DEAR EDITOR,A new species of the genus Amolops,Amolops tuanjieensis sp.nov.,is described from Yunnan,China.The new species can be distinguished by the following characters:dorsolateral folds present;dorsal and ventral...DEAR EDITOR,A new species of the genus Amolops,Amolops tuanjieensis sp.nov.,is described from Yunnan,China.The new species can be distinguished by the following characters:dorsolateral folds present;dorsal and ventral surfaces smooth;top of head and dorsum brown-red with irregular gray and dark spots;flank green;side of head black,from tip of snout,diffusing posteriorly to axilla,continuing as black streak below edge of dorsolateral fold;SVL 39.5-40.4 mm in males,56.8-60.7 mm in females;tympanum distinct;supratympanic fold indistinct;vomerine teeth in two oblique rows between choanae,closer to each other than choanae;vocal sacs present;nuptial pads present;outer metatarsal tubercle absent,supernumerary tubercles absent;all fingertips expanded into discs;limbs dorsally brown with dark brown bars and irregular dark brown blotches.展开更多
DEAR EDITOR,Theloderma pyaukkya is recorded for the first time in China based on a specimen collected from western Yunnan.Morphologically,the specimen shows good agreement with the original description of T.pyaukkya,a...DEAR EDITOR,Theloderma pyaukkya is recorded for the first time in China based on a specimen collected from western Yunnan.Morphologically,the specimen shows good agreement with the original description of T.pyaukkya,and phylogenetically is clustered with the type specimens and holotype of T.展开更多
DEAR EDITOR,We describe a new species of the genus Kurixalus, Kurixalus raoi sp. nov., from Guizhou Province, China, based on morphological and molecular evidence. Phylogenetically, the new species is sister to K. idi...DEAR EDITOR,We describe a new species of the genus Kurixalus, Kurixalus raoi sp. nov., from Guizhou Province, China, based on morphological and molecular evidence. Phylogenetically, the new species is sister to K. idiootocus, but is distinguishable from all known congeners by a combination of the following characters: small body size(snout-vent length 28.2-32.2 mm in males;38.6 mm in female);snout rounded.展开更多
DEAR EDITOR,The ferret-badger Melogale cucphuongensis was first described from Cuc Phuong National Park in Vietnam, with no subsequent reports in later years. During our surveys of the Wuyishan Mountains of Fujian Pro...DEAR EDITOR,The ferret-badger Melogale cucphuongensis was first described from Cuc Phuong National Park in Vietnam, with no subsequent reports in later years. During our surveys of the Wuyishan Mountains of Fujian Province in southeastern China during May 2018, a Melogale specimen was identified. Analysis based on pelage and skull characteristics as well as molecular data indicated it to be a new subspecies, which we nominated as Melogale cucphuongensis guadunensis subsp. nov. This is the first record of the species in China. Therefore, this research not only expands the distribution range of the species beyond Vietnam, but also indicates that geographic variation of the species should have been proceeding in southeastern China.展开更多
DEAR EDITOR,A new species of the genus Amolops,Amolops putaoensis sp.nov.,is described from northern Myanmar.The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by the following characters:(1)dorsolateral fold dis...DEAR EDITOR,A new species of the genus Amolops,Amolops putaoensis sp.nov.,is described from northern Myanmar.The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by the following characters:(1)dorsolateral fold distinct;(2)upper-lip stripe white;(3)male body size 37.6-40.2 mm;(4)ground color of dorsal surface brown,flank green,small warts on dorsum.展开更多
Paraplegic gait orthosis has been shown to help paraplegic patients stand and walk, although this method cannot be individualized for patients with different spinal cord injuries and functional recovery of the lower e...Paraplegic gait orthosis has been shown to help paraplegic patients stand and walk, although this method cannot be individualized for patients with different spinal cord injuries and functional recovery of the lower extremities. There is, however, a great need to develop individualized paraplegic orthosis to improve overall quality of life for paraplegic patients. In the present study, 36 spinal cord（below T4） injury patients were equally and randomly divided into control and observation groups. The control group received systematic rehabilitation training, including maintenance of joint range of motion, residual muscle strength training, standing training, balance training, and functional electrical stimulation. The observation group received an individualized paraplegic locomotion brace and functional training according to the various spinal cord injury levels and muscle strength based on comprehensive systematic rehabilitation training. After 3 months of rehabilitation training, the observation group achieved therapeutic locomotion in 8 cases, family-based locomotion in 7 cases, and community-based locomotion in 3 cases. However, locomotion was not achieved in any of the control group patients. These findings suggest that individualized paraplegic braces significantly improve activity of daily living and locomotion in patients with thoracolumbar spinal cord injury.展开更多
