change. In this study, we obtained reflectance measures in response to different stimuli for males and females of six species of agamid lizards (Agamidae, sister family to Chameleonidae) comprising three closely related species pairs. We computed the colour volume in a lizard-vision colour space occupied by males and females of each species and estimated overall sexual dichromatism based on the area of non-overlapping male and female colour volumes. As expected, males had larger colour volumes than females, but the extent of colour change in males differed between species and between body regions. Notably, species that were most sexually dichromatic were not necessarily those in which males showed the greatest individual colour change. Our results indicate that the extent of colour change is independent of the degree of sexual dichromatism and demonstrate that colour change on different body regions can vary substantially even between pairs of closely related species.
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- Anuradha Batabyal
- Department of Physical and Natural SciencesFLAME UniversityPuneIndia
- Centre for Ecological SciencesIndian Institute of ScienceBengaluruIndia
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- Centre for Ecological SciencesIndian Institute of ScienceBengaluruIndia
- Department of Ecology, Evolution and BehaviorUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA
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- School of BioSciencesThe University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- School of BioSciencesThe University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Stantec AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- School of BioSciencesThe University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Centre for Ecological SciencesIndian Institute of ScienceBengaluruIndia
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Lee JL, Yushchenko PV, Milto KD, Rajabizadeh M, Rastegar Pouyani E, Jablonski D, Masroor R, Karunarathna S, Mallik AK, Dsouza P, Orlov N, Nazarov R, Poyarkov NA. Kukri snakes Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 of the Western Palearctic with the resurrection of Contia transcaspica Nikolsky, 1902 (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). PeerJ 2023; 11:e15185. [PMID: 37220522 PMCID: PMC10200101 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
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The kukri snakes of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 reach the westernmost limits of their distribution in Middle and Southwest Asia (Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkmenistan), and the Palearctic portions of Pakistan. In this article, we review the systematics and distribution of the two species native to this region, Oligodon arnensis (Shaw, 1802) and Oligodon taeniolatus (Jerdon, 1853) based on an integrative approach combining morphological, molecular, and species distribution modeling (SDM) data. Phylogenetic analyses recover O. taeniolatus populations from Iran and Turkmenistan in a clade with the O. arnensis species complex, rendering the former species paraphyletic relative to O. taeniolatus sensu stricto on the Indian subcontinent. To correct this, we resurrect the name Contia transcaspica Nikolsky, 1902 from the synonymy of O. taeniolatus and assign it to populations in Middle-Southwest Asia. So far, Oligodon transcaspicus comb. et stat. nov. is known only from the Köpet-Dag Mountain Range of northeast Iran and southern Turkmenistan, but SDM mapping suggests it may have a wider range. Genetic samples of O. "arnensis" from northern Pakistan are nested in a clade sister to the recently described Oligodon churahensis Mirza, Bhardwaj & Patel, 2021, and are phylogenetically separate from O. arnensis sensu stricto in south India and Sri Lanka. Based on morphological similarity, the Afghanistan and Pakistan populations are assigned to Oligodon russelius (Daudin, 1803) and we synonymize O. churahensis with this species. Our investigation leads us to remove O. taeniolatus from the snake fauna of Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkmenistan, with the consequence that only Oligodon transcaspicus comb. et stat. nov. and O. russelius are present in these countries. Additional studies are needed to resolve the taxonomy of the O. taeniolatus and O. arnensis species complexes on the Indian subcontinent, and an updated key for both groups is provided.
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- Justin L. Lee
- Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, Villanova, United States
- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Zoology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Zoological Sciences Division, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity Conservation, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada, Odisha, India
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- Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Figueroa A, Low MEY, Lim KKP. Singapore's herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution. Zootaxa 2023; 5287:1-378. [PMID: 37518684 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Given Singapore's location at the confluence of important maritime trading routes, and that it was established as a British East India Company trading post in 1819, it is unsurprising that Singapore has become one of the centres of natural history collecting and research in Southeast Asia. Despite its small size, Singapore is home to a diverse herpetofauna assemblage and boasts a rich herpetological history. The first systematic studies of Singapore's herpetofauna (within the Linnaean binomial framework) date back to Stamford Raffles and the naturalists hired by him who first came to the island in 1819. Specimens that were collected during and after this time were deposited in museums worldwide. Over time, 39 species from Singapore were described as new to science. Due to the entrepôt nature of Singapore with its associated purchasing and trading of specimens (both alive and dead), poor record-keeping, and human introductions, numerous extraneous species from outside of Singapore were reported to occur on the island. Such issues have left a complicated legacy of ambiguous records and taxonomic complications concerning the identity of Singapore's species-rich herpetofauna, many of which were only resolved in the past 30-40 years. By compiling a comprehensive collection of records and publications relating to the herpetofauna of Singapore, we construct an updated and more accurate listing of the herpetofauna of Singapore. Our investigation culminated in the evaluation of 309 species, in which we compiled a final species checklist recognising 166 species (149 native and 17 non-native established species). Among the 149 native species are two caecilians, 24 frogs, one crocodilian, 13 turtles (three visitors), 34 lizards, and 75 snakes. Of the 17 non-native species are five frogs, four turtles, six lizards, and two snakes. The remaining 143 species represent species to be excluded from Singapore's herpetofauna species checklist. For each of the 309 species examined, we provide species accounts and explanatory annotations. Furthermore, we discuss Singapore's herpetofauna from a historical and conservation perspective. Immediate deforestation and nationwide urbanisation following colonisation completely eliminated many species from throughout much of the country and restricted them to small, degraded forest patches. We hope this publication highlights the importance of publishing observations and serves as a valuable resource to future researchers, naturalists, biological consultants, and policy makers in initiating studies on species ecology, distribution, status, and promoting conservation efforts to safeguard Singapore's herpetofauna.
