The Asian keelback snakes (genus Amphiesma) are a widely distributed group of Old World
natricines, inhabiting a variety of niches and exhibiting significant morphological variation …

Abstract<? Pub Inc> The snake genus' Oligodon', known for its egg-eating feeding
behaviour, is a taxonomically and systematically challenging group from South and …

Most Neotropical colubrid snakes belong to a single, well‐supported lineage. Relationships
between the major constituents of this clade remain. Here, we explore the phylogenetic …

Background With over 3,500 species encompassing a diverse range of morphologies and
ecologies, snakes make up 36% of squamate diversity. Despite several attempts at …

Natricine snakes are geographically widespread, species rich (with~ 250 extant species)
and both morphologically and ecologically diverse. We present a multilocus DNA sequence …

Abstract The Asian monotypic genus Pararhabdophis Bourret, 1934 has long been known
from a single holotype of the type species Pararhabdophis chapaensis Bourret, 1934 only …

We provide the first molecular phylogenetic data for the following poorly known Northeast
Indian snakes: Blythia reticulata and B. hmuifang, Hebius xenura, and Trachischium spp …

A new species of Amphiesma is described from the Truong Son (Annamite mountain range)
of Quang Binh Province in central Vietnam. This new species is characterized by the …

Chironius is one of the most speciose genera of the South American colubrid snakes.
Although the genus represents a well-known radiation of diurnal racers, its monophyly …

A new species of natricine snake of the Southeast Asian genus Opisthotropis Günther, 1872
is described from western Hunan Province of China based on both mitochondrial DNA and …