The systematics of Semisulcospiridae in China is revised here based on morphological characters and mitochondrial phylogenetics. Phylogenetic relationships within the Chinese semisulcospirids were assessed via DNA seq...The systematics of Semisulcospiridae in China is revised here based on morphological characters and mitochondrial phylogenetics. Phylogenetic relationships within the Chinese semisulcospirids were assessed via DNA sequences from mitochondrial analysis (cytochrome c oxidase I and 16S rRNA). This research contains most morphospecies of semisulcospirids previously recorded in China. Based on these results, the family of Chinese Semisulcospiridae is represented by three genera: i.e., viviparous Semisulcospira B?ttger, 1886, oviparous Hua Chen, 1943 and Koreoleptoxis Burch and Jung, 1988. These genera can be distinguished from each other by reproductive anatomy, reproductive mode, and radula features. Species of Hua are mainly distributed in southwest China and Guangxi, whereas Koreoleptoxis and Semisulcospira are mainly distributed in south and northeast China.展开更多
The origin and colonization history of Kurixalus,a genus of small arboreal tree frogs breeding exclusively in shallow swamps,is under disputed.On the basis of comprehensive sampling program,the evolutionary history of...The origin and colonization history of Kurixalus,a genus of small arboreal tree frogs breeding exclusively in shallow swamps,is under disputed.On the basis of comprehensive sampling program,the evolutionary history of Kurixalus is investigated based on 3 mitochondrial genes.Our results indicate that the genus Kurixalus originated in the Asian mainland and subsequently arrived at its current distribution in Borneo,Taiwan,Ryukyu,and Hainan islands by a series of dispersal events.Moreover,the colonization of Taiwan from mainland Asia has occurred 2 times.The initial colonization of Taiwan occurred at 3.46-8.68 Mya(95%highest posterior density),which rejects the hypothesis that Kurixalus probably originated from Taiwan during the early Oligocene and favors the model of Neogene-origin rather than the model of Quaternary-origin for Taiwan Residents Kurixalus.Kurixalus eiffingeri has dispersed from Taiwan to the Ryukyus once or 2 times pending more data.Both transoceanic dispersal and landbridge dispersal have played a role in the colonization process;the former resulted in the colonization of Taiwan and the Ryukyus and the latter led to the colonizati on of Bor neo and Hain an.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872212)Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology,Guangxi Normal University(18-A-01-08)。
文摘DEAR EDITOR,A new species of the genus Amolops,Amolops tuanjieensis sp.nov.,is described from Yunnan,China.The new species can be distinguished by the following characters:dorsolateral folds present;dorsal and ventral surfaces smooth;top of head and dorsum brown-red with irregular gray and dark spots;flank green;side of head black,from tip of snout,diffusing posteriorly to axilla,continuing as black streak below edge of dorsolateral fold;SVL 39.5-40.4 mm in males,56.8-60.7 mm in females;tympanum distinct;supratympanic fold indistinct;vomerine teeth in two oblique rows between choanae,closer to each other than choanae;vocal sacs present;nuptial pads present;outer metatarsal tubercle absent,supernumerary tubercles absent;all fingertips expanded into discs;limbs dorsally brown with dark brown bars and irregular dark brown blotches.
基金supported by the Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection(Guangxi Normal University)Ministry of Education(ERESEP2020Z22)+2 种基金Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal EcologyGuangxi Normal University(19-A-01-06)National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872212)。
文摘DEAR EDITOR,Theloderma pyaukkya is recorded for the first time in China based on a specimen collected from western Yunnan.Morphologically,the specimen shows good agreement with the original description of T.pyaukkya,and phylogenetically is clustered with the type specimens and holotype of T.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 32060114)Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University)+2 种基金Ministry of Education(ERESEP2020Z22)Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal EcologyGuangxi Normal University (18-A-01-08and 19-A-01-06)。
文摘DEAR EDITOR,We describe a new species of the genus Kurixalus, Kurixalus raoi sp. nov., from Guizhou Province, China, based on morphological and molecular evidence. Phylogenetically, the new species is sister to K. idiootocus, but is distinguishable from all known congeners by a combination of the following characters: small body size(snout-vent length 28.2-32.2 mm in males;38.6 mm in female);snout rounded.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30970332,31093430)National Special Fund on Basic Research of Science and Technology of China(2014FY110100)Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China(2005DKA21402)
文摘DEAR EDITOR,The ferret-badger Melogale cucphuongensis was first described from Cuc Phuong National Park in Vietnam, with no subsequent reports in later years. During our surveys of the Wuyishan Mountains of Fujian Province in southeastern China during May 2018, a Melogale specimen was identified. Analysis based on pelage and skull characteristics as well as molecular data indicated it to be a new subspecies, which we nominated as Melogale cucphuongensis guadunensis subsp. nov. This is the first record of the species in China. Therefore, this research not only expands the distribution range of the species beyond Vietnam, but also indicates that geographic variation of the species should have been proceeding in southeastern China.
