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Chen, S.B.; Jiang, G.; Zhang, J.; Li, Y.G.; Qian, H. 2011. Species turnover of amphibians and reptiles in eastern China: disentangling the relative effects of geographic distance and environmental difference. Ecological Research 26(5): 949-956.

Chen, Y. 1990. Venomous snake bites and snake venom research in China. pp. 269-280. In: Gopalakrishnakone, P. & Chou, L.M. (eds.). Snakes of medical importance (Asia-Pacific region). Venom and Toxin Group, National University of Singapore & International Society on Toxinology. 676 pp.

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Chen, Y.; Srivastava, D.S. 2015. Latitudinal concordance between biogeographic regionalization, community structure, and richness patterns: a study on the reptiles of China. Science of Nature 102(1-2): 5.

Chen, Y.H. 2009. Conservation biogeography of the snake family Colubridae of China. North-Western Journal of Zoology 5(2): 251-262.

Cheng, I.J. 1998. The problems of Sea Turtle conservation in China. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 17(2): 74-75.

Cheung, S.M.; Dudgeon, D. 2006. Quantifying the Asian turtle crisis: market surveys in southern China, 2000-2003. Aquatic Conservation 16(7): 751-770.

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Dai, F.; Mohr, C.; Pfau, B. 2008. Gedanken zur Bedeutung von Schildkröten in China. Radiata 17(2): 2-13.

Dai, X.; Wang, Y.; Zeng, X.M. 2001. [Brief review on taxonomy history of Eremias in China]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 20(3): 135-138.

Denburgh, J. van 1912. Concerning certain species of reptiles and amphibians from China, Japan, the Loo Choo Islands, and Formosa. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 3: 187-257.

Fang, P.W. 1934. Notes on some chelonians of China. Sinensia (Nanking) 4: 146-208.

Farkas, B.; Sasvári, L. 1992. On freshwater turtles (Testudines) new to China. pp. 151-157. In: Korsos, Z. & Kiss, I. (eds.): Proceedings of the 6th Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 19-23 August 1991, Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 531 pp.

Feng, Z.J.; Zou, S.C.; Chen, C.F.; Zhao, Y.Y. 2004. [General review of study on Cuora in China, with comments on the conservation of Cuora aurocapitata]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 23(3): 243-248.

Fong, J.J.; Qiao, G.X. 2010. New localities of endangered Chinese turtles from museum specimens and the practical and ethical challenges using and reporting natural history collection data. Zootaxa 2393: 59-68.

Fu, J. 1994. Conservation, management and farming of crocodiles in China. 16 pp. In: Crocodile Specialist Group. Crocodiles. Proceedings of the 2nd regional meeting (eastern Asia, Oceania, Australasia) of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of IUCN - the World Conservation Union convened at Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 12 to 19 March 1993. IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group in conjunction with the Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Gland & Palmerston. 630 pp.

Gee, N.G. 1930. A contribution toward a preliminary list of reptiles recorded from China. Bull. Dpt. Biol. Yenching Univ. Peiping 1: 53-84.

Gu, H.X.; Xia, Z.R.; Chen, H.L.; Lin, R.J.; Li, P.P. 2007. [Methods of Sea Turtles tags in China]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 26(2): 458-460.

Günther, A. 1888. On a collection of reptiles from China. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6) 6(1): 165-172.

Günther, A. 1889. Third contribution to our knowledge of reptiles and fishes from the Upper Yangtsze-kiang. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6) 6(4): 218-229.

Günther, A. 1892. Appendix II. pp. 238-250.In: Pratt, A.E. (ed.). List of the species of reptiles and fishes collected by Mr. A.E. Pratt on the Upper Yang-tze-Kiang and in the province Sze-Chuen, with description of the new species. Longmans, Green & Co., London.

Guo, P. 2000. [Chromosome data of Chinese reptiles]. (In Chinese). Chinese Journal of Zoology 35(2): 37-43.

Hai, L.; Chen, Y. 2008. Chinese Poisonous Snakes and Snakebite Treatment (Zhongguo Dushe Ji Sheshang Jiuzhi). Publisher and place of publication unknown. 668 pp.

