Comparative genomic investigation of high-elevation adaptation in ectothermic snakes

Jia‐Tang Li, Yue‐Dong Gao, Liang Xie, +13

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Out of Asia: Natricine snakes support the Cenozoic Beringian Dispersal Hypothesis

Peng Guo, Qin Liu, Yan Xu, +5

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

BiologyMorphological EvidenceBiogeographyNatural SciencesEvolutionary Biology +2

Eye size variation reflects habitat and daily activity patterns in colubrid snakes

Yang Liu, Li Ding, Juan Lei, +2

Journal of Morphology

Evolution of nuchal glands, unusual defensive organs of Asian natricine snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae), inferred from a molecular phylogeny

Hirohiko Takeuchi, Alan H. Savitzky, Li Ding, +9

Ecology and Evolution

Dramatic dietary shift maintains sequestered toxins in chemically defended snakes

Tatsuya Yoshida, Rinako Ujiie, Alan H. Savitzky, +16

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Reduced Performance of Prey Targeting in Pit Vipers with Contralaterally Occluded Infrared and Visual Senses

Qin Chen, Huanhuan Deng, Steven E. Brauth, +2

PLoS ONE

Visual SensesPit VipersCognitive ScienceInfrared InformationOphthalmology +13

Multiple lines of evidence reveal a new species of Krait (Squamata, Elapidae, Bungarus) from Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar

Zening Chen, Shengchao Shi, Gernot Vogel, +2

ZooKeys

GeneticsEntomologyTaxonomyZoological TaxonomyAnatomy +17

A new moth-preying alpine pit viper species from Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (Viperidae, Crotalinae)

Jing‐Song Shi, Gang Wang, Xi’er Chen, +6

Amphibia-Reptilia

Qinghai-tibetan PlateauAnimal TaxonomyInsect ConservationPredator-prey InteractionEntomology +14

Validity of Pelodiscus parviformis (Testudines: Trionychidae) Inferred from Molecular and Morphological Analyses

Ping Yang, Tang Ye-zhong, Li Ding, +2

Asian Herpetological Research

Pelodiscus ParviformisBayesian AnalysesGeneticsZoological TaxonomyPhylogenetics +16

Description of a New Cobra (Naja Laurenti, 1768; Squamata, Elapidae) from China with Designation of a Neotype for Naja atra

Shengchao Shi, Gernot Vogel, Li Ding, +5

Animals