Herpetological Biodiverity and Conservtion

2023

1.      Ma S, Shi SC, Ayi BD, Jiang JP*. 2023. A new species of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Serpentes: Natricidae) from Yunnan, China. Asian Herpetology Research, 2023, 14(3): 212–226. DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2023.0008

2.      Chen QH, Shi SC, Lu NN, Shen C, Jiang JP*. 2023. Karyotypes of 10 Anuran species from the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Diversity 2023, 15, 947. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15090947

3.      Liu LS, Liu Q, Zou X, Chen Q, Wang X, Gao Z, Jiang JP*. 2023. Identification of thyroid hormone response genes in the remodeling of dorsal muscle during Microhyla fissipes metamorphosis. Front. Endocrinol. 14:1099130. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1099130

4.      Zhang MH, Li C, Yan P, Dong BJ, Jiang JP*. Age structure and body size of the plateau brown frog (Rana kukunoris) in the Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve and potential climatic impacts on its life history variations. Animals 2023, 13, 3654. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13233654

5.       Ma S, Xu YH, Qi S, Wang YY, Tang SS, Huang S, Jiang JP*. 2023. Discovery of a new cryptic Achalinus Peters, 1869 (Serpentes, Xenodermidae) species from Hunan Province, China. ZooKeys 1181: 9–27. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1181.109462

2022:

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6.      Cai B^#, Zhang MH^#, Li J^#, Du SM, Xie F, Hou M, Zhou HM*, Jiang JP*. 2022. Three new species of diploderma hallowell, 1861 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the Shaluli Mountains in Western Sichuan, China. Asian Herpetol Res, 13(4): 205-223. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.220040.

7.      Chang LM, Zhang MH, Chen QH, Liu JY, Zhu W*, Jiang JP*. 2022. From water to land: the structural construction and molecular switches in lungs during metamorphosis of Microhyla fissipes. Biology 2022, 11, 528. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11040528.

8.      Desiree Andersen, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Hoan Jin Jang, Jianping Jiang, Kyo Soung Koo, Irina Maslova, Daemin Kim, Yikweon Jang, Amael Borzee*. 2022. Incorporation of latitude-adjusted bioclimatic variables increases accuracy in species distribution models. Ecological Modelling 469 (2022) 109986.

9.      Hoang VC, Nguyen TT, Phan TQ, Pham CT, Ninh HT, Wang B, Jiang JP*, Ziegler T, Nguyen TQ*. 2022. Distribution pattern of the Microhyla heymonsi group (Anura, Microhylidae) with descriptions of two new species from Vietnam. European Journal of Taxonomy, 846: 1–41 ISSN 2118-9773. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.846.1961.

10.    Jia J, Anderson JS, Jiang JP, Wu WH, Shubin NH, Gao KQ. 2022. Ossification patterns of the carpus and tarsus in salamanders and impacts of preaxial dominance on the fin-to-limb transition. Sci. Adv., 8 (41), eabq7669. ？ DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq7669.

11.    Shi SC, Feng JY, Jiang JP*. 2022. New distribution site and supplementary description on variations of Gloydius huangi Wang, Ren, Dong, Jiang, Siler et Che, 2019 (Reptilia: Serpentes). Russian Journal of Herpetology, 29(4): 215-226.

12.    Wang J, Liu P, Chang J, Li C, Xie F*, Jiang JP*. 2022. Development of an eDNA metabarcoding tool for surveying the world’s largest amphibian. Current Zoology, 68: 608-614. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoab094.

13.    Zhang MH, Shi SC, Li C, Yan P, Wang P, Ding L, Du J, Plenkovi？-Moraj A, Jiang JP*, Shi JS*. 2022. Exploring cryptic biodiversity in a world heritage site: a new pitviper (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae) from Jiuzhaigou, Aba, Sichuan, China. ZooKeys 1114: 59–76. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1114.79709

14.    Zhao CL, Feng JY, Sun ZJ, Zhu W, Chang J, Fan WB, Jiang JP*, Yue BS*, Zhao T*. 2022. Intraspecific variation in microhabitat selection in reintroduced Chinese giant salamanders. Current Zoology, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoac028. Advance Access Publication Date: 11 April 2022.

