Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 The mitochondrial genome sequence of Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri (Squamata: Colubridae: Pseudoxenodontinae) from Taishun County, Zhejiang Province, China, which is 18,475 bp in length and contains 25 tRNAs (including extra two tRNA-Tyr genes and extra one ...
Liyue Zhang +3 more
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How Host Phylogeny, Diet, and Habitat Affect Gut Microbial Diversity in Wild Snakes [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.Gut microbiota plays critical roles in host digestion, immune regulation, neurochemical signaling, and metabolic homeostasis. Based on wild snakes (73 individuals from 23 species) from China, we explored the composition, characteristics, and functions of gut microbes across different groups using fecal metagenomic samples; further we explored the ...
Jiaqi Zhang +7 more
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Genomic Investigation of Population Structure in a Secretive, Semi‐Fossorial Snake (Colubridae: Tropidoclonion lineatum) Across the Great Plains [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 10, October 2026.Here we provide the first examination of population structure and genetic variation within a secretive semi‐fossorial snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum), widely distributed across the Great Plains. In our evaluation, we assess the validity of the four historically described subspecies and identify a new potentially isolated population. Our findings reveal
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A new distribution record of Eirenis walteri (Boettger, 1888) (Ophidia: Colubridae), In Yazd province, Central Iran [PDF]
Archives of Razi InstituteEirenis is one of the genus of snakes of the Colubridae family in Iran, all of which are small in size and their maximum body length is 90 cm. The snakes of this family are close to the snakes of the genus Dolicophis and Hierophis.
mehdi zare khormizi +3 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Plagiopholis styani (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Plagiopholis styani was acquired and described. The mitogenome is a circular molecule of 19,669 base pairs (bp) in length including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, two ...
Changkun Fu +3 more
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Hydrodynastes melanogigas Franco, Fernandes and Bentim, 2007 (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae): range extension and new state record [PDF]
Check List, 2012 Two specimens of the poorly known Colubridae snake Hydrodynastes melanogigas were collected in the municipality of Carolina, southwestern state of Maranhão in gallery forests on the Tocantins River.
Nelson da Silva Jr. +4 more
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Whole‐Genome Resequencing Reveals the Genetic Diversity and Adaptive Evolution of Rhabdophis nuchalis [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 10, October 2026.Rhabdophis nuchalis populations from four regions were analyzed using genome resequencing. The results showed that the Sichuan and Yunnan populations formed one cluster, while the Hubei and Shaanxi populations formed another. The Yunnan population displayed the highest genetic diversity.
Fei Wu +9 more
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An Overlooked Habitat‐Dependent Link Between Metabolism and Water Loss in Reptiles [PDF]
Integrative Zoology, Volume 21, Issue 3, Page 709-719, May 2026.We measured the gas exchange of six lizard and six snake species, under high and low air humidity, and two intriguing patterns emerged. First, although desert species lose less water via evaporation than similar‐sized mesic species under similar conditions, water loss is virtually the same when each is exposed to its natural conditions.
Shahar Dubiner, Shai Meiri, Eran Levin
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Detection of Mycoplasma spp. from snakes from five different families [PDF]
BMC Veterinary ResearchBackground Mycoplasmas are an important cause of respiratory diseases in tortoises. In snakes, evidence of mycoplasma infections has been found almost exclusively in pythons.
Marline M. Faulhaber +5 more
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Phenotypic and geographic variation among populations of the Platyceps rhodorachis-ventromaculatus species complex (Ophidia: Colubridae) in Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2022 Geographical diversity appears in the phenotype of different populations of a given species and specific geographical factors are directly or indirectly involved in this variation. Due to their wide distribution range, snakes of the genus Platyceps Blyth,
Seyed Hassan Moradi +3 more
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