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Nikolay Poyarkov
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
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Contributions by role

Author 1,585
Reviewer 115
Editor 2,300

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Biogeography
Evolutionary Studies
Taxonomy
Zoology
Bioinformatics
Animal Behavior
Molecular Biology
Ecology
Developmental Biology
Genetics
Conservation Biology
Freshwater Biology
Biophysics
Veterinary Medicine
Oncology
Radiology and Medical Imaging
Mycology

Nikolay A Poyarkov

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

I am a herpetologist working on diverse aspects of taxonomy, phylogeny and biodiversity of Asian herpetofauna. I have graduated from the Department of Vertebrate Zoology of Lomonosov Moscow State University and finished my PhD on taxonomy and evolution of Asian salamanders (Hynobiidae) in 2010. Presently I am working in this department as an associate professor. My study is focused on a set of topics on evolutionary biology and taxonomy of Asian amphibians and reptiles, including molecular systematics, phylogeography, DNA-barcoding, distribution and taxonomy of certain groups of Asian herps.

Biodiversity Biogeography Conservation Biology Evolutionary Studies Taxonomy Zoology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Moscow State University

Work details

Associate Professor

Moscow State University
May 2009
Faculty of Biology, Department of Vertebrate Zoology
I am leading a small group of students and researchers studying evolutionary biology, taxonomy and biology of amphibians and reptiles (laboratory of herpetology). Staff lecturer on courses of biology of amphibians and reptiles, taxonomy and evolution of amphibians and reptiles and phylogenetic and zoological systematics for graduate students. Also teach general vertebrate zoology and field courses on vertebrate zoology for undergraduate students.

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 12
  • Edited 16
  • Reviewed 2
May 18, 2023
Kukri snakes Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 of the Western Palearctic with the resurrection of Contia transcaspica Nikolsky, 1902 (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae)
Justin L. Lee, Platon V. Yushchenko, Konstantin D. Milto, Mahdi Rajabizadeh, Eskandar Rastegar Pouyani, Daniel Jablonski, Rafaqat Masroor, Suranjan Karunarathna, Ashok Kumar Mallik, Princia Dsouza, Nikolai Orlov, Roman Nazarov, Nikolay A. Poyarkov
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15185 PubMed 37220522
March 22, 2022
The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
L. Lee Grismer, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Evan S.H. Quah, Jesse L. Grismer, Perry L. Wood Jr
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13153 PubMed 35341041
January 18, 2022
A new ancient lineage of ablepharine skinks (Sauria: Scincidae) from eastern Himalayas with notes on origin and systematics of the group
Zeeshan A. Mirza, Andrey M. Bragin, Harshal Bhosale, Gaurang G. Gowande, Harshil Patel, Nikolay A. Poyarkov
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12800 PubMed 35111410
January 10, 2022
An integrative taxonomic revision of slug-eating snakes (Squamata: Pareidae: Pareineae) reveals unprecedented diversity in Indochina
Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Tan Van Nguyen, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Platon V. Yushchenko, Peter Brakels, Linh Hoang Nguyen, Hung Ngoc Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Nikolai Orlov, Gernot Vogel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12713 PubMed 35047234
July 3, 2020
A little frog leaps a long way: compounded colonizations of the Indian Subcontinent discovered in the tiny Oriental frog genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Microhylidae)
Vladislav A. Gorin, Evgeniya N. Solovyeva, Mahmudul Hasan, Hisanori Okamiya, D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Anslem de Silva, Watinee Juthong, Konstantin D. Milto, Luan Thanh Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Alexander Haas, David P. Bickford, Indraneil Das, Nikolay A. Poyarkov
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9411 PubMed 32685285
April 21, 2020
Additions to the phylogeny of colubrine snakes in Southwestern Asia, with description of a new genus and species (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae)
Mahdi Rajabizadeh, R. Alexander Pyron, Roman Nazarov, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Dominique Adriaens, Anthony Herrel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9016 PubMed 32341904
January 6, 2020
A new species of Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 from the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with additional information on Oligodon annamensis Leviton, 1953 (Squamata: Colubridae)
Hung Ngoc Nguyen, Bang Van Tran, Linh Hoang Nguyen, Thy Neang, Platon V. Yushchenko, Nikolay A. Poyarkov
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8332 PubMed 31934510
October 4, 2018
A new limestone-dwelling species of Micryletta (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Vietnam
Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Tan Van Nguyen, Tang Van Duong, Vladislav A. Gorin, Jian-Huan Yang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5771 PubMed 30310757
August 31, 2018
A new species of Leptobrachium (Anura, Megophryidae) from western Thailand
Parinya Pawangkhanant, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Tang Van Duong, Mali Naiduangchan, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5584 PubMed 30186706
June 21, 2018
An integrative taxonomic analysis reveals a new species of lotic Hynobius salamander from Japan
Hisanori Okamiya, Hirotaka Sugawara, Masahiro Nagano, Nikolay A. Poyarkov
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5084 PubMed 29942708
March 19, 2018
Cenozoic aridization in Central Eurasia shaped diversification of toad-headed agamas (Phrynocephalus; Agamidae, Reptilia)
Evgeniya N. Solovyeva, Vladimir S. Lebedev, Evgeniy A. Dunayev, Roman A. Nazarov, Anna A. Bannikova, Jing Che, Robert W. Murphy, Nikolay A. Poyarkov
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4543 PubMed 29576991
February 23, 2018
A striking new genus and species of cave-dwelling frog (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae: Asterophryinae) from Thailand
Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Montri Sumontha, Jitthep Tunprasert, Thiti Ruangsuwan, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Dmitriy V. Korost, Nikolay A. Poyarkov
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4422 PubMed 29497587