15.    Zhu W^#*, Zhao CL^#, Zhao T, Chang LM, Chen QH, Liu JY, Li C, Xie F, Jiang JP*., 2022. Rising floor and dropping ceiling: organ heterogeneity in response to cold acclimation of the largest extant amphibian. Proc. R. Soc. B 20221394.

16.    Zhu W*, Zhao T, Zhao CL, Li C, Xie F, Liu JY, Jiang JP*. 2022. How will warming affect the growth and body size of the largest extant amphibian? More than the temperature–size rule. Science of the Total Environment 859 (2023) 160105.

17.    Zhu W, Qi Y, Wang XY, Shi XD, Chang LM, Liu JY, Zhu LF*, Jiang JP*. 2022. Multi-Omics approaches revealed the associations of host metabolism and gut microbiome with phylogeny and environmental adaptation in mountain dragons. Front. Microbiol. 13:913700. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.913700

2021:

18.    Zhang MH, Zhu W, Wang B, Wang SH, Chang LM, Zhao T, Jiang JP*. 2021*. Osteological development of a small and fast metamorphic frog, Microhyla fissipes (Anura, Neobatrachia, Microhylidae). Journal of Anatomy, 00, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13510.

19.    Chang LM, Wang B, Zhang MH, Liu JY, Zhao T, Zhu W*, Jiang JP*. 2021. The effects of corticosterone and background colour on tadpole physiological plasticity. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics 39 (2021) 100872.

20.    Shu GC, Liu P, Zhao T, Li C, Hou YM, Zhao CL, Wang J, Shu XX, Chang J, Jiang JP*, Xie F*. 2021. Disordered translocation is hastening local extinction of the Chinese Giant Salamander. Asian Herpetological Research, 12(3): 12(3): 271–279. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200080.

21.    Shi SC, Hou YM, Song ZB, Jiang JP*, Wang B*. 2021. A new leaf litter toad of Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Sichuan Province, China with supplementary description of L. oshanensis. Asian Herpetol Res, 12(2): 143–166. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200118.

22.    Khatiwada JR, Wang B, Zhao T, Xie F, Jiang JP*. 2021. An integrative taxonomy of Amphibians of Nepal: An updated status and distribution. Asian Herpetol Res, 12(1): 1–35. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200050.

23.    Sun ZJ#, Zhu W#, Zhu WB, Zhao CLi, Liao CL, Zou B, Xu D, Fan WB, Su SQ, Jiang JP*, Zhao T*. 2021. Spatiotemporal patterns of anuran functional diversity in temperate montane forests. Zool. Res. 2021, 42(4): 412？416. https://doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.341.

24.    Hoang CV, Nguyen TT, Ninh HT, Luong AM, Pham CT, Nguyen TQ, Orlov NL, Chen YH, Wang B, Ziegler T, Jiang JP*. 2021. Two new cryptic species of Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) related to the M. heymonsi group from central Vietnam. ZooKeys 1036: 47–74. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1036.56919. https://zookeys.pensoft.net.

25.    Zhu W#, Chang LM#, Shu GC, Wang B*, Jiang JP*. 2021. Fatter or stronger: Resource allocation strategy and the underlying metabolic mechanisms in amphibian tadpoles. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics 38 (2021) 100825

26.    Zhu LF#, Zhu W#, Zhao T, Chen H, Zhao CL, Xu LL, Chang Q, Jiang JP*. 2021. Environmental temperatures affect the gastrointestinal microbes of the Chinese Giant Salamander. Front. Microbiol. 12:543767. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.543767.

27.    Shi SC, Li DH, Zhu WB, Jiang W, Jiang JP*, Wang B*. 2021. Description of a new toad of Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1822 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from western Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 4942 (3): 351–381. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4942.3.3. https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/.

