The genus Pelophylax (Amphibia, Ranidae) in Pakistan: museum collections and possible distribution [PDF]
Herpetozoa, 2021 We provide the first comprehensive data on the questionable distribution of the genus Pelophylax and the family Ranidae from Pakistan. Based on a literature review and two specimens of the genus from Tasp, Panjgur District in Pakistani Balochistan (USNM ...
Daniel Jablonski +5 more
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Three New Ranidae Mitogenomes and the Evolution of Mitochondrial Gene Rearrangements among Ranidae Species [PDF]
, 2018 Various types of gene rearrangements have been discovered in the mitogenoes of the frog family Ranidae. In this study, we determined the complete mitogenome sequence of three Rana frogs.
Biao LI +5 more
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Sequencing and analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of Rana amurensis (Anura: Ranidae)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017 In this study, the complete mitogenome sequence of Rana amurensis (Anura: Ranidae) is determined using long PCR. It is a circular molecule of 20,571 bp in length (GenBank accession no. MF370348). The complete mtDNA sequence of R.
Peng Liu, Heng Wang, Wenge Zhao
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New records of amphibians from Bac Kan Province, Vietnam [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 Since the establishment of the Nam Xuan Lac Habitat and Species Conservation Area in 2003 in Bac Kan Province, northern Vietnam, only two herpetological studies have been conducted: One recorded 14 species of amphibians from Ban Thi-Xuan Lac area in 2004
Anh Luong +5 more
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Eocene Western European endemic genus Thaumastosaurus: new insights into the question “Are the Ranidae known prior to the Oligocene?” [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Amphibians, due to their ecophysiological peculiarities, have a physiology dependent on environmental conditions and sensitively respond to their changes.
Davit Vasilyan
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2018 Background Complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes have been used extensively to test hypotheses about microevolution and to study population structure, phylogeography, and phylogenetic relationships of Anura at various taxonomic levels.
Jia-Yong Zhang +4 more
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Annotated checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Qom Province, central Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2015 The updated checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Qom Province, Central Iran is presented. Totally 46 species, 35 genera and 17 families of reptiles and amphibians are reported in the area. The most diverse suborder is serpentes with 19 species or 41.3%
Seyed Mahdi Kazemi +6 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Rana dabieshanensis (Anura: Ranidae)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 Rana dabieshanensis is a species of frog within the family Ranidae. In this study, we assembled a complete mitochondrial genome (mito-genome) for R. dabieshanensis by high-throughput sequencing technology.
Jingmei Gan +4 more
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Age Estimation using Phalangeal Skeletochronology in Northern Crawfish Frogs, Lithobates areolatus circulosus (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae), from Arkansas [PDF]
, 2019 As an obligate crayfish burrow dweller, crawfish frogs have historically occupied a relatively narrow ecological niche throughout their distribution in the tall grass prairies and grasslands of the central and south-central United States.
Thigpen, Christopher S. +1 more
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Frog tongue surface microstructures: functional and evolutionary patterns
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2016 Frogs (Lissamphibia: Anura) use adhesive tongues to capture fast moving, elusive prey. For this, the tongues are moved quickly and adhere instantaneously to various prey surfaces.
Thomas Kleinteich, Stanislav N. Gorb
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