{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14"],"submitter":["Zhao S"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>The Tam Dao Mountain Stream Keelback, <i>Opisthotropis tamdaoensis</i> Ziegler, David & Vu, 2008, was previously described, based on one single holotype and subsequently expanded according to four newly-collected specimens from the type locality. Information on this species is extremely limited.<h4>New information</h4>On the basis of newly-collected <i>Opisthotropis</i> specimens from Hekou, Yunnan, China, this study reports the first country record of <i>Opisthotropis tamdaoensis</i> from China. The Chinese <i>Opisthotropis tamdaoensis</i> population totally agrees with the original description of this species and revealed only a minor genetic distance (lower than 2.9%) in the mitochondrial gene fragment of the cytochrome <i>b</i> (<i>Cytb</i>) compared with the topotyp"],"journal":["Biodiversity data journal"],"pagination":["e181301"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12828335"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Expanded description and distribution of &lt;i&gt;Opisthotropis tamdaoensis&lt;/i&gt; Ziegler, David &amp; Vu, 2008 (Squamata, Natricidae), first record from Yunnan Province of China."],"pmcid":["PMC12828335"],"pubmed_authors":["Cai B","Ma S","Guo K","Zhao S","Zhou W","Zhang L","Liu S","Ou D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Expanded description and distribution of &lt;i&gt;Opisthotropis tamdaoensis&lt;/i&gt; Ziegler, David &amp; Vu, 2008 (Squamata, Natricidae), first record from Yunnan Province of China.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>The Tam Dao Mountain Stream Keelback, <i>Opisthotropis tamdaoensis</i> Ziegler, David & Vu, 2008, was previously described, based on one single holotype and subsequently expanded according to four newly-collected specimens from the type locality. Information on this species is extremely limited.<h4>New information</h4>On the basis of newly-collected <i>Opisthotropis</i> specimens from Hekou, Yunnan, China, this study reports the first country record of <i>Opisthotropis tamdaoensis</i> from China. The Chinese <i>Opisthotropis tamdaoensis</i> population totally agrees with the original description of this species and revealed only a minor genetic distance (lower than 2.9%) in the mitochondrial gene fragment of the cytochrome <i>b</i> (<i>Cytb</i>) compared with the topotyp","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026","modification":"2026-06-13T03:18:52.033Z","creation":"2026-06-13T03:09:17.888Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12828335","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41584210"],"doi":["10.3897/BDJ.14.e181301"]}}