28.    Wang B, Cai B, Chen WT, Wen ZX, Zhang DZ, He SP, Lei FM, Yang QS, Jiang JP (2021) New vertebrate forms discovered in China in 2020. Biodiversity Science, 29(8): 1021–1025. doi: 10.17520/biods.2021214.

2020:

29.     Wei Zhu^#, Liming Chang^#, Tian Zhao, Bin Wang*, Jianping Jiang*. 2020. Remarkable metabolic reorganization and altered metabolic requirements in frog metamorphic climax. Frontiers in Zoology (2020) 17:30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-020-00378-6

30.     Jia Jia*，Ke-Qin Gao*，Jian-ping Jiang*，Gabriel S. Bever，Rongchuan Xiong，Gang Wei. 2020. Comparative osteology of the hynobiid complex Liua-Protohynobius-Pseudohynobius (Amphibia, Urodela): Ⅰ. Cranial anatomy of Pseudohynobius. Journal of Anatomy, 2020;00:1–30.

31.     Van Chung Hoang, Mai Anh Luong, Quang Truong Nguyen, Nikolai L. Orlov, Youhua Chen, Bin Wang, Jianping Jiang*. A new species of Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Langbian Plateau, Central Vietnam. Asian Herpetological Research 2020, 11(3): 161–182.

32.    Shengchao Shi, Meihua Zhang, Feng Xie, Jianping Jiang*, Wulin Liu, Li Ding, Li Luan, Bin Wang*. 2020. Multiple data revealed two new species of the Asian horned toad Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1822 (Anura, Megophryidae) from the eastern corner of the Himalayas. ZooKeys 977: 101–161.

33.     Tian Zhao#, Wenyan Zhang#, Jin Zhou, Chunlin Zhao, Xiaoke Liu, Zhidong Liu, Guocheng Shu, Sishuo Wang, Cheng Li, Feng Xie, Youhua Chen*, Jianping Jiang*. Niche divergence of evolutionarily significant units with implications for repopulation programs of the world's largest amphibians. Science of the Total Environment, 738 (2020) 140269.

34.     Chang LM，Zhao C，Zhua WB, Xu LL,Liu JY, Xie F, Jiang JP*, Zhu W*. 2020. Microbiomic and transcriptomic insight into the pathogenesis of meningitis- like disease in cultured Pelophylax nigromaculatus. Aquaculture，530 (2021) 735736.

35.     Xu LL, Xiang M, Zhu W, Zhang MJ, Chen H, Huang J, Chen YH, Chang Q, Jiang JP*, Zhu LF*. 2020. The behavior of amphibians shapes their symbiotic microbiomes. mSystems，5:e00626-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00626-20.

36.     Janak Raj KHATIWADA, Guocheng SHU, Bin WANG, Tian ZHAO, Feng XIE and Jianping JIANG*. 2020. Description of a new species of Amolops Cope, 1865 (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Nepal and nomenclatural validation of Amolops nepalicus Yang, 1991. Asian Herpetological Research 2020, 11(2): 71–94.

37.     Yan Huang#, Xiaoyi Wang#, Xin Yang, Jianping Jiang*, Junhua Hu*. 2020. Unveiling the roles of interspecific competition and local adaptation in phenotypic differentiation of parapatric frogs. Current Zoology, 2020, 66(4), 383–392.

38.     Janak R. Khatiwada, Tian Zhao *, Jianping Jiang*. 2020. Variation of body temperature of active amphibians along elevation gradients in eastern Nepal Himalaya. Journal of Thermal Biology, 92 (2020) 102653.

39.     Xu LL, Chen H, Zhang M, Zhu W, Chang Q, Lu GQ, Chen YH*, Jiang JP*, Zhu LF*. 2020. Changes in the community structure of the symbiotic microbes of wild amphibians from the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. MicrobiologyOpen. 2020;00:e1004. https ://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1004.

