Bin Wang, Doctor, Junior Researcher / PhD Supervisor. Graduated in 2011 with a PhD in Zoology from the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since 2011, engaged in research at the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Also serving as a council member of the Sichuan Society of Zoology (2020-), Amphibian and Reptile Branch of the Zoological Society of China (2021-), Sichuan Society of Cell Biology (2024-); editorial board member of Asian Herpetological Research (2022-), ZooKeys (2022-), Animals (2023), among others.

Research focuses on amphibian systematics and adaptive evolution, with emphasis on amphibian diversity and conservation. Principal investigator for 17 projects, published over 50 academic papers in journals such as The ISME Journal, Science of the Total Environment, PeerJ, ZooKeys, and Genes. Selected as “Class A Young Scholar of the Chinese Academy of Sciences” (2021), and appointed as “Young Researcher” at the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2024).

2018

1.    Wang B, Nishikawa K, Matsui M, Nguyen TQ, Xie F, Li C, Khatiwada JR, Zhang B, Gong D, Mo Y, Wei G, Chen X, Shen Y, Yang D, Xiong R, Jiang JP*. 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.

2.    Zhu W, Liu L, Wang X, Gao X, Jiang JP*, Wang B*. 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. 19(1):422.

3.    Li SZ, Xu N, Lv J, Jiang J, Wei G, Wang B*. 2018. A new species of the odorous frog genus Odorrana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from southwestern China. PeerJ 4 (6): e5695.

4.    Li SZ, Gao XY, Wei G, Wang B*, Xu N*. 2018. The complete mitochondrial genome of the toad species Oreolalax xiangchengensis (Anura: Megophryidae) and phylogenetic analyses, Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 3:2, 1298-1299.

5.    Zhang MH, Fei L, Ye CY, Wang YF, Wang B*, Jiang JP*. 2018. A new species of genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Zhejiang Province, China. Asian Herpetological Research 9, 135–148.

6.    Zhao T, Wang B, Shu GC, Li C, Jiang JP*. 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.

7.    张梦洁，徐亮亮，张婧，常青，王斌，朱立峰*，江建平*. 2018. 基于COI基因序列的饰纹姬蛙四川盆地种群遗传多样性. 应用与环境生物学报 24 (5) : 1058-1064.

8.    金彪，廖春林，张娅妮，王斌，江建平*. 2018. 湖南桑植天平山发现宜章臭蛙及该物种的遗传分化分析. 动物学杂志 53(6):849-856.

2019

9.    Chen GY, Wang B, Liu J, Jiang JP*, Gao P*. 2019. Population genetic diversity of an odorous frog Odorrana grahami (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) in relation to conservation based on mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4: 57-61.

10.  Li SZ, Wei G, Xu N, Cui JG, Fei L, Jiang J, Liu J, Wang B*. 2019. A new species of the Asian music frog genus Nidirana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Southwestern China. PeerJ 7: e7157.

11.   Li SZ, Zhang MH, Xu N, Lv J, Jiang JP, Liu J, Wei G*, Wang B*. 2019. A new species of the genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Guizhou Province, China. Zootaxa 4624: 551–575.

12.  Zhang MH, Chen XH, Ye CY, Fei L, Li PP, Jiang JP*, Wang B*. 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.

13.  Gao XY, Dong BJ, Li JT, Wang G, Jiang JP, Yang BT*, Wang B*. 2019. Phylogeographic investigation on the spiny frog Quasipaa shini (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) using mitochondrial DNA: cryptic species and species complex. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4: 1479-1483.

14.  陈泽柠, 贺捷, 吴军, 江建平, 丁利*, 王斌*. 2019. 重庆市城口大巴山国家级自然保护区发现宁陕线形蛇与该物种的遗传分化分析. 四川动物 38（3）: 249-255.

2020

15.  Chang LM, Zhu W, Shi SC, Zhang MH, Jiang JP*, Li C, Xie F, Wang B*. 2020. Plateau grass and greenhouse flower? distinct genetic basis of closely related toad tadpoles respectively adapted to high altitude and karst caves. Genes 11(123): 1-15.

16.  李仕泽，刘京，徐宁，魏刚*，王斌*. 2020. 贵州省两栖类新记录种——中华湍蛙及其蝌蚪描述. 四川动物，39 (1) : 75-80.

