Pub Date : 2013-01-30DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00303
Wang Li, W. Yong, Yuan Guiping, D. Min, Chen Xueliang
{"title":"Molecular Characterization and Virulence Genes of Aeromonas hydrophila Isolated from the Chinese Giant Salamander ( Andrias davidianus ): Molecular Characterization and Virulence Genes of Aeromonas hydrophila Isolated from the Chinese Giant Salamander ( Andrias davidianus )","authors":"Wang Li, W. Yong, Yuan Guiping, D. Min, Chen Xueliang","doi":"10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00303","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70019411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1245.2013.00109
Pan Hj, B. Chettri, Yang Dd, K. Jiang, K. Wang, L. Zhang, G. Vogel
{"title":"A New Species of the Genus Protobothrops （Squamata： Viperidae） from Southern Tibet, China and Sikkim, India","authors":"Pan Hj, B. Chettri, Yang Dd, K. Jiang, K. Wang, L. Zhang, G. Vogel","doi":"10.3724/sp.j.1245.2013.00109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3724/sp.j.1245.2013.00109","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70020073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1245.2013.00076
Indraneil Das, Hans Breuer, Samuel Shonleben
A new record of the homalopsid snake, Gerarda prevostiana is presented from a mangrove-dominated patch in the vicinity of Kampung Bako, Sarawak, East Malaysia, and this comprises the first published record from the Sundaic Island of Borneo. A possible second locality for the species is a ca. 6.68 km site to its northeast, Kampung Buntal, based on an unlocated museum specimen. The species is widespread in mainland Southeast Asia, with additional records to the west (the Indian Subcontinent) and east (the Philippines Archipelago), but was previously unrecorded from the islands of the Sundas. The secretive habits of the species, including the occupancy of mud lobster (Thalassinia spp.) mounds in mostly inaccessible, swampy habitats may be a reason for its perceived rarity and few published records.
{"title":"Gerarda prevostiana （Eydoux and Gervais, 1837） （Squamata： Serpentes： Homalopsidae）, a New Snake for Borneo","authors":"Indraneil Das, Hans Breuer, Samuel Shonleben","doi":"10.3724/sp.j.1245.2013.00076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3724/sp.j.1245.2013.00076","url":null,"abstract":"A new record of the homalopsid snake, Gerarda prevostiana is presented from a mangrove-dominated patch in the vicinity of Kampung Bako, Sarawak, East Malaysia, and this comprises the first published record from the Sundaic Island of Borneo. A possible second locality for the species is a ca. 6.68 km site to its northeast, Kampung Buntal, based on an unlocated museum specimen. The species is widespread in mainland Southeast Asia, with additional records to the west (the Indian Subcontinent) and east (the Philippines Archipelago), but was previously unrecorded from the islands of the Sundas. The secretive habits of the species, including the occupancy of mud lobster (Thalassinia spp.) mounds in mostly inaccessible, swampy habitats may be a reason for its perceived rarity and few published records.","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70019969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1245.2013.00221
I. Das, J. Grinang, M. Yong
A new record of the rhacophorid frog, Theloderma licin is reported from Gunung Serambu, in the Bau region of western Sarawak, East Malaysia, which comprises the first published record of the species from the Sundaic island of Borneo. The species was previously known from the Malay Peninsula (southern Peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia). Species of Theloderma are widespread in mainland and insular Southeast Asia, their arboreal habits perhaps contributing to our perception of rarity.
{"title":"Theloderma licin McLeod and Ahmad, 2007 (Lissamphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae), a New Frog Record for Borneo","authors":"I. Das, J. Grinang, M. Yong","doi":"10.3724/sp.j.1245.2013.00221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3724/sp.j.1245.2013.00221","url":null,"abstract":"A new record of the rhacophorid frog, Theloderma licin is reported from Gunung Serambu, in the Bau region of western Sarawak, East Malaysia, which comprises the first published record of the species from the Sundaic island of Borneo. The species was previously known from the Malay Peninsula (southern Peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia). Species of Theloderma are widespread in mainland and insular Southeast Asia, their arboreal habits perhaps contributing to our perception of rarity.","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70020289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-12-04DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00198
Yang Liu, Yucheng Song, Wenrong Li, Lei Shi
The reproductive strategy and cycle of Phrynocephalus grumgrzimailoi were studied at a locality close to Urumqi City, Xinjiang, China. The hatchlings of P. grumgrzimailoi need at least two years to reach sexual maturity, with the smallest mature male and female measured 48.02 mm and 47.01 mm snout-vent length (SVL), respectively. Adult females produce a single clutch per breeding season, with the clutch size ranging from 1 to 5. The clutch size and mass are significantly correlated with female SVL. There is no correlation of mean egg size with clutch size and relative fecundity in P. grumgrzimailoi, suggesting that the trade-off is absent between mean egg size and number. Females increase reproductive output mainly through increasing egg numbers. The copulation period lasts from April to June. Females begin vitellogenesis in April and lay eggs from May to July. Our results suggest that toad-headed lizards tend to select different reproductive strategies to adapt themselves to their arid or semi-arid habitats.
