Jian Wang (herpetologist)

Jian Wang, Chinese herpetologist.

Guangdong Polytechnic of Environmental Protection Engineering, Foshan 528216, Guangdong, China.
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol / The Museum of Biology, College of Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.

Taxon names authored

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41 taxon names authored by Jian Wang (herpetologist)

Publications

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2016

Sung, Y-H., Hu, P., Wang, J., Liu, H-J. & Wang, Y-Y. 2016. A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from southern China. Zootaxa 4170(3): 525–538. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.3.6. Reference page.
Wang, Y-Y., Wang, J. & Liu, Z-Y. 2016. Description of a new species of the genus Ptychozoon (Squamata: Gekkonidae), representing a new national record of this genus from southern Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 4084(3): 406–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.3.6.Reference page.

2017

Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, J., Lin, C.-Y., Liu, Z.-Y. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2017. Resurrection of genus Nidirana (Anura: Ranidae) and synonymizing N. caldwelli with N. adenopleura, with description of a new species from China. Amphibia-Reptilia 38(4): 483–502. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00003130 Reference page.
Wang, Y-Y., Guo, Q., Liu, Z-Y., Lyu, Z-T., Wang, J., Luo, L., Sun, Y-J. & Zhang, Y-W. 2017. Revisions of two poorly known species of Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa 4247(4): 391–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.4.3 Reference page.
Wang, J., Liu, Z.-Y., Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2017. A new species of the genus Xenophrys (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from an offshore island in Guangdong Province, southeastern China. Zootaxa 4324(3): 541–556. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.8 Reference page.

2018

Lyu, Z.-T., Wu, J., Wang, J., Sung, Y.-H., Liu, Z.-Y., Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, X., Li, Y.-Y. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2018. A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from southwestern Guangdong, China. Zootaxa 4418(6): 562–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.6.4 Reference page.
Yang, J.-H., Wang, J. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2018. A new species of the genus Megophrys (Anura: Megophryidae) from Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 4413(2): 325–338. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.5. Reference page.
Wang, J., Yang, J-H., Li, Y., Lyu, Z-T., Zeng, Z-C., Liu, Z-Y., Ye, Y-H. & Wang, Y-Y. 2018. Morphology and molecular genetics reveal two new Leptobrachella species in southern China (Anura, Megophryidae). ZooKeys 776: 105–137. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.776.22925 Reference page.
Wang, J., Zeng, Z.-C., Lyu, Z.-T., Liu, Z.-Y. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2018. Description of a new species of Gracixalus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Guangdong Province, southeastern China. Zootaxa 4420(2): 251–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.2.7 Reference page.

2019

Lyu, Z.-T., Huang, L.-S., Wang, J., Li, Y.-Q., Chen, H.-H., Qi, S. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2019. Description of two cryptic species of the Amolops ricketti group (Anura, Ranidae) from southeastern China. ZooKeys 812: 133–156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.812.29956 Reference page.
Wang, J., Li, Y-L., Li, Y., Chen, H-H., Zeng, Y-J., Shen, J-M. & Wang, Y-Y. 2019. Morphology, molecular genetics, and acoustics reveal two new species of the genus Leptobrachella from northwestern Guizhou Province, China (Anura, Megophryidae). Zookeys 848: 119–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.848.29181 Reference page.
Wang, J., Lyu, Z-Y., Liu, Z-Y., Liao, C-K., Zeng, Z-C., Zhao, J., Li, Y-L. & Wang, Y-Y. 2019. Description of six new species of the subgenus Panophrys within the genus Megophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from southeastern China based on molecular and morphological data. Zookeys 851: 113–164. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.851.29107 Reference page.
Wang, J., Lyu, Z.-T., Yang, C.-Y., Li, Y.-L. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2019. A new species of the genus Takydromus (Squamata, Lacertidae) from southwestern Guangdong, China. ZooKeys 871: 119–139. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.871.35947 Reference page.
Ziegler, T., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.V., Nguyen, T.Q., Wang, J., Wang, Y.-Y., Stuart, B.L. & Le, M.D. 2019. A new species of Opisthotropis from northern Vietnam previously misidentified as the Yellow-spotted Mountain Stream Keelback O. maculosa Stuart & Chuaynkern, 2007 (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 4613(3): 578–586. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.9 . Reference page.
Wang, J., Li, Y., Zeng, Z.-C., Lyu, Z.-T., Sung, Y.-H., Li, Y.-Y., Lin, C.-Y. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2019. A new species of Achalinus southwestern Guangdong Province, China (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 4674(4): 471–481. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4674.4.6 Reference page.

