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Nikolai L. Orlov
ResearcherID: https://publons.com/researcher/AAP-3368-2021
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RSCI: https://www.elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?authorid=93255
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4401-348X
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ru/citations?user=irbW-7gAAAAJ
Academic degree: Candidate of Biological Sciences
Academic title: No title
Position: Leading Researcher
E-mail: Nikolai.Orlov@zin.ru
Contact phone: +7 (812) 323-31-40, ext. 308
Educational background: A.I. Herzen’s Leningrad Pedagogical Institute, 1985
Dissertations: “Fauna of amphibians of Vietnam: distribution, taxonomic and ecological diversity.” (PhD)
Research interests: Taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology, biogeography, conservation and zooculture of amphibians and reptiles of Eurasia.
Field studies: The Caucasus, Middle Asia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Russian Far East, Transbaikal region, Mongolia, China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Japan.
Professional membership:
Editorial activity: Editorial Board Member of:
Scientific projects and grants:
  • RFBR 08-04-00041-а. PI N.L. Orlov. “Insularization of distribution ranges and formation of biodiversity of amphibians and reptiles in mountain ranges of Eurasia”
  • RFBR 08-04-92208-GFEN_а. PI N.L. Orlov. “Biodiversity and conservation of rhacophorid and hylid frogs as important component of tropical and subtropical forests of Eastern and Southeastern Asia”
  • RFBR 09-04-92655-Ind_а. PI N.L. Orlov. “Taxonomic review of Oriental Anurans (Ranids and Rhacophorids)”
  • RFBR 11-04-01170-а. PI N.L. Orlov. “Phylogeny and taxonomy of alethinophids snakes (Alethinophidia: Ophidia: Squamata: Reptilia) in light of morphological and molecular-genetic data”
  • RFBR 15-04-02029 а. PI N.L. Orlov. “Phylogeny and speciation in Amphibians of East Asia (Bombinatoridae, Megophryidae, Bufonidae, Hylidae, Microhylidae, Dicroglossidae, Ranidae and Rhacophoridae families) in light of morphological and molecular-genetic data”
  • RFBR 15-04-02029 а Pl. Phylogeny and speciation in Amphibians of East Asia (Bombinatoridae, Megophryidae, Bufonidae, Hylidae, Microhylidae, Dicroglossidae, Ranidae and Rhacophoridae families) in light of morphological and molecular–genetic data
  • RFBR 17-54-540002 Pl. Structure and patterns of faunogenesis in the mountain of northern and central Vietnam (Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range and Truong Son Mountain Range) as a center of biodiversity of continental Oriental reptiles and amphibians
  • RFBR 19-04-00119 Pl. Integrative study of the biodiversity of snakes (Ophidia, Squamata, Reptilia) of East Asia from the positions of morphological, molecular–genetic and biogeographical data
  • RFBR 19-54-53010 PL.The Study of Taxonomic diversity and Comparative Biogeography from Three Genera of Asian rhacophorid frogs: Rhacophorus, Kurixalus and Polypedates (Rhacophoridae, Anura, Amphibia)
Selected Publications:
  • Hallermann J., Ananjeva N., Orlov N., Tillack F. 2002. The historical collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Burma (Myanmar) in the Zoologischen Museum Hamburg (ZMH) made by Leonardo Fea 1885–1889. Mitt. Hamburg Zool. Mus. Inst., 99: 139–153.
  • Gumprecht A., Tillack F., Orlov N., Captain A., Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. Berlin (Mirko BARTS Verlag). 368 p.
  • Chen L., Murphy R.W., Lathrop A., Ngo A., Orlov N.L., Ho C.T., Somorjai I.L.M. 2005. Taxonomic chaos in Asian ranid frogs: an initial phylogenetic resolution. Herpetological Journal, 15(4): 231–243.
  • Ananjeva N.B., Orlov N.L., Khalikov R.G., Darevsky I.S., Ryabov S.A., Barabanov A.V. 2006. Atlas of the reptiles of North Eurasia (taxonomic diversity, distribution, conservation status). Pensoft. 246 p.