40.     Wenbo Zhu, Chunlin Zhao, Chunlin Liao, Bei Zou, Dan Xu, Wei Zhu, Tian Zhao*, Jian-Ping Jiang*. 2020. Spatial and temporal patterns of amphibian species richness on Tianping Mountain, Hunan Province, China. Zoological Research, 41(2): 182？187.

41.     Zhang MJ, Chen H, Liu LS, Xu LL, Wang XG, Chang LM, Chang Q, Lu GQ, Jiang JP*, Zhu LF*. 2020. The changes in the frog gut microbiome and its putative oxygen-related phenotypes accompanying the development of gastrointestinal complexity and dietary shift. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:162.doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00162

2019

42.     Xungang Wang#, Liming Chang#, Tian Zhao？, Lusha Liu, Mengjie Zhang, Cheng Li, Feng Xie, Jianping Jiang*, Wei Zhu* 2019. Metabolic switch in energy metabolism mediates the sublethal effects induced by glyphosate-based herbicide on tadpoles of a farmland frog Microhyla fissipes. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 186 (2019) 109794.

43.     Wei Zhu#, Meihua Zhang#, Liming Chang, Wenbo Zhu, Cheng Li, Feng Xie, Huan Zhang*, Tian Zhao*, Jianping Jiang* 2019. Characterizing the composition, metabolism and physiological functions of the fatty liver in Rana omeimontis tadpoles. Frontiers in Zoology, (2019) 16:42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-019-0341-x.

44.     Jiaying Li, Junpeng Rui, Yulong Li, Na Tang, Songping Zhan, Jianping Jiang*, Xiangzhen Li.* 2019. Ambient temperature alters body size and gut microbiota of Xenopus tropicalis. Sci China Life Sci 62, https://doi.org/10.1007/S11427-019-9540-Y

45.     Hoang Van Chung, Nguyen Thien Tao, Luu Quang Vinh, Nguyen Quang Truong, Jiang Jianping* 2019. A new species of Leptobrachella Smith 1925 (Anura: Megophryidae) from Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 67: 536–556.

46.     Meihua Zhang, Xiaohong Chen, Changyuan Ye, Liang Fei, Pipeng Li, Jianping Jiang*, Bin Wang*. 2019. Osteology of the Asian narrow‐mouth toad Kaloula borealis (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) with comments on its osteological adaptation to fossorial life. Acta Zoologica, 00:1–18. DOI: 10.1111/azo.12305.

47.     Shouhong Wang, Lusha Liu, Jiongyu Liu, Wei Zhu, Yuta Tanizaki, Liezhen Fu, Lingyu Bao, Yun-Bo Shi*, Jianping Jiang*. 2019. Gene expression program underlying tail resorption during thyroid hormone-dependent metamorphosis of the ornamented pygmy frog Microhyla fissipes. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 10:11. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00011.

48.     Janak R. Khatiwada, Tian Zhao, Youhua Chen, Bin Wang, Feng Xie, David C. Cannatella, Jianping Jiang. 2019. Amphibian community structure along elevation gradients in eastern Nepal Himalaya. BMC Ecol (2019), 19:19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-019-0234-z.

49.     Janak Raj Khatiwada, Guocheng Shu, Tulsi Ram Subedi, Bin Wang, Annemarie Ohler, David C. Canatella, Feng Xie, Jianping Jiang*. A new species of megophryid frog of the genus Scutiger from Kangchenjunga Conservation Area, Eastern Nepal. Asian Herpetological Research 2019, 10(3): 139–157.

50.     Mengjie Zhang#, Sarah Gaughan#, Qing Chang, Hua Chen, Guoqing Lu, Xungang Wang, Liangliang Xu, Lifeng Zhu, Jianping Jiang*. 2019. Age‐related changes in the gut microbiota of the Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus). MicrobiologyOpen, 2019; 8: e778. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.778.

