Animals move in diverse ways, as indicated in part by the wide variety of gaits and modes
that have been described for vertebrate locomotion. Much variation in the gaits of limbed …

Fine-tuned by millions of years of evolution, snake venoms have frightened but also
fascinated humanity and nowadays they constitute potential resources for drug …

Accurate and detailed species distribution maps are fundamental for documenting and
interpreting biological diversity. For snakes, an ecologically diverse group of reptiles …

Caenophidian snakes include the file snake genus Acrochordus and advanced
colubroidean snakes that radiated mainly during the Neogene. Although caenophidian …

Habitat loss is the primary driver of biodiversity decline worldwide, but the effects of
fragmentation (the spatial arrangement of remaining habitat) are debated. We tested the …

The King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) holds cultural significance and is one of the most
medically important venomous snakes worldwide. Envenomation by King Cobras often …

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 …

Snake venoms represent a danger to human health, but also a gold mine of bioactive
proteins that can be harnessed for drug discovery purposes. The evolution of snakes and …

A primary goal of ecological restoration is to increase biodiversity in degraded ecosystems.
However, the success of restoration ecology is often assessed by measuring the response of …

Snakes are one of the most diverse groups of terrestrial vertebrates, with approximately
3500 extant species. A robust phylogeny and taxonomy of snakes is crucial for us to know …