Irina Maslova

Laboratory of Theriology
Senior Researcher
Candidate of biological sciences(Ph.D.)

Research interests: Herpetology, the distribution, bioilogy, ecology and the protection of amphibian and reptile, the nature conservancy

photography

Selected publications


- Onychodactylus fischeri Kuzmin S., Matsui M., Wenge Z., Maslova I., Tuniyev B., Borzee A. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Year: DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T39419A10234504.en
- Dryophytes japonicas (amended version of 2004 assessment) Kuzmin, S., Maslova, I., Matsui, M., Liang, F., Kaneko, Y. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Year: DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T55519A112714533.en
- Bufo gargarizans Kuzmin S., Yuezhao W., Matsui M., Kaneko Y., Maslova I. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Year: DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54647A11180910.en
- Pelophylax nigromaculatus Kuzmin S., Maslova I., Tuniyev B., Matsui M., Pipeng L., Kaneko Y. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Year: DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58679A11809026.en
- Bombina orientalis Kuzmin, S., L. Pipeng L., M. Matsui M., V. Ishchenko V., I. Maslova I. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Year: DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54449A11146991.en
2025 - Glandirana emeljanovi (Nikolskii, 1913) — A New Genus and Species of Anura for the Fauna of Russia Maslova I.V. Russian Journal of Herpetology Year: 2025 Volume: 32 Number: 4 Pages: 249-255 DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2025-32-4-249-255
2025 - The Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Russian Far East and Other New Sea Turtle Records Milto K.D., Maslova I.V., Stefanov S.Yu. Biology Bulletin Year: 2025 Number: 236 Issue: 52 Pages: 1-7 DOI: 10.1134/S1062359025700426
2025 - Oocatochus rufodorsatus (Red-backed Ratsnake, Frog-eating Ratsnake). REPRODUCTION. Pokhilyuk N.E., Maslova I.V. Herpetological Review Year: 2025 Volume: 55 Number: 4 Pages: 590-591
2025 - Contributions to the Knowledge of Pit Vipers (Genus Gloydius) in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: identification, description of specimens, and geographic distribution Shin Yu., Othman S.N., Kohler D., Maslova I., Messenger K., Borzée A. ZooKeys Year: 2025 Number: 1249 Pages: 193–221 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1249.142916
2025 - Genetic Variability of the mtDNA Cytochrome b Gene of the Amur Grass Lizard Takydromus amurensis Peters, 1881 in the South of the Russian Far East Sheremetyeva I.N., Popova A.A., Gorobeyko U.V., Maslova I.V. Russian Journal of Genetics Year: 2025 Volume: 61 Number: 8 Pages: 966–973 DOI: 10.1134/S1022795425700498
2025 - Body-bending behaviour in three snake species in the Russian Far East Pokhilyuk N., Maslova I. The Herpetological Bulletin Year: 2025 Number: 171 Pages: 1-5 DOI: 10.33256/hb171.15
2025 - Integrating phylogeographic and phenotypic evidence to delimit deep evolutionary lineages in the Dryophytes japonicus species complex, with an assessment of their conservation needs Borzée A., Jang Yi., Othman S.N., Groffen J., Maslova I.V., Purevdorj Z., Yasumiba K., Shimada T., Yi Y., Schepina N.A., Andersen D., Bae Y., Miura I., Dufresnes Ch. Herpetozoa Year: 2025 Issue: 38 Pages: 25–42 DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e137747