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August 19, 2021
A new species of Phrynoglossus Peters, 1867; Dicroglossidae) from southeastern Bangladesh, with comments on the genera Occidozyga and Phrynoglossus
Scott Trageser, Hassan Al-Razi, Marjan Maria, Fahimuzzaman Nobel, Md. Asaduzzaman, Shahriar Caesar Rahman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11998 PubMed 34466290
March 4, 2021
A review of the diagnosis and geographical distribution of the recently described flea toad Brachycephalus sulfuratus in relation to B. hermogenesi (Anura: Brachycephalidae)
Marcos R. Bornschein, Luiz Fernando Ribeiro, Larissa Teixeira, Ricardo Belmonte-Lopes, Leonardo Amaral de Moraes, Leandro Corrêa, Giovanni Nachtigall Maurício, Júnior Nadaline, Marcio R. Pie
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10983 PubMed 33717704
February 1, 2021
Unexpected mitochondrial lineage diversity within the genus Alonella Sars, 1862 (Crustacea: Cladocera) across the Northern Hemisphere
Anna N. Neretina, Dmitry P. Karabanov, Veronika Sacherova, Alexey A. Kotov
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10804 PubMed 33585083
November 25, 2020
A morphological and molecular study of Hydrodynastes gigas (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), a widespread species from South America
Priscila S. Carvalho, Hussam Zaher, Nelson J. da Silva Jr, Diego J. Santana
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10073 PubMed 33304646
November 25, 2020
Partial revision of the neustonic genus Scapholeberis Schoedler, 1858 (Crustacea: Cladocera): decoding of the barcoding results
Petr G. Garibian, Anna N. Neretina, Derek J. Taylor, Alexey A. Kotov
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10410 PubMed 33304655
November 18, 2020
Evidence of facultative parthenogenesis in three Neotropical pitviper species of the Bothrops atrox group
Sergio D. Cubides-Cubillos, José S.L. Patané, Karina Maria Pereira da Silva, Selma Maria Almeida-Santos, Denise S. Polydoro, Guilherme Guidolin Galassi, Silvia Regina Travaglia Cardoso, Maria José de J. Silva
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10097 PubMed 33240594
November 18, 2020
Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic position of genus Hyperacrius (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) from Kashmir based on evidences from analysis of mitochondrial genome and study of skull morphology
Natalia I. Abramson, Fedor N. Golenishchev, Semen Yu. Bodrov, Olga V. Bondareva, Evgeny A. Genelt-Yanovskiy, Tatyana V. Petrova
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10364 PubMed 33240667
November 5, 2020
Trait differences among discrete morphs of a color polymorphic lizard, Podarcis erhardii
Kinsey M. Brock, Simon Baeckens, Colin M. Donihue, José Martín, Panayiotis Pafilis, Danielle L. Edwards
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10284 PubMed 33194436
November 4, 2020
A new nurse frog (Anura: Allobates) from Brazilian Amazonia with a remarkably fast multi-noted advertisement call
Jesus R.D. Souza, Miquéias Ferrão, James Hanken, Albertina P. Lima
