40. Gong SP, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Minh Le, Truong Quang Nguyen, Ge Y, Wei YF, Gao YC. 2023. Genomic analyses reveal three phylogenetic species and their evolutionary histories in the big-headed turtle. iScience, 26, 107343.
39. Gong SP, Gao YC, Duan HR, Ge Y, Wei YF. 2023. Incorporating physiological data into species distribution models to predict the potential distribution range of the red-eared slider in China. Ecological Indicators, 154 (2023) 110749.
38. OuYang JH, Gao YC, Wei YF, Huang HP, Ge Y, Zhao J, Gong SP*. 2023. Transcriptome analysis reveals reduced immunity and metabolic level under cold stress in Mauremys mutica. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10:1224166.
37.Gong SP, Ge Y, Wei YF, Gao YC. 2023. Genomic insights into the genetic basis of eagle-beak jaw, large head, and long tail in the big-headed turtle. Ecology and Evolution,13:e10361.
36.Gong SP, Fritz U, Vamberger M, Gao Y, Farkas B. 2022. Disentangling the Pelodiscus axenaria complex, with the description of a new Chinese species and neotype designation for P. axenaria (Zhou, Zhang & Fang, 1991). Zootaxa, 5125 (2): 131–143.
35. Gao YC, Wei Y, Cao DN, Ge Y, Gong SP*. 2021. Transcriptome analysis reveals decreased immunity under heat stress inMauremys mutica. Aquaculture, 531:735894
34. Chomdej S, Pradit W, Suwannapoom C, Pawangkhanant P, Nganvongpanit K, Grismer LL, Poyarkov N A, Che J, Gao YC, Gong SP*. 2021. Phylogenetic analyses of distantly related clades of bent-toes geckos (genus Cyrtodactylus) reveal an unprecedented amount of cryptic diversity in northern and western Thailand. Scientific Reports, (2021) 11:2328.
33. Wei YF, Gao YC, Cao DN, Ge Y, Shi HT, Gong SP*. 2021. Effect of incubation temperature and substrate moisture on embryonic development, hatchling phenotypes and post-hatching growth in the Reeves’Turtle, Mauremys reevesii. PeerJ7:e7331 DOI 10.7717/peerj.7331.
32. Wu J, Wu YQ, Rao DQ, Zhou T, Gong SP*. 2020. China's wild turtles at risk of extinction. Science, 268:838.
31. Gong SP, Wu J, Gao YC, Fong J J, Parham JF, Shi HT. 2020. Integrating and updating wildlife conservation in China. Current Biology, 30(15): 915-919.
30. Gong SP, Shi HT, Jiang AW, Fong JJ, Gaillard D, Wang JC. 2017. Disappearance of endangered turtles within China’s nature reserves. Current Biology, 27(5): 170–171.
29. Gong SP, Wang FM, Shi HT, Zhou P, Ge Y, Hua LH, Liu WH. 2014. Highly pathogenic Salmonella Pomona was first isolated from the exotic red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in the wild in China: Implications for public health. Science of The Total Environment, 469: 28–30.
28. Cao DN, Wang M, Ge Y, Gong SP*. 2019. Draft genome of the big-headed turtle Platysternon megacephalum.Scientific Data, 6:60.
27. Gong SP, Hua LS, Ge Y, Cao DN. 2019. Unique multiple paternity in the endangered big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) in an ex situ population in South China. Ecology and Evolution, 9: 9869-9877. https ://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5528
26. Cao DN , Ge Y, Wei YF, Duan HR, Gong SP*. 2019. Observations on carapace color change in the juvenile big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum). PeerJ, 7:e7331 DOI 10.7717/peerj.7331.
25. Gong SP, Vamberger M, Auer M, Praschag P, Fritz U. 2018. Millennium-old farm breeding of Chinese softshell turtles (Pelodiscus spp.) results in massive erosion of biodiversity. Science of Nature, 105: 34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-018-1558-9.
24. Gong SP, Yang DD, Chen YH, Lau M, Wang FM. 2013. Population status, distribution and conservation needs of the endangered Protobothrops mangshanensis of China. Oryx, 47(1): 122–127.
23. Gong SP, Chow AT, Fong JJ, Shi HT. 2009. The chelonian trade in the largest pet market in China: scale, scope, and impact on turtle conservation.Oryx, 43(2), 213-216.
22. Gong SP, Wang JC, Shi HT, Song RH, Xu RM. 2006. Illegal trade and conservation requirements of freshwater turtles in Nanmao, Hainan Province, China. Oryx,40(3):331-336.
21. Cao DN, Gong SP*, Yang JB, Li WY, Ge Y, Wei YF. 2018. Melanin deposition ruled out as cause of color changes in the red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology(Part B), 217 : 79–85.