17.  Liu J, Li Sh, Wei G, Xu N, Cheng Y, Wang B*, Wu J*. 2020. A new species of the Asian toad genus Megophrys sensu lato (Anura: Megophryidae) from Guizhou Province, China. Asian Herpetological Research 11(1):18.

18.  Wang B, Wu YQ, Peng JW, Shi SC, Lu NN, Wu J*. 2020. A new Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt (Amphibia, Megophryidae) from southeastern China ZooKeys 904: 35–62.

19.  Hoang VC, Luong A, Nguyen T, Orlov L, Chen YH, Wang B, Jiang JP*. 2020. A new species of Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Langbian Plateau, central Vietnam. Asian Herpetological Research, 11(3): 161-182.

20.  Hou Y, Shi S, Hu D, Deng Y, Jiang J, Xie F*, Wang B*. 2020. A new species of the toothed toad Oreolalax (Anura, Megophryidae) from Sichuan Province, China ZooKeys 929: 93–115.

21.  Khatiwada JR, Shu GC, Wang B, Zhao T, Xie F, Jiang JP*. 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.

22.  Wei G, Li SZ, Liu J, Cheng Y, Xu N, Wang B*. 2020. A new species of the Music frog genus Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from Guizhou Province, China. Zookeys 904: 63–87.

23.  Li SZ, Lu NN, Liu J, Wang B*. 2020. Description of a new Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1822 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guizhou Province, China. ZooKeys 986: 101–126.

24.  Li SZ, Liu J, Wei G, Wang B*. 2020. A new species of the Asian leaf litter toad genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from southwest China. ZooKeys 943: 91–118.

25.  Li SZ, Wei G, Cheng YL, Zhang BW, Wang B*. 2020. Description of a new species of the asian newt genus Tylototriton sensu lato (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae) from Southwest China. Asian Herpetological Research 11(4): 282–296.

26.  Shi S, Zhang M, Xie F, Jiang JP*, Liu W, Li Ding, Luan L, Wang B*. 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.

27.  Su H, Shi S, Wu Y, Li G, Yao X, Wang B*, Li S*. 2020. Description of a new horned toad of Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1822 (Anura, Megophryidae) from southwest China. ZooKeys 974: 131–159.

28.  Xu N, Li S-Z, Liu J, Wei G, Wang B*. 2020. A new species of the horned toad Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1822 (Anura, Megophryidae) from southwest China. ZooKeys 943: 119–144.

29.  Zhu W, Chang LM, Zhao T, Wang B*, Jiang JP*. 2020. Remarkable metabolic reorganization and altered metabolic requirements in frog metamorphic climax. Frontiers in Zoology 17: 30.

30.  李仕泽，徐宁，刘京，吕敬才，王斌*，魏刚*. 2020. 贵州省两栖动物名录修订. 四川动物 39(6): 694-710.

31.  石胜超, 王斌，朱文博，付磊，江温，李东晖，江建平. 2020. 云南省发现藏南角蟾及其蝌蚪描述. 动物学杂志 55(6): 730-740.

32.  Wu YQ, Li SZ, Liu W, Wang B*, Wu J*. 2020. Description of a new horned toad of Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1822 (Amphibia, Megophryidae) from Zhejiang Province, China. ZooKeys 1005: 73–102.

2021

33.  Khatiwada JR, Wang B, Zhao T, Xie, F, Jiang JP*. 2021. An integrative taxonomy of amphibians of nepal: an updated status and distribution. Asian Herpetological Research 12(1): 1-35.

34.  Wang G, Du SM, Wei G, Wang B, Li SZ, Lu NN*. 2021. Mitochondrial DNA revealed the validation of Quasipaa robertingeri (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) and its population genetic diversity. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 6(2): 668–671.

35.  Cheng YL, Shi SC, Li JQ, Liu J, Li SZ, Wang B*. 2021. A new species of the Asian leaf litter toad genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from northwest Guizhou Province, China. ZooKeys 1021: 81–107.

36.  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.

37.  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: 100825.

38.  Hoang VC, 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.

39.  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 Herpetological Research 12(2): 143–166.

40.  Wu YQ#, Shi SC#, Zhang H, Chen WC, Cai B, Chuang VC, Wu J ,Wang B*. 2021. A new species of the genus Rana sensu lato Linnaeus, 1758 (Anura, Ranidae) from Wuyi Mountain, Fujian Province, China. ZooKeys 1065: 101–124.

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

42.  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.