{"title":"Reproductive Strategy and Cycle of the Toad-headed Agama Phrynocephalus grumgrzimailoi (Agamidae) in Xinjiang, China","authors":"Yang Liu, Yucheng Song, Wenrong Li, Lei Shi","doi":"10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00198","url":null,"abstract":"The reproductive strategy and cycle of Phrynocephalus grumgrzimailoi were studied at a locality close to Urumqi City, Xinjiang, China. The hatchlings of P. grumgrzimailoi need at least two years to reach sexual maturity, with the smallest mature male and female measured 48.02 mm and 47.01 mm snout-vent length (SVL), respectively. Adult females produce a single clutch per breeding season, with the clutch size ranging from 1 to 5. The clutch size and mass are significantly correlated with female SVL. There is no correlation of mean egg size with clutch size and relative fecundity in P. grumgrzimailoi, suggesting that the trade-off is absent between mean egg size and number. Females increase reproductive output mainly through increasing egg numbers. The copulation period lasts from April to June. Females begin vitellogenesis in April and lay eggs from May to July. Our results suggest that toad-headed lizards tend to select different reproductive strategies to adapt themselves to their arid or semi-arid habitats.","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70019307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-12-04DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00240
Xiong Rongchuan, Wang Bin, Wu Yuhan, J. Jianping
{"title":"Morphological Correlates of the Phonatory Organ in an Ultrasonically Phonating Frog: Morphological Correlates of the Phonatory Organ in an Ultrasonically Phonating Frog","authors":"Xiong Rongchuan, Wang Bin, Wu Yuhan, J. Jianping","doi":"10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00240","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70019530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-12-04DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00258
M. Min, Huang Yan, Zhiping Mi, Yanhong Liu, Caiquan Zhou
A skeletochronological study was conducted for the age,longevity and growth of a Rana nigromaculata population in northeastern Sichuan,China.Of 139 specimens,119 (68 males and 51 females) exhibited distinct arrested growth lines in phalanges.Age at first reproduction was found to be two years of age for males and three for females.Maximum longevity was estimated to be at least six years in males and seven years in females.Average age did not differ between males and females.Breeding females were significantly older than breeding males.Females were larger in body size and heavier in body mass than males.Age was not correlated with body size and body mass in males,but a significant correlation was found among age,body size and body mass in females.The growth curve appeared significantly different between the sexes,with a higher growth rate throughout life and a larger asymptotic size in females.Moreover,analysis of the growth model indicated that the population studied was relatively stable.
{"title":"Skeletochronological Study of Age, Longevity and Growth in a Population of Rana nigromaculata (Amphibia: Anura) in Sichuan, China: Skeletochronological Study of Age, Longevity and Growth in a Population of Rana nigromaculata (Amphibia: Anura) in Sichuan, China","authors":"M. Min, Huang Yan, Zhiping Mi, Yanhong Liu, Caiquan Zhou","doi":"10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00258","url":null,"abstract":"A skeletochronological study was conducted for the age,longevity and growth of a Rana nigromaculata population in northeastern Sichuan,China.Of 139 specimens,119 (68 males and 51 females) exhibited distinct arrested growth lines in phalanges.Age at first reproduction was found to be two years of age for males and three for females.Maximum longevity was estimated to be at least six years in males and seven years in females.Average age did not differ between males and females.Breeding females were significantly older than breeding males.Females were larger in body size and heavier in body mass than males.Age was not correlated with body size and body mass in males,but a significant correlation was found among age,body size and body mass in females.The growth curve appeared significantly different between the sexes,with a higher growth rate throughout life and a larger asymptotic size in females.Moreover,analysis of the growth model indicated that the population studied was relatively stable.","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70019604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-12-04DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00205
Jichao Wang, J. Cui, H. Shi, S. Brauth, Yezhong Tang
In anurans, the outcomes of male-male contests and female choice are often associated with body size. In some species, males evaluate an opponent's fighting ability and females evaluate male quality on the basis of male communication signals, which are thought to reflect information concerning male body size. Nevertheless, previous studies reveal that male call structure is not always correlated with body size. In the present study we investigated the relationships between body size and call structure in the large treefrog, Rhacophorus dennysi, as well as the relationship of its calling behavior with air temperature and humidity. The results show that both the dominant and fundamental frequencies are negatively correlated with body size, while inter-note intervals are positively correlated with body size, indicating that call characters could reflect body size in this species. Additionally, calling in this tropical species exhibits a circadian rhythm insofar as relatively high temperature and low humidity during the day is associated with less vocal behavior. Thus, individual variations in call structure are mainly dependent on body size while the temporal rhythm of calling activity is affected by environmental conditions in large treefrogs.