2018

51.     Meihua Zhang, Liang Fei, Changyuan Ye, Yufan Wang, Bin Wang, Jianping Jiang*. 2018. A new species of genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Zhejiang Province, China. Asian Herpetological Research, 9(3): 135–148.

52.     Jiongyu Liu*, Zhenyong Chen, Guiying Chen, Bin Wang, Jianping Jiang*. 2018. Skin innate immunity of diskless-fingered odorous frogs (Odorrana grahami) with spatial-temporal variations. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 89(2018): 23-30.

53.     Lusha Liu*, Wei Zhu, Jiongyu Liu, Shouhong Wang, Jianping Jiang*. 2018. Identification and differential regulation of microRNAs during thyroid hormone dependent metamorphosis in Microhyla fissipes. BMC Genomics (2018) 19:507.

54.     Wei Zhu, Lusha Liu, Xungang Wang, Xinyu Gao, Jianping Jiang*, Bin Wang*. 2018. Transcriptomics reveals the molecular processes of light-induced rapid darkening of the non-obligate cave dweller Oreolalax rhodostigmatus (Megophryidae, Anura) and their genetic basis of pigmentation strategy. BMC Genomics (2018) 19:422

55.     Lusha LIU*, Xungang WANG, Mengjie ZHANG, Jianping JIANG*. 2018. Molecular characterization of thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) and their responsiveness to T3 in Microhyla fissipes. Asian Herpetological Research, 9(1): 13–23.

56.     Tian ZHAO*, Bin WANG, Guocheng SHU, Cheng LI, Jianping JIANG*. 2018. Amphibian species contribute similarly to taxonomic, but not functional and phylogenetic diversity: inferences from amphibian biodiversity on Emei Mountain. Asian Herpetological Research, 9(2): 110–118.

57.     Jianping Jiang, Jia Jia, Meihua Zhang, Keqin Gao*. 2018. Osteology of Batrachuperus londongensis (Urodela, Hynobiidae): study of bony anatomy of a facultatively neotenic salamander from Mount Emei, Sichuan Province, China. PeerJ 6:e4517; DOI 10.7717/ peerj.4517

58.     Bin Wang, Kanto Nishikawa, Masafumi Matsui, Truong Quang Nguyen, Feng Xie, Cheng Li, Janak Raj Khatiwada, Baowei Zhang, Dajie Gong, Yunming Mo, Gang Wei, Xiaohong Chen, Youhui Shen, Daode Yang, Rongchuan Xiong, Jianping Jiang*. 2018. Phylogenetic surveys on the newt genus Tylototriton sensu lato (Salamandridae, Caudata) reveal cryptic diversity and novel diversification promoted by historical climatic shifts. PeerJ 6:e4384; DOI 10.7717/ peerj.4384

59.     Junhua Hu,* Jianping Jiang.* 2018. Inferring ecological explanations for biogeographic boundaries of parapatric Asian mountain frogs. BMC Ecology, (2018) 18:3 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-018-0160-5.

2017

60.     Wang J, Zhang HX, Xie F, Wei G, Jiang JP*. 2017. Genetic bottlenecks of the wild Chinese Giant Salamander in Karst Caves. Asian Herpetological Research 2017, 8(3): 174–183.

61.     Khatiwada JR, Wang SH, Shu GC, Xie F, Jiang J*. 2017. The mitochondrial genome of the Microhyla taraiensis (Anura: Microhylidae) and related phylogenetic analyses Conservation Genet Resour 10(3), 441-444 (DOI 10.1007/s12686-017-0844-8).

62.     Liu LS, Wang SH, Zhao LY, Jiang JP*. 2017. De novo transcriptome assembly for the lung of the ornamented pygmy frog (Microhyla fissipes). Genomics Data,13(2017): 44-45.

63.     Wang B, Xie F, Li JN, Wang G, Li C, Jiang JP*. 2017. Phylogeographic investigation and ecological niche modelling of the endemic frog species Nanorana pleskei revealed multiple refugia in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. PeerJ 5:e3770; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3770.