43.  王刚，宋雨千，王斌，梁福轩，刘松青*. 2021. 云南昭通发现红点齿蟾. 动物学杂志 56(6): 946-948.

44.  王斌#，蔡波#，陈蔚涛#，张德志#，何舜平*，雷富民*，杨奇森*，江建平*. 2021. 中国脊椎动物2020年新增物种. 生物多样性 29 (8): 1021–1025.

2022

45.  Shu XX, Hou YM, Cheng MY, Shu GC, Lin XQ, Wang B, Li C, Song ZB, Jiang JP*, Xie F*. 2022. Rapid genetic divergence and mitonuclear discordance in the Taliang knobby newt (Liangshantriton taliangensis, Salamandridae, Caudata) and their driving forces. Zoological Research 43(1): 129？146.

46.  江建平*，蔡波，王斌，陈蔚涛，温知新，张德志. 2022. 中国脊椎动物2021年度新增物种报告. 生物多样性30 (8): 22225, 1–5.

47.  Hoang, CV, 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.

48.  Li SZ, Liu J, Shi SC, Wei G*, Wang B*. 2022. Description of a new species of the newt genus Tylototriton sensu lato (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae) from southwestern China. Zootaxa 5128 (2): 248–268.

2023

49. Zhu W, Lv Y, Zhang QD, Chang LM, Chen QH, Wang B*, Jiang JP. 2023. Cascading effects of Pb on the environmental and symbiotic microbiota and tadpoles' physiology based on field data and laboratory validation. Science of the Total Environment 862 (2023) 160817.

50.  Zhang QD, Lv Y, Liu JY, Chang LM, Chen QH, Zhu LF, Wang B, Jiang JP, Zhu W*. 2023. Size matters either way: Differently-sized microplastics affect amphibian host and symbiotic microbiota discriminately. Environmental Pollution 328 (2023) 121634.

51.  Liu J, Shi SC, Li SZ, Zhang MF, Xiang SJ, Wei G, Wang B*. 2023. A new Asian leaf litter toad of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from central south China. ZooKeys 1149: 103–134.

52.  Shi SC, Shen T, Wang X, Jiang JP, Wang B*. 2023. Multiple data sources reveal a new asian leaf litter toad of Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from southwestern China. Asian Herpetological Research 2023, 14(1): 65–94.

2024

53.  Zhu W, Chang LM, Shi SC, Lu NN, Du SM, Li JT, Jiang JP, Wang B*. 2024. Gut microbiota reflectad aptation of cave-dwelling tadpoles to resource scarcity. The ISME Journal 18(1), 1-14.

54.  Li SZ, Li W, Cheng YL, Liu J, Wei G, Wang B*. 2024. Description of a new Asian Leaf Litter Toad of the genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from southern Guizhou Province, China. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e113427.

55.  Li SZ, Liu J, Ke XC, Cheng G, Wang B*. 2024. A new species of Amolops (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Guizhou Province, China. ZooKeys 1189: 33–54.

56.  Li SZ, Chen JJ, Su HJ, Liu J, Tang XJ, Wang B*. 2024. A new odorous frog species of Odorrana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Guizhou Province, China. ZooKeys 1192: 57–82.

1) National Natural Science Foundation General Project: “How many frog species are there? - Exploring the species diversity and evolutionary mechanisms of the Emei Shan palmate newt species group based on population genomics and inter-specific multidimensional differentiation models (2023-2026).”

2) National Natural Science Foundation General Project: “Study on multidimensional differentiation patterns and driving mechanisms of the red toothed toad species in karst caves (2021-2024).”

3) Ministry of Science and Technology Major Special Project Second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Comprehensive Scientific Expedition Research Project Task 5 Subproject 2 Subtask 3: “The impact of human activities and climate change on the diversity of plateau amphibians and reptiles (2019-2024).”

4) China Electric Power Construction Group Chengdu Survey and Design Institute commissioned project: “Survey and impact assessment of terrestrial amphibians and reptiles in JW, XR, and cross-mountain cave land and protected areas (2022-2026).”

5) China Electric Power Construction Group Chengdu Survey and Design Institute commissioned project: “YX Ecological Environment Full Process Monitoring System Terrestrial Ecological Artificial Monitoring (Phase I) - Amphibian and reptile monitoring (2024-2026).”

6) French Development Agency-supported Xianju National Park Biodiversity Conservation Project: “Demonstration Project on Biodiversity Conservation and Development of Xianju County (2019-).”