Zhi-Tong Lyu

Zhi-Tong Lyu, Chinese herpetologist.

• State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol / The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China.

Taxon names authored

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• 36 taxon names authored by Zhi-Tong Lyu

Publications

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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

• Liu, Z.-Y., Chen, G.-L., Zhu, T.-Q., Zeng, Z.-C., Lyu, Z.-T., Wang, J., Messenger, K., Greenberg, A.J., Guo, Z.-X., Yang, Z., Shi, S.-H. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2018. Prevalence of cryptic species in morphologically uniform taxa–fast speciation and evolutionary radiation in Asian toads. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: 723–731. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.020 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Lyu, Z-T., Mo, Y-M., Wan, H., Li, Y-L., Pang, H. & Wang, Y-Y. 2019. Description of a new species of Music frogs (Anura, Ranidae, Nidirana) from Mt Dayao, southern China. Zookeys 858: 109–126. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.858.34363 Reference page. 
• Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C., Wan, H., Yang, J.-H., Li, Y.-L., Pang, H. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2019. A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from China, with taxonomic comments on A. liangshanensis and Chinese populations of A. marmoratus. Zootaxa 4609(2): 247–268. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.2.3 Reference page. 
• Qi, S., Zhou, Z.-Y., Lyu, Z.-T., Lu, Y.-Y., Wan, H., Hou, M., Guo, K. & Li, P.-P. 2019. Description of a new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Tibet, China. Asian Herpetological Research 10(4): 219–229. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.190016 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. 
• Zhou, Z.-Y., Sun, Z.-Y., Qi, S., Lu, Y.-Y., Lyu, Z.-T., Wang, Y.-Y., Li, P.-P. & Ma, J.-Z. 2019. A new species of the genus Hebius (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Hunan Province, China. Zootaxa 4674(1): 68–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4674.1.3 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

• Li, Y., Zhang, D.-D., Lyu, Z.T., Wang, J., Li, Y.-L., Liu, Z.-Y., Chen, H.-H., Rao, D.-Q., Jin, Z.-F., Zhang, C.-Y. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2020. Review of the genus Brachytarsophrys (Anura: Megophryidae), with revalidation of Brachytarsophrys platyparietus and description of a new species from China. Zoological Research 41(2): 105–122. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.033 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Lyu, Z-T., Li, Y-Q., Zeng, Z-C., Zhao, J., Liu, Z-Y., Guo, G-X. & Wang, Y-Y. 2020. Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophrys) from southern China. ZooKeys, 942: 105–140. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.942.47983 Reference page. 
• Lyu, Z.-T., Chen, Y., Yang, J.-H., Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, J., Zhao, J., Wan, H., Pang, H. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2020. A new species of Nidirana from the N. pleuraden group (Anura, Ranidae) from western Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 4861(1): 43–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.1.3 Reference page. 
• Qi, S., Grismer, L.L., Lyu, Z.-T., Zhang, L., Li, P.-P. & Wang, Y.-Y. A definition of the Goniurosaurus yingdeensis group (Squamata, Eublepharidae) with the description of a new species. ZooKeys 986: 127–155. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.986.47989 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., 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. 
• Wan, H., Lyu, Z.-T., Qi, S., Zhao, J., Li, P.-P. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2020. A new species of the Rana japonica group (Anura, Ranidae, Rana) from China, with a taxonomic proposal for the R. johnsi group. ZooKeys 942: 141–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.942.46928 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., 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. 
• Zeng, Z.-C., Liang, D., Li, J.-X., Lyu, Z.-T., Wang, Y.-Y. & Zhang, P. 2020. Phylogenetic relationships of the Chinese torrent frogs (Ranidae: Amolops) revealed by phylogenomic analyses of AFLP-Capture data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106753. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106753 Reference page. 

2021

• Chen, Z-Y., Lyu, Z-T. & Wu, M. 2021. Systematic revision of Stegodera Martens, 1876 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Camaenidae), with description of a new genus. Zookeys 1059ː 1–21. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1059.68385 Reference page. 
• Jiang, K., Ren, J.-L., Lyu, Z.-T., Wang, D., Wang, Z., Lv, K., Wu, J.-W., Li, J.-T. 2021. Taxonomic revision of Amolops chunganensis (Pope, 1929) (Amphibia: Anura) and description of a new species from southwestern China, with discussion on Amolops monticola group and assignment of species groups of the genus Amolops. Zoological Research 42(5): 574–591. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.107 Reference page. 
• Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, J., Liu, Z.-Y., Huang, Y.-Q., Li, W.-Z. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2021. Four new species of Panophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from eastern China, with discussion on the recognition of Panophrys as a distinct genus. Zootaxa 4927(1): 9–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.1.2 Reference page. 
• Lyu, Z.-T., Lin, C.-Y., Ren, J.-L., Jiang, K., Zhang, Y.-P., Qi, S., & Wang, J. 2021. Review of the Gekko (Japonigekko) subpalmatus complex (Squamata, Sauria, Gekkonidae), with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa 4951(2): 236–258. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.2.2 Reference page. 
• Lyu, Z.-T., Huang, Z., Liao, X.-W., Lin, L., Huang, Y., Wang, Y.-Y. & Mo, Y.-M. 2021. A new species of Music frog (Anura, Ranidae, Nidirana) from Mt Daming, Guangxi, China. ZooKeys 1059: 35–56. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1059.68140 Reference page. 
• Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, J., Lyu, Z.-T., Wang, Y.-Y. 2021. A new species of Torrent frog (Anura, Ranidae, Amolops) from the Coastal Hills of Southeastern China. Zootaxa 5004(1): 151–166. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.1.6 Reference page. 

2023

• Qi, S., Lyu, Z.-T., Song, H.-M., Wei, S.-C., Zhong, Q.-F. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2023. A new species of stream-living toad (Anura: Bufonidae: Bufo) from Guangdong, China. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 677–689. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e98558 Reference page.