Han, D.M.; Zhou, K.Y.; Wang, Y. 2001. [Phylogeny of ten species of Chinese gekkonid lizards (Gekkonidae: Lacertilia) inferred from 12 S rDAN DNA sequences]. (In Chinese, English summary). Acta Zoologica Sinica 47(2): 139-144.

Henshaw, S. 1912. Some Chinese vertebrates. Introduction by S. Henshaw. Pisces by S. Garman. Amphibia and Reptilia by T. Barbour. Aves by J. E. Thayer and O. Bangs. Mammalia by G. M. Allen. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 40: 103-247.

Hojny, L. 2006. Softshell turtles on Chinese food markets. pp. 50-51. In: Artner, H.; Farkas, B. & Loehr, V. (eds.). Turtles: proceedings: International Turtle & Tortoise Symposium, Vienna 2002. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main. 618 pp.

Hong, M.L.; Shi, H.; Fu, L.R.; Gong, S.; Fong, J.J.; Parham, J.F. 2008. Scientific refutation of traditional Chinese medicine claims about turtles. Applied Herpetology 5(2): 173-187.

Huang, C.C. 1986. Sea Turtle work in China. Marine Turtle Newsletter 36: 1-2.

Huang, Y.; Dai, Q.; Chen, Y.Y.; Wan, H.; Li, J.; Wang, Y. 2011. Lizard species richness patterns in China and its environmental associations. Biodiversity and Conservation 20(7): 1399-1414.

IUCN Species Survival Committee. China Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group (ed.) 1999. [Herpetodiversity and conservation biology]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 18(3): 99-144.

Ji, X. (ed.). 2007. [Herpetologica sinica 11]. (In Chinese). China Scientific Book Services, Beijing. 283 pp.

Ji, X. (ed.). 2010. [Herpetologica Sinica 12]. (In Chinese). Chinese Scientific Books, Beijing. 409 pp.

Jiang, Y. (ed.) 1992. [Collected papers on herpetology]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Publishing House of Science and Technology, Chengdu. 157 pp.

Jiang, Z.; Zhou, Z.; Meng, Z.; Meng, X.; Li, L.; Ping, X.; Zeng, Y.; Mallon, D.P. 2013. Domestic and CITES regulations controlling the international snake trade in China. Oryx 47(4): 532-534.

Kanberg, H. 1936. Über einige zum Teil seltene Schildkröten aus Indien, China und Ost-Africa. Aquarium (Berlin) 10: 185-189.

Kuchling, G. 1995. Turtles at a market in western Yunnan: possible range extensions for some southern Asiatic chelonians in China and Myanmar. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1(3): 223-226.

Laidler, L.; Laidler, K. 1996. China's threatened wildlife. Blandford, London. 192 pp.

Lazell, J.D. 1988. Herpetology in south China. Herpetological Review 19(3): 49-51.

Lazell, J.D. 1999. The origins and evolution of the herpetofaunas of the islands on the continental shelf of South China. Developments in Animal and Veterinary Sciences 29: 79-96.

Lazell, J.D. 1999. The origins and evolution of the herpetofaunas of the islands on the continental shelf of South China. pp. 79-96. In: Ota, H. (ed.). Tropical island herpetofauna: origin, current diversity, and conservation. Developments in Animal and Veterinary Sciences 29: 1-353.

Linsley, G.J. 1941. Amphibians and reptiles from south-eastern China. Philippine Journal of Science 75(1): 1-60.

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Liu, X.X. 2010. Zhongguo chang jiang san xia dong wu da quan [Encylopedia of animals in three gorges of Yangtze River of China]. (In Chinese). Ke xue chu ban she, Beijing. 398 pp.

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Mell, R. 1927. Beziehungen zwischen Tier und Umwelt, dargestellt an den Schlangen (Reptilien) Chinas. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu B 1927: 16.

Mell, R. 1927. Über bambusbewohnende Vertebraten Südchinas. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu B 1927: 17.

Mell, R. 1928. Beobachtungen über das Sinnesleben Chinesischer Reptilien, insbesondere Schlangen. Zeitschrift Morph. Ökol. Tiere (Berlin) 11: 539-569.

Mell, R. 1929. Beiträge zur Fauna Sinica. 4. Grundzüge einer Ökologie der chinesischen Reptilien und einer herpetologischen Tiergeographie Chinas. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & Leipzig. 274 pp.

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