2024 - Elaphe schrenckii (Amur Ratsnake or Russian Ratsnake). Reproduction and arboreal mating Maslova I.V., Pokhilyuk N.E., Kondrashev S.V., Kondrasheva L.G. Herpetological Review Year: 2024 Number: 1 Issue: 55 Pages: 112-113
2024 - Contributions to the Knowledge of Pit Vipers (Genus Gloydius) in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Shin Yu., Othman S.N., Kohler D., Maslova I., Messenger K., Borzée A. BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 10TH WORLD CONGRESS OF HERPETOLOGY 5–9 August 2024 Year: 2024
2024 - Total mercury content in amphibian organs from the Ussuri broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion Poddubnaya N., Sheremetyev I., Sheremetyeva I., Nesterenko V., Maslova I., Polyakov I., Timoshkin A., Moleva M., Sorokina D., Bazhenova D., Proutorova M. Asian Herpetological Research Year: 2024 Volume: 15 Issue: 4 Pages: 206–213 DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2024.0021
2024 - LATE HOLOCENE SQUAMATED REPTILES FROM THE MEDVEZHIY KLYK CAVE ON THE LOZOVY RIDGE (SOUTHERN SIKHOTE-ALIN, PRIMORSKY KRAY) Ratnikov V.YU., Maslova I.V., Omelko V.E., Tiunov M.P. Amurian zoological journal Year: 2024 Volume: 16 Number: 3 Pages: 763–781 DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2024-16-3-763-781 IN RUSSIAN
2024 - When fleeing matters: differences in escape behaviours of three northeast Asian anurans Yoonjung Yi, Purevdorj Z., Maslova I., Jang Y., Borzée A. Asian Herpetological Research Year: 2024 Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Pages: 41-48 DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2023.0009
2023 - New data on spawning site and group egg laying of Onychodactylus fischeri (Boulenger, 1886) (the Southern Sikhote-Alin Range, Russia) Maslova I.V., Rogashevskaya D.A. Russian Journal of Herpetology Year: 2023 Volume: 30 Number: 6 Pages: 477-492 DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2023-30-6-477-492
2023 - LATE HOLOCENE AMPHIBIANS FROM THE MEDVEZHIY KLYK CAVE OF THE LOZOVY RIDGE (SOUTHERN SIKHOTE-ALIN, PRIMORSKY KRAI) Ratnikov V.YU., Maslova I.V., Omelko V.E., Tiunov M.P. Amurian zoological journal Year: 2023 Volume: 15 Number: 2 Pages: 420-434 DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-2-420-434 IN RUSSIAN
2023 - BIG VALUE OF A SMALL NATURAL MONUMENT OF REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE MYS DEVICH’Y PESKI (PRIMORSKY KRAI, RUSSIA) Maslova I.V., Barkalov V.YU., Polyakov I.P. Biota and environment of natural areas Year: 2023 Volume: 11 Number: 2 Pages: 44-61 DOI: 10.25221/2782-1978_2023_2_3 IN RUSSIAN
2023 - Rarely naturalized, but widespread and even invasive: the paradox of a popular pet terrapin expansion in Eurasia Reshetnikov A.N., Zibrova M.G., Ayaz D., Bhattarai S., Borodin O.V., Borzée A., Brejcha J., Çiçek K., Dimaki M., Doronin I.V., Drobenkov S.M., Gichikhanova U.A., Gladkova A.Y., Gordeev D.A., Ioannidis Y., Ilyukh M.P., Interesova E.A., Jadhav T.D., Karabanov D.P., Khabibullin V.F., Khabilov T.K., Khan M.M.H., Kidov A.A., Klimov A.S., Kochetkov D.N., Kolbintsev V.G., Kuzmin S.L., Lotiev K.Y., Louppova N.E., Lvov V.D., Lyapkov S.M., Martynenko I.M., Maslova I.V., Masroor R., Mazanaeva L.F., Milko D.A., Milto K.D., Mozaffari O., Nguyen T.Q., Novitsky R.V., Petrovskiy A.B., Prelovskiy V.A., Serbin V.V., Shi H.T., Skalon N.V., Struijk R.P.J.H., Taniguchi M., Tarkhnishvili D., Tsurkan V.F., Tyutenkov O.Y., Ushakov M.V., Vekhov D.A., Xiao F., Yakimov A.V., Yakovleva T.I., Yang P., Zeleev D.F., Petrosyan V.G. Neobiota Year: 2023 Number: 81 Pages: 91-127 DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.81.90473
