Jian Wang (herpetologist)

Jian Wang, Chinese herpetologist.

• State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol / The Museum of Biology, College of Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 33 taxon names authored by Jian Wang (herpetologist)

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

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. 

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. 
• 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. 

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.