{"title":"Effects of Body Size and Environmental Factors on the Acoustic Structure and Temporal Rhythm of Calls in Rhacophorus dennysi","authors":"Jichao Wang, J. Cui, H. Shi, S. Brauth, Yezhong Tang","doi":"10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00205","url":null,"abstract":"In anurans, the outcomes of male-male contests and female choice are often associated with body size. In some species, males evaluate an opponent's fighting ability and females evaluate male quality on the basis of male communication signals, which are thought to reflect information concerning male body size. Nevertheless, previous studies reveal that male call structure is not always correlated with body size. In the present study we investigated the relationships between body size and call structure in the large treefrog, Rhacophorus dennysi, as well as the relationship of its calling behavior with air temperature and humidity. The results show that both the dominant and fundamental frequencies are negatively correlated with body size, while inter-note intervals are positively correlated with body size, indicating that call characters could reflect body size in this species. Additionally, calling in this tropical species exhibits a circadian rhythm insofar as relatively high temperature and low humidity during the day is associated with less vocal behavior. Thus, individual variations in call structure are mainly dependent on body size while the temporal rhythm of calling activity is affected by environmental conditions in large treefrogs.","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70019373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-12-04DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00213
Huang Xin, Pan Tao, H. Demin, Zhang Liang, Hou Yinxu, Yu Lei, Zheng Heming, Zhang Baowei
During a biological survey in July 2011, a pit viper was collected from the Yaoluoping Nature Reserve in the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, China. The pit viper's the total length measured 836 mm with a dorsal ground color of yellow- brown, decorated by 56 dark-brown transverse bands. The 4 th supralabial squama of the new species is separated from subocular by two squamae, and the tip of tail is orange; this combination of characters distinguish it from other species of the genus Protobothrops. Based on the body proportions, number of squamae, body color pattern, and comparing the data of its life history with those of other species of Protobothrops, we herein describe it as a new species, belonging to the genus of Protobothrops.
{"title":"A New Species of the Genus Protobothrops (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, China: A New Species of the Genus Protobothrops (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, China","authors":"Huang Xin, Pan Tao, H. Demin, Zhang Liang, Hou Yinxu, Yu Lei, Zheng Heming, Zhang Baowei","doi":"10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00213","url":null,"abstract":"During a biological survey in July 2011, a pit viper was collected from the Yaoluoping Nature Reserve in the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, China. The pit viper's the total length measured 836 mm with a dorsal ground color of yellow- brown, decorated by 56 dark-brown transverse bands. The 4 th supralabial squama of the new species is separated from subocular by two squamae, and the tip of tail is orange; this combination of characters distinguish it from other species of the genus Protobothrops. Based on the body proportions, number of squamae, body color pattern, and comparing the data of its life history with those of other species of Protobothrops, we herein describe it as a new species, belonging to the genus of Protobothrops.","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70019436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-12-03DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00192
F. Pasmans, G. Janssens, M. Sparreboom, Jianping Jiang, K. Nishikawa
The Shangcheng stout salamander (Pachyhynobius shangchengensis) is a poorly known stream dwelling hynobiid salamander from China. We studied the reproduction, development and growth response of the salamander to different diets in captivity. Two females each produced two unique, striated egg sacs, with each containing 18 and 20, and 22 and 32 white eggs with an average diameter of 3.3 mm. Hatchlings (n = 27) had front- and hind-limb buds with interdigit membranes and a large yolk sac, and developed cornified finger and toe tips during further development. Metamorphosis occurred between d 441 and d 454 after hatching at an average total length of 94.8 mm (n = 21). These reproductive and developmental traits fit in well with the ancestral state reconstruction in hynobiids. If corrected for dry mass, feed conversion ratios obtained by feeding bloodworms (Chironomidae) to R shangchengensis larvae and mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) to postmetamorphs, were very low (0.33 and 0.34 respectively), equaling a very high mass conversion efficiency.
{"title":"Reproduction, Development, and Growth Response to Captive Diets in the Shangcheng Stout Salamander, Pachyhynobius shangchengensis (Amphibia, Urodela, Hynobiidae)","authors":"F. Pasmans, G. Janssens, M. Sparreboom, Jianping Jiang, K. Nishikawa","doi":"10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00192","url":null,"abstract":"The Shangcheng stout salamander (Pachyhynobius shangchengensis) is a poorly known stream dwelling hynobiid salamander from China. We studied the reproduction, development and growth response of the salamander to different diets in captivity. Two females each produced two unique, striated egg sacs, with each containing 18 and 20, and 22 and 32 white eggs with an average diameter of 3.3 mm. Hatchlings (n = 27) had front- and hind-limb buds with interdigit membranes and a large yolk sac, and developed cornified finger and toe tips during further development. Metamorphosis occurred between d 441 and d 454 after hatching at an average total length of 94.8 mm (n = 21). These reproductive and developmental traits fit in well with the ancestral state reconstruction in hynobiids. If corrected for dry mass, feed conversion ratios obtained by feeding bloodworms (Chironomidae) to R shangchengensis larvae and mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) to postmetamorphs, were very low (0.33 and 0.34 respectively), equaling a very high mass conversion efficiency.","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70019684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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