20. Wei YF, Gao YC, Cao DN, Ge Y, Shi HT, Gong SP*. 2020. Effects of Acute Temperature Stress on mRNA Expression of Transferrin in the Yellow Pond Turtle Mauremys mutica. Asian Herpetological Research, 11(2): 124-131.
19. Ru WX , Hua LS, Wei YF, Li WY, Cao DN, Ge Y , Chen H, Lan XY*, Gong SP*. 2017. The Effect of the Cyp19a1 Gene Methylation Modification on Temperature-dependent Sex Determination of Reeves’ Turtle (Mauremys reevesii).Asian Herpetological Research, 8(3): 213–220.
18. Stanford CB, Iverson JB, Rhodin AGJ, … Gong SP, …Walde AD. 2020. Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble. Current Biology, 30:721–735.
17. Wang YY, Gong SP* , Liu P, Wang X. 2017. A new species of the genus Takydromus (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Tianjing-shan Forestry Station, northern Guangdong, China. Zootaxa, 4338 (3): 441 – 458.
16. Hua LS, Gong SP*, Wang FM, Li WY, GeY,Li XN,Hou FR. 2015. Captive breeding of pangolins: current status, problems and future prospects. ZooKeys, 507: 99–114.
15. Hua LS, Wang FM, Gong SP*, Yan Ge, Chen GL, Chen JP. 2014. Isolation and characterization of 14 polymorphic microsatellite 1 loci in the big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum). Biochemical Genetics, 52(3): 203–208.
14. Li WY, Gong SP*, Hua LS. 2014. Isolation and Characterization of Microsatellite Markers from the Chinese Endemic Species, Beal's-eyed Turtle (Sacalia bealei). Conservation Genetics Resources，6(2): 437–438.
13. Gong SP, Hitschfeld E, Hundsdörfer AK, Auer M, Wang F, Zhou Z, Fritz U. 2011. Is the horned pitviper Ceratrimeresurus shenlii Liang and Liu, 2003 from China a valid Protobothrops?. Amphibia-Reptilia, 32(2011):132–135.
12. Wang FM, Zhou LH, Gong SP *, Deng YZ, Zou JJ, Wu J, Liu WH, Hou FH. 2011. Severe Infection of wild-caught snakes with Spirometra erinaceieuropaei From Food Markets in Guangzhou, China Involves a Risk for Zoonotic Sparganosis.Journal of parasitology, 97(1): 170–171.
11. Gong SP, Shi HT, Mo YM, Auer M, Mario VR., Hundsdörfer AK, Fritz U. 2009. Phylogeography of the endangered black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri) and conservation implications for other chelonians. Amphibia-Reptilia, 30: 57–62.
10. Rhodin AGJ……Gong SP(No.25)….. Vogt RC (No. 49). 2018. Global Conservation Status of Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines).Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 17(2):135-161.
9. Wang FM, Li WY, Gong SP*, Wei YF, Ge Y, Yang GD, Xiao JJ. 2018. Spirometra erinaceieuropaei severely infect frogs and snakes from food markets in Guangdong, China: implications a highly risk for zoonotic sparganosis. Tropical Biomedicine, 35(2): 408–412.
8. Hua LS, Gong SP *, Zhong XJ, Tao J, Chen Y, Deng JM. 2017. The Effects of Water Depth and Substrate Conditions on Changes in Body Weight and Health Status of Captive Big-headed Turtles (Platysternon megacephalum) during Hibernation. Pakistan Journal of Zoology,49(6): 2243-2248.
7. Wei YF, Gong SP*, Shi HT, Li WY. 2016. Quantitative analysis of courtship and mating behaviours in the big-headed turtle, Platysternon megacephalum. Herpetological Journal, 26 (1 ): 85–91.
6. Wang FM, Li WY, Hua LS, Gong SP*, Xiao JJ, Hou FH, Ge Y, Yang GD. 2014. Spirometra (Pseudophyllidea, Diphyllobothriidae) Severely Infecting Wild-caught Snakes From Food Markets in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, Guangdong, China: Implications For Public Health. Scientific World Journal, 2014:1-5.
5.Fritz U, Gong SP, Auer M, Kuchling G, Schneeweiss N, Hundsdörfer A. K. 2010. The world’s economically most important chelonians represent a diverse species complex (Testudines: Trionychidae: Pelodiscus). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 10: 227-242.
4. Wang JC, Gong SP, Shi HT, Liu YX, Zhao EM. 2011. Reproduction and Nesting of the Endangered Keeled Box Turtle (Cuora mouhotii), on Hainan Island, China. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 10(2):159-164.
3. Shi HT, James FP, Simison WB, Wang JC, Gong SP, Fu BL. 2005. A report on the hybridization between two species of the threatened Asian box turtle（Testudines：Cuora）in the wild on Hainan Island, China with comments on the origin of ‘serrata’-like turtles. Amphibia-Reptilia, 26：377-381.
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