Thermal tolerance can reveal the risk of establishment and spread for non-native tropical species introduced to more subtropical regions. These data are particularly important for novel introductions ...

The colonization of low-light environments exerts selective pressure to enhance non-visual senses while relaxing selection on vision, often leading to opsi

Scientific Data - CaecilianTraits, an individual level trait database of Caecilians worldwide

Caecilians comprise a relatively small (~220 species) group (Gymnophiona) of snake-like or worm-like, mostly tropical amphibians. Most adult caecilians are fossorial, although some species may live i....

<p indent="0mm">A new unstriped <italic>Ichthyophis</italic> is found in Yunnan, China, it is distinguished from its unstriped congeners in morphology by a combination of characters including HL (head length), the number of annuli (369–372), vertebrae (114), inner mandibular teeth (36) and premaxillary-maxillary (51). The new species is also distinguished from its closest neighbour congener by a significant genetic divergence which is greater than 5.8% in the mitochondrial <italic>COI</italic> gene and greater than 6.3% in the mitochondrial <italic>cyt-b</italic> gene. As the first unstriped <italic> Ichthyophis</italic> species found in China, it is also the second species of Caecilians (Amphibian: Gymnophiona) found in China.</p> <?Pub Caret 25?>