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- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum; 2 Conservatory Drive; Singapore 117377.
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- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum; 2 Conservatory Drive; Singapore 117377.
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Amarasinghe AAT, Masroor R, Lalremsanga HT, Weerakkody S, Ananjeva NB, Campbell PD, Kennedy‐Gold SR, Bandara SK, Bragin AM, Gayan AKA, Sharma VR, Sayyed A, Biakzuala L, Kanishka AS, Ganesh SR, Ineich I, de Silva A, Wickramasinghe LJM, Seneviratne SS, Poyarkov NA, Vogel G, Jablonski D. Integrative approach resolves the systematics of barred wolf snakes in the
Lycodon striatus
complex (Reptilia, Colubridae). ZOOL SCR 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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- Amarasinghe A. Thasun Amarasinghe
- Herpetology Lab Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB) Research Center for Biosystematics & Evolution The National Research & Innovation Agency (BRIN; Government of Indonesia) Cibinong Indonesia
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Universitas Indonesia Depok Indonesia
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- Zoological Sciences Division, Pakistan Museum of Natural History Islamabad Pakistan
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- Developmental Biology and Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Zoology Mizoram University Aizawl Mizoram India
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- Laboratory for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Department of Zoology & Environment Sciences, Faculty of Science University of Colombo Colombo Sri Lanka
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- Division of Herpetology and Ornithology Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg Russia
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- Carnegie Museum of Natural History Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
- Department of Herpetology, Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Biological Faculty Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow Russia
- Joint Russian‐Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center Hanoi Vietnam
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology University of Colombo Colombo Sri Lanka
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- Department of Zoology Government Model Science College Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh India
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- Wildlife Protection and Research Society Maharashtra India
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- Developmental Biology and Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Zoology Mizoram University Aizawl Mizoram India
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution et Biodiversit, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, École Pratique des Hautes Études Université des Antilles, CNRS Paris France
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- Amphibia and Reptile Research Organization of Sri Lanka (ARROS) Gampola Sri Lanka
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- Laboratory for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Department of Zoology & Environment Sciences, Faculty of Science University of Colombo Colombo Sri Lanka
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- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Biological Faculty Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow Russia
- Joint Russian‐Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center Hanoi Vietnam
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- Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Zoology Comenius University in Bratislava Bratislava Slovakia
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Molecular phylogeny reveals distinct evolutionary lineages of the banded krait, Bungarus fasciatus (Squamata, Elapidae) in Asia. Sci Rep 2023; 13:2061. [PMID: 36739450 PMCID: PMC9899266 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28241-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The banded krait, Bungarus fasciatus is a widespread elapid snake, likely to comprise several distinct species in different geographic regions of Asia. Therefore, based on molecular phylogenetics and comparative morphology data, we present an overview of the systematic composition of the species to delimit potential biogeographic boundaries. Our phylogenetic analyses, based on four mitochondrial genes, reveal the existence of at least three evolutionary lineages within B. fasciatus, corresponding to Indo-Myanmar, Sundaic and eastern Asian lineages. We are convinced that there are at least three taxonomic entities within the nomen B. fasciatus and restrict the distribution of B. fasciatus sensu stricto to the Indo-Myanmar region. We also provide additional natural history data of the taxon from eastern India. Finally, we advocate further studies to establish the degree of reproductive isolation among these diverging evolutionary lineages and to reassess the systematic status of this species complex especially the Sundaic and eastern Asian lineages.