2022 - On the probability of restoring a mute swan (Cygnus olor) nesting group in Primorsky Krai. Gluschenko Yu. N., Surmach S. G., Maslova I. V., Shokhrin V. P. Biota and environment of natural areas Year: 2022 Volume: 10 Number: 4 Pages: 25-34 DOI: 10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_3 IN RUSSIAN
2022 - Across the Gobi Desert: impact of landscape features on the biogeography and phylogeographically-structured release calls of the Mongolian Toad, Strauchbufo raddei in East Asia Othman S.N., Choe M., Chuang M.F., Purevdorj Z., Maslova I., Schepina N., Jang Y., Borzée A. Evolutionary Ecology Year: 2022 Volume: 36 Issue: 6 Pages: 1007-1043 DOI: 10.1007/s10682-022-10206-4
2022 - Incorporation of latitude-adjusted bioclimatic variables increases accuracy in species distribution models Andersen D., Litvinchuk S.N., Jang H.J., Jiang J., Koo K.S., Maslova I., Kim D., Jang Y., Borzée A. Ecological Modelling Year: 2022 Number: 469 Article ID: 109986 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.109986
2022 - East palearctic treefrog past and present habitat suitability using ecological niche models Andersen D., Maslova I., Purevdorj Z., Li J.T., Messenger K.R., Ren J.L., Jang Y., Borzée A. PeerJ Year: 2022 Volume: 10 Article ID: e12999 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12999
2022 - From Gondwana to the Yellow Sea, evolutionary diversifications of true toads Bufo sp. in the Eastern Palearctic and a revisit of species boundaries for Asian lineages. Othman S.N., Litvinchuk S.N., Maslova I., Dahn H., Messenger K.R., Andersen D., Jowers M.J., Kojima Y., Skorinov D.V., Yasumiba K., Chuang M.F., Chen Y.H., Bae Y., Hoti J., Jang Y., Borzee A. eLife Year: 2022 Volume: 11 Article ID: e70494 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.70494
2021 - CURRENT DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY OF THE POPULAR PET TERRAPIN (RED-EARED SLIDER, TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS) IN OUTDOOR WATER BODIES OF EURASIA Reshetnikov A.N., Zibrova M.G., Ayaz D., Bhattarai S., Borodin O.V., Borzee A., Brejcha J., Çicek K., Dimaki M., Doronin I.V., Drobenkov S.M., Duysebaeva T.N., Gichikhanova U.A., Gladkova A.Y., Gordeev D.A., Ioannidids Y., Ilyukh M.P., Interesova E.A., Jadhav T.D., Karabanov D.P., Khabibullin V.F., Khabilov T.K., Khan M.M.M., Kidov A.A., Klimov A.S., Kochetkov D., Kolbintsev V.G., Kuzmin S.L., Larukova S.S., Lotiev K.Y., Luppova N.E., Lvov V.D., Lyapkov S.M., Martynenko I.M., Maslova I.V., Masroor R., Mazanaeva L.F., Milko D., Milto K.D., Mozaffari O., Nguyen T., Novitsky R.V., Peimin Y., Petrovskiy A.B., Prelovskiy V.A., Serbin V.V., Shi H., Skalon N., Struijk R., Taniguchi M., Tarkhnishvili D., Tsurkan V., Tutenkov O.Y., Ushakov M.V., Vekhov D.A., Xiao F., Yakimov A.V., Yakovleva T.I., Zeleev F.M., Petrosyan V.G. Invasion of Alien Species in Holarctic. Borok-VI : sixth International Symposium. Book of abstracts Year: 2021 Pages: 191