64.     Zhao T, Li C, Wang XY, Xie F, Jiang JP*. 2017. Unraveling the relative contribution of inter- and intra-population functional variability in wild populations of a tadpole species. Ecology and Evolution, 7(13): 4726-4734. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3048.

65.     Khatiwada JR, Shu GC, Wang SH, Thapa A, Wang B, Jiang JP*. 2017. A new species of the genus Microhyla (Anura: Microhylidae) from Eastern Nepal. Zootaxa 4254 (2): 221–239.

66.     Wang SH, Zhao LY, Liu LS, Yang DW, Khatiwada JR, Wang B, Jiang JP*. 2017. A complete embryonic developmental table of Microhyla fissipes (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Asian Herpetological Research, 8(2): 108–117.

67.    Liang XX, Liu WL, Wang B, Ding L, Wu JP, Xie F, Jiang JP*. 2017. Leptobrachium bompu (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) Discovered in Upper Medog, Tibet, China with Descriptions of its Tadpoles, Advertisement Calls and Systematic Position. Asian Herpetological Research, 8(2): 137–146.

68.     Chen YH*, Zhang J, Jiang JP, Nielsen SE., He FL. 2017. Assessing the effectiveness of China’s protected areas to conserve current and future amphibian diversity. Diversity and Distributions, 23(2): 146-157.

2016

69.     Zhigang Jiang*, Jianping Jiang, Yuezhao Wang, E. Zhang, Yanyun Zhang, Lili Li, Bo Cai, Zhenhua Luo, Chunwang Li, Xiaoge Ping, Feng Xie, Liang Cao. China’s ecosystems: Overlooked species. Science, 353(6300): 657.

70.     Hu JH. Broennimann O, Guisan A, Wang B, Huang Y, Jiang JP*. 2016. Niche conservatism in Gynandropaa frogs on the southeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Scientific Reports, 6, 32624; doi: 10.1038/srep32624 (2016)

71.     Khatiwada JR*, Ghimire S, Khatiwada SP, Paudel B, Bischof R, Jiang JP*, Haugaasen T*. 2016. Frogs as potential biological control agents in the rice fields of Chitwan, Nepal. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 230 (2016) 307–314.

72.     Zhao LY, Liu LS, Wang SH, Wang HY, Jiang JP*. 2016. Transcriptome profiles of metamorphosis in the ornamented pygmy frog Microhyla fissipes clarify the functions of thyroid hormone receptors in metamorphosis. Scientific Reports, 6, 27310; doi: 10.1038/srep27310.

73.     Huang Y, Hu JH, Wang B, Song ZB, Zhou CQ, Jiang JP*. 2016. Integrative taxonomy helps to reveal the mask of the genus Gynandropaa (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae). Integrative Zoology, 11:134-150. (doi: 10.1111/ 1749- 4877. 12169.)

74.     Liu LS, Zhao LY, Wang SH, Jiang JP*. 2016. Research proceedings on amphibian model organisms. Zoological Research, 37(4): 237-245.

2015

75.     Khatiwada JR, Wang B, Ghimire S, Vasudevan K, Paudel S, Jiang JP*. 2015. A New Species of the Genus Tylototriton (Amphibia: Urodela:Salamandridae) from Eastern Himalaya. Asian Herpetological Research, 6(4): 245–256, DOI: 10.16373/ j.cnki.ahr. 140097.

76.    Xiong RC, Li C, Jiang JP*. 2015. Lineage divergence in Odorrana graminea complex (Anura: Ranidae: Odorrana). Zootaxa, 3963 (2): 201–229.

77.    Xiong RC, Matsui M, Nishikawa K, Jiang JP*. 2015. Advertisement Calls of Two Horned Frogs, Megophrys kuatunensis and M. huangshanensis, from China (Anura, Megophryidae). Current Herpetology, 34(1): 51-59.