基金supported by the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund(Biodiversity Monitoring and Network Construction Along Lancang-Mekong River Basin Project),CASSEABRI(Y4ZK111B01)National Natural Science Foundation of China(32060114)+1 种基金Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection(Guangxi Normal University),Ministry of Education(ERESEP2020Z22)Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology,Guangxi Normal University(18-A-01-08 and 19-A-01-06)。
文摘DEAR EDITOR,A new species of the genus Amolops,Amolops putaoensis sp.nov.,is described from northern Myanmar.The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by the following characters:(1)dorsolateral fold distinct;(2)upper-lip stripe white;(3)male body size 37.6-40.2 mm;(4)ground color of dorsal surface brown,flank green,small warts on dorsum.
文摘Paraplegic gait orthosis has been shown to help paraplegic patients stand and walk, although this method cannot be individualized for patients with different spinal cord injuries and functional recovery of the lower extremities. There is, however, a great need to develop individualized paraplegic orthosis to improve overall quality of life for paraplegic patients. In the present study, 36 spinal cord（below T4） injury patients were equally and randomly divided into control and observation groups. The control group received systematic rehabilitation training, including maintenance of joint range of motion, residual muscle strength training, standing training, balance training, and functional electrical stimulation. The observation group received an individualized paraplegic locomotion brace and functional training according to the various spinal cord injury levels and muscle strength based on comprehensive systematic rehabilitation training. After 3 months of rehabilitation training, the observation group achieved therapeutic locomotion in 8 cases, family-based locomotion in 7 cases, and community-based locomotion in 3 cases. However, locomotion was not achieved in any of the control group patients. These findings suggest that individualized paraplegic braces significantly improve activity of daily living and locomotion in patients with thoracolumbar spinal cord injury.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31301865)Special Funds for Young Scholars of Taxonomy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(ZSBR-011)+3 种基金Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y229YX5105)Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA23080502)National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaYunnan Joint Fund(U1702233)Sino BON-Inland Water Fish Diversity Observation Network
文摘The systematics of Semisulcospiridae in China is revised here based on morphological characters and mitochondrial phylogenetics. Phylogenetic relationships within the Chinese semisulcospirids were assessed via DNA sequences from mitochondrial analysis (cytochrome c oxidase I and 16S rRNA). This research contains most morphospecies of semisulcospirids previously recorded in China. Based on these results, the family of Chinese Semisulcospiridae is represented by three genera: i.e., viviparous Semisulcospira B?ttger, 1886, oviparous Hua Chen, 1943 and Koreoleptoxis Burch and Jung, 1988. These genera can be distinguished from each other by reproductive anatomy, reproductive mode, and radula features. Species of Hua are mainly distributed in southwest China and Guangxi, whereas Koreoleptoxis and Semisulcospira are mainly distributed in south and northeast China.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31301870 and 31872212)Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology,Guangxi Normal University(19-A-01-06)+1 种基金Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection(Guangxi Normal University),Ministry of Eduction,China(ERESEP2020Z22)Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province(2015FB176).
文摘The origin and colonization history of Kurixalus,a genus of small arboreal tree frogs breeding exclusively in shallow swamps,is under disputed.On the basis of comprehensive sampling program,the evolutionary history of Kurixalus is investigated based on 3 mitochondrial genes.Our results indicate that the genus Kurixalus originated in the Asian mainland and subsequently arrived at its current distribution in Borneo,Taiwan,Ryukyu,and Hainan islands by a series of dispersal events.Moreover,the colonization of Taiwan from mainland Asia has occurred 2 times.The initial colonization of Taiwan occurred at 3.46-8.68 Mya(95%highest posterior density),which rejects the hypothesis that Kurixalus probably originated from Taiwan during the early Oligocene and favors the model of Neogene-origin rather than the model of Quaternary-origin for Taiwan Residents Kurixalus.Kurixalus eiffingeri has dispersed from Taiwan to the Ryukyus once or 2 times pending more data.Both transoceanic dispersal and landbridge dispersal have played a role in the colonization process;the former resulted in the colonization of Taiwan and the Ryukyus and the latter led to the colonizati on of Bor neo and Hain an.
