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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022

Cultural and Medicinal Use of Amphibians and Reptiles by Indigenous People in Punjab, Pakistan with Comments on Conservation Implications for Herpetofauna.

Saba Adil, Muhammad Altaf, Tanveer Hussain, Muhammad Umair, Jian Ni, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Rainer W Bussmann, Sana Ashraf

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Saba AdilCollege of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China.
Muhammad AltafDepartment of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Management, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.
Tanveer HussainDepartment of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Management, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.
Muhammad UmairCollege of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2411-2499
Jian NiCollege of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5411-7050
Arshad Mehmood AbbasiDepartment of Environment Sciences, Abbottabad Campus, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-9978-3866
Rainer W BussmannDepartment of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi 0105, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0002-3524-5273
Sana AshrafDepartment of Zoology, Sargodha Campus, University of Lahore, Sargodha 40100, Pakistan.
Zhejiang Normal University · CNIslamia University of Bahawalpur · PKCOMSATS University Islamabad · PKIlia State University · GEUniversity of Lahore · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amphibians and reptiles have interacted with humans for millennia. However, humans interact with amphibian and reptile species in different manners, which depend on their culture and traditions. This study was designed to better understand the interactions between amphibian and reptile species and their usage among the native peoples in the vicinity of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers, Pakistan. Information was collected through semi-structured interviews and questionnaires, and was analyzed by using different indices, including the frequency of citation, corrected fidelity level, fidelity level, relative importance level, and informant major ailment. Two amphibians and twenty-six reptile species were used in therapeutic medicine in the study area. Based on the cultural analysis, we found that

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conservation herpetologyfolklore knowledgeJhelum peoplePakistan

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