78.    Feng XY, Chen W, Hu JH*, Jiang JP*. 2015. Variation and sexual dimorphism of body size in the plateau brown frog along an attitudinal gradient. Asian Herpetological Research, 6(4):291-297.

2014

79.    Wang J, Zhang J, Yang X, Li XL, Jiang JP*. 2014. Isolation and characterization of 26 microsatellite loci for the frog Feirana quadranus. Conservation Genet Resour, (2014) 6:57–58，doi:10.1007/s12686-013-0002-x.

80.    Wang J, Zhang J, Li XL, Jiang JP*. 2014. Isolation and characterization of 16 microsatellite loci for the giant salamander Andrias davidianus. Conservation Genet Resour, 6:367–368, DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-0095-2

81.    Wang J, Xie F, Wang G, Jiang JP*. 2014. Group-spawning and Simultanous Polyandry of a Stream-dwelling Frog Feirana kangxianensis. Asian Herpetological Research, 5(4): 240-244.

82.    Chen GY, Liu JY*, Dai Q, Jiang JP. 2014. Body surface area prediction in Odorrana graham. Asian Herpetological Research, 5(1): 54-59.

2013

83.    Wang B, Jiang JP*, Xie F, Li C. 2013. Phylogeographic patterns of mtDNA variation revealed multiple glacial refugia for the frog species Feirana taihangnica endemic to the Qinling Mountains. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 76:112–128.

84.    Zhang J, Wang J, Jiang JP*. 2013. Development and characterization of 15 polymorphic microsatellite markers for a high adaptive and wide-range frog (Microhyla fissipes). Asian Herpetological Research, 4(3):202-206.

2012

85.    Liu JY, Jiang JP*, Wu ZJ, Xie F. 2012. Antimicrobial peptides from the skin of the Asian frog, Odorrana jingdongensis: De novo sequencing and analysis of tandem mass spectrometry data. Journal of Proteomics. 2012: 5807-5821. doi:10.1016/j.jprot.2012.08.004.

86.    Wang B, Jiang JP*, Xie F, Li C. 2012. Postglacial colonization of the Qinling Mountains: phylogeography of the swelled vent frog (Feirana quadranus). PLoS ONE 7(7): e41579. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041579.

87.    Hu JH，Li C, Xie F, Jiang JP*. 2012. Endemic amphibians and their distribution in China. Asian Herpetological Research, 3(2): 163-171.

88.     Xiong RC, Wang B, Wu YH, Jiang JP*. 2012. Morphological correlates of the phonatory organ in an ultrasonically phonating frog. Asian Herpetological Research, 3(3): 240–251.

89.    Shen YH，Jiang JP，Mo XY. 2012. A New species of the genus Tylototriton (Amphibia, Salamandridae) from Hunan, China. Asian Herpetological Research, 3(1): 21-30.

90.    Nishikawa K, Matsui M, Jiang JP. 2012. A new species of Pachytriton from China (Ampibia: Urodela: Salamandridae). Current Herpetology, 31(1): 21-27.

2011

91.    Hu JH, Xie F, Li C, Jiang JP*. 2011. Elevational patterns of species richness, range and body size for spiny frogs. PLoS ONE 6(5): e19817. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019817.

92.    Chen GY, Wang B, Liu JY, Xie F, Jiang JP*. 2011. Complete mitochondrial genome of Nanorana pleskei (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) and evolutionary characteristics. Current Zoology 57 (6): 785？805.

93.    Yang X, Wang B, Hu JH, Jiang JP*. 2011. A new species of the genus Feirana (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the Western Qinling Mountains of China. Asian Herpetological Research, 2(2): 72-86.

94.    Nishikawa K, Jiang JP, Matsui M. 2011. Two new species of Pachytriton from Anhui and Guangxi, China (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae). Current Herpetology, 30(1): 15-31.

95.    Nishikawa K, Jiang JP, Matsui M, Mo YM. 2011. Unmasking Pachytriton labiatus (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae), with description of a new species of Pachytriton from Guangxi, China. Zoological Science, 28(6):453-461. 2011.