2021 - BREEDING BIRDS OF PRIMORSKY KRAI: THE GREY HERON ARDEA CINEREA Shokhrin V.P., Gluschenko YU.N., Tiunov I.M., Korobov D.V., Maslova I.V. Русский орнитологический журнал Year: 2021 Volume: 30 Issue: 2145 Pages: 5663-5688 IN RUSSIAN
2021 - RARE AND ENDANGERED AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF PRIMORSKY KRAI (RUSSIAN FAR EAST) Maslova I.V., Akulenko M.V., Portnyagina E.YU., Pokhilyuk N.E., Rogashevskaya D.A. Biota and environment of natural areas Year: 2021 Number: 4 Pages: 102-121 DOI: 10.37102/2782-1978_2021_4_5 IN RUSSIAN
2021 - Relationship between anuran larvae occurrence and aquatic environment in septentrional East Palearctic landscapes Borzée A., Kim Ye I., Purevdorj Z., Maslova I., Schepina N., Jang Y. Herpetozoa Year: 2021 Number: 34 Pages: 265–270 DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e68577
2021 - Distribution and ecology of rare red-backed rat snake Oocatochus rufodorsatus (Cantor, 1842) in Primorye Territory (Southern Russian Far East) Maslova I.V., Pokhilyuk N.Е. Биота и среда природных территорий Year: 2021 Number: 3 Pages: 56-70 DOI: 10.37102/2782-1978_2021_3_4
2021 - Updated new edition of the Red Data book of the Russian Federation 2021: composition, categories and statuses Ananjeva N., Tuniyev B., Doronin I., Kukushkin O., Kuzmin S., Litvinchuk S., Maslova I., Mazanayeva L., Milto K., Orlov N. International Academic Conference on Herpetological Biodiversity and Conservation in Eurasia & 2021 Annual Academic Conference of Chinese Herpetological Society Year: 2021 Pages: 17-18
2021 - Herpetological biodiversity and conservation in Far Eastern Region of Russia: present, challenge, and strategy Maslova I.V. International Academic Conference on Herpetological Biodiversity and Conservation in Eurasia & 2021 Annual Academic Conference of Chinese Herpetological Society Year: 2021 Pages: 51-53
2021 - Male and female cloacal anatomy of the fischer’s clawed salamander, Onychodactylus fischeri (Caudata, Hynobiidae) Yartsev V.V., Evseeva S.S.,Maslova I.V., Rogashevskaya D.A. Russian Journal of Herpetology Year: 2021 Volume: 28 Number: 5 Pages: 275-280 DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2021-28-5-275-280
2021 - Update on Distribution and Conservation Status of Amphibians in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: Conclusions Based on Field Surveys, Environmental Modelling, Molecular Analyses and Call Properties Borzée A., Litvinchuk S.N., Ri K., Andersen D., Nam T.Y., Jon G.H., Man H.S., Choe J.S., Kwon S., Othman S.N., Messenger K., Bae Y., Shin Y., Kim A., Maslova I., Luedtke J., Hobin L., Moores N., Bernhard S., Glenk F., Jang Y. Animals Year: 2021 Number: 11 Issue: 2057 DOI: 10.3390/ani11072057
2021 - Using the 2020 global pandemic as a springboard to highlight the need for amphibian conservation in eastern Asia Borz´ee A., Kielgast J., Wren S., Angulo A., Chen S., Magellan K., Messenger K.R., Hansen-Hendrikx C.M., Baker A., Dos Santos M.M., Kusrini M., Jiang J., Maslova I.V., Das I., Park D., Bickford D., Murphy R.W., Che J., Do T.V., Nguyen T.Q., Chuang vid M.-F., Bishop P.J. Biological Conservation Year: 2021 Volume: 255 Pages: 1-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.108973
2020 - Hide or escape? Variations in escape behaviour of three North East Asian anurans Yi Y., Borzée A., Purevdorj Z., Messenger K., Maslova I., Jang Y. 9th World Congress of Herpetology, (05– 10 January 2020, Dunedin, New Zeland): Book of Absracts Oral Presentations Year: 2020 Pages: 592
