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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(List may be incomplete)

Pan, H.-J., Chettri, B., Yang, D., Jiang, 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.

, 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.

Jiang, K., Yan, F., , 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., , 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.

, 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., , 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.

Ren, J.-L., , 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.

Jiang, 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.
, 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.
, 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.

, Bhattarai, S., Wu, Y., Chen, J. & Siler, C.D. 2020. Resurrection of Amolops nepalicus Yang, 1991 (Amphibia: A.ura: Ranidae), with Comments on the Record of A. cf. afghanus in Nepal and China and the Validity of Two Other Junior Synonyms of A. marmoratus (Blyth, 1855). Zootaxa 4819(1): 143–158. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4819.1.7 Reference page.

Hou, S.-B., , 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.
, 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.

Ren, Y-J., , 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., , 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.

, 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.
, Li, L., Mu, H.-N., Xu, S.-J. & Che, J. 2024. A New Species of the Genus Tropidophorus Duméril, Bibron, 1839 (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from China-Vietnam Border Region in Southeastern Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 5486(1): 129–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5486.1.6 Reference page.
Wei, M., Liu, J. & 2024. Four new species of the genus Yunguirius (Araneae, Agelenidae) from China. ZooKeys 1211: 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1211.126487 Reference page.

, Li, L., Deepak, V., Phimmachak, S., Grosjean, S., Vidal, N., Fu, Z.-X., Wang, F.-F., Shen, G.-J., Stuart, B.L. & Che, J. 2025. Designation of the lectotype for Tropidophorus laotus (Reptilia: Scincidae) and description of a new closely related species from Southern Yunnan Province, China. Asian Herpetological Research 16(1): 95–109. DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2024.0057 Reference page.
, Shu, F., Li, L., Dong, W.-J., Mu, H.-M., Su, M., Zhu, W.-B., Zhang, M.-F., Guo, K.-J. & Che, J. 2025. A New Cryptic Species of Calotes (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Southeastern Xizang Autonomous Region, China. Zootaxa 5609(2): 275–285. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.8 Reference page.