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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] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [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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Khassanov FO, Pulatov S, Asatulloev T, Ergashov I, Tojibaev KS, Yusupov Z. Alliumsunhangii - a new species from section Brevidentia F.O.Khass. & Iengal. (Amaryllidaceae) from Southern Pamir-Alay, Uzbekistan. PhytoKeys 2023; 219:35-48. [PMID: 37252455 PMCID: PMC10209640 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.219.96464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A new species, Alliumsunhangiisp. nov., of the Middle Asiatic section Brevidentia F.O.Khass. & Iengal., (subgenusAllium, tribe Allioideae, Amaryllidaceae) is described. The species is a small plant from the Babatag Ridge in the Surkhandarya province of Uzbekistan. It is morphologically close to Alliumbrevidens Vved. in having initially dark violet filaments and three-cuspidate inner filaments, but differs by its small size and visibly unequal tepals as well as in the phylogenetic analysis based on ITS data.
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- Furkat O. Khassanov
- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100125, UzbekistanInstitute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of UzbekistanTashkentUzbekistan
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- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100125, UzbekistanInstitute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of UzbekistanTashkentUzbekistan
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- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100125, UzbekistanInstitute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of UzbekistanTashkentUzbekistan
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, ChinaKunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of SciencesKunmingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100125, UzbekistanInstitute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of UzbekistanTashkentUzbekistan
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, ChinaKunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of SciencesKunmingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100125, UzbekistanInstitute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of UzbekistanTashkentUzbekistan
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- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100125, UzbekistanInstitute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of UzbekistanTashkentUzbekistan
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, ChinaKunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of SciencesKunmingChina
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Stauch G, Raoufi R, Sediqi A, Dalquen P, Fritz P, Aichmüller C, Aichmüller-Ratnaparkhe M, Hubler M. [Experiences with telepathology in northern Afghanistan : A 10-year success story]. Pathologie (Heidelb) 2022; 43:303-310. [PMID: 35238979 DOI: 10.1007/s00292-022-01060-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Afghanistan is in a military conflict lasting more than 20 years and according to recent political development, in a downhill spiral towards a failed society. This scenario faces the question of the usefulness of international medical aid, especially morphological diagnostics in crisis situations. On the basis of ten years of experience from a telemedicine project, need, feasibility and results in Afghanistan will be discussed. General and country-specific problems and the sustainability of an international partnership are discussed. In summary our experience is: (1) Telemedicine is possible and necessary even in countries with high conflict potential. It is integrated into routine care by local medical care taker, (2) Accompanying video conferences are a significant improvement in telemedical diagnostics, (3) "High level" consultations can bridge the gap between sophisticated western diagnostics and medicine in the partner country in selected cases and (4) Scientific work is possible on the basis of the medical data collected on site and the image material generated.
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- Gerhard Stauch
- iPath Telemedicine Network gGmbH, 26603, Aurich, Deutschland.
- Institut für Pathologie Aurich/Westerstede, Wallinghausener Str. 8-12, 26603, Aurich, Deutschland.
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- Abu Ali Sina Hospital, Masar-e-Scharif, Afghanistan
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- Abu Ali Sina Hospital, Masar-e-Scharif, Afghanistan
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- Institut für Pathologie, Universitätsspital Basel, 4031, Basel, Schweiz
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- Institut für Pathologie, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, 70341, Stuttgart, Deutschland
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- Administration iPath Telemedicine Network gGmbH, 79576, Weil am Rhein, Deutschland
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The spider genus Arboricaria Bosmans, 2000 is redefined and an updated diagnosis given. The differences between Arboricaria and Micaria Westring, 1851 are discussed in detail. A key to all five species of the genus is provided. One new species, Arboricaria zonsteini sp. n. (♂♀), is described based on specimens from Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan. One new synonym is proposed: Arboricaria koeni Bosmans in Bosmans & Blick, 2000, syn. n. is assigned to Arboricaria sociabilis Kulczyński in Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897. Data on the distribution of Arboricaria in Russia and adjacent countries are presented with references to the papers on local spider faunas.
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- Kirill G Mikhailov
- Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 6, Moscow 125009 Russia
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