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 …

We updated the checklists of extant, native amphibians and reptiles of China based on the
previously published checklist of reptiles in 2015, the online checklist of amphibians on the …

Frogs of the genus Microhyla include some of the world's smallest amphibians and
represent the largest radiation of Asian microhylids, currently encompassing 50 species …

本文在2015 年发表的爬行动物名录及同年《 中国两栖类信息系统》 发布的两栖动物名录的基础
上, 通过整理新发表的分类学研究及先前名录遗漏的部分早期文献, 更新了截至2019 …

Slug-eating snakes of the subfamily Pareinae are an insufficiently studied group of snakes
specialized in feeding on terrestrial mollusks. Currently Pareinae encompass three genera …

Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species, published in 2014, was the
first catalogue of its kind and covered all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 …

In the present paper we reassess the taxonomy of the Pareas margaritophorus–macularius
species complex based on an integrative approach including morphological and molecular …

The results of herpetological surveys conducted throughout Laos in 2016–2019 resulted in
significant records at the country and provincial levels for several amphibian and reptile …

The Asian snail-eating snakes Pareas is the largest genus of the family Pareidae (formerly
Pareatidae), and widely distributed in Southeast Asia. However, potential diversity remains …

Acoustic signals for mating are important traits that could drive population differentiation and
speciation. Ecology may play a role in acoustic divergence through direct selection (eg, local …