Ding-Qi Rao

Ding-Qi Rao, Chinese herpetologist.

• State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 46 taxon names authored by Ding-Qi Rao

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 1 eponym of Ding-Qi Rao

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1998

• Rao, D.-Q. & Yang, D.-T. 1998. A new species of Sinonatrix (Serpentes, Colubridae) of China with preliminary survey on Sinonatrix. Russian Journal of Herpetology 5(1): 70–73. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-1998-5-1-70-73 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

2009

• Che, J., Hu, J.-S., Zhou, W.-W., Murphy, R.W., Papenfuss, T.J., Chen, M.-Y., Rao, D.-Q., Li, P.-P. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2009. Phylogeny of the Asian spiny frog tribe Paini (Family Dicroglossidae) sensu Dubois. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50(1): 59–73. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.007 Reference page. 

2011

• Zhang, J., Jiang, K., Vogel, G. & Rao, D. 2011. A new species of the genus Lycodon (Squamata, Colubridae) from Sichuan Province, China. Zootaxa 2982: 59–68. Preview. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2982.1.6 Reference page. 

2012

• Jiang, K., Rao, D.-Q., Yuan, S.-Q., Wang, J.-S., Li, P.-P., Hou, M., Che, M.-H. & Che, J. 2012. A new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) from southeastern Tibet, China. Zootaxa 3388(1): 29–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3388.1.3 Reference page. 

2014

• Nishikawa, K., Matsui, M. & Rao, D.-Q. 2014. A new species of Tylototriton (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae) from central Myanmar. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 60: 9–22. Reference page. 

2015

• Yang, J-H., Rao, D-Q. & Wang, Y-Y. 2015. A new species of the genus Liuixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern China. Zootaxa 3990(2): 247–258. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.5. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

2016

• Yang, J-H., Wang, Y-Y., Chen, G-L. & Rao, D-Q. 2016. A new species of the genus Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Mt. Gaoligongshan of western Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 4088(3): 379–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.4.Reference page. 

2017

• Yu, G-H., Wang, J-S., Hou, M., Rao, D-Q. & Yang, J-X. 2017. A new species of the genus Kurixalus from Yunnan, China (Anura, Rhacophoridae). ZooKeys 694: 71–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.694.12785 Reference page. 
• Rao, D., Vindum, J.V., Ma, X., Fu, M. & Wilkinson, J.A. 2017. A New Species of Japalura (Squamata, Agamidae) from the Nu River Valley in Southern Hengduan Mountains, Yunnan, China. Asian Herpetological Research 8(2): 86–95. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.160053. Reference page. 
• Pan, T., Zhang, Y., Wang, H., Wu, J., Kang, X., Qian, L., Li, K., Zhang, Y., Chen, J., Rao, D., Jiang, J. & Zhang, B. 2017. A New Species of the Genus Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Dabie Mountains in East China. Asian Herpetological Research 8(1): 1–13. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.160064 Reference page. 

2018

• Yu, G., Hui, H., Rao, D. & Yang, J. 2018. A new species of Kurixalus from western Yunnan, China (Anura, Rhacophoridae). Zookeys 770: 211–226. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.770.23526 Reference page. 

2019

• Liu, S. & Rao, D.-Q. 2019. A new species of the genus Acanthosaura from Yunnan, China (Squamata, Agamidae). ZooKeys 888: 105–132. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.888.38491 Reference page. 
• Yu, G-H., Hui, H., Wang, J., Rao, D-Q., Wu, Z-J. & Yang, J-X. 2019. A new species of Gracixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Yunnan, China. Zookeys 851: 91–111. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.851.32157 Reference page. 