2020 - Macroevolution and taxonomy of Oriental Brown Frogs (Rana spp.) across the East-palearctic Othman S., Borzée A., Litvinchuk S., Messenger K., Maslova I., Purevdorj Z., Dujsebayeva T., Chuang M., Bae Y., Jang Y. 9th World Congress of Herpetology, (05– 10 January 2020, Dunedin, New Zeland): Book of Absracts Oral Presentations Year: 2020 Pages: 409
2020 - Present and recent past habitat suitability ranges of northeast Asian treefrogs using maximum entropy models Andersen D., Borzée A., Purevdorj Z., Messenger K., Ren J., Maslova I., Li J., Jang Y. 9th World Congress of Herpetology, (05– 10 January 2020, Dunedin, New Zeland): Book of Absracts Oral Presentations Year: 2020 Pages: 18
2020 - CLARIFICATION OF THE SPECIES COMPOSITION OF THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE FAR EASTERN MARINE RESERVE Maslova I.V., Kartavtseva I.V. Vestnik of the Far East Branch of the Russian academy of sciences Year: 2020 Number: 2 Pages: 80-87 DOI: 10.37102/08697698.2020.210.2.010 IN RUSSIAN
2019 - Habitat and altitudinal distribution of two lizard species of genus Takydromus from the Northeast Asia (Far East of Russia, Republic of Korea) Portniagina E.Yu., Maslova I.V., Han S.H. Russian Journal of Herpetology Year: 2019 Volume: 26 Number: 1 Pages: 8-16 DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2019-26-1-8-16
2018 - Color variants in the Japanese Treefrog (Dryophytes japonicus) from Russia and Korea Maslova I., Jang Y., Zhestkov A., Borzée A. Herpetology Notes Year: 2018 Volume: 11 Pages: 1007–1008
2018 - NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Gluschenko Yu.N., Gluschenko V.P., Lastukhin A.A., Kharitonov S.P., Kharitonova I.A., Maslova I.V. Русский орнитологический журнал Year: 2018 Volume: 27 Issue: 1676 Pages: 4837–4860 IN RUSSIAN
2018 - Breeding populations of Bombina orientalis in degraded urban habitat in Vladivostok, Russia Maslova I.V., Rodina E.E., Jang Y., Borzée A. Biodiversity Journal Year: 2018 Volume: 9 Number: 2 Pages: 127-130 DOI: 10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2018.9.2.127.130
2018 - Distribution of Rare and Endangered Amphibians and Reptiles in Primorsky Krai (Far East, Russia) Maslova I.V., Portnyagina E.Yu., Sokolova D.A., Vorobyeva P.A., Akulenko M.V., Portnyagin A.S., Somov A.A. Nature Conservation Research. Заповедная наука. Year: 2018 Volume: 3 Supplement: 1 Pages: 61-72 DOI: 10.24189/ncr.2018.052
2017 - INDIVIDUAL ASPECTS OF TAKYDROMUS WOLTERI AND TAKYDROMUS AMURENSIS BIOLOGY Portniagina E.Yu., Maslova I.V. Samara journal of science Year: 2017 Volume: 6 Number: 4 (21) Pages: 61-66 IN RUSSIAN
2017 - NATURE RESERVE "KEDROVAYA PAD''" (1916-2016) Maslova I.V., Korkishko R.I. Биота и среда заповедников Дальнего Востока Year: 2017 Number: 1 Issue: 10 Pages: 19-66 IN RUSSIAN
2017 - SPECIES COMPOSITION OF THE HERPETOFAUNA OF NATIONAL PARK "LAND OF THE LEOPARD" (PRIMORSKY TERRITORY, RUSSIA) Maslova I.V. Биота и среда заповедников Дальнего Востока Year: 2017 Number: 2 Issue: 11 Pages: 56-69 IN RUSSIAN
2017 - ABOUT SPECIALLY PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS CREATING IN THE KHANKA LAKE BASIN Makarchenko E.A., Vshivkova T.S., Ganzey K.S., Klyshevskaya S.V., Kozhevnikov A.E., Maslova I.V., Nazarenko A.A., Prozorova L.A., Prokopez S.D., Shabalin S.A., Shedko S.V. Vestnik of the Far East Branch of the Russian academy of sciences Year: 2017 Number: 2 Pages: 115-141 IN RUSSIAN