96.    Weizhao Yang, Chang Liu, Jianping Jiang, Cheng Li, Feng Xie*. 2011. Age structure of females in a breeding population ofEchinotriton chinhaiensis(Caudata: Salamandridae) and Its Conservation Implication. 2(2): 91－96.

2010

97.    Fei L, Ye CY, Jiang JP*. 2010. Progress and Prospects for Studies on Chinese Amphibians. Asian Herpetological Research, (2): 1-22.

98.    Xiong RC, Jiang JP*, Fei L, Wang B, Ye CY. 2010. Embryonic development of the concave-eared torrent frog with its significance on taxonomy. Zool Res, 31(5): 490？-498

99.    Matsui M, Hamidy A, Murphy RW, Khonsue W, Yambun P, Shimada T, Ahmad N, Belabut DM, Jiang JP. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of megophryid frogs of the genus Leptobrachium (Amphibia, Anura) as revealed by mtDNA gene sequences. Mol Phyl. Evol, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.014

100. Matsui M, Kuraishi N, Jiang JP, Ota H, Hamidy A, Orlov NL, Nishikawa K. 2010. Systematic reassessments of fanged frogs from China and adjacent regions (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Zootaxa, 2345: 33-？42

101. Nishikawa K, Jiang JP, Matsui M, Mo YM, Chen XH, Kim JB, Tominaga A, Yoshikawa N. 2010. Invalidity of Hynobius yunanicus and molecular phylogeny of Hynobius salamander from continental China (Urodela, Hynobiidae). Zootaxa, 2426: 65？-67

2009

102. Wang B, Jiang JP*, Xie F, Chen XH, Dubois A, Liang G, Wagner S. 2009. Molecular phylogeny and genetic identification of populations of two species of Feirana frogs (Amphibia: Anura, Ranidae, Dicroglossinae, Paini) Endemic to China. Zoological Science, 26(7):500-509.

103. Wei G, Wang B, Xu N, Li ZZ, Jiang JP*. 2009. Morphological evolution from aquatic to terrestrial in the genus Oreolalax (Amphibia: Megophryidae, Anura). Progress in Natural Science, 19(2009): 1403-1408.

104. Nishikawa K, Jiang JP, Matsui M, Chen CS. 2009. Morphological variation in Pachytriton labiatus and a re-assessment of the taxonomic status of P. granulosus (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae). Current Herpetology 28(2): 49–64.

2008

105. Mo YM，Jiang JP*，Xie F，Ohler A. 2008. A new species of Rhacophorus (Amphibia: Anura) from China. Asiatic herpetological Research, 11：83 – 90.

2005

106. Jiang JP, Dubois A, Ohler A, Tillier A, Chen XH, Xie F, and St？ck M. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Paini (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) based on partial sequences of mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA genes. Zoological Science, 22(3):353-362.

107. Jiang JP, Zhou KY. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships among Chinese ranids inferred from sequence data set of 12s and 16s rDNA. Herpetological Journal, 15:1-8.

2004

108. Roelants K, Jiang JP, Bossuyt F. 2004. Endemic ranid (Amphibia: Anura) genera in southern mountain ranges of the Indian subcontinent represent ancient frog lineages: evidence from molecular data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 31:730–740.

2002

109. Jiang JP, Fei L, Zheng MQ, Ye CY, Xie F, Chen YY. 2002. Description of Megophrys wawuensis (Anura, Pelobatidae) from Sichuan, China, with Discussion on the Relationships of its related species. Herpetologica Sinica,9: 80-87.

110. Jiang JP, Xie F, Fei L, Ye CY, Zheng MQ. 2002. Mating calls of six forms of pelobatid in Wawu Mountain National Park, Sichuan, China (Anura: Pelobatidae). Zoological Research，23(1):89-94.

1998

Jiang JP, Zheng MQ. 1998. The status of Amphibians in Wawushan Mountain National Forest Park.  Froglog, 26:3.