Kai Wang

Kai Wang, Chinese herpetologist.

• State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan, China.
• Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History & Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States.

Taxon names authored

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• 26 taxon names authored by Kai Wang

Publications

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2013

• Pan, H.-J., Chettri, B., Yang, D., Jiang, K., Wang, K., Zhang, L. & Vogel, G. 2013. A New Species of the Genus Protobothrops (Squamata: Viperidae) from Southern Tibet, China and Sikkim, India. Asian Herpetological Research 4(2): 109–115. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2013.00109 Reference page. 

2015

• Wang, K., Jiang, K., Pan, G., Hou, M., Siler, C.D. & Che, J. 2015. A New Species of Japalura (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Upper Lancang (Mekong) Valley of Eastern Tibet, China. Asian Herpetological Research 6(3): 159–168. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.140042 Reference page. 

2016

• Jiang, K., Yan, F., Wang, K., Zou, D.-H., Li, C. & Che, J. 2016. A new genus and species of treefrog from Medog, southeastern Tibet, China (Anura, Rhacophoridae). Zoological Research 37(1): 15–20. DOI: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2016.1.15 Reference page. 
• Jiang, K., Wang, K., Yan, F., Xie, J., Zou, D.-H., Liu, W.-L., Jiang, J.-P., Li, C. & Che, J. 2016. A new species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Ranidae) from southeastern Tibet, China. Zoological Research 37(1): 31–40. DOI: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2016.1.31 Reference page. 

2017

• Wang, K., Ren, J-L., Jiang, K., Yuan, Z-Y., Che, J. & Siler, C.D. 2017. Rediscovery of the enigmatic Mountain Dragon, Japalura yulongensis (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae), with notes on its natural history and conservation. Zootaxa 4318(2): 351–363. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.8. Reference page. 
• Ren, J.-L., Wang, K., Jianf, K., Guo, P. & Li, J.-T. 2017. A New Species of the Southeast Asian Genus Opisthotropis (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from western Hunan, China. Zoological Research 38(5): 251–263. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.068 Reference page. 

2018

• Ren, J.-L., Wang, K., Nguyen, T.T., Hoang, C.V., Zhong, G.-H., Jiang, K., Guo, P. & Li, J.-T. 2018. Taxonomic re-evaluation of the monotypic genus Pararhabdophis Bourret, 1934 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) with discovery of its type species, P. chapaensis, from China. Zootaxa 4486(1): 31–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.1.2 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2019

• Jiang, K., Wang, K., Wang, Y.-F., Li, C. & Che, J. 2019. A new species of the endemic Himalayan genus Liurana (Anura, Ceratobatrachidae) from southeastern Tibet, China, with comments on the distribution, reproductive biology, and conservation of the genus. Zoological Research 40(3): 175-184. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2019.025 Reference page. 
• Wang, K., Che, J., Lin, S.-M., Deepak, V., Datta-Roy, A., Jiang, K., Jin, J.-Q., Chen, H.-M. & Siler, C.D. 2019. Multilocus phylogeny and revised classification for mountain dragons of the genus Japalura s.l. (Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconinae) from Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185(1): 246–267. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly034 Reference page. 
• Wang, K., Jiang, K., Jin, J-Q., Liu, X. & Che, J. 2019. Confirmation of Trachischium guentheri (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Tibet, China, with description of Tibetan T. monticola. Zootaxa 4688(1): 101–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.1.5 Reference page. 

2021

• Hou, S.-B., Wang, K., Guo, P., Chen, J.-M., Yuan, Z.-Y. & Che, J. 2021. Two new species and a new country record of the genus Achalinus (Reptilia: Squamata: Xenodermidae) from China. Zootaxa 4950(3): 528–546. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.3.6 Reference page. 
• Wang, K., Gao, W., Wu, J.-W., Dong, W.-J., Feng, X.-G., Shen, W.-J., Jin, J.-Q., Shi, X.-D., Qi, Y., Siler, C.D. & Che, J. 2021. Two New Species of Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the Hengduan Mountain Region in China and Rediscovery of D. brevicaudum (Manthey, Wolfgang, Hou, Wang, 2012). Zootaxa 4941(1): 1–32. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4941.1.1 Reference page. 

2023

• Ren, Y-J., Wang, K., Zhou, C-L., Cui, X-B., Wang, G-X., Liu, M-H., Ye, S-X. & Meng, Z-J. 2023. A new species of Trychosis Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with a key to the species known from China. Zookeys 1167ː 49–56. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1167.104105 Reference page. 
• Sitthivong, S., Brakels, P., Xayyasith, S., Maury, N., Idiiatullina, S., Pawangkhanant, P., Wang, K., Nguyen, T.V. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2023. Hiding on jagged karst pinnacles: A new microendemic genus and species of a limestone-dwelling agamid lizard (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae) from Khammouan Province, Laos. Zoological Research 44(6): 1039−1051. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2023.062 Reference page. 

2024

• Wang, K., Deepak, V., Das, A., Grismer, L.L., Liu, S. & Che, J. 2024. Systematic revision of the Calotes jerdoni complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the Pan-Himalaya. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 169–192. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e109088 Reference page.