  • Matsui M., Shimada T., Liu W-Z., Maryati M., Khonsue W., Orlov N. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of Oriental torrent frogs in the genus Amolops and its allies (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 38(3): 659–666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2005.11.019
  • Ананьева Н.Б., Орлов Н.Л., Калябина-Хауф С.А. 2006. Криптическое таксономическое разнообразие тропических агамовых ящериц Acanthosaura (Agamidae, Sauria). Успехи современной биологии, 126(5): 505–513.
  • Орлов Н.Л. 2007. Криптические виды земноводных Вьетнама и их значение для оценки таксономического разнообразия. Успехи современной биологии, 127(4): 441–450.
  • Орлов Н.Л., Ананьева Н.Б. 2007. Амфибии Юго-Восточной Азии. Труды Зоологического Института Российской Академии наук, 309. СПб.: Изд-во Санкт-Петербургского университета. 271 с.
  • Орлов Н.Л. 2007. Расширенное описание эндемичного вида Центрального Аннама Theloderma ryabovi Orlov, Dutta et Kent, 2006 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) и некоторые аспекты его экологии. Современная герпетология, 7(1/2): 98–110.
  • Туниев Б.С., Орлов Н.Л., Ананьева Н.Б., Агасян А.Л. 2009. Змеи Кавказа: таксономическое разнообразие, распространение, охрана. СПб-М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК. 223 c.
  • Orlov N.L., Kharin V.E., Ananjeva N.B., Nguyen T.T., Nguyen T.Q. 2009. A new genus and species of Colubrid snake (Squamata, Ophidia, Colubridae) from South Vietnam (Lam Dong Province). Russian Journal of Herpetology, 16(3): 228–240.
  • Hoffmann M.M., Hilton-Taylor C., Angulo A., Böhm M., Brooks T.M., Butchart St.M., Carpenter K.E., Chanson J., Collen B., Cox N.A., Darwall W.R.T., Dulvy N.K., Harrison L.R., Katariya V., Pollock C.M., Suhel Q., Richman N.I., Rodrigues A.S.L., Tognelli M.F., Vié J.C., Aguiar J.M., Allen D.J., Allen G.R., Amori G., Ananjeva N.B., Orlov N.L. et al. 2010. The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates. Science, 330 (6010). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1194442
  • Орлов Н.Л., Рябов C.А., Ананьева Н.Б., Евсюнин А.А. 2010. Азиатские древесные лягушки рода Theloderma Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae: Rhacophorinae). СПб: Зоологический институт РАН. 52 с.
  • Böhm M., Baillie C.B., Ananjeva N.B., Orlov N.L. et al. 2013. The conservation status of the world’s reptiles. Biological Conservation, 157: 372–385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2012.07.015
  • Ананьева Н.Б., Орлов Н.Л. 2012. Яйцевые зубы чешуйчатых рептилий и их филогенетическое значение. Зоологический журнал, 91(11): 1351–1357.
  • Nishikawa K., Matsui M., Yong H.-S., Ahmad N., Yambun P., Belabut D., Sudin A., Hamidy A., Orlov N., Ota H., Yoshikawa N., Tominaga A., Shimada T. 2012. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of caecilians from Southeast Asia (Amphibia, Gymnophiona, Ichthyophiidae), with special reference to high cryptic species diversity in Sundaland. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63(3): 714–723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.017
  • Orlov N.L., Poyarkov N.A., Vassilieva A.B., Ananjeva N.B., Nguyen T.T., Nguyen N.S., Geissler P. 2012. Taxonomic notes on Rhacophorid frogs (Rhacophoridae: Anura) of Southern part of Annamite mountians (Truong Son, Vietnam), with description of three new species. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 19(1): 23–64.