2016 - The protection of amphibians and reptiles in the Russian Far East. Maslova I.V. Nature Conservation Research. Заповедная наука. Year: 2016 Volume: 1 Number: 3 Pages: 26-35 DOI: 10.24189/ncr.2016.024
2016 - Analysis of biotopical distribution peculiarities of two lizard species of genus Takydromus inhabiting the north-eastern Asia (Far East of Russia, Republic of Korea). Semenishcheva E.Yu., Han S.H., Maslova I.V. 8th World Congress of Herpetology: Abstracts Year: 2016 Pages: 178
2016 - Brief ecological and faunistic review of terrestrial reptiles of the Russian Far East Maslova I.V. 8th World Congress of Herpetology: Abstracts Year: 2016 Pages: 31
2016 - A case of protocooperation between the pitviper Gloydius ussuriensis and the Ground Beetle Carabus granulatus telluris Maslova I.V., Dochevoy Yu.E. Russian Journal of Herpetology Year: 2016 Number: 3 Issue: 23 Pages: 231 – 234
2012 - Morphological Characters Comparative Analysis of Two Species of Lizards of the Genus Takydromus Semenishcheva E., Maslova I. Proceedings of the 5th Asian Herpetological Conference, June 2-4, 2012. Chengdu, China Year: 2012 Pages: AO74. P. 1-2
2010 - On the Variability of Fire-Bellied Toads in the Far East Kuzmin S.L., Poyarkov N.A., Maslova I.V. Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin Year: 2010 Volume: 65 Number: 1 Pages: 34-39 DOI: 10.3103/S0096392510010074
2006 - Ecological observations on the Ezo Brown Frog (Rana pirica Matsui, 1991) on Hokkaido Kuzmin S.L., Sato T., Nakabayashi S., Narumi N., Maslova I.V. Russian Journal of Herpetology Year: 2006 Number: 2 Issue: 13 Pages: 117-119
2006 - Влияние климата на отдельные аспекты жизнедеятельности земноводных и пресмыкающихся Маслова И.В. Climate Change Impact on Ecosystems of the Amur River Year: 2006 Pages: 110-119
2005 - Illegal export of amphibian and reptilians from Russian Far East to countries of Asia Region – the situation at present Maslova I.V., Lyapustin S.N. Herpetologia Petropolitana: Proceedings of 12th Ordinary Meeting of Societas Europaea Herpetologica Year: 2005 Pages: 191-192
2005 - On the Distribution of Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann, 1834) (Testudines: Trionychidae) in the Russian Far East Adnagulov E.V., Maslova I.V. Herpetologia Petropolitana: Proceedings of 12th Ordinary Meeting of Societas Europaea Herpetologica Year: 2005 Pages: 183-185
2004 - An Estimation of Herpetological Investigations in the South of the Russian Far East Adnagulov E.V., Maslova I.V. Proceedings of XIX World Zoological Congress, Beijing (China) Year: 2004 Pages: 251-253
2003 - The amphibians of the Russian Far East (Advances in Amphibian Researches in the former Soviet Union. Vol.8) Kuzmin S.L., Maslova I.V. Year: 2003 Volume: V. 8.
2000 - On the influence of extremely weather conditions on some amphibians of the Primorsky Territory (Far East of Russia) Maslova I.V. Advances in amphibian research in the former Soviet Union. Vol.5 Year: 2000 Number: 5 Pages: 227-232
2000 - On biology and Ecology of amphibians of Zapovednik Khankaiskii Maslova I.V. Advances in amphibian research in the former Soviet Union. Vol.5 Year: 2000 Issue: 5 Pages: 233-242