2020

Lyu, Z-T., Dai, K-Y., Li, Y., Wan, H., Liu, Z-Y., Qi, S., Lin, S-M., Wang, J., Li, Y-L., Zeng, Y-J., Li, P-P., Pang, H. & Wang, Y-Y. 2020. Comprehensive approaches reveal three cryptic species of genus Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from China. ZooKeys 914: 127–159. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.914.36604 Reference page.
Qi, S., Wang, J., Grismer, L.L., Chen, H.-H., Lyu, Z.-T. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2020. The Stoor Hobbit of Guangdong: Goniurosaurus gollum sp. nov., a cave-dwelling Leopard Gecko (Squamata, Eublepharidae) from South China. ZooKeys 991: 137–153. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.991.54935 Reference page.
Wang, J., Lyu, Z-T., Qi, S., Zeng, Z-C., Zhang, W-X., Lu, L-S. & Wang, Y-Y. 2020. Two new Leptobrachella species (Anura, Megophryidae) from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, southwestern China. ZooKeys 995: 97–125. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.995.55939 Reference page.
Wang, J., Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C., Lin, C.-Y., Yang, J.-H., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Ziegler, T. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2020. Re-examination of the Chinese record of Opisthotropis maculosa (Squamata, Natricidae), resulting in the first national record of O. haihaensis and description of a new species. Zookeys 913: 141–159. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.913.48622 Reference page.
Wang, J., Qi, S., Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2020. A new species of the genus Lycodon (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Guangxi, China. ZooKeys 954: 85–108. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.954.53432 Reference page.

2021

Qi, S., Lyu, Z.-T., Wang, J., Mo, Y.-M., Zeng, Z.-C., Zeng, Y.J., Dai, K.-Y., Li, Y.-Q., Grismer, L.L. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2021. Three new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from southern China. ZooKeys 5072: 401–438. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5072.5.1 Reference page.
Zhang, Y.-P., Liu, X.-L., Bernstein, J., Wang, J. & Yuan, Z.-Y. 2021. New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Karst Forests of Daweishan National Nature Reserve, Yunnan, China. Asian Herpetological Research 12(3): 261–270. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200090 Reference page.

2022

Lin, S-S., Li, Y-H., Su, H-L., Yi, H., Pan, Z., Sun, Y-J., Zeng, Z-C. & Wang, J. 2022. Discovery of a new limestone karst-restricted odorous frog from northern Guangdong, China (Anura, Ranidae, Odorrana). Zookeys 1120: 47–66. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1120.87067 Reference page.
Lyu, Z.-T., Wang, J., Zeng, Z.-C., Luo, L., Zhang, Y.-W., Guo, C.-P., Ren, J.-L., Qi, S., Mo, Y.-M. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2022. Taxonomic clarifications on the floating frogs (Anura: Dicroglossidae: Occidozyga sensu lato) in southeastern China. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 495–512. DOI: 10.3897/ vz.72.e80019 Reference page.
Wang, J., Li, J., Du, L-Y., Hou, M. & Yu, G-H. 2022. A cryptic species of the Amolops ricketti species group (Anura, Ranidae) from China–Vietnam border regions. Zookeys 1112: 139–159. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1112.82551 Reference page.
Wang, J., Qi, S., Dai, K.-Y., Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C., Chen, H.-H., Li, Y.-Q., Zhao, Y.-Y., Wang, Y.-Z. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2022. A new Leptobrachella species (Anura, Megophryidae) from South China, with comments on the taxonomic status of L. chishuiensis and L. purpurus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98: 165–180. DOI: 10.3897/zse.98.73162 Reference page.
Wang, J., Zeng, Z.-C., Lyu, Z.-T., Qi, S., Liu, Z.-Y., Chen, H.-H., Lu, Y.-H., Xiao, H.-W., Lin, C.-R., Chen, K. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2022. Description of three new Boulenophrys species from eastern Guangdong, China, emphasizing the urgency of ecological conservation in this region (Anura, Megophryidae). Zootaxa 5099: 91–119 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.1.4 Reference page.

2024

Lin, S.-S., Chen, H.-H., Li, Y.-H., Peng, Y.-N., Zeng, Z.-C. & Wang, J. 2024. A new Boulenophrys species (Anura, Megophryidae) from the coastal hills of eastern Fujian Province, China. ZooKeys 1216: 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130017 Reference page.
Wang, J., Zeng, Z.-C., Wei, T.-L. & Lyu, Z.-T. 2024. Taxonomic determination of Hypselotriton populations distributed in eastern Guangdong, China (Caudata, Salamandridae), with description of a new species and a new subgenus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100: 1121–1134. DOI: 10.3897/zse.100.127268 Reference page.
Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, J., Chen, H.-H., Xiao, W.-W., Zhan, B.-B., Li, Y.-H. & Lin, S.-S. 2024. A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from eastern Guangdong, China. Asian Herpetological Research 15(1): 12–21. DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2023.0038 Reference page.

2025

Huang, Z., Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, J., Wang, H.-T., Deng, Z.-H., Wang, Z.-W., Liao, X.-W. & Mo, Y.-M. 2025. A new species of the genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1935 (Anura, Megophryidae) from northwestern Guangxi, China. Herpetozoa 28: 321–332. DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e165088 Reference page.