  • Blair C., Davy C.M., Ngo A., Orlov N.L., Shi H.-T., Lu S.-Q., Gao L., Rao D.-Q., Murphy R.W. 2013. Genealogy and demographic history of a widespread amphibian throughout Indochina. Journal of Heredity, 104(1): 72–85. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/ess079
  • Ананьева Н.Б., Утешев В.К., Орлов Н.Л., Гахова Э.Н. 2015. Стратегии сохранения редких видов земноводных и пресмыкающихся. Известия РАН, сер. биологическая, 5: 509–517. https://doi.org/10.7868/S0002332915050021
  • Zinenko O., Stumpel N., Mazanaeva L., Bakiev A., Shiryaev K., Pavlov A., Kotenko T., Kukushkin O., Chikin Yu., Duisebayeva T., Nilson G., Orlov N., Tuniyev S., Ananjeva N., Murphy R., Joger U. 2015. Mitochondrial phylogeny shows multiple independent ecological transitions and northern dispersion despite of Pleistocene glaciations in meadow and steppe vipers (Vipera ursinii and Vipera renardi). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 84: 85–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.005
  • Kropachev I., Orlov N.L., Orlova V.F.  2016. Gloydius ussuriensis (Emelianov, 1929) [Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae] — a New Snake Species for the Herpetofauna of Mongolia. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 23(2): 108–114.
  • Poyarkov N.A. Jr., Tang Van Duong, Orlov N. L., Gogoleva S.S., Vassilieva A.B., Nguyen L.T., Nguyen Vu Dang H., Nguyen S.N., Che J. S. 2017. Molecular, morphological and acoustic assessment of the genus Ophryophryne (Anura, Megophryidae) from Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with description of a new species. ZooKeys, 672: 49–120. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.672.10624
  • Ananjeva N.B., Orlov N.L., Nguyen T.T. 2017. New Species of Japalura (Agamidae: Lacertilia: Reptilia) from Central Highland, Vietnam. Asian Herpetological Research, 8(1): 14–21. https://doi.org/10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.160031
  • Snetkov P.B., Orlov N.L. 2017. Phylogenetic analysis of the Old World viperid snakes (Serpentes, Viperidae) based on skeletal morphology. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 24(1): 22–34. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2019-24-1-22-34
  • Do D.T., Hoang H.V., Nguyen T.T., McCormack T.E.M., Nguyen T.Q., Orlov N.L., Nguyen Vu Dang H., Nguyen S.N. 2018. A New Species of the Genus Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Central Vietnam. 2018. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 24(4): 259–274. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2018-25-4-259-274
  • Poyarkov N.A., Kropachev I.I., Gogoleva S.S., Orlov N.L. 2018. A new species of the genus Theloderma Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Tay Nguyen Plateau, central Vietnam. International Journal of Zoological Research, 39(3): 156–180. https://doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.018
  • Macey J.R., Schulte J.A., Ananjeva N., Van Dyke E.T., Wang Y., Orlov N., Shafiei S., Robinson M.D., Dujsebayeva T., Freud G.S., Fischer C.M., Liu D., Papenfuss T.J. 2018. A molecular phylogenetic hypothesis for the Asian agamid lizard genus Phrynocephalus reveals discrete biogeographic clades implicated by plate tectonics. Zootaxa, 4467(1): 1–81. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4467.1.1
  • Gower D., Sampaio F. L, Peichl L., Wagner H.-J., Loew E. R, Mclamb W., Douglas R. H, Orlov N., Grace Mi. S, Hart N. S, Hunt D. M, Partridge J.C, Simões B.F. 2019. Evolution of the eyes of vipers with and without infrared–sensing pit organs. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 126(4): 796–823. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz003
  • Poyarkov N.A., Nguyen T.V., Orlov N.L., Vogel G. 2019. A new species of the genus Calamaria Boie, 1827 fom the Highlands of the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam (Squamata: Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology, 26(6): 335–348. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2019-26-6-335-348
  • Zaher H., Murphy R.W., Arredondo J.C., Graboski R., Machado–Filho P.R., Mahlow K., Montingelli G.G., Quadro A.B., Orlov N.L., Wilkinson M., Zhang Y.-P., Grazziotin F.G. 2019. Large–scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence–time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes). PlosOne, 14(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216148
  • Tuniyev B.S., Orlov N.L., Ananjeva N.B., Aghasyan A.L. Snakes of the Caucasus: taxonomic diversity, distribution, conservation. 2019. Moscow: KMK Scientifi c Press, 2019. 276 р.