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9979 PubMed 33194373
October 6, 2020
Phylogeographic analysis and species distribution modelling of the wood frog Batrachyla leptopus (Batrachylidae) reveal interglacial diversification in south western Patagonia
José J. Nuñez, Elkin Y. Suárez-Villota, Camila A. Quercia, Angel P. Olivares, Jack W. Sites Jr
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9980 PubMed 33083116
September 24, 2020
Distribution, habitat suitability, conservation state and natural history of endangered salamander Bolitoglossa pandi
Teddy Angarita-Sierra, M. Argenis Bonilla-Gómez, David A. Sánchez, Andres R. Acosta-Galvis, Hefzi Medina-Ovalle, Anggi Solano-Moreno, Simon Ulloa-Rengifo, Daniela Guevara-Guevara, Juan J. Torres-Ramirez, Sebastián Curaca-Fierro, Diego M. Cabrera-Amaya, Jhon A. Infante-Betancour, Luisa F. Londoño-Montaño, Diana X. Albarán-Montoya, Lesly R. Peña-Baez
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9901 PubMed 33024630
September 22, 2020
Fungal infection, decline and persistence in the only obligate troglodytic Neotropical salamander
Mizraim Olivares-Miranda, Vance T. Vredenburg, Julio C. García-Sánchez, Allison Q. Byrne, Erica B. Rosenblum, Sean M. Rovito
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9763 PubMed 33024623
July 9, 2020
Molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary history of the endemic land snail genus Everettia in northern Borneo
Thor-Seng Liew, Mohammad Effendi Marzuki, Menno Schilthuizen, Yansen Chen, Jaap J. Vermeulen, Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9416 PubMed 32714659
June 5, 2020
Reconstruction of past distribution for the Mongolian toad, Strauchbufo raddei (Anura: Bufonidae) using environmental modeling
Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Natalya A. Schepina, Amaël Borzée
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9216 PubMed 32547865
May 26, 2020
Descriptions of five new species of the salamander genus Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from eastern Mexico and the status of three currently recognized taxa
Gabriela Parra Olea, Mirna G. Garcia-Castillo, Sean M. Rovito, Jessica A. Maisano, James Hanken, David B. Wake
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8800 PubMed 32518712
April 17, 2020
Reproductive behavior drives female space use in a sedentary Neotropical frog
Marie-Therese Fischer, Max Ringler, Eva Ringler, Andrius Pašukonis
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8920 PubMed 32337103

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March 11, 2020
Acoustic divergence in advertisement calls among three sympatric Microhyla species from East China
Zhi-Qiang Chen, You-Fu Lin, Yun Tang, Guo-Hua Ding, Yan-Qing Wu, Zhi-Hua Lin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8708 PubMed 32201644
April 10, 2018
Description of two new sympatric species of the genus Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from western Yunnan of China
Jian-Huan Yang, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Ying-Yong Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4586 PubMed 29666755