Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts
2019
Wang K , Jiang K, Ren J, Zou D, Wu J, Che J, Siler CD. (2019). A new species of dwarf Japalura sensu lato (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the upper Mekong River in eastern Tibet, China, with notes on morphological variation, distribution, and conservation of two congeners along the same river. Zootaxa , 4544 (4): 505–522.
Wang K , Ci P, Jiang K, Weng S, Siler CD, Che J. (2019). Range extension of rare agamid species, Pseudocalotes austeniana
(Annandale, 1908) (Reptilia: Saurinia: Draconinae) in the East Himalaya, with comments on its ontogenetic shift. Checklist , 15 (3): 425–433.
Yuan Z, Liu X, Wang K , Wang J, Chen J, Jin J, Wei P, Zhou J, Che J. (2019). Nidirana chapaensis (Bourret, 1937), one additional anuran species for amphibian fauna of China. Zootaxa , 4571 (4): 580–588.
Jiang K#, Wang K #, Wang Y, Li C, Che J. (2019). A new species of the Himilayan genus Liurana (Anura, Ceratobatrachidae) from southeastern Tibet, China, with comments on distribution, reproductive biology, and conservation of the genus. Zoological Research , 40 (2): 1–10.
Ren J, Wang K , Guo P, Wang Y, Nguyen TT, Li J. (2019). On the generic taxonomy of Opisthotropis balteata (Cope, 1895) (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae): taxonomic revision of two natricine genera. Asian Herpetological Research , 10 (2): 105–128.
Wang K , Che J, Lin S, Deepak V, Aniruddha D, Jiang K, Jin J, Chen H, Siler CD. (2019). Multi-locus phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the Mountain Dragons of the genus JapaluraGray, 1853 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society .
2018
Ren J, Wang K , Nguyen TT, Hoang CV, Zhong G, Jiang K, Guo P, Li J.
(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.
Bai L, Wang K , Kang Z, Liu M. 2018. Lycodon liuchengchaoi found in
Hupingshan, Yunnan, China. Chinese Journal of Zoology . 53 (4): 640.
Wang K , Jiang K, Deepak V, Das A, Hou M, Che J, Siler CD. 2018. On
the occurrence of Japalura kumaonensis and Japalura tricarinata
(Reptilia: Sauria: Draconinae) in China. Herpetologica . 74(2): 181–190.
Wang K , Jiang K, Wang Y, Poyarkov NA Jr, Che J, Siler CD. 2018. Discovery of Japalura chapaensis Bourret, 1937 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Southeast Yunnan Province, China. Zoological Research . 39 (2): 105–113.
2017
Ren J, Wang K , Jiang K, Guo P, Li J. 2017. A new species of the Southeast Asian genus Opisthotropis (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from western Hunan, China. Zoological Research . 38 (5): 251–263.
Wang K , Ren J, Jiang K, Yuan Z, Che J, Siler CD. (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.
Wang K , Yuan Z, Zhong G, Li G, Verrell PA. (2017). Reproductive
biology of Tylototriton yangi (Urodela: Salamandridae), with
suggestions to its conservation . Amphibian & Reptile Conservation .
In press.
2016
Zhou J, Hernandez A, Yuan Z, Wang K . (2016). Natural history note on the reproduction of Echinotriton maxiquadratus . Herpetological Review . 47, 3, 433–434.
Jiang K, Wang K , Yang J, Pan H, Li P, Yan F, Zou D, Che J. (2016). Three new records of Amphibia from Tibet, China . Sichuan Journal of Zoology . 35 (2): 210–216. [In Chinese]
Wang K , Jiang K, Zou D, Yan F, Siler CD, Che J. (2016). Two new
species of Japalura (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from the Hengduan
Mountain Ranges, PR China . Zoological Research . 37 (1): 41–56.
Yan F, Jiang K, Wang K , Jin J, Suwannapoom C, Li C, Vindum JV,
Brown R, Che J. (2016). The Austraiasian frog family Ceratobrtrachidae
in China, Maynmar, and Thailand: discovery of a new Himalayan forest
frog clade . Zoological Research . 37 (1): 7–14.
Jiang K, Yan F, Wang K , Zou D, Che J. (2016). A new genus and species of treefrog from Medog, southeastern Tibet, China (Anura: Rhacophoridae) . Zoological Research . 37 (1): 15–20.
Jiang K*, Wang K * , Zou D, Yan F, Li P, Che J. (2016). A new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) from Medog of southeastern Tibet, China . Zoological Research . 37 (1): 21–30.
Jiang K, Wang K , Yan F, Zou D, Xie J, Li C, Che J. (2016). A new
species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Anura) from southeastern Tibet, China .
Zoological Research . 37 (1): 31–40.
Che J, Wang K . (2016). AmphibiaChina: an online database of
Chinese amphibians. Zoological Research . 37 (1): 57–59.
2015
Wang K , Jiang K, Pan G, Hou M, Siler CD, Che J. (2015). A new species
of Japalura (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Southeastern Tibet, PR China .
Asian Herpetological Research . 6 (3), 159–168
Sarania B, Ashalata D, Awadhesh K, Wang K , Kaustubh R. (2015).
A record of Scutiger nyingchiensis Fei, 1977 (Amphibia: Anuran: Megophryidae) in the Eastern Himalaya, North East India . Current Science . 109(3): 413–414.
Bai L, Wang K . (2015). Natural history note on the diet of Green Rat Snake, Ptyas nigromarginata . Herpetological Review . 46(3): 453.
2014
Zhang L, Wang K . (2014). Natural history note on the diet of Fuqing Wolf Snake, Lycodon futsingensis . Herpetological Review . 45(4): 712.
2013
Pan H, Chettri B, Jiang K, Wang K , Hu H, Zhang L, Vogel G. (2013). A new species of the genus Protobothrops from sourthern Tibet of China, and Skkim of India (Squamata: Viperdae) . Asian Herpetological Research . 4(2): 109-115.
Chinese Popular Press
Wang K . (2019) How far is it between the discovery of a new species to its extinction? Published online on Weibo. https://www.weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404408095584419934#_0
Wang K , Chen H. (2017). Annual Review: Taxonomic changes and novelties of herpetofauna from China in 2016. Published online on AmphibiaChina. http://www.amphibiachina.org/news/41
Wang K , Jiang K. Taxonomic novelties and revisions Chinese herpetofauna in 2015 . Published online on AmphibiaChina . Accessed on Febuary 5th 2016 [In Chinese].
(For English version click here)
Wang K . The survival expert on the roof: Tibetan Hot-spring Snake . Published online at the blog site of Conservation Society of Amphibians and Reptiles (CSAR) of Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Accessed on August 26th 2014. [In Chinese].
Wang K . Why do anurans vocalize? Published online at the blog site of Conservation Society of Amphibians and Reptiles (CSAR) of Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Accessed on September 5th 2014. [In Chinese].
