Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC–31401960, NSFC–31572241, NSFC–31572243)
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2014 M552386)
National Key Programme of Research and Development, Ministry of Science and Technology (2017YFC0505202)
Article History
Received: 10 November 2017
Accepted: 28 November 2018
First Online: 7 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All work with animals was conducted according to relevant national and international guidelines on the Protection of Wildlife (Chengdu Institute of Biology issued permit number CIB#2014–36 and CIB#2014–110). All animal care and experimental procedures were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Permit Number: CIB-20121220A). All voucher specimens were deposited in the Herpetological Museum of Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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