2020

• Guo, Y-H., Wang, G-L. & Rao, D-Q. 2020. Scale microornamentation of five species of Pareas (Serpentes, Pareidae) from China. Zootaxa 4742(3): 565–572. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4742.3.10 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Hou, M., Mo, M.-Z. & Rao, D.-Q. 2020. A new species of the genus Acanthosaura (Squamata, Agamidae) from Yunnan, China, with comments on its conservation status. ZooKeys 959: 113–135. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.959.54601 Reference page. 
• Zhou, H-X., Li, S-M., Shen, Z-Q., Liu, S. & Rao, D-Q. 2024. A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from southwest Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 1197: 197–213. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1197.117359 Reference page. 

2021

• Liu, S. & Rao, D.-Q. 2021. A new species of the genus Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae) from Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 1011: 121–138. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1011.59029 Reference page. 
• Liu, S. & Rao, D.-Q. 2021. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 1021: 109–126. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1021.60402 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Hou, M., Lwin, Y.H., Wang, Q.-Y. & Rao, D.-Q. 2021. A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854). Evolutionary Systematics 5(1): 129–139. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.5.66574 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Zhang, P-S. & Rao, D-Q. 2021. A new species of Nanorana Günther, 1896 (Anura, Dicroglossidae) from Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 1048: 46–67. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1048.65620 Reference page. 

2022

• Liu, S. & Rao, D-Q. 2022. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from southwestern Yunnan, China. Zookeys 1084: 83–100. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1084.72868 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Hou, M., Rao, D-Q. & Ananjeva, N.B. 2022. Three new species of Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Squamata, Agamidae) from the Hengduan Mountain Region, south-western China. Zookeys 1131: 1–30. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1131.86644 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Rao, D.-Q., Hou, M., Orlov, N.L., Ananjeva, N.B. & Zhang, D.-R. 2022. Two New Species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Yunnan Province, China. Russian Journal of Herpetology 28(2): 93–109. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2022-29-2-93-109 Reference page. 

2023

• Liu, S., Hou, M., Rao, D-Q. & Ananjeva, N.B. 2023. Four new species of the genus Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Squamata, Agamidae) from China. Zookeys 1148: 167–207. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1148.97706 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Zhang, D.-R., Poyarkov, N.A., Hou, M., Wu, L., Rao, D.-Q., Nguyen, T.V. & Vogel, G. 2023. Resurrection of Pareas yunnanensis (Vogt, 1922) with description of a new species of Pareas from Yunnan Province, China (Squamata, Pareidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 860(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.860.2045 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Yang, M.-J., Rao, J.-Q., Guo, Y.-H. & Rao, D.-Q. 2023. A New Species of Pareas Wagler, 1830 (Squamata, Pareidae) from Northwestern Yunnan, China. Taxonomy 3(2): 169–182. DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy3020013 Reference page. 

2024

• Liu, S., Hou, M. & Rao, D.-Q. 2024. A New Species of Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae) from Northeastern Yunnan Province, China. Taxonomy 4(2): 412–431. DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy4020020 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Mo, M.-Z., Li, M., Li, B., Luo, X., Rao, D.-Q. & Li, S. 2024. Description of a New Species of the Pareas hamptoni Complex from Yunnan, China, with Confirmation of P. hamptoni Sensu Stricto in China (Squamata, Pareidae). Animals 14(3): 421. DOI: 10.3390/ani14030421 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Li, Z.-M., Yang, T., Hou, M., Rao, D.-Q. & Ananjeva, N.B. 2024. A New Species of Diploderma (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Yunnan Nangunhe National Nature Reserve, China. Russian Journal of Herpetology 31(6): 379–391. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2024-31-6-379-391 Reference page. 

2025

• Liu, S., Li, Z-M., Duan, W-G., Hou, M. & Rao, D-Q. 2025. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Yunnan Nangunhe National Nature Reserve, China. ZooKeys 1223: 69–86. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1223.137184 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Hou, M., Mo, M-Z., Li, M., Li. B., Luo, X., Rao, D-Q. & Li. S. 2025. A new species of the genus Ovophis Burger in Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981 (Serpentes, Viperidae) from southern Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 1230: 287–302. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1230.142967 Reference page.