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Wang Q, He F, Huang RY, Yang X, Yang D, Ngatia JN, Gong Y, Xu Y, Huang S, Liu H. Draft genome of the oriental garden lizard ( Calotes versicolor). Front Genet 2023; 14:1091544. [PMID: 36891152 PMCID: PMC9986473 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1091544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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- Qing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants (Ministry of Education), College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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- Shanghai Collaborative Innovation for Aquatic Animal Genetics and Breeding, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants (Ministry of Education), College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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- College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China.,Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, Taita-Taveta, Kenya
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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- College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants (Ministry of Education), College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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Dufresnes C, Mahony S, Prasad VK, Kamei RG, Masroor R, Khan MA, Al-Johany AM, Gautam KB, Gupta SK, Borkin LJ, Melnikov DA, Rosanov JM, Skorinov DV, Borzée A, Jablonski D, Litvinchuk SN. Shedding light on taxonomic chaos: Diversity and distribution of South Asian skipper frogs (Anura, Dicroglossidae, Euphlyctis). SYST BIODIVERS 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2102686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- Christophe Dufresnes
- LASER, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
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- Laboratory of Animal Behaviour and Conservation, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, People’s Republic of China
- Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
- 566 Kohima-Meriema Road (AH1), Meriema, Kohima, 797001, Nagaland, India
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- Zoological Sciences Division, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Garden Avenue, Shakarparian, 44000, Islamabad Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Bacha Khan University Charsadda, Charsadda, KP, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
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- Laboratory of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Animal Behaviour and Conservation, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Zoology, Comenius University, in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, Bratislava, 842 15, Slovakia
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Dagestan State University, Makhachkala, Russia
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Srinivasulu C, Gandla Chethan Kumar. A checklist of herpetofauna of Telangana state, India. JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 2022. [DOI: 10.11609/jott.7360.14.6.21266-21281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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A checklist of herpetofauna of Telangana, India including accepted English name, scientific name along with authority, Telugu and vernacular name, IUCN, Indian Wildlife Protection Act and CITES status, and endemicity is presented in this paper. The herpetofauna diversity of Telangana is represented by 98 species including 16 species of amphibians belonging to four families, one species of crocodile, six species of testudines, 35 species of saurians and 40 species of snakes. Three species—Hemidactylus flavicaudus, H. xericolus, and H. aemulus—are endemic to Telangana.
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Gajendra Singh Mehra, Mohanty N, Dutta SK. Occurrence patterns of herpetofauna in different habitat types of western Terai Arc Landscape, India. JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 2022. [DOI: 10.11609/jott.7666.14.5.21010-21018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) is an important region of biodiversity in India. Situated in the foothills of the Himalaya, it is spread across India and Nepal. We describe the herpetofauna of the western part of TAL encompassing Ramnagar Forest Division, which falls in Uttarakhand state of India. We primarily used visual encounter survey method for sampling. A total of 47 species of herpetofauna belonging to three orders, 17 families and 36 genera were recorded from 10 habitat types (6 terrestrial and 4 aquatic). Highest species richness (n=32) was recorded from the human settlement and least (n=4) species richness was reported from pond habitat. In this paper, the diversity of amphibians and reptiles in each habitat type is discussed.
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Patil SR, Kiran Choudaj. Reptilian assemblages in the wetlands of Amboli hill complex, northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India during the monsoon season. JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 2022. [DOI: 10.11609/jott.6583.14.2.20576-20583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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We studied the reptilian diversity in and around five man-made wetlands in Amboli hill complex of the northern Western Ghats, in the monsoon seasons from 2011 to 2015. During the study we recorded 37 reptile species: 26 snakes, 10 lizards, and one turtle. Several endemic, range-restricted and newly-described species were recorded. We recorded the Indian Black Turtle Melanochelys trijuga, which is under ‘Near Threatened’ category of IUCN Red List 2020. We observed the greatest species richness at Gavase and Dhangarmola wetlands, followed by Khanapur, Yarandol, and Ningudage.
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Liu S, Zuo C, Yin F, Hui H, Rao D. First record of Calotes vindumbarbatus Wagner, Ihlow, Hartmann, Flecks, Schmitz & Böhme, 2021 (Squamata: Agamidae) from China, with revised diagnosis of this species. Biodivers Data J 2022; 10:e77963. [PMID: 35140542 PMCID: PMC8821536 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.10.e77963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Three new species were recently described from the Calotesmystaceus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 complex. Of the three new species, C.vindumbarbatus Wagner, Ihlow, Hartmann, Flecks, Schmitz & Böhme, 2021 was known only from northern Myanmar. New information Seven specimens of lizard were collected from Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, western Yunnan, China. Phylogenetically, these specimens clustered with the type specimens of Calotesvindumbarbatus from Myanmar with strong support and showed inappreciable genetic divergence from the type specimens of C.vindumbarbatus. We report the first country record of C.vindumbarbatus from China. In addition, a supplementary description, based on the newly-collected specimens and revised diagnosis of this species, was provided.
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