Abstract The Indochinese Peninsula represents one of the key global biodiversity hotspots in
Southeast Asia. The herpetofauna of Indochina (herein including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia …

Given Singapore's location at the confluence of important maritime trading routes, and that it
was established as a British East India Company trading post in 1819, it is unsurprising that …

With 90 recognized species, kukri snakes in the genus Oligodon Fitzinger constitute the
second largest snake radiation in the world. Oligodon species are collectively distributed …

Estimation of evolutionary relationships among lineages that rapidly diversified can be
challenging, and, in such instances, inaccurate or unresolved phylogenetic estimates can …

Speciation through niche divergence often occurs as lineages of organisms colonize and
adapt to new environments with novel ecological opportunities that facilitate the evolution of …

The relative roles of rivers versus refugia in sha** the high levels of species diversity in
tropical rainforests have been widely debated for decades. Only recently has it become …

The genus Toxicodryas, historically included with the renowned Australasian cat-eyed
snakes of the colubrid genus Boiga, currently includes two widespread species (T …

Cyclommatus stag beetles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) are very interesting insects, because of
their striking allometry (mandibles can be longer that the whole body in large males of some …

The analyses of molecular genetic data (mtDNA markers 16S, ND4, CYTB, and the nuclear
marker c-mos) provided evidence that the Asian cat snake taxa Boiga multomaculata and B …

The events of the Cenozoic era such as mountain formation caused Iran to become one of
the most amazing biodiversity hotspots in the world today. This pioneering study on Iranian …