  • Ananjeva N.B., Ermakov O.A., Nguyen S.N., Nguyen T.T., Murphy R.W., Lukonina S.A., Orlov N.L. 2020. A New Species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Highlands, Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 27(4): 217–230. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2020-27-4-217-230
  • Weinell J.L., Barley A.J., Siler C.D., Orlov N.L., Ananjeva N.B., Oaks J.R., Burbrink F.T., Brown R.M. 2020. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic range evolution in cat–eyed snakes, Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, XX: 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa090
  • Wu Y.-H., Yan F., Stuart B.L., Prendini E., Suwannapoom C., Dahn H.A., Zhang B.-L., Cai H.-X., Xu Y.-B., Jiang K., Chen H.-M., Lemmon A.R., Lemmon E.M., Raxworthy C.J., Orlov N.L., Murphy R.W., Che J. 2020. A combined approach of mitochondrial DNA and anchored nuclear phylogenomics sheds light on unrecognized diversity, phylogeny, and historical biogeography of the torrent frogs, genus Amolops (Anura: Ranidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 144(106701): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106789
  • Nguyen T.T., Ninh H.T., Orlov N., Nguyen Q.T., Ziegler T. 2020. A new species of the genus Zhangixalus (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. Journal of Natural History, https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1754484
  • Ninh H.T., Nguyen T.T., Orlov N., Nguyen T.Q., Ziegler T. 2020. A New Species of the Genus Zhangixalus (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. European Journal of Taxonomy, 688: 1–18. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.688
  • Chung H.V., Luong M.А., Nguyen Q.T., Orlov N.L., Youhua C., Wang B., Jiang J. 2020. A New Species of Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Langbian Plateau, Central Vietnam. Asian Herpetological Research, 11(3): 161–182. https://doi.org/10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.190060
  • Nikolai L. Orlov, Oleg A. Ermakov, Tao Thien Nguyen, Natalia B. Ananjeva. 2021. A new record of odd-scaled snake (Serpentes, Xenodermidae) from Vietnam: expanded description of Parafimbrios vietnamensis based on integrative taxonomy. ZooKeys 1048: 79-89 (2021) https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1048.66477
  • Utpal Smart, Matthew J. Ingrasci, Goutam C. Sarker, Hmartlawmte Lalremsanga, Robert W. Murphy, Hidetoshi Ota, Ming Chung Tu, Yogesh Shouche, Nikolai L. Orlov, Eric N. Smith. A comprehensive appraisal of evolutionary diversity in venomous Asian coralsnakes of the genus Sinomicrurus (Serpentes: Elapidae) using Bayesian coalescent inference and supervised machine learning. 2021. J Zool Syst Evol Res. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12547
  • Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Tan Van Nguyen, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Platon V. Yushchenko, Peter Brakels, Linh Hoang Nguyen, Hung Ngoc Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Nikolai Orlov and Gernot Vogel. 2022. An integrative taxonomic revision of slug-eating snakes (Squamata: Pareidae: Pareineae) reveals unprecedented diversity in Indochina Indochina. PeerJ 10:e12713 diversity in Indochina. PeerJ 10:e12713 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12713
  • Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao, Mian Hou, Nikolai L. Orlov, Natalia B. Ananjeva and Dongru Zhang. 2022. Two new species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Yunnan Province, China. 2022. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 29 (2): 93-109.
  • N. B. Ananjeva, D. A. Gordeev, Nguyen Thien Tao, and N. L. Orlov. 2022. Analysis of Urotomy and Regeneration in Agamid Lizards of the Genus Mantheyus (Reptilia: Sautia: Agamidae: Draconinae) Using X-Ray Methods and a Computed Microtomography. Biology Bulletin, 